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John F. Kennedy High School/Middle Speech and Debate

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Dear Speech and Debate Coach:
 
The Warren John F. Kennedy Speech and Debate Team cordially invites you and your team to attend the John F. Kennedy MS/HS Speech and Debate Tournament on October 29th, 2022!
 
PLEASE NOTE: THIS BQS TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD IN-PERSON WITH NO VIRTUAL OPTIONS!
 
TOURNAMENT OFFERINGS:
 
HIGH SCHOOL EVENTS 
 
**DOUBLE ENTRIES WILL BE PERMITTED IN SPEECH EVENTS ONLY (Except Extemp)**
 
Individual Events: We will offer a total of (3) rounds of competition of all OSDA speech events. 
 
Public Forum Debate: We will offer three (3) rounds of competition. We will follow the NSDA Topic for NOV/DEC. 
 
Lincoln-Douglas Debate: We will offer three (3) rounds of competition. Please follow the NOV/DEC NSDA topic. 
 
There will be NO HS BQD OR POLICY DEBATE.
 
Congress: We will have 2 preliminary sessions of Congress for HS and then break to a final. We will be utilizing the OSDA docket assigned for October 29th for legislation. We will be scoring based on judge preference/ranks. We will also be using direct questioning and preset randomized recency. Legislation packets will be provided at least 1 week prior to the tournament.
 
MIDDLE SCHOOL EVENTS
 
Individual Events: We will offer a total of three (3) rounds of competition of all OSDA MS speech events. 
 
Extemp Debate: We will offer three (3) rounds of competition depending on entry numbers.
 
Public Forum Debate: We will offer three (3) preliminary rounds of competition. Please follow the November/December OSDA MS topic. 
 
Congress: We will have 2 preliminary sessions. The specific docket will be forthcoming but will be from the OSDA yearly docket. 
 
Schedule: 7:45-8:15 Registration/Check-in- All head coaches will be responsible for add/drops for their team in SpeechWire prior to checking in with Tab staff. All judges will individually check-in at the designated judge check-in located in the Dining Hall.
 
The first round will begin by 8:45 a.m. *An official schedule of rounds will be posted by Wednesday, October 26th after final entry counts are conducted.
 
Registration: Please register for the tournament on SpeechWire
Deadline to add entries: Monday, October 24th @ 9:00 p.m.
Deadline to add/edit judges: Thursday, October 27th @ 5:00 p.m.
 
Registration Fees: $4.00 per entry in both HS and MS (PF & DUO count as 2 entry fees). All checks should be made payable to John F. Kennedy High School- Speech and Debate(Fees may be paid at the time of registration or PO provided). 
 
Judge Requirements: 
 
We will be using e-balloting. All judges are expected to bring a device. WiFi will be available.
 
IE:  One (1) judge for every five (5) IE entries (a Duo team counts as one entry) for either HS or MS.
Public Forum/LD/EXTD: One (1) judge for every 2 debaters/teams. 
Congress: One (1) scorer or parliamentarian for each school that has Congress entries. IF YOU HAVE HS AND MS CONGRESS YOU MUST HAVE ONE JUDGE FOR HS AND ONE FOR MS.
The fee for being short judges is $30.00 per judge.  This fee will be enforced. JUDGES DROPPED THE DAY OF THE MEET WILL RESULT IN A $30 FINE.
 
Food: There will be concessions at both campuses providing several options for students. Please bring money for concessions. Per Youngstown District rule, no outside food or beverage may be brought to the tournament.
 
Awards: Awards will take place in the gym. Awards will be given to the top 6 finishers in each event. If numbers do not warrant awarding the top 6 finishers in MS events, the top 3 will receive awards.
 
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at aragozzino@warrenjfk.com 
 
We look forward to seeing you all on October 29th!
 
Agostino Ragozzino
Head Coach, JFK Speech and Debate

 

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Agostino Ragozzino
Email address: aragozzino@warrenjfk.com
Phone number: 330-501-1471

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JFK Speech and Debate
2550 Central Parkway SE
Warren, OH 44484

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