MSQI #1 Debate Tournament

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General information

This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a Middle School tournament in New York.

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New York City Urban Debate League / Middle School Quality Initiative Debate Tournament #1

Thomas C. Giordano Middle School 45

On behalf of the New York City Urban Debate League, the Middle School Quality Initiative of the NYC Department of Education and Middle School 45 Thomas C. Giordano, you are cordially invited to the NYCUDL Middle School Quality Initiative Debate Tournament #1 for Public Forum on October 18, 2014 for a day of exciting, fun and intense debate excitement.

We will offer the debate format of Public Forum Debate featuring three rounds of debate.

All questions, concerns and/or issues about the tournament should be directed to:

Tournament Director: Peter Berard - peterberard@gmail.com

Program Director: Aubrey Semple – 347-589-3733 or semplenyc@gmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you all,

Peter Berard – Tournament Director

Ben Honoroff – Middle School Quality Initiative

Aubrey Semple – Program Director / New York City Urban Debate League 

Erik Fogel – Executive Director / New York City Urban Debate League

Registration

Registration will take place on speechwire.com. The link to the registration is: https://www.speechwire.com/c-info.php?tournid=3132

REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS 5PM – OCTOBER 8^TH, 2014

We will offer the debate format of Public Forum Debate featuring three rounds of debate.

Points will be on the scale of 30 points.

We will provide awards for top speakers, top teams and sweepstakes for top schools.

Resolution for the MSQI tournament is: Resolved: Professional athletes deserve multi-million dollar salaries? - Unit 2.04 - Word Generation 

IMPORTANT DATES

To submit teams into Speechwire: Wednesday, October 8^th by 5PM

Check-in / Day of tournament registration: Sunday, October 11^th, by 9:30AM

Once registration closes (at the beginning of the tournament) – those that are late will forfeit the first round and will debate round 2 – they can observe and flow debates in round 1

WE MUST EMPHASIZE THIS RULE IN ORDER TO HAVE AN EFFICIENT, TIMELY AND WELL-MANAGED TOURNAMENT. PLEASE OBLIGE TO THIS REQUEST.  

TRAVEL DIRECTIONS TO THE TOURNAMENT

Location: Middle School 45 – Thomas C. Giordano Middle School

Address: 2502 Lorillard Place Bronx,  NY 10458

Public Transportation:

Subways:

B & D trains from Fordham Road train station

Buses:

Bx9, Bx 12, Bx12-SBS, Bx15, Bx17, Bx 19, Bx22, Bx34, Bx41

Website for more info on locations: http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/10/X045/AboutUs/MapsAndDirections/default.htm

 

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

SATURDAY - OCTOBER 18, 2014

8:00am – 9:30am – Breakfast and Registration

9:30am – Registration Closes

9:30am – 10:30am – Prep session for debate participants

10:30am – 11:30am – Round 1

11:30am – 12:30pm – Round 2

12:30pm – 1:30pm – Lunch

1:30pm – 2:30pm – Round 3

2:30pm – 3:00pm – Speaker – Workshop – TBA

3:00pm – 3:30pm – Award Ceremony

Manager contact information

Aubrey Semple
Email address: semplenyc@gmail.com
Phone number:

Mailing address

None provided