WEST VALLEY

WEST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL DEBATE TOURNAMENT 2023

6 May 2023

DEADLINE

26 April 2023
NO REFUNDS AFTER THE DEADLINE

ELIGIBILITY

Open to MS/HS students

LOCATION

West Valley Middle School
801 Hibiscus Ln, San Jose, CA 95117

Information

The West Valley Middle School debate team Invites you to the first annual middle school and novice Debate tournament which will take place May 6th at West Valley Middle School in San Jose California.
This is an in-person debate tournament. Parents are responsible for taking their child to the location.

We are offering 4 rounds of debate (with recognition/awards for those with winning records after 4 rounds).
We will be providing breakfast muffins and juice along with snacks throughout the day.

Eligibility
The middle school divisions are for 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders who don't normally compete in high school tournaments.
If you have questions about which division a student should be entered in, don't hesitate to ask.

Topic:
We will be using the April NSDA topic on Technology.

Location and Parking
Our address is 801 Hibiscus Ln, San Jose, CA 95117
Please use our WVMS open parking lot.

Internet Access
Please use the “2017 WVMS” network and log in using the password: TBA

Judges

All judges must have Tabroom accounts including mobile phone numbers.
We welcome Varsity debaters as judges for the tournament. The expectation is that any parent volunteer judges will have trained themselves prior to judging at the tournament. Untrained parent volunteers are not eligible for the discounted entry fees.
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.

Thank you and we look forward to hosting you!

Entry Price

PF debate and parent is judging $88
PF debate and parent is OPTING OUT OF judging $188

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.

Tentative Schedule

Schedule for Public Forum
7:30 am Check-in
9:00 am Round 1
10:15 am Round 2
11:30 am Round 3
Lunch
1:30 pm Round 4
3:30 pm 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: vrivasumana@tgsastaff.com
Nadia Budiman
Contact email: nbudiman@tgsastaff.com
Or info@tgsastaff.com

Registration Form

STUDENT INFORMATION

* Indicates required field

Student Name *

First

Last

Student Email (make sure you have a Tabroom account) *

Student Phone Number *

Does the student have a Tabroom account? *

Yes and it is linked with GSA's account(s) Yes but it is not linked and we need you to add to your roster No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I will pay the additional $35 setup fee

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.

Parent Name *

First

Last

Parent Email *

Parent Phone Number *

EVENT SELECTION

Partner Name *

First

Last

Choose your event *

MS PF

JUDGE PROVISION
Another tournament has created this easy-to-use PF judging guidelines. Please take a look at them if this is your first time judging.
PF Judging Guidelines

Will you (parent) be judging at this tournament? *

Judge Name *

Judge email (Must be linked to a tabroom account. Register first at tabroom.com before completing this sign up) *

Judge phone *

Does your judge have a Tabroom account? *

Yes No but I will create one before submitting registration No but I'll pay the additional $35 setup fee Not judging

Does your judge understand that he/she is responsible for the entire tournament schedule and that missing a round incurs fines from the tournament? *

Yes, understood Not judging but understood as well

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

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

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

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

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

WEST VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL DEBATE TOURNAMENT 2023

6 May 2023

Information

​Entry Price

Tentative Schedule

Drop Fee

Contact Info

Registration Form

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.Check our home page for the schedule!

School year Hours

Telephone

Email (preferred)

Locations

Entry Price

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!