L.C. Anderson High School Speech & Debate
Team Coach: El Contreras
el.contreras@austinisd.org
Booster Club Contact
newsletter@andersonspeechdebate.org
The 2024-25 Speech and Debate Team!
Officers for the 2024-25 school year!
Our 2025 National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament Qualifiers! Elena (10), Atticus (11), and Henry (12). Not pictured: Colin (12)
Seniors Henry, Audrey, Samantha, Nick, Luke, and Nate at the 2025 Barkley Forum for High Schools at Emory University!
The 2023-24 Speech and Debate Team!
Our Interpa Officers at the 2024 Showcase!
Coach Contreras with Nate Watkins and Luke Schooler at the 2024 Tournament of Champions! Nate advanced to the quarterfinals of Lincoln Douglas Debate!
Our 2024 National Speech and Debate Tournament Qualifiers! Gabi Avramova, House; Henry Dieringer, Senate; Lucky Cantu, Dramatic Interpretation!
The team at the 2023 Blue Key Invitational at the University of Florida in Gainesville!
The debate team at our end of year banquet in May 2023!
2023-2024 Extongress (Extemp and Congress) team!
2023-24 Interpa Team!
The 2022-23 Speech and Debate team!
Public Forum 2022-23
The 2022-23 Officer Corps!
Lincoln Douglas 2022-23
Speech- Interpretation and Public Address- 2022-23
Extemp and Congress (Extongress) 2022-23
The 2022-23 Officer Corps!
Debaters at Bucees, 2023!
The Bowie Tournament in 2022! Repping our team merch!
Congratulations to the Class of 2021!
Save the Date: Showcase!
Sunday, May 4th at 4:30 pm in the LC Anderson Theater.
Join us for an afternoon of performances, speeches, and skits from the LC Anderson Speech and Debate team! Proceeds from tickets, raffle prizes, and donations will support the team’s trip to the National Debate tournament this June!
Read more here: https://www.andersonspeechdebate.org/showcase25
Student rehearsals are Thursday, May 1st and Friday, May 2nd after school until 6pm.
Our end-of-the-year celebration of the team, our members, and especially our seniors!
Sunday, May 18th from 4-6
Debate Banquet 2025
Speech and Debate Summer Camp 2025!
Western Wednesday at debate camp 2024!
A group of students playing UNO in the library at speech and debate camp 2023!
Theme day at camp 2024. The assigned theme was ‘tourist day’ but a group of students unofficially designated it “dress like Contreras day”!
The Public Forum Debate officers presenting at speech and debate camp 2023!
Each summer, we host a free summer camp for all current and incoming speech and debate students. Varsity members and new team members (debate 1 students) are strongly encouraged to attend this camp to get a start on the season. We play games, learn new skills, start preparing for competition, and the team gets to know each other! Snacks will be provided.
Details (dates and times) will be shared by mid-May. Anderson is undergoing construction this summer and we are waiting to hear about availability from our administration.
Our Generous Sponsors
Tournaments
Support the Team
The Anderson Speech and Debate Team is a large, inclusive team open to any Anderson High School student. To ensure that every student has the opportunity to participate at the highest levels, the Anderson Speech and Debate Booster Club and our generous Business Sponsors bridge the gap between the costs of entering and participating in tournaments and what families are able to contribute through team fees.
In addition to financial contributions, volunteering one’s time through serving as a judge or driving a carpool on tournament weekends can make a significant contribution to the team.