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    SOUTHERN STATES MIDDLE SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP

    17 April 2021

    DEADLINE
    10 April 2021
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to middle school students only
    PLATFORM
    Online through NSDA Campus

    Information

    Middle School Speech and Debate Teams:

    The coaches at Northland Christian School in Houston, Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, and The Galloway School in Atlanta welcome ALL Middle School teams to the Southern States Middle School Speech and Debate Championship on Saturday, April 17, 2021.

    All events will be synchronous, using NSDA Campus
    All debate events except for Congress will have 4 rounds with no elimination rounds. Congress will have 3 sessions (2.5 hrs each) with no elimination rounds.
    All speech events will have either 3 rounds with a final round or 4 rounds with no elimination rounds.
    We will use NSDA rules in all events, except for Declamation/OI where we will use CFL rules.


    Eligibility:
    Students must be in Grades 6-8
    Students may enter up to 1 debate event or 2 speech events. Students in debate cannot cross-enter into speech, and students in speech cannot cross-enter in debate.
    ​

    ​Events:
    Debate:
    • Lincoln Douglas Debate (Topic: Jan/Feb NSDA)
    • ​Congressional Debate (Legislation provided by the tournament directors and posted a few weeks prior)​
    Speech:
    • Extemporaneous Speaking (US and International topic areas by round to be released about a week prior to the tournament)
    • Informative Speaking
    • Original Oratory
    • Declamation
    • Impromptu Speaking (7 min total to prepare and deliver speech. Topic areas to be released about a week prior)
    • Humorous Interpretation
    • Dramatic Interpretation


    Judge Eligibility:
    1. Tenth grade or older
    2. If in high school, they must have competed for at least two full years (including this year). If older than a high school student, they are not required to have competed but they need to be familiar with the rules and norms of the events they are potentially judging.
    3. Trusted to be responsible educators when interacting with students in the virtual rooms and filling out ballots. All are required to WRITE comments that are supportive, encouraging, and constructive. They also need to understand that the young people they are judging could be as young as 11 years old. This tournament is NOT a varsity state championship, NSDA Nationals, NCFL Nationals, NDCA Championships, UK TOC, or NIETOC.​


    We look forward to an exciting day of Middle School competition!

    ​Entry Price

    LD and parent is judging $60
    LD and parent is NOT judging $130

    One speech event and parent is judging $60
    One speech event and parent is NOT judging $130


    Two speech events and parent is judging $70
    Two speech events and parent is NOT judging $140

    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 CENTRAL TIME ZONE.

    ​9:30 am - Opening Assembly. Students, coaches, and parents are invited. We will have some opening remarks and a keynote speaker (a leading voice in speech and debate in the US).

    10:30 am - Round 1/Session 1
    1:00 pm - Round 2
    1:45 pm - Session 2 (Congress only)
    3:30 pm - Round 3
    4:45 pm - Session 3 (Congress only)
    5:45 pm - Round 4 (or Final Round in Speech events)

    Notes:
    • Extemp draw will begin 30 min before the round start time
    • Rounds 3 and 4 will use an Impromptu motion with motion release being 1 hour before round start time.​
    • LD will be single flighted.
    • We may have an awards program after the final round

    This schedule supports down time between each round for students and judges to get away from computer screens and eat some food on their own schedule. Debate judges are permitted to provide oral comments after each round, but please keep them brief so students can still enjoy a break before the next round.

    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
    Students may enter up to 1 debate event or 2 speech events. Students in debate cannot cross-enter into speech, and students in speech cannot cross-enter in debate.
    BOTH partners must fill out form and pay in order to be registered!

    ​JUDGE PROVISION
    ​Eligibility:
    1. Tenth grade or older
    2. If in high school, they must have competed for at least two full years (including this year). If older than a high school student, they are not required to have competed but they need to be familiar with the rules and norms of the events they are potentially judging.
    3. Trusted to be responsible educators when interacting with students in the virtual rooms and filling out ballots. All are required to WRITE comments that are supportive, encouraging, and constructive. They also need to understand that the young people they are judging could be as young as 11 years old. This tournament is NOT a varsity state championship, NSDA Nationals, NCFL Nationals, NDCA Championships, UK TOC, or NIETOC.
    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.

    ​Judges are encouraged to add 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
Submit/take to payment

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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
​510-890-6665

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: info@tgsastaff.com

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Radiant Kidz(Cupertino): 991 Saratoga Ave #140, San Jose, CA 95129 

Morning Light Education: 6690 Amador Plaza Rd, Suite 230, Dublin, CA

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

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