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    CHSSA MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

    30 April - 2 May 2021

    DEADLINE
    21 April 2021
    ELIGIBILITY
    open to 6th - 8th graders
    PLATFORM
    Online through TBD platform

    Information

    Mark your calendars now for one of the most exciting and educational events of the 2020- 2021 school year … The California High School Speech Association Middle School Speech and Debate State Championship Tournament. This incredible opportunity will take place Friday April 30th - Sunday May 2nd, 2021. 

    For clarification, the middle school competitors in sixth through eighth grades, and each will have the exciting opportunity to meet and compete with other outstanding students from across the state. 

    Check out the awesome opportunities that the tournament provides: 
    1) The tournament will offer six (6) preliminary rounds of debate and three (3) preliminary rounds of speech; breaks will depend on entry. 
    2) This tournament will offer all CHSSA speech events. Oratorical Interpretation, Original Oratory, Original Advocacy, Informative, Humorous Interpretation, and Dramatic Interpretation will be offered asynchronously. International Extemp, National Extemp, and Impromptu will be offered as live events.
    3) Debate events offered are Congress and Lincoln Douglas.
    4) This tournament is meant to be accessible to all California middle schoolers who want to attend. We offer reasonable entry fees and minimal judging requirements. High school competitors are welcomed, and encouraged, to judge.  

    Most importantly, save the dates. We look forward to seeing you for our exciting tournament!


    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 individual in Lincoln Douglas may be assigned to uphold either side of the resolution in a given round.
    - LD (NSDA March/April Topic): TBA
    - The Congress docket will be available on Tabroom beginning April 2nd, 2021.

    ​Entry Price

    One event and parent is judging $70
    One event and parent is NOT judging $180

    Two events and parent is judging $90
    Two events and parent is NOT judging $200

    Three events and parent is judging $110
    Three events and parent is NOT judging $220

    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

    CHSSA MS State Championships (Tentative) Schedule

    Friday, April 30th
    4:30PM - Slack check-in
    5:00PM - Debate 1 / Imp 1
    7:00PM - Debate 2 / Extemp(s) 1

    Saturday, May 1st
    9:00AM - Debate 3 / Imp 2
    11:00AM - Debate 4 / Extemp 2
    1:00PM - Debate 5 / Imp 3
    3:00PM - Debate 6 / Extemp 3

    Sunday, May 2nd
    8:00AM - Debate Elim 1 / Imp Semifinals
          (For DI, OI/Declamation, semifinals competitor attendance is optional)
    10:00AM - Debate Elim 2 / Extemps Semifinals
          (For OA, OO, HI, semifinals competitor attendance is optional)
    12:00PM - Debate Elim 3
    2:00PM - Debate Elim 4 / IE Finals
           (Attendance is optional for speech except for Imp & Extemp where students must be present
    5:00PM (or ASAP) - Awards

    **This schedule is TENTATIVE and is subject to change at the discretion of the tournament staff.

    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

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

    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. Please send performance link to Nadia by 24 April 2021.

    DOUBLE ENTRY
    -No entry limits on an individual in asynchronous speech events.
    ​-A student may not enter in both NX and IX.
    -Students may not compete in both Debate and Synchronous Speech.

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    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 less than a minute.

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

    ​Tournaments recommend 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".

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

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