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This is a High School tournament in Colorado.

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4A Coaches,

We are excited to invite you and your team to the 2023 CHSAA 4A State Speech and Debate Tournament on February  24 and 25, 2023 at Discovery Canyon High School. On Friday, February 24, Registration/Team Check-In will run from 3:30 - 4:00 PM.   On Saturday, we will begin at 7:30 AM.  A finalized schedule will be sent to coaches in advance of the tournament.  Additionally, please know that the 4A State Tournament committee will be meeting and reaching out to each team with the Tournament Worker’s List.  Remember, each school is required to provide at least one coach to assist in the operation of the tournament (tab worker, judge, extemp prep, etc.).  Coach assignments will be sent out soon.

 

Please review the following information on the 

 

 

LOCATION:

Discovery Canyon High School

1810 North Gate Blvd

Colorado Springs, CO 80921

 

REGISTRATION DEADLINES:

The deadline for all registration materials to be submitted is Thursday, February 16th.   It is much better to get these in earlier in case there is an issue so there is time to address it.  Please do not wait until the last minute. Register your competitors in SpeechWire including name and piece information. Remember that this year you may enter as many as four competitors in each event.  All coaches should be sure to enter good contact information in case we need to get ahold of you.  Registration will open on February 1, 2023.

CONGRESS:

You are welcome to register up to four students to compete in the Colorado Student CongressIf you have any student interested in serving as a Presiding Officer this must be indicated at the time of registration.  Students may indicate interest in serving as presiding officers for preliminary sessions only or for preliminary sessions and advancement rounds. Students must run for presiding officer during preliminary sessions in order to be eligible to serve as presiding officer in advancement rounds. The docket will be found under "Files to download" on SpeechWire once it has been set from legislation submissions.  All proposed legislation must be submitted by MONDAY, January 30, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. (this is a bit of an extension from the original date).  If you would like to submit legislation to be considered, use the Google form here: https://forms.gle/sdSbKtJVNWhWpL7y7.  Please make sure your submission is in proper legislation format. 

JUDGE REQUIREMENT:

Schools shall be responsible for providing 1 certified judge for every 5 event entries (or portion thereof) and 1 certified judge for every 2 debate entries (or portion thereof) for the CHSAA State 4A Tournament. Judges must be entered no later than the registration deadline. 

  • Judges must be available from the beginning of the tournament until one round beyond the last round in which competitors from their school compete 

    • ​If necessary, a judging commitment may be shared by one or more people; however, this will only count as one judge toward the number of judges required.

    • EXAMPLE: A speech judge is required to be available for Friday and Saturday rounds. Person A is only available for Friday rounds. Person B is available to judge Saturday rounds. Person A/B counts as one judge toward the judging requirement.

  • Each school must have judges to cover at least 75% of its judging requirement

    • Uncovered judge slots will cost an additional $50 each.

  • Once the registration deadline has passed, the tournament director (or their designee) shall determine how many uncovered judge slots are available and an all call will go out to coaches to seek additional judges to fill the uncovered slots.

    • Each additional judge allows the school to subtract $25 from their tournament entry fee.

    • A school can use additional judges to bring their payment to $0; however, additional judges beyond this will not earn a credit (i.e. no money shall be paid to schools for providing additional judges)

  • Judges will be paid by CHSAA at the current rate of judge pay ($15/round, $40 bonus for judging 3+ CX and/or waved debate rounds). In addition, the CHSAA structure for reimbursing for mileage and hotels shall be utilized.

    • Mileage and hotel reimbursement will be paid to the party who incurred the expense.

  • Judges may not decline an assigned ballot for an event that they are registered to judge.

  • Schools will be charged a missed ballot fee of $50 per ballot for ballots missed by judges from their school.

  • At the conclusion of the tournament, coaches will be informed of missed ballot fees that will be assessed. Coaches will have 3 days to dispute fees via a google form. Disputed fees will be reviewed by a committee made up of the tournament director(s), judges table chair, speech activities chair and the CHSAA Associate Commissioner who oversees speech and debate.

