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    JON SCHAMBER​ HIGH SCHOOL INVITATIONAL

    29-31 October 2021

    DEADLINE
    23 Oct 2021
    (to register and to drop)
    ​
    We'll then add you to the website and you need to verify your email afterwards.
    ELIGIBILITY
    PLATFORM
    Open to HS students only
    In-person in Stockton, CA

    Students and parents will be responsible for transporting themselves to and from the tournament

    Information

    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

    ​Entry Price

    LD only $210
    LD + 1 Speech $255
    LD + 2 Speech $270
    LD + 3 Speech $285

    PF only $210
    PF + 1 Speech $225
    PF + 2 Speech $240
    PF + 2 Speech $255

    One Speech Event $185
    Two Speech Events $200
    Three Speech Events $215


    IF PARENT IS JUDGING, YOU WILL GET A DISCOUNTED RATE.
    THE ENTRY FEES AFTER DISCOUNTS ARE:

    LD only $90
    LD + 1 Speech $105
    LD + 2 Speech $120
    LD + 3 Speech $135

    PF only $90
    PF + 1 Speech $105
    PF + 2 Speech $120
    PF + 2 Speech $135

    One Speech Event $65
    Two Speech Events $80
    Three Speech Events $95


    *Judges need to be available on the two days that their event occurs on (Friday & Sunday for LD and Saturday & Sunday for other events)

    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 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST).
    Click here to see the full schedule
    *LD happens on Friday and Sunday. Other debate and speech events happen on Saturday and Sunday. Judges must make sure they are available accordingly.

    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
    Max file size: 20MB

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

    EVENT SELECTION
    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
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    Max file size: 20MB
    First time judging? Click here to learn how to do it! Or watch our Youtube playlist here.

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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

Polygon Academy (Cupertino): 1025 S. DeAnza Blvd, San Jose, CA-95129

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

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