Dear Speech and Debate Coaches and Moderators:

 

The Randolph High School Speech & Debate Team is pleased to invite you to the 31st Annual Randolph Fall Classic Speech & Debate Tournament to be held on Saturday, November 21, 2020 VIRTUALLY using Speechwire and NSDA Campus. We will be offering competition in 15 different events at various levels of competition this year.

 

For our full invitation, please check the "Files for Download" section of our Speechwire page. Below are some specific points of interest for this year:

 

Some new(er) things this year:

 

-Parliamentary Debate. We are offering this exciting and dynamic form of debate for the second time. In this event, teams of 2 students compete in a more parliamentary-style debate. To find out more, please check out the NYPDL’s informational literature on the event either online or in our provided materials. This style uses impromptu motions only, meaning that no outside preparation is allowed or required. Teams will be given 15 minutes to prep. To encourage students to try this new offering, we will offer one free entry per school. Because of the ease of understanding of this event, we will be using the PF judge pool for this event, though other judges may be asked to help out if necessary. Therefore, please add your judges to the PF pool accordingly.

 

-E-Ballots for All Events. We will be continuing to use e-ballots this year. Once again, we need you, the coaches and moderators, to ensure clear communication to your judges about this. Please ask ALL judges, both speech and debate, to ensure that they have access to a device that they can complete their ballots on, as well as any necessary equipment (i.e., chargers). We recommend using a laptop or computer for e-ballots, and if possible use two screens. E-ballots are incredibly easy and intuitive – they have been used to great effect at many local and national tournaments. We will again train any new judges on the process the morning-of. We would again like to stress that all events will be using e-ballots this year.

 

 

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We look forward to seeing you in November! Please contact Katie Burke (kburke@rtnj.org) with any questions. Until then, we wish you the very best start to the 2020-2021 season. 

 

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