March 2024
Hello and Happy Women's History Month!
Trivia Night
Thank you so much to Lauren Ward for coordinating and planning, my assistant Coach Zimmerman for scoring, and all of you for coming out and playing! I had so much fun at this event and was so grateful to see all of the support!
Huge thank you to Que Divino for hosting us!! Please keep supporting them because they made this event possible.
We raised around $1800 from this event!!
Didn’t make it out but still want to support? Our givebutter.com/AHSSpeechAndDebate crowdfundraiser is still live!
Fundraising Committee
Some of our students had the great idea of putting together a committee to plan fundraisers here at Anderson. Our committee, co-chaired by Audrey Millard and Charlotte Gossett, thought to do a raffle for prize baskets!
I posted this google form on Blend and wanted to share it here, too- if there’s anything at your home that you think might make a good raffle prize that you’re willing to donate, it would be greatly appreciated! Think unopened/new technology (smart home devices, speakers, headphones, chargers), unopened board/video/card games, comfort items like candles/bath bombs, and unused gift cards!
March Competitions: TFA State, UIL CX State, NSDA Districts
TFA State, March 6-10:
Thanks to parent volunteers Seshu Yalamanchili and Norma Cantu for driving to and from Houston! We’re leaving at lunchtime (12:45) on Wednesday, March 6th for Houston! Wish our 17 qualifiers luck at this competition!
UIL CX State, March 15-16:
Good luck also to Nate Watkins and Luke Schooler at UIL CX State on Friday, March 15th and Saturday, March 16th! They’ll be competing here in Austin on UT Campus in the 6A division of Policy Debate.
NSDA National Qualifier District Tournament (districts):
We will be competing at NSDA National Qualifiers on March 22-23! Please remind your student to sign up by Sunday, March 10th but the sooner we can get signed up, the better! Parents can’t volunteer to judge for this competition but we will likely need parents to drive to and from the competition at Hendrickson High School.
Sign up to drive here to NSDA Districts:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelNvNlj2COr9Yb0hkPJWLfPieZDHahsrvrDwGVJdnjLhjOaA/viewform?usp=sf_link
That's all for now from me!
Have a safe and fun spring break! Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, concerns, ideas, or feedback :-)
Peace, love, and debate
Coach El Contreras