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Westfield Rock Talk Tournament
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Westfield Middle School Rock Talk Tournament
November 8, 2025
8:00 am - 2:00 pm
Greetings Coaches and Competitors,
You are invited to Westfield Middle School’s Rock Talk Tournament on November 8, 2025. We will be competing in person at 345 W. Hoover St, Westfield, IN 46074 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.
AWARDS - Single ribbons will be awarded to the top six places in each event. Team trophies will be awarded to the top three schools in both Speech and Debate divisions for Team Sweepstakes. WMS will not participate in Team Sweepstakes.
CATEGORIES - We will be offering all Indiana Middle School Speech & Debate Events.
DEBATE RESOLUTIONS
LD - Every citizen has a moral responsibility to vote.
WSD - This house believes that nations should institute mandatory public service.
DISCUSSION - Middle School Discussion Theme: Student Life
Round 1. School Uniforms: How do school uniforms affect students’ learning or confidence? What are the benefits and drawbacks of school uniforms?
Round 2. Social Groups: How can students support each other to succeed academically and socially? How can participating in social groups influence a student’s confidence, mental health, or academic performance?
Round 3. Parents: What is a parent’s role in a middle school student’s life? To what extent should a parent be involved in their child’s education in 6th through 8th grade? Consider homework help, pressure to earn good grades, requirement or encouragement to join clubs or sports, friendships, technology use, etc.ct of learning (or not learning) healthy habits in school on a person’s long-term well-being, including exercise, diet, and self-care.
DOUBLING - Doubling is encouraged in all categories with these exceptions. These specific combinations will not be available due to scheduling conflicts:
DEBATE + DISCUSSION
DEBATE + EXTEMP
DEBATE + BROADCAST
BROADCAST + EXTEMP
ENTRY DEADLINES & CAPS - Entries are due on Friday, November 7, at 9:00 am. Drops can be made as late as 7:00 am on Saturday, November 8. There are no entry caps and no fees.
JUDGES - Each school is responsible for bringing one judge for every five speech entries or fraction thereof (6 entries = 2 judges) and 1 judge for every 2 debate entries. Judges need to bring a laptop for scoring. We will score online through SpeechWire.
SPEECHWIRE REGISTRATION - Please remember that in order to enter students and judges in the tournament, you must first collect email addresses from them, set up SpeechWire accounts for them, and remind each of them to activate their accounts. Participants and judges cannot share the same email address.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE - We will start with check-in at 8:00 am. Extemp prep in room W406 and Broadcast prep in room W001 will begin at 8:30 am. There will be three speech rounds and four debate rounds. Awards will follow.
COACHES’ & JUDGES’ MEETING - There will be a meeting for coaches and judges beginning promptly at 8:30 am in the media center.
We hope you'll join us at Westfield Middle School's Rock Talk Tournament!
Stephanie Hodge Mailing address 345 W Hoover Street SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2025 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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