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Classic Debate Camp LD Houses

In 2022, the Lincoln-Douglas division added a new house system to Classic Debate Camp. All the LD campers were assigned to 4 different houses, named after 4 important individuals in the history of CDC: James Lewis, Jen Gonda, Natalie Schaller, and Edith Lui. In 2024, we added two new houses, named after Isaiah Paik (the founder of the CDC LD House System) and Katie Blowers (4-year LD Instructor and LD Curriculum Coordinator). Watch the videos of the introductions of each house's namesake below to learn more about how each person impacted and contributed to CDC. 
 
The objectives of the house system are
  1. To increase collaboration among campers in different labs, since each house contained members of all the LD labs
  2. To give older campers opportunities to practice leadership
  3. To encourage younger campers to interact with and learn from older campers 
  4. To make our camp tournament more competitive and fun by having houses compete with each other for the House Cup.
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By all accounts, the new house system has been a terrific success. Because campers wanted more time to work with their housemates than just during division meetings, they have organized their own practices during evening office hours. During the camp tournament, house members get together and collaborate like a team between rounds. After each round, campers pay close attention when house points are announced, and they all cheer for their houses!​

LD Houses Channel

LD Houses Channel
2022 Houses Revealed!
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2022 Houses Revealed!

New Katie House Intro
00:48

New Katie House Intro

New Isaiah House Intro
00:55

New Isaiah House Intro

Lewis House intro
00:46

Lewis House intro

Past LD House Cup Winners​

The 2025 House Cup was won by Edith House, with a total of 40 points. They had the LD runner-up, Amelia Butler, and two quarterfinalists, Reagan Carnes and Annie Chiang. Earning bonus points for Edith House were Most Improved Lab Member Reagan Carnes and Competitors' Choice Award winner Shrin Vaitheeswaran. Congratulations to all the members of Edith House and to their house advisor Olivia Declercq! This year, Isaiah House came in 2nd place with 33 points, Katie House came in 3rd with 30 points, Lewis House was 4th with 27 points, Gonda House was 5th with 26 points, and Schaller House was 6th with 23 points. 
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The 2024 Classic Debate Camp LD House Cup was won by Gonda House. They had the camp tournament champion, a semifinalist, a quarterfinalist, and an octafinalist. Gonda House also won a Competitors' Choice award. Their house advisor was Abby Poprocki.
 
The 2023 Classic Debate Camp LD House Cup was won by Schaller House. Schaller House had two quarterfinalists as well as the tournament champion. But more significant in their final point tally, Schaller House also had one Most Improved Lab Member and two winners of the Competitors' Choice Award! The 2023 staff advisor of Schaller House was Owen Tilman. 
 
The 2022 Classic Debate Camp LD House Cup was won by Edith House. Members of Edith House not only won 1st and 2nd place in the camp tournament, three of them also received Most Improved Lab Member awards. The 2022 staff advisor of Edith House was Olivia DeCesare.  
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