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Laurel School Tournament
General information
This information is from a tournament in a past season! This is a High School tournament in Ohio. View manager contact information
Laurel School is proud to invite you to its eleventh annual Speech and Debate Tournament, to be held on Saturday, January 17, 2015 We are pleased and excited to offer this event, which will bring together the many outstanding students and coaches from throughout Ohio and beyond. We hope you will plan to join us!
We will offer all OHSSL events. Debate topics will be the NFL January/February topic for LD and the NFL January topic for PF. Please note that per OHSSL rules, we will allow the use of laptops in all debate events. We will also allow the use of laptops in Extemp prep. Students who do not have a laptop are invited to bring their article indexes on a jump drive, and we will make computers available to you in the prep room.
In order to help our tournament run smoothly, please review the following information carefully as you plan your registration and transportation.
Entries
We will accept four entries in all events (more if space allows). WE WILL ALLOW IE (SPEECH) COMPETITORS TO ENTER TWO EVENTS. Because this is an OHSSL Pre-District Qualifying Bid tournament, there will be NO MAVERICKS in Public Forum Debate. Orphaned competitors from PF are welcome to enter extemp or congressional debate for the day with no drop/add penalty.
Judges
We require that you provide one judge for every two LD competitors (or fraction), one judge for every two Public Forum or Two Person Policy teams (or fraction) and one judge for every five congress competitors. In IE, we require one judge for every five entries (duos count as one entry.) We’d greatly appreciate your covering your judge requirements so that the tournament will run smoothly.
Fees
Tournament fees will be $3.00 per contestant. Double entries count as two contestants. Please bring cash or a check made payable to Laurel School.
Arrival
Our address (for GPS or mapping purposes) is 1 Lyman Circle, Shaker Hts., OH 44122. Please have buses drop your team members on the street at the main circle (the one with the flagpole.) Please enter through the main doors. All other doors will be locked.
Food
Our dining service will lay on a spread for your teams! Full lunch, including soups, entrees, sides, and full salad bar is available for a flat cost of $5.00 for students, and a discounted price for adults. Drinks and snacks will be available as well.
WE'VE ENTERED THE 21st CENTURY!
We will be using the Speechwire Text Blast feature to send schedules and judge assignments to cell phones. Also, we will be using a warm room approach in debate where ballots will be scanned and uploaded to the ohssl-cleveland website on the day of the tournament.
Schedule of Events
8:00 - 8:30 AM Registration
8:30 - 8:45 AM Judges’ Meeting
8:45 AM - 2:30 PM Competition
3:00 PM Awards Ceremony for All Events
PLEASE NOTE: LD and PF debate rounds will be most likely be alternate flighted (LD at 8:45, PF at 9:45, etc.) Speech will be contested in four consecutive time blocks. If debate runs ahead of schedule (i.e., if we do not have to flight) we may hold a fifth round in LD and PF if time permits.
Registration
Please register by Wednesday, January 14th, 10:00 PM. Online registration is fast and easy. Go to www.SpeechWire.com and click on “Laurel School Tournament”. You will be led through the registration process. Please note that you will need to enter the names for your competitors and judges. Please also enter the titles of speech pieces for OHSSL PDQ Bid tracking.
Contact Rich Kawolics with questions. rkawolics@laurelschool.org or 440-318-4048 (cell).
We look forward to seeing you!
Rich Kawolics (Laurel School)
Manager contact information Rich Kawolics
Email address: rkawolics@laurelschool.org
Phone number: 440-318-4048 Mailing address Laurel School
1 Lyman Circle
Shaker Hts., OH 44122
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