The Donor's Choose Invitational - MS PF/Policy

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This information is from a tournament in a past season!

This is a Middle School tournament in New York.

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The Donor’s Choose – Middle School Public Forum and Policy Debate

Institute of Collaborative Education

On behalf of the New York City Urban Debate League and Institute of Collaborative Education, you are cordially invited to the The Donor’s Choose for Middle School Public Forum and Policy Debate on January 17, 2015 for a day of exciting, fun and intense debate excitement.

We will offer two debate formats, Public Forum and Policy Debate, featuring three rounds of debate for both debate formats.

Judges’ training will be available for individuals interested in judging public forum and policy 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

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.

Each school may enter up to 5 teams.  If there is additional room, we will be happy to accommodate request for additional teams.

Each team requires one judge for every two teams competing.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS 5PM – January 14^TH, 2014

We will offer two debate formats, Public Forum and Policy Debate, featuring three rounds of debate for both debate formats.

Points will be on the scale of 30 points, within the range of 25-30 points.

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

IMPORTANT DATES

To submit teams into Speechwire: Wednesday, January 14^th by 5PM

Check-in / Day of tournament registration: Saturday, January 17^th, by 9:00AM

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

Institute of Collaborative Education

Location: 345 East 15th Street 5th Floor New York, NY 10003 

The Institute for Collaborative Education is a proud member of the Old Stuyvesant Campus Complex located at 345 E. 15 Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues, with the I.C.E. Main Office on the 5th Floor in Rm 513.

The closest subway stops are: 
the 1st Avenue L at 14th Street
and Union Square servicing the L N Q R W 4 5 6 lines

The closest MTA bus stop is: 
M15 1st Avenue & 14th Street

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

SATURDAY – JANUARY 17, 2014

8:00am – Breakfast and Registration

9:00am – Registration ends

9:45am – Round 1 – Public Forum and Policy Debate

11:00am – Round 2

12:15pm – Lunch

1:30pm – Round 3

2:30pm – Round 4

3:30pm – Workshops

4:30pm – Awards  

Manager contact information

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

Mailing address

None provided