Welcome to our first NEAST at Western High School on Thursday, October 23rd!

 

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

 

LOCATION:  

Western High School

1200 SW 136th Avenue, Davie, FL  33325 

 

REGISTRATION

Registration for NEW ENTRIES opens 10/9 and will close Wednesday 10/15 at 5 pm. Changes (drops or name changes) can be made until 12 pm tournament day. If you have changes after that, please email janell.mcleod@browardschools.com with your school’s name, student who is dropping, and their event.

 

ENTRY CAPS:  Remember, each school may only initially enter TEN students in all events.  Any entries over that number will go on the waitlist, which will be cleared pending available space at Western High School and sufficient judge numbers.  No double or cross entries are allowed.

 

BUSES AND PIZZA

Please try to have your judges ride the bus with you, since parking is limited.

We strongly advise that you pre-order pizza for your team.  Whole pies with 8 slices are $16 each and includes 4 bottles of water with each pie order.  PIZZA PREORDER SALES OPENS WITH SPEECHWIRE AND CLOSES ON Thursday 10/16 AT 5PM. Please try to use a school check or money order to pay for pizza. Please no outside purchased food or food deliveries to the school.

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

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

 

Very important procedures:

-You must have hard copies of your field trip forms with you in case of an emergency. You should not be leaving campus with students without permission forms. (having access to their information online will not work when wifi is slow or there is no service)

-If you have a student who may need medicine at a tournament, you must let district staff know. We need to be aware in case of emergency who needs medicine and who has it.

 

 

TOURNAMENT DAY PROCEDURES

 

 

Remember that students are to always remain in their designated areas with an adult chaperone. Everyone must wear their school ids.

Once you arrive, you will be escorted to the auditorium. Judges will be escorted to the media center. You must check in with district staff. You will receive an entry confirmation sheet. Please confirm that the students are in the correct event. Please let us know of any drops. There should not be any changes.

  

We will move to the cafeteria once it is available. Please make sure that your competitors remain at their tables since it is an open cafeteria. During high school dismissal, please make sure your competitors are seated and coaches and chaperones help make a barrier around the edges of the cafeteria (2:35-2:55pm).

 

Coaches will be responsible for telling the students the room each student will compete in, and for directing their students to assigned room, by reviewing the Schematic tab in Speechwire.  There will also be a QR Code with a link to this information on the tables in the cafeteria.  A list will pop up when each round is ready to go.

 

If you are a coach and are judging, please let us know at check-in. You should have a chaperone to stay with your students while you head upstairs (close to 2:45) to hear the judge instructions. Make sure you are logged into live.speechwire.com to see if you have a ballot.

 

CHAPERONES AND JUDGES

 

JUDGES INSTRUCTIONS

ELECTRONIC DEVICE: All ballots are electronic, so judges will need to bring a working, charged tablet, laptop or smart phone (preferably a device with a keyboard) to complete the eballots.

 

DURING ROUNDS:

• 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.

• -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. You will have access to edit the comments/feedback, but we need the scores, ranks, and decisions asap.

• Speechwire Tutorial for Judges: https://youtu.be/9VmiTHH2bJ0

• Judge training videos: https://www.speechanddebate.org/judge-training/ and manateedistrict.org

 

EVENTS / TOPICS

 

Piece Registration:  Interpretation (HI/DI, DUO), Declamation (DEC) and Original Oratory (OO)

Once you have updated your entries, go to the left column on Speechwire called “Piece Registration”. For INT, DUO and/or DEC entry, you are required to include the title, the author and the ISBN number.  If the ISBN number is not available (movies, plays, etc.) use the URL from the website of the selection. For OO, please enter the title of the piece.

 

 

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

 

Important tournament rooms

 

Registration/Check-In - Auditorium

Competitor Lounge - Cafeteria

Judges Lounge - Media Center