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2018 Broward High School Novice Championship | Fort Lauderdale High School | Saturday May 12, 2018

The Speech and Debate team from Fort Lauderdale High School invites your team to the 2018 Broward High School Novice Championship on Saturday May 12, 2018. Please read the following information carefully before entering students into the tournament.

EVENTS OFFERED: Public Forum Debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, Student Congress, Policy Debate, Extemporaneous Speaking, Original Oratory, Informative Speaking, Duo Interpretation, Oral Interpretation, Program Oral Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Declamation, and Impromptu Speaking.

ENTRY LIMITS: 6 in each event; 10 in Congress  

ENTRY FEE: $15.00 per student –includes lunch - payable to Fort Lauderdale High School Debate. Entry fee is charged from the time you enter a student on the web site.

JUDGE OBLIGATIONS: 1 judge for every 5 IE (including Congress), and 1 judge for every 2 debaters or fraction thereof, but you cannot mix Policy, PFD, or LD judges. Please make certain you have the correct number of debate judge. Schools with more than 35 IE competitors will need only 7 IE judges. High School student judges may be used if the student is a 11-12 grader and has 150 NSDA points or more.

REGISTRATION:  Enter online at www.speechwire.com under “Broward Novice Championship”

ENTRY DEADLINE: Entries will be accepted until 5:00pm on Tuesday May 8, 2018.  Changes and drops may be made until Friday, May 12, 2017 at 8:00 a.m., but you will be charged the entry fee for any student originally entered. Drops after Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. and before Friday at 8:00 a.m. will be charged the entry fee.  After 8:00 a.m. on Friday, drops will incur $10.00 in addition to the entry fee. Drops on the day of tournament or “discovered” during the actual tournament will result in the entry fee forfeiture plus a $20.00 penalty. 

LUNCH: Please order sandwiches for your students. They can choose Tuna, Turkey, Italian, or Veggie Sandwiches. The cost of student lunches is included in the entry fee. You must also order for all judges, student judges, adults and/or coaches. Please remember to order lunch for your judges/coaches separately; cost for lunch for judges/coaches is $7.00. Judge and coach lunches will be automatically added if you choose to ignore this item. 

FINAL REGISTRATION:  Registration begins promptly at 7:15 a.m. and will close at 7:45 a.m. in the Fort Lauderdale High School School Cafeteria. Please be prompt.

SCHEDULE: All events other than Policy and Student Congress will feature 5 rounds of competition. Policy will have 4 rounds of competition. Student Congress will have 2 preliminary rounds and a Final Round. Rounds will begin at 8:00 a.m. with Extemp Prep and we will run 3 rounds of competition prior to lunch at 12:30 p.m. and the final 2 rounds or sessions after lunch. We anticipate awards to begin at 5:00 p.m. Please inform students and parents accordingly.

AWARDS: This year we will feature awards for the top 6 students in all events.

FORFEIT RULES:  All rounds will be subject to the judge-arrival-plus-ten-minutes forfeit rule for students.

SCHOOL ADDRESS:  Fort Lauderdale High School 1600 NE 4th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305

TOPICS:

Lincoln Douglas Debate:           

2018 March/April Topic: Resolved: The United States ought to provide a universal basic income.

Policy Debate:

2016-2017 Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its funding and/or regulation of elementary and/or secondary education in the United States.

Public Forum Debate:

2017 April Topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should increase its quota of H-1B visas.

Student Congress: Legislation is due by Friday, April 27th and will be distributed on Monday, April 30th. Submit legislation to justin.weaver@browardschools.com

Extemporaneous Topics Areas: US Law Enforcement, Russia, East Asia, Domestic Issues (Law, Courts, Trade, Border Security, Budget, Taxes, Housing), US Foreign Policy (Trade, Nuclear Weapons, Treaties, WTO, UN, Diplomacy, Iran/Iraq, Civil Conflicts, Economic Sanctions, Human Rights, Genocide)

Impromptu Topic Areas: Famous Quotations, Mothers & Mother’s Day, Popular Music, Celebrating America, and Disney Characters

If you have problems or concerns, please contact via e-mail: susan.orlowski@browardschools.com or justin.weaver@browardschools.com

Looking forward to seeing you at the 2018 Broward AST Championships!

Jim Wakefield | Susan Orlowski | Fort Lauderdale High School | #DebateBroward | susan.orlowski@browardschools.com

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Justin Weaver
Email address: justin.weaver@browardschools.com
Phone number: 954-790-8160

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