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CHSSA MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

6-8 May 2022

DEADLINE

20 April 2022
ASYNCHRONOUS SPEECH LINK DUE 23 APRIL 2022 (SEND TO NADIA)

ELIGIBILITY

open to 6th - 8th graders

PLATFORM

Online through TBD platform

Information

On behalf of the California High School Speech Association, I'm excited to welcome all California middle schoolers and all California middle school speech and debate programs to the Middle School Speech and Debate State Championship Tournament! Our synchronous tournament dates are Friday, May 6th - Sunday May 8th, 2022. Asynchronous speech will be judged in the week leading up to our tournament with semifinal and final rounds on Saturday.

All middle school competitors in sixth through eighth grades in public or private programs will be able to compete with other outstanding students from across the state.

Check out the awesome opportunities that the tournament provides:

The tournament will offer six (6) preliminary rounds of debate and three (3) preliminary rounds of speech; breaks will depend on entry but are tentatively scheduled for Double Octofinals for debate, semis for speech, and finals for congress.
This tournament will offer all CHSSA speech events.
2a) Oratorical Interpretation, Original Oratory, Original Advocacy, Informative, Program Oral Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, and Original Prose & Poetry will be offered asynchronously. Videos should be sent to Nadia no later than Saturday, 23 April 2022 at 11:59PM.
2b) Extemporaneous and Impromptu will be offered as synchronous events.
2c) We may collapse or eliminate events based on enrollment so be sure to register early!
Debate events offered are Congress, Policy, Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas, and-- for the first time at the middle school level-- Parliamentary.
3a) Public Forum will use the NSDA April topic.
3b) Lincoln-Douglas will use the NSDA March/April topic.
High school competitors with extensive experience are welcome to judge.

Questions? Contact Nadia and Victor with any questions that you might have.
Most importantly, save the dates. We look forward to seeing you for our exciting tournament!

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TOURNAMENT POLICIES & PROCEDURES

Tournament Policies & Procedures
Please know that this is a Middle School Tournament, which means we are limited to grades six through eight.

Entries
Double Entry Limitations:
-No entry limits on an individual in asynchronous speech events. The only events that are mutually exclusive are the extemps! A student may not enter in both NX and IX.
-Students may not compete in both Debate and Synchronous Speech.

Judging Information
- All judges must check in with the judge lounge via Zoom at least 20 minutes prior to their first live round. The link to the judge lounge Zoom will be posted when the tournament draws nearer.
- High school speech students with at least one complete year of competition are welcome to judge; please note upon registration that they are a high school student.
- Required judges missing a round will be penalized $45 per round.

Debate Topics
Over the course of the tournament, each team or individual in Public Forum, and Lincoln Douglas may be assigned to uphold either side of the resolution in a given round.
- LD (NSDA March/April Topic)
- PF (NSDA April Topic)
- Congress Legislation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Mn0uuuRgIWYOYkmvDCFGdbLqEcoHvlWaj8BVoksV5CY/edit?usp=sharing

Entry Price

One event and parent is judging $70
One event and opting out of judging $180

Two events and parent is judging $90
Two events and opting out of judging $200

Three events and parent is judging $110
Three events and opting out of judging $220

Debate Boutique PF/LD workshop, additional $80 (optional)

Each person in a PF/Policy/Duo team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF/Policy/Duo 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 - PST

Click the link below to see the tentative schedule
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EJM51-Rn6kztK8jLSDdJtDKyDhqHyrvwEHAbtJaFlKo/edit#heading=h.2tgcu3edy7p9

*keep in mind that asynchronous speech will be judged in the week leading up to our tournament with semifinal and final rounds on Saturday.

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 (DO NOT USE PARENT'S EMAIL) *

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

If this is your first time competing, make sure to first create a Tabroom account here: https://www.tabroom.com/user/login/new_user.mhtml
It's super simple and quick (<1 minute), but follow the guidelines here in case anything is confusing: https://docs.tabroom.com/Sign_Up

PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Your email address will be the one included when we send the logistics email.

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

EVENT SELECTION
Make sure you have checked the double-entry policies if there are any. We are not responsible for schedule conflicts.
Debate, Extemp, and Impromptu are live. Other speech events are asynchronous for prelims and live for elims. Please send performance link to Nadia by 23 April 2022.

DOUBLE ENTRY
-No entry limits on an individual in asynchronous speech events.
-Students may not compete in both Debate and Synchronous Speech.

PF Partner Name (write N/A if none) *

First

Last

Speech #1 Youtube link (paste here or send to Nadia by the deadline) *

Speech #1 Piece Info (title, author, etc., make sure to list it on the Youtube title/description as well) *

Speech #2 Youtube link (paste here or send to Nadia by the deadline) *

Speech #2 Piece Info (title, author, etc., make sure to list it on the Youtube title/description as well) *

Speech #3 Youtube link (paste here or send to Nadia by the deadline) *

Speech #3 Piece Info (title, author, etc., make sure to list it on the Youtube title/description as well) *

JUDGE PROVISION

Will you (parent or older sibling in high school) be judging at this tournament? *

Judge Name *

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

Judge phone *

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

Does your judge understand that he/she is responsible for the entire tournament schedule and that missing a round incurs fines from the tournament? *

Yes, understood Not judging but understood as well

Click here to complete the highly recommended Cultural Competency judge training course

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 literally takes less than a minute.

First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.
There are also these training cards available that include a summary of each event's rules and comments.

Tournaments encourage judges to have a paradigm 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. For example: "I am a parent, please speak clearly and slowly and avoid technical jargon".

More tournament resources can be found here.

DEBATE BOUTIQUE WORKSHOP

The Golden State Academy is partnering up with Debate Boutique to offer a skills workshop to help our PF and LD students in preparation for the championship tournaments occurring in April and May. These workshops are optional. If you are interested in attending, each session costs $80 which you can pay as an extra charge on the checkout page.

Dates available:

17 April 2022 - 11 am PST
24 April 2022 - 1 pm PST

Would you like to attend one of these workshops? (If yes, please make sure to pay the additional $80 fee at checkout) *

Yes, 17 April 2022 at 11 am Yes, 24 April 2022 at 1 pm Not for now

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

Loving Tree Academy: 36601 Newark Blvd, #83, Newark, CA 94560

CHSSA MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

6-8 May 2022

Information

​Entry Price

Schedule - PST

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!