JON SCHAMBER

This is a High School tournament in California.

The University of the Pacific Speech and Debate team cordially invites your team to attend the 40th annual Jon Schamber High School Forensics Tournament on Friday, October 29 through Sunday, October, 31 2021. The tournament will feature the following events:

Debate

CX Debate
Lincoln Douglas Debate
Public Forum debate (TOC QUALIFIER FOR SEMI-FINAL ROUND PARTICIPANTS!)

Individual Events (TOC & NIET TOC QUALIFIERS)

Dramatic Interpretation
Duo Interpretation
Extemporaneous Speaking (Combined National & International Topics)
Humorous Interp
Impromptu
Informative Speaking (formally Expository)
Poetry
Prose
Oral Interpretation
Original Oratory
Programmed Oral Interpretation

We also offer Triathlon, which allows schools to triple enter up to six students in Individual Events.

Awards: Awards will be presented to all elimination round competitors. Speaker awards will be presented to the top three debaters in all divisions as well as the top three speakers in both divisions of Triathlon. The top two high schools with eleven or more contestants entered and the top two high schools with ten or fewer contestants entered will be honored with sweepstakes awards. In addition, the traveling sweepstakes trophy will be presented to the school that has accumulated the highest number of sweepstakes points over the years that the tournament has been offered on our campus. The members of Pacific Speech and Debate are looking forward to seeing your squad in October. We hope to see you here!

COVID GUIDELINES (SUBJECT TO BE UPDATED)
Pacific's COVID-19 health and safety plan is based upon the current guidance issued by the California Occupational Health and Safety Administration (Cal/OSHA), State of California Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). More information about Pacific’s guidelines can be accessed here: https://www.pacific.edu/covid-19-update

Masks will be required in all indoor spaces and proper distancing will be suggested in all spaces even when masked. All protocols that are in place for your own school should be followed while on University of the Pacific’s campus. All students, judges, and coaches will be required to submit one of the following: proof of vaccination OR proof of a negative test as current as Thursday, October 28th and a declination to be vaccinated form.

We will also be utilizing guidelines provided by the CDC and California which can be found here: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/K-12-Guidance-2021-22-School-Year.aspx#:~:text=In%20California%2C%20the%20surest%20path,the%20community%3B%20universal%20masking%20in

HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION POLICY (CHSSA)
As a tournament, we will follow the harassment policy stated below ON TOP OF our own institutions harassment 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 to the Help Desk or appropriate authority immediately.

PARTICIPANT BEHAVIOR:
A waiver and guidelines form will be circulated for competitors, judges, and all other participants. We would ask that everyone you enter in our tournament read and agree to follow these procedures. We encourage your participants to respect these policies and we ask you to engage with respect, empathy, and fairness. Participants who do not respect this or refuse to agree will be disqualified from participation.

SAFETY GUIDELINES:
Two-party consent is required for the recording of a live debate round. Students and Judges are allowed to clarify at any point in the round that the recording/live streaming should stop. Any violation of this rule could result in disqualification.
Recording of IE rounds being judged is prohibited.

DIVISIONS
A competitor in Novice division is a competitor in their first two years of competition combined at either the middle-school or high-school level. However, any student who reached elimination rounds at either the CHSSA middle-school or high-school tournaments must enter senior division.

Any competitor may enter Open division. A competitor who is a Junior or Senior with competitive experience prior to the current academic year must enter Open division. A Novice division competitor competing with a Open division partner must be entered in Open division.

JUDGES
A debate judge will be required to judge at least four preliminary rounds of debate. A speech judge covering six entries will be required to judge at least two preliminary rounds of individual events. Schools must provide judges for one round beyond the elimination of their school's last contestants from competitions—please remind your judges.
What does this mean to you? A judge will be expected to be present on the two days that your event occur (Friday & Sunday for LD and Saturday & Sunday for the rest). In other words, you MUST come and judge on Sunday regardless of whether your child made it to the next round.

NOTE- We will be using digital ballots for ALL EVENTS so please make sure that your judges have a laptop, tablet, or cell phone they can use to access their ballot and record their results. We will have a few extra laptops for data entry but the tournament will move faster if we can quickly handle all judging responsibilities.

ENTRY PROCEDURE
Competitors may enter in both Debate and Speech events but are responsible for arriving to their rounds on time. Failure to do so could result in forfeiting a round. Competitors may only enter in a single debate event and may enter in NO MORE than three speech events.

EVENT GUIDELINES
jon_schambers_event_guideline.pdf

LOCATION
University of the Pacific

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

JON SCHAMBER HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL

29-31 October 2021

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