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    SOUTHERN STATES MIDDLE SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE CHAMPIONSHIP

    Saturday, April 30, 2022

    DEADLINE
    25 April 2022
    ELIGIBILITY
    Open to 6th - 8th graders
    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 30, 2022. 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 4 rounds with no elimination rounds.

    We will use NSDA rules in all events, except for Dec, Prose, Poetry where we will use CFL rules (note: prose and poetry will be two separate events). World Schools teams may be comprised of 3-5 students. If there are events we should add to the current set, please let us know. We are open to suggestions.

    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.

    Eligibility:
    Students must be in Grades 6-8

    Events:
    • Debate:
      Lincoln Douglas Debate (Topic: Jan/Feb NSDA)
      Public Forum Debate (Topic: Apr NSDA)
      Congressional Debate (Legislation click here)
    • 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
      Duo Interpretation (will be synchronous, no split screen performances)
      Program Oral Interpretation
      Prose Reading (7 min max)
      Poetry Reading (7 min max)
      Storytelling (5 min max)

    Judges:
    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

    PF/LD and parent is judging $60
    PF/LD and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $150

    One speech event and parent is judging $60
    One speech event and parent is
    OPTING OUT of judging $150

    Two speech events and parent is judging $70
    Two speech events and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $160
    ​
    Each person in a PF/Duo team would be responsible of providing their own judge, so one PF/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 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME (CST).

    9:30 am - Opening Assembly   --- 7:30 AM PST
    *Students, coaches, and parents are invited. We will have some opening remarks and a keynote speaker
    10:30 am - Round 1   --- 8:30 AM PST
    10:30 am - Session 1 (Congress)   --- 8:30 AM PST
    1:00 pm - Round 2   --- 11:00 AM PST
    1:45 pm - Session 2 (Congress)   --- 11:45 AM PST
    3:30 pm - Round 3   --- 1:30 PM PST
    4:45 pm - Session 3 (Congress)   --- 2:45 PM PST
    5:45 pm - Round 4   --- 3:45 PM PST

    Extemp draw will begin 30 min before the round start time
    LD and PF 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. Judges also still need to write their complete feedback on the ballots.

    Drop Fee

    Drop fees will be the same amounts as the entry fee PLUS any fees the tournament charges us for late drops ($10 nuisance fee). 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
    Suggested attire for the tournament can be found here.
    More tournament resources can be found here.

    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

    ​Click here to complete the mandatory 
    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
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

Email (preferred)

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

Locations

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

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

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