CHSSA MIDDLE SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

    11-13 May 2023

    DEADLINE
    26 April 2023
    ​NO REFUNDS AFTER 22 APRIL 2023
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to 6th-8th graders
    PLATFORM
    Online through NSDA Campus

    Information

    Welcome:
    ​
    On behalf of the California High School Speech Association, I'm excited to welcome all California Middle Schoolers! Our synchronous, online tournament dates are Thursday, May 11th - Saturday, May 13th, 2023.
    All middle school competitors in sixth through eighth grades in public or private programs are welcome to compete with other outstanding students from across the state.

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    Structure of the Tournament:
    1. Structure: We 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 octofinals for debate and semifinals for speech & student congress.
    2. Double Entry:
      Cross Entry between Debate and Speech and Congress and Speech is now allowed. Cross entry between Debate and Congress will remain prohibited. It is the responsibility of your students and coaches to show up to rounds on time. Debate judges will enforce a strict 15 minute forfeit time for all competitors. Speech judges will be instructed to wait 15 minutes after the final speaker has finished speaking for students. If a student does not show up by that time, they will receive last place in the round. Entries are still due on April 22nd. Our schedule will not change. Tab will do our very best to ensure that flighting and speaking order works out for cross entry, but cannot guarantee a perfect universe for each cross entered student.
      In speech, students may enter up to TWO events in Pattern A and Pattern B for a maximum of four events across the two patterns. If students are double entered, it is THEIR responsibility to ensure that they attend rounds on time. Rounds will NOT be rerun if a student is late to their round. Extra Prep will NOT be given to students in Extemp Prep if they are late to draw.
    3. Missing Judge Policy: This year, we will be using a hybrid system to penalize judges missing their judging assignments. Judges that miss their judging assignments will first be fined $75 for the first offense, and $150 for each subsequent offense. Schools that have 5+ missing judge fines risk having their entire team dropped from the Tournament

    Events Offered:
    A. Speech:
    1. Speech: We will offer all CHSSA speech events synchronously. Competitors are also required to upload a prerecorded video of their interpretation & platform speeches to be used in case the competitors experience technical difficulties during their rounds. Video links must be sent to Nadia by Apr 22, 2023. There will be TWO Patterns:
    2. Speech Pattern A is: SPAR, Dramatic Interpretation, Extemp, Informative, Declamation, & POI
      Extemp topic areas:
      ​Topic Areas will alternate between International and National Topics. If a Semifinals Round is not warranted, we will skip that Topic Area.
      Round 1 - Europe/Russia
      Round 2 - U.S. Politics/Government
      Round 3 - The Americas
      Semifinals - Finance and Economics
      Finals - U.S. Foreign Policy
    3. Speech Pattern B is: Duo, Original Prose & Poetry, Humorous Interpretation, Impromptu, & Persuasive.
    B. Debate:
    1. Debate: Debate events offered are Public Forum and Lincoln Douglas.
    2. Public Forum will use the NSDA April topic.
    3. Lincoln-Douglas will use the NSDA March/April topic.
    4. ​Topic Areas: Extemp
      Topic Areas will alternate between International and National Topics. If a Semifinals Round is not warranted, we will skip that Topic Area.
      Round 1 - Europe/Russia
      Round 2 - U.S. Politics/Government
      Round 3 - The Americas
      Semifinals - Finance and Economics
      Finals - U.S. Foreign Policy​

    Most importantly: save the dates. We look forward to seeing you for our exciting tournament!
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    CHSSA HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION POLICY
    The California High School Speech Association is committed to providing its participants, judges, coaches, and members the opportunity to pursue excellence in their endeavors. This opportunity can exist only when each member of our community is assured an atmosphere of mutual respect. CHSSA is committed to maintaining an environment that is free from all forms of harassment and discrimination. Accordingly, all forms of harassment and discrimination are prohibited, whether committed by participants, judges, coaches, or observers. CHSSA is committed to the enforcement of this policy. Individuals who are found to have violated this policy will be subject to the full range of sanctions, up to and including removal from the tournament premises and prosecution by authorities. Any individual or group of individuals who believes they have been a victim of harassment and/or discrimination should report it via the Equity Office Intake Form (hyperlink will be posted closer to the start of the Tournament)or other appropriate authority immediately.
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    Please note: Equity Complaints are if someone feels they have faced discrimination or harassment, while Rules Protests are about the violation of competitive event rules, like the falsification of evidence, plagiarism, etc.
    If you have a Rule Protest, please contact the Help Desk immediately and they can assist.Please do not fill out the Equity Office Intake Form for any Rule Protests.

