Jack C. Hays Speech and Debate students cordially invite you and your team to the Jack C. Hays UIL Set A Tournament on Saturday, January 18th. The tournament will be run entirely in person at Jack C. Hays High School in Buda, Texas. Buda is located just west of I-35, between Austin and San Marcos. We are about twenty minutes south of Austin and 45 minutes north of San Antonio; reasonably priced hotels are available nearby for out-of-town guests.

We will offer ALL UIL ACADEMIC EVENTS, including LD Debate, CX Debate, Informative & Persuasive Extemp, Prose, Poetry and HANDS-ON Computer Science.

CX Resolution - Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks. LD Resolution - Resolved: Standardized testing is detrimental to equity in K-12 education.

Numbers permitting, NOVICE DIVISIONS will be offered in LD Debate, CX Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Poetry, and Prose.

For a copy of the schedule, see the file at right, or CLICK THIS LINK.

We hope to see you there!

Best,

Gina Lozano

Jack C. Hays High School

UIL Academic Coordinator