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Saturday, March 12, 2022 • 8:30am to 5:30pm

Young Genius Association is very excited to host its seventh annual spring Congressional Debate tournament for Elementary School students. We are one of few organizations that coordinate tournaments for younger competitors, and we invite all Congressional Debaters in the 3rd through 8th grades to attend!
Elementary and Middle School students will compete in two different divisions.

New This Year
As an added competition opportunity, we are excited to offer an event for Elementary School students in 3rd grade: Campaign Speech. Please see below for more information about the event.

Congress:

3rd to 5th graders welcome
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE TOURNAMENT CONGRESS DOCKET AND HANDBOOK

Campaign Speech:

3rd graders ONLY
Competitors should present a short speech explaining why they should be elected to hold a certain office, which may be real or fictional.
All of the speech should be the student's original writing.
Visual aids are not permitted.
Speech time should be 2-3 minutes

Entry Price

Campaign Speech and parent is judging $80
Campaign Seech and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $160

Congress and parent is judging $80
Congress and parent is OPTING OUT of judging $160

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

Tournament Schedule (all times PST)
Please note: We STRONGLY encourage students to get up from their computers to stretch their legs and rest their eyes in between rounds!

7:30-8:30am PST: Judge orientation and check-in (mandatory for all judges - if you do not attend, you will be fined $50)
8:30-8:45am PST: Welcome Ceremony
9:00-10:30am PST: Round 1 of Congressional Debate
9:30-10:30am PST: Round 1 of Elementary Speech
11:00am-12:30pm PST: Round 2 of Congressional Debate
11:30am-12:30pm PST: Round 2 of Elementary Speech
1:00-2:30pm PST: Round 3 of Congressional Debate
1:30-2:30pm PST: Round 3 of Elementary Speech
5:00pm PST: Awards Ceremony

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 Name *

First

Last

Student Email (DO NOT USE PARENT'S EMAIL) *

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

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.

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

YG SPRING CONGRESS AND SPEECH TOURNAMENT

12 March 2022

Information

Entry Price

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

YG SPRING CONGRESS AND SPEECH TOURNAMENT

12 March 2022

Information

​Entry Price

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!