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    MARLBOROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL INVITATIONAL 2

    26 March 2022

    DEADLINE
    19 Mar 2022
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to MS students in our returning/intermediate/advanced debate classes
    PLATFORM
    Online through NSDA Campus

    Information

    !!! Debate Style
    The students and judges participating in our tournament will generally be from schools that practice a progressive, technical style of debate. In Lincoln-Douglas, this will include policy crossover arguments like plans, counterplans, and disadvantages. If you prefer that your students learn a more traditional, rhetorically-oriented style, attending our tournament may not be the best choice for your team. ​GSA recommends that students in our returning classes and intermediate sign up for this class. If you are unsure if you should sign up, please contact your child's coach first before contacting Nadia or Victor.
    ​

    Hello,
    Welcome to the Marlborough Middle School Tournament 2. This tournament will be held online.

    Divisions
    The middle school divisions are for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders who don't normally compete in high school tournaments.

    Topics
    In LD, we will be using the January/February topic: Resolved: The appropriation of outer space by private entities is unjust.
    In PF, we ​will be using the March topic: Resolved: In the United States, the benefits of increasing organic agriculture outweigh the harms.


    ​ 
    Judges
    We welcome Varsity debaters as judges for the tournament. The expectation is that any parent volunteer judges will train themselves using the resources provided below. Untrained parent volunteers do not cover a school's judging obligation.
     
    Judges are expected to provide constructive and encouraging oral feedback in every debate, and to disclose the winner of each debate.
     
    Judges are expected to make every debate welcoming and be mindful of the age of student competitors. Judges may not use profanity, may not comment on students' appearance, and should give every student positive feedback alongside suggestions for improvement. Inappropriate comments or actions toward students will result in judges being dismissed from the tournament.

    ​NSDA Campus Instructions for Students
    NSDA Campus Instructions for Judges

    ​Entry Price

    LD and parent is judging $65
    LD and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $145

    PF and parent is judging $60
    PF and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $140

    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

    Please note that all times are in PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST).

    ​LD & PF Schedule (Single-Flighted)
    9:00    Round 1
    10:15    Round 2
    11:30    Round 3
    1:15       Round 4
    2:30    Awards

    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:  [email protected]

    Nadia Budiman 
    Contact email: [email protected]

    Or [email protected]

    Registration Form

    ​

    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
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!
    !!! Debate Style
    The students and judges participating in our tournament will generally be from schools that practice a progressive, technical style of debate. In Lincoln-Douglas, this will include policy crossover arguments like plans, counterplans, and disadvantages. If you prefer that your students learn a more traditional, rhetorically-oriented style, attending our tournament may not be the best choice for your team. 
    ​GSA recommends that students in our returning classes and intermediate sign up for this class. If you are unsure if you should sign up, please contact your child's coach first before contacting Nadia or Victor.

    ​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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