Welcome to the Debate Broward Middle School Championships on April 26th at Everglades High School!

Judge/Coach Breakfast Sponsored by SNAPRaise!     Derek.johnson@snapraise.com

 

ALL STUDENTS MUST BE WEARING THEIR STUDENT ID AT ALL TIMES.

 

LOCATION:

Everglades High School

17100 SW 48th Ct, Miramar, FL

 

Please follow the instructions on this page to register your entries. Remember, each school will be capped at 20 entries. Waitlisted entries may be added based on availability of space at the host school and meeting judge requirements.

 

ARRIVAL:

You MUST arrive and check-in for the tournament between 7:30 and 8am. If you arrive after 8:00 am, you run the risk of being dropped from the tournament. Ext draw starts at 7:50am.  You will arrive and head straight to the cafeteria for check-in. Judges will head to the Media Center. Debate Broward will NOT be providing transportation for this tournament. You must arrange for your own transportation or parent drop-off/pick-up.

 

COMPETITORS:

Competitors must wear ID at all times. Competitors may not roam the school. They must be in the auditorium, cafeteria or in their round at all times. Please make sure you are keeping your students in the designated areas. Competitors should be prepared with chargers, water bottles and may purchase snacks/drinks at the concession throughout. 

ALL STUDENTS MUST BE WEARING THEIR STUDENT ID AT ALL TIMES.

 

REGISTRATION:

Please follow the instructions on this page to register your entries. Due to space availability, each school will be capped at 20 total entries. Any entries over that number will go on the waitlist, which will be cleared pending available space at Everglades and sufficient judge numbers. Please DO NOT bring students who are not registered. Please understand we will NOT move a student from one event to another.

No double or cross entries are allowed.

 

LOGISTICS:

There will be 5 rounds for Speech and Debate events, excluding Congress which will have 3 rounds. The top 6 entries in each event will receive a trophy. 

 

AWARDS: 

The awards ceremony will take place in the AUDITORIUM immediately following the conclusion of all rounds. Do not have parents arrive for awards until 4:30pm. You may send out a blast to parents when the final round has gone out and give them a heads up that it will be about an hour and a half until awards at that point. PARENTS WILL NOT BE LET IN THE SCHOOL PRIOR TO 4:30pm.

 

DEADLINES:

Registration for NEW ENTRIES will close on Wednesday April 23 at 12pm. At that time as many students will be released from the waitlist as judge numbers and available space allows. Changes (drops or name changes) can be made until 7am on Saturday 4/26. Any changes after that, please email Janell McLeod: the school name, student who is dropping, and her/his event. 

Pizza orders will close Monday 4/21 at 3pm.

***NO LATE ADDS. Do not bring competitors who are not registered to the tournament.***

 

PRE-ORDERED MEALS: 

-Lunch Pizza Pie Pre-Orders closes on Monday April 21st  at 3pm.

-Pre-order pizza pies for student lunch are 1 pie at $16 per every 4 kids, and includes 4 waters. (Each kid receives 2 slices and a water).

-Concession prices vary due to the concessions being a fundraiser for the host school’s program.

-Add pre-ordered pizza pies by clicking “Tournament home” on the left column, then click “Update your meal order” in the middle of the screen.

-Print your final invoice to request a check from your school under “Current Invoice” on the left column of Speechwire. Make checks payable to “Everglades High School”.

-Make sure to check the schedule for lunch. Students in Congress will be eating at different times than the rest, and your Extemp students will be coming in at all different times throughout. Please make sure you save pizza for them. 

 

***If you have  P.O. for Congressional Debate, please email janell.mcleod@browardschools.com directly with their names.***

 

JUDGES:

Judges are required for any tournament to run, and schools are required to cover their entries. (1 judge covers 2 debate entries, or 1 judge covers any combination of 5 speech/congress entries.) Please make sure you do not bring more students than you have judges to cover. Reach out to competitors' family members, teachers, and mentors for judge help. Coaches can judge too. 

Reminder: Novice Coaches (0-3 years) must judge at least 1 round per tournament.

 

Judge Check-In:  Judges must arrive between 7:30 and 8am. They will park in the lot east of the school, turning in from Bass Creek Road. Judges will head to the Media Center to check in. 

-First-time judge:  You should have received an email from Speechwire to follow and create an account.

-Judged before:  It is important to make sure you have logged into live.speechwire.com and are able to sign in with the same email address you used previously. Once signed in, please make sure the cell number is correct/added to your account.

-In order to have a smoother start to the tournament, it is a huge help for all judges to arrive on time, have checked-in, and have logged into live.speechwire.com prior to coming to the tournament. If for whatever reason you cannot initially log in, click "Forgot Password" but use the same email you entered.

 

-Electronic Device: All ballots are electronic, so judges will need to bring a working, charged, smart phone, tablet, or laptop (preferably with a keyboard) to complete the e-ballots. Make sure to bring a charger.

 

Judges During Round:

-Click "Start Round" after they confirm the correct competitors are in the room with them.

-Type comments while students are speaking, which will expedite the tournament. Comments are open for editing overnight, but results must be submitted asap.

-Save/submit ranks, points, and decisions when the round is finished. We cannot move on to the next round or close the tournament until all ballots are submitted.

 

ALL STUDENTS MUST BE WEARING THEIR STUDENT ID AT ALL TIMES.

 

TOPICS:

Lincoln-Douglas Debate – 2025 Champs: The development of Artificial General Intelligence is immoral.

 

Public Forum Debate – 2025 Champs: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its investment in domestic nuclear energy.

 

Policy Debate- There will not be Policy at this tournament.

 

Extemp Champs:

Rd 1- Trump's First 100 Days

Rd 2- International Governments

Rd 3- U.S. Social Issues

Rd 4- Europe

Rd 5- U.S. Economy

 

Impromptu topic areas will be released at the tournament.

 

Congress:

Congress Legislation will be in the "Files for Download" section, in CANVAS Coach's Corner and has been emailed. The legislation packet designates 3 pieces of legislation for each round of competition. 

 

PIECE REGISTRATION:

Interpretation (DI, DUO, HI, POI) and Declamation (DEC): (NEW!)

Once you have updated your entries, go to the left column on Speechwire called “Piece Registration”. For each INTERP and/or DEC entry, you are required to include the Entry Title in the “title” section, the author in the  “author” section, and the website/ISBN in the respective section.

 

 

Please see important information regarding safety and security at Everglades HS:

-Every student must wear their school ID during the entire tournament (except while performing in competition rounds, IDs should be put back on after performing).

 

 

-Judges/Coaches should not be propping any gate or escorting parents onto campus after the tournament has begun, all visitors should have come through security during the prearranged time.

 

 

More information may be sent out as the tournament approaches. Please let your mentor know if you have any questions.

 

 

 

 

 

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