ADL FALL

AMERICAN DEBATE LEAGUE HS FALL INVITATIONAL 21

20 November 2021

DEADLINE

16 November 2021

ELIGIBILITY

Open to middle and high school students

PLATFORM

Online through NSDA Campus

Information

Our tournament serves to develop a student's own voice through both oral and written communication. We facilitate this by enhancing and developing children’s public speaking, literacy, creative and persuasive writing skills. It also helps to develop confidence, mutual understanding, and respect for all people and for the diversity of ideas. These skills also encourage children to develop leadership skills. The power of public speaking, debate and leadership is a lifelong skill and will serve our children well in any endeavor they choose to pursue as adults.

We are excited that you will compete in our American Debate League High School Fall Invitational Saturday, November 20, 2021. This will be an Online Tournament, using NSDA Campus.

Please report the OUR ZOOM CHECK-IN ROOM at 9am EST (6am PST) on Saturday to receive Debate round pairings, judging assignments and instructions.

NSDA Campus Competition room test
(IF you do not test the NSDA rooms and can not enter the room you can not debate in our tournament. The Tabroom and NSDA campus platform will NOT let you enter virtual rooms so you CAN NOT Compete at our tournament.)
Step 1: Go to your Tabroom account
Step 2: Go "NSDA Campus Test rooms" at the bottom right side of you Tabroom
Step 3: Press the Test Competition room
Step 4: when you are taken to the test competition room it will ask you to allow them to turn on your microphone (Press "Allow" for any request the system asks you)

Entry Price

If you are providing a judge, your fee will be waived! So you pay $0
If you (parent) are OPTING OUT OF JUDGING, one event fee is $100

Each person in a PF team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF team would need to either provide two judges, both pay the judge fee, or one of each option.

Registration will not be complete until payment is received.

NOTE: We will charge set up fees if we have to create tabroom.com accounts for judges. It is recommended you do so on your own.

Schedule

Please note that all times are in EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST).
Times in green have been converted into PST.

DEBATE (Double Flight) schedule:

November 23, 2021 CHECK-IN Room BY 9:00 A.M. (DEBATER REGISTRATION & JUDGE CONFIRMATION)

9:00-9:50 a.m. Check in (check in for debate pairings, ballots, and troubleshooting) --- 6:00-6:50 am PST
10:00-10:50 Round 1 Flight A --- 7:00-7:50 am PST
11:00-11:50 Round 1 Flight B --- 8:00-8:50 am PST
12:00-12:50 Round 2 Flight A (LUNCH FOR FLIGHT B) --- 9:00-9:50 am PST
1:00-1:50 Round 2 Flight B (LUNCH FOR FLIGHT A) --- 10:00-10:50 am PST
2:00-2:50 Round 3 Flight A --- 11:00-11:50 am PST
3:00-3:50 Round 3 Flight B --- 12:00-12:50 pm PST
4:10-4:30 Awards' ceremony --- 1:00-1:50 pm PST

Drop Fee

Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops. Drop requests should be made to Victor and Nadia.

Please do not drop out last minute to avoid being charged these fees.

Contact Info

Victor Rivas Umana
Contact email: vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com
Nadia Budiman
Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com
Or info@tgsastaff.com

Registration Form

STUDENT INFORMATION

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (make sure you have a Tabroom account) *

Student Phone Number *

Does the student have a Tabroom account? *

Yes and it is linked with GSA's account(s) Yes but it is not linked and we need you to add to your roster No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I will pay the additional $35 setup fee

PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email. If you want to add two emails, please use a comma.

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

EVENT SELECTION

PF Partner Name *

First

Last

Choose your event *

Beginner PF Novice PF JV PF Varsity PF

JUDGE PROVISION

Are you supplying a judge? *

Judge Name *

Does your judge have a Tabroom account? *

Yes No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I'll pay the additional $35 setup fee Not judging

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Judge phone *

You may be asked to judge beyond the events that your child is signed up for. *

Yes, I understand and I will try to familiarize myself with the basics of all speech event or all debate events. I am aware that there are resources below (videos, websites) that could help with this. Not judging.

Signing up a judge without having a Tabroom account will result in us charging you for the set up fee. You can do this easily on your own by going to tabroom.com. It takes two minutes.

First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

Tournaments recommend judges to have a judge philosophy on their Tabroom account, which can be a few sentences on your preferences of debating styles, etc. See here for example (it doesn't need to be this long, but make sure to add something before you sign up).

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

I will keep a copy of this form for reference. *

YES

We are signing up with the understanding that my child will work to be ready by the tournament date. If we choose to drop out because my child is not ready that will be considered when making assessments for future classes. *

YES

I understand that if I fail to drop the tournament before the deadline that I will still be responsible for the fees of both my son or daughter, along with that of his or her partner and the fines. *

YES

I understand that if payment is not received we won't be registered and our spot will be given up to someone else. *

YES

I confirm that I have completed all necessary paperwork for this tournament. *

YES

I understand that The Golden State Academy has no control over tournament entries other than the initial sign up. I understand that my child's priority will be based on either the last time I signed up OR the date paid, whichever is latest. *

YES

I understand that my child must check in and check out periodically at the tournament with the coach and that if I do not my child will be barred from participating in following tournaments. This is to ensure coaches can see where students are at competitively and to give any initial feedback for improvement. *

YES

I understand that I can check my entry status through tabroom.com. *

YES

I am a consenting adult. I understand that by submitting this form I agree to all that has been covered. *

YES

Submit/take to payment

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135

AMERICAN DEBATE LEAGUE HS FALL INVITATIONAL 21

20 November 2021

Information

​Entry Price

Schedule

Drop Fee

Contact Info

Registration Form

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

Telephone

Email (preferred)

Locations

Entry Price

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!