Hello Friends!!

 

Welcome to the 2026 Jaguar Speech and Debate Invitational

 

Jaguar Invitational is open for middle school, novice, and varsity speech and debate competitors. 

 

 LOCATION:

Coral Glades High School

2700 Sportsplex Dr,

Coral Springs, FL 33065 

 

ARRIVAL:

-You MUST arrive for the tournament between 7:00 am and 7:15 am. 

-All competitors will go through the Metal Detector and  must wear school ID’s  around the school unless competing. 

-Coaches need to check-in their team by reviewing and returning their entry confirmation page at the check-in table. If coaches are listed as a judge, they must also check-in at the judge table.

*Buses will drop off teams in the bus loop on the east side of the campus. Teams must go directly in front of the school to go through metal detectors and then report directly to the cafeteria as soon as they are allowed onto the property. Students must remain in the cafeteria when they are not in rounds and keep their area clean.

*Coaches and Judges will park in the teacher’s parking lot on the east side of the campus. 

*Parents can drop off competitors in the front of the school in the parent drop off loop. 

**After coaches check-in their team, they must return to the cafeteria to chaperone their competitors, unless they are activating themselves in the judge pool.

 

COMPETITORS:

-Jaguar Invitational is for MIDDLE SCHOOL debaters,  NOVICE debaters in their first year of high school speech and debate (9-12), and VARSITY debaters. Depending on the amount of competitors Middle School and Novice events may be combined. 

-Competitor lounge is the cafeteria. Schools are responsible for keeping their area clean and throwing away their trash.

-No competitors in the judge lounge. Coaches and parent judges can go to the student lounge to meet their competitors.

-Students must wear their IDs at all times!

 

IMPORTANT PROCEDURES FOR COACHES:

TEAM ARRIVAL & CHECK-IN:

-Coach should provide their competitors with their lunch tickets.

-Coaches make sure your judges are in the judge lounge by 7:00 am to hear judge instructions and/or hear if their name is called for IMP bags. 

-Coaches must accompany their students to the tournament or designate a proxy of BCPS or MDPS teacher or coach. Notify district staff PRIOR to the tournament.

-Coaches must have hard copies of the field trip forms with them in case of an emergency. Coaches should not be leaving campus with students without permission forms. Having access to their information online will not work when Wi-Fi is slow or there is no service.

-If there is a student who may need medicine at a tournament, coaches must let Coral Glades staff know. We need to be aware of who needs medicine and who has it in case there is an emergency.

-Coaches should assist your competitors in finding their rooms on the schematics when each round is released.

 

TEAM DEPARTURE:

-Coaches do not leave your students unattended at the bus loop. Stay with them whether they are waiting for a bus, ride-share, or parent. Please know ahead of time how each of your students is getting home.

-Coaches do not leave your students at the school to Uber/Lyft home. You must wait with them the same way you would wait if a parent were picking them up. If you are riding a bus, please ask a coach who is not riding a bus to wait with your student(s). Please make sure you arrange this ahead of time and give that coach the necessary emergency contact information too.

-Coaches do not linger in the cafeteria after the awards ceremony. Once you have collected your students, please make your way to the bus loop asap. The host school is trying to clean and clear campus.

-Coaches should have "check in/out" or "attendance" procedures to ensure you are bringing the correct students in the correct events. You may want to use the entry confirmation sheet sent by Speechwire for an attendance check.

 

REGISTERING ENTRIES:

ENTRY CAPS:

-Remember, each school may only initially enter FIVE students in all events except Congress, in which you can enter TEN. Any entries over that number will go on the waitlist, which will be cleared pending available room space and sufficient judge numbers.

-No double entries are allowed.

 

DEADLINES:

Speechwire Registration: Closes Wednesday, November 11th, 2026 at 4:00 PM (Entry name changes & drops, and judge name changes, adds, & drops are still open)

Waitlist: At that time, we will begin releasing competitors off the waitlist if team and judge numbers and room space allow.

 

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

 

Entry fees: $30 per person: DUO = $60, PF = $60, WSD = $90

 

Speechwire Pizza Pre Orders: Closes Wednesday, November 11th, 2026

Pre-Ordered Pizza: School-Issued Checks or Money Order

 

Pre-order pizza pies for student lunch are 1 pie at $16 per every 4 kids (2 slices and a bottle of water per kid).