JUDGE CERTIFICATION PROCESS

Any person interested in judging at the State Tournament must judge at one or more invitational meets during this school year and complete the annual certification test.  For any coach that judges at the tournament the judge certification test is encouraged but not required for coaches and assistant coaches; however, all coaches and assistant coaches must complete the CHSAA Coach Certification Process.  The requirement to judge at one or more invitational meets during this school year may be waived for experienced judges and former competitors; however, the judge certification test must be completed.  Please reach out to Nicole Jimenez (njimenez@chsaa.org) to request a waiver. 

 

All judges who want to be paid must have an Arbiter account.  The way they create an account is that you or they must send an email to Nikki Jimenez njimenez@chsaa.org stating they would like to judge at the 4A State tournament.  Nikki will then enter them into Arbiter which will send them an email with instructions on how to sign up.  Again, if a judge wants to be paid, they must have an arbiter account.  It is also STRONGLY suggested that all judges complete the background check that can be done through Arbiter.  Note:  This is likely to be mandatory next year.  So, please encourage your judges to do this. 

 

CLICK HERE: JUDGE CERTIFICATION TEST 

Please be actively recruiting judges and register those critics with your team’s registration. 

OO/INFO MANUSCRIPTS:

The cover sheet (see Appendix) and a typed manuscript must be submitted into SpeechWire with each oratory and informative speaking entry. This must accompany your pre-registration! Each student’s oration/speech that is submitted with the pre-registration must be the oration/speech used in competition. Personal references must be truthful. 

 

ORATIONS/SPEECHES ARE LIMITED TO NO MORE THAN 150 QUOTED WORDS. ALL QUOTES MUST BE UNDERLINED AND THE NUMBER OF QUOTED WORDS INDICATED AT THE BOTTOM OF EACH PAGE. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF QUOTED WORDS MUST BE INDICATED ON THE COVER SHEET. Extensive paraphrasing of another source is prohibited. 

 

No student may enter the State tournament with an oration and/or informative speech used in a prior state regional qualifying or state tournament. 

 

EXTEMP TOPIC AREAS:

Extemp Topic Areas will be released on February 1st, 2023

 

DEBATE RESOLUTIONS:

  • CX Debate 2022-2023 Topic:

    • Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.

  • Lincoln Douglas Debate January/February Topic:

    • Resolved: Justice requires open borders for human migration.

  • Public Forum Debate February 2023 Topic:

    • Resolved: In the United States, right-to-work laws do more harm than good.

PAYMENT:

Your payment, including any drop fees, MUST be received by the CHSAA office two weeks after state.

Example: State Tournament begins 2/24/23 – ALL payments are due to CHSAA no later than 3/10/23. All payments received after 3/10/23 will be billed a late fee of $25.00.

Each individual entry is a $20 entry fee, and each team entry is a $40 entry fee (Duo Interpretation, Public Forum Debate, Cross-Examination Debate). 

 

DO NOT submit payments prior to the State Tournament. Print your invoice after the Monday after the state event which will reflect any changes, late fees, drop fees, judge fees, etc.

Stay tuned for further information--we will communicate additional information as we get closer to the tournament via email!

As always, please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns! We’re looking forward to seeing you at the 2022 CHSAA State Speech & Debate Tournament!

Bill Brown, Director  | bbrown@wpsdk12.org 

Renee Motter, Co-Director  | renee.motter@asd20.org

Rashaan Davis, CHSAA Activities Commissioner | rdavis@chssa.org

Nicole Jimenez, Executive Assistant to Rashaan Davis | njimenez@chsaa.org

 

Manager contact information

Bill Brown and Renee Motter
Email address: bbrown@wpsdk12.org
Phone number: 719-646-9604

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14855 E. 2nd Avenue
Aurora , CO 80011

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