Financial Obligations

The following information is to assist you with paying for your students Team Dues.

The follow show the dues for the 2023-2024 school year.

$250                   Local Squad              1-5 Tournaments                      Eligible to attend Tournament in the Austin Area

$450                  Regional Squad         6-10 Tournaments                    Eligible to attend Tournament in Texas

$675                 National Squad          10+ Tournaments                     Eligible to attend any Tournaments

If your student wishes to increase their level of participation they may due to at any point by simply paying the different in the level.

How do I pay?

All due must be paid to Westwood High School, BUT this can be done through our booster club.  Running a debate team is expensive and worth every penny. Running a nationally rank squad means more, so please read this thoroughly so we can maximize our opportunities of raising funds. 

FIRST - Verify with your employer whether they do matching fund to non-profit organizations.  Our booster are a 501(c)(3) is registered with Benevity.org, CyberGrants.com, and NPOconnect.   Many employers will match through one of these systems that amount your pay for dues.  We know that they folks presently match:

If you or your spouse work for one of these companies please reach out to your Human Resources about what documentation they might need.  Typically this just means providing them with our EIN#  which is 61-1531801 and them making payment via one of the above links to the boosters.  

If you discover that your employer matches and it is not listed please email our treasure so we can add them to our list.  If you have any issues with the process our treasure can also likely help you. More information may be found at https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/.

Treasurer@WestwoodDebate.com 

My employer does not match, what do I do?

Even if you and/or your spouse does not work for a non profit matching we have methods to process your funds via a match.  Please email treasurer@westwooddebate.com and ask about about working with a family that has matching space.

If this option does not work for you then you are welcome to send a check with your student made out to Westwood High School.  Please put your Drivers License # in the memo on and your child's name center at the top     OR   You may pay online at:

RRISDPAY.COM.  

Select High Schools then Westwood and then Debate and then Team Dues.