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 school checks or money orders payable to  "the School Board of Broward County, Florida"

DO NOT MAIL THE CHECK. Bring it with you to the tournament.

If a team drops from the tournament after the pizza deadline, they are still responsible for the cost of the pre-ordered pizza.

NO OUTSIDE FOOD DELIVERIES (i.e. DoorDash/UberEats).

Concessions: Cash and Zelle only. Prices vary. 

 

JUDGES: Single-Point Entry then Media Center, Arrival is between 7:00-7:15 am.

-"Adult Judges" must be over 18yrs, out of high school, and speak English. 

-"Varsity Judges" must be active in speech/debate, not a first year high school competitor, and have +150 recorded NSDA points. Varsity judges should be in the judge lounge for ballot release.

-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, school staff, and veteran coaches for judge help. Coaches can judge too.

-It is not appropriate for judges to include their contact information of any kind, including social media on their ballot feedback.

-No verbal feedback. Put all comments on the typed ballots.

-Judges are not permitted to disclose decisions (W/L, points, and ranks).

- Cost per missing judge $100. Please, bring all of your judges!! 

 

VARSITY JUDGES:

Varsity debaters with at least 150 NSDA points, currently enrolled and competing in debate, and who are not in their first year of high school debate are welcome to attend and judge.

***Proof of NSDA record is required. Please email jonie.bynes@browardschools.com  directly a PDF or screenshot, or enter the NSDA record in the “notes” section for any varsity judges you are using.

***If you have debaters who can judge Congressional Debate, please email jonie.bynes@browardschools.com directly with their names and put it into the notes section of the judge.

***If you have competitors who can P.O. as a novice, please email their names to jonie.bynes@browardsschools.com directly.

Judge Check-In:  Media Center, Arrival is between 7:00-7:15 am.

-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. When the link is emailed to you to change your password, follow the link to change it and then immediately login with your new password on the device you changed it on before trying to login to a different device.

-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 eballots.

Judge 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.

 

PIZZA & CONCESSIONS:

-Pizza Pre-Orders close Wednesday, November 11th, 2026

-NO OUTSIDE FOOD DELIVERIES (i.e. DoorDash/UberEats).

-Pre-Order pizza pies for student lunch for $16 per every 4 kids (1 box of pizza and 4 waters…2 slices of pizza and 1 water per kid).

-Concession prices vary.

-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. Per the host school’s request, make school check or money order payable to ““the School Board of Broward County, Florida".

-If a team drops after the pizza deadline, the drop school is still responsible for the cost of the pizza.

TOPICS for Debate:

 

Public Forum (PF) Debate:

“Resolved: European members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.” 

Lincoln Douglas (LD) Debate:

“Resolved: De-extinction is unethical.”

World Schools (WSD) Debate: 

Prep Motion A:  Round 1 and Round 2 “This House believes that neoliberalism has failed”

Prep Motion B: Round 4, computer sets sides. This House regrets the development of AI systems meant to optimize human efficiency.

 

Congressional (CD) Debate:

Email to  jonie.bynes@browardschools.com . Each school is allowed to submit up to two pieces of legislation.

Submission Guidelines:

Deadline: Friday, October 23, 2026, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Format: Microsoft Word document using the NSDA bill or resolution template.

File name: SchoolName_LegislationTitle.

Legislation will be posted November 4 under files for download in SpeechWire.

- Docket (order of legislation in that session) can be selected in chambers.

- Authorship and sponsorship are open to the first speaker on each piece of legislation.

- All first affs and first negs speeches are followed by a two-minute questioning period (4 blocks of 30 seconds). 

-   Each chamber must maintain accurate speaking records.

 Students who have spoken less frequently receive priority under the applicable precedence and recency rules.

 The presiding officer must apply these rules consistently throughout each session.

- Questioning will be direct in 30 second blocks.  No base two requirement.

 

Speech Events

Extemp (EX) (7 minutes) topic areas will be Congress, Courts and the Law; Militaries & Armed Conflicts; Health Care and Social Programs; South America & the Caribbean.

-Competitors move to the Extemp. Prep. Room 253 at 7:30 am for round one draw.

-Students must remain in Room 253 for prep. They are not allowed to draw and prepare anywhere else.

Impromptu (IMP)  (7 minutes) topic areas will be released at the tournament. Impromptu is a limited prep event that can be any topic. Examples include but are not limited to: quotes, questions, statements, images…

Interpretation (DI, DUO