New year, new coach, 25 brand new students interested in Speech & Debate. Still plenty of time to sign up, come see us in room 920.

New debaters getting ready for their first tournament tomorrow. We have some great new students this year! @greatdaytobeacougar Kempner High School

I cannot tell you how proud I am of of my debaters. Despite the first year only category being full of students with 7+ years experience, they’re coming back from each round fired up and furiously preparing instead of giving up and being defeated. Kempner High School

Seven Lakes TFA Speech and Debate Tournament today for LD Debate, Prose, and Poetry. We are so excited for how our team has grown this year! Kempner High School #greatdaytobeacougar #weareKHS

Kempner Speech and Debate would love your support if you would purchase one of our shirts and support our team. We’ve done some great things with our students this year and look forward to many more great years! gogearup.io/kempnerhs-spde…

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Tournament update: two undefeated debaters after round 3 tonight! Super long day and back at it in the morning :) Kempner High School

This weekend out debaters competed at the Dulles Classic. Super proud as two of our debaters Shira B, and My V, went 3-1 to make the cut to the top 16! Several others had good showings going 2-2. Very solid numbers for students brand new to debate! Kempner High School @LandreneauTeach

We’re moving on up in the debate world over here at Kempner. Wish our Speech and Debate students good luck for their tournament this weekend when you see them! Kempner High School

Big day for Speech and Debate today at CyLakes! Shira went 4-0, My & Lamha both went 3-1. Shira and My unfortunately matched up in quarters bracket with Shira making it to Semis! Sharon is her first event made it to finals in Poetry! Fantastic work by everyone! Kempner High School

Full sweep in NLD at the Clear Lake Classic this weekend. Congratulations to our Kempner debaters taking First, Second, and tying for third. Excellent weekend all around for Speech & Debate! Kempner High School @LandreneauTeach Scheffie Lindquist (she/her) #greatdaytobeacougar

Finishing round one at the Clear Lake Debate tournament with all wins. We do love seeing those little green W’s :) Kempner High School

Congrats to Robert S for taking down first place in LD debate and Sharon A for placing 3rd in poetry. Great job Cougars! Kempner High School #GreatDayToBeACougar

Huge congratulations to Gabby and Sharon for taking down first and second place in Poetry tonight at the Elkins Speech and Debate tournament! Amazing job ladies! Kempner High School