    ​Entry Price

    One event and parent is judging $70
    One event and parent is opting out of judging $200

    Two events and parent is judging $90
    Two events and parent is opting out of judging $220

    Three events and parent is judging $110
    Three events and parent is opting out of judging $240
    ​
    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

    Tentative Schedule for CHSSA Middle School State Tournament
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    Pattern A Speech: SPAR, DI, EXT, INFO, OI, POI
    Pattern B Speech: DUO, OPP, HI, IMP, OO/OA
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    1. Cross Entry between Debate and Speech is now allowed. It is the responsibility of your students and coaches to show up to rounds on time. Debate judges will enforce a strict 15 minute forfeit time for all competitors. Speech judges will be instructed to wait 15 minutes after the final speaker has finished speaking for students. If a student does not show up by that time, they will receive last place in the round. Entries are still due on April 22nd. Our schedule will not change. Tab will do our very best to ensure that flighting and speaking order works out for cross entry, but cannot guarantee a perfect universe for each cross entered student.
    2. ​In speech, a student may enter up to TWO events in Pattern A and Pattern B for a maximum of four events across the two patterns. If students are double entered, it is THEIR responsibility to ensure that they attend rounds on time. Rounds will NOT be rerun if a student is late to their round. Extra Prep will NOT be given to students in Extemp Prep if they are late to draw.

    Thursday, May 11th, 2023
    5:00 PM - LD, PF / Speech Pattern A Round 1
    7:00 PM - LD, PF Round 2 / Speech Pattern B Round 1

    Friday, May 12th, 2023
    5:00 PM - Congress Round 2 / LD, PF, Parli Round 3
    5:15 PM - Speech Pattern A Round 2 (Prep at 4:45 PM)
    7:00 PM - LD, PF, Parli Round 4
    7:15 PM - Speech Pattern B Round 2
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    Saturday, May 13th, 2023
    8:00 AM - LD, PF, Parli Round 5
    8:15 AM - Speech Pattern A Round 3 (Extemp Prep at 7:45 AM)
    10:00 AM - Congress Round 3 / LD, PF, Parli Round 6
    10:15 AM - Speech Pattern B Round 3
    ***Debate will single flight Elimination Rounds given that we have enough judges to fill all panels. Please remind judges that they are obligated to the first FULL Elimination round. So all judges are obligated until the 2 PM Elimination Round.***
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    ​12:30 PM - LD, PF, Parli Elim 1
    12:45 PM - Speech Elim 1, Round 4 for Speech Events Without Elims (Combined Patterns) (Extemp Prep at 12:15 PM)
    2:00 PM - Congress Finals / LD, PF, Parli Elim 2
    2:45 PM - Speech Elim 2 (Combined Patterns)
    3:30 PM - LD, PF, Parli Elim 3
    4:30 PM - Speech Elim 3 (Combined Patterns)
    5:00 PM - LD, PF, Parli Elim 4
    6:30 PM - LD, PF, Parli Elim 5
    ***We will ALWAYS push up rounds if we have the judges and the ability to run Rounds faster. Please be on the look out for emails reminders OR for text blasts as necessary.***

    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

    To participate at this tournament, you are required to sign the media letter form before. Make sure to do this before you proceed with the registration.
    RELEASE FORM
    Max file size: 20MB
    STUDENT INFORMATION
    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.
    EVENT SELECTION
    1. Cross Entry between Debate and Speech is now allowed. It is the responsibility of your students and coaches to show up to rounds on time. Debate judges will enforce a strict 15 minute forfeit time for all competitors. Speech judges will be instructed to wait 15 minutes after the final speaker has finished speaking for students. If a student does not show up by that time, they will receive last place in the round. Entries are still due on April 22nd. Our schedule will not change. Tab will do our very best to ensure that flighting and speaking order works out for cross entry, but cannot guarantee a perfect universe for each cross entered student.
    2. ​In speech, a student may enter up to TWO events in Pattern A and Pattern B for a maximum of four events across the two patterns. If students are double entered, it is THEIR responsibility to ensure that they attend rounds on time. Rounds will NOT be rerun if a student is late to their round. Extra Prep will NOT be given to students in Extemp Prep if they are late to draw.
    Speech: We will offer all CHSSA speech events synchronously. Competitors are also required to upload a prerecorded video of their interpretation & platform speeches to be used in case the competitors experience technical difficulties during their rounds. Video links must be sent to Nadia by May 2nd, 2023.
    ​JUDGE PROVISION

    ​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.
    TERMS AND CONDITIONS

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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

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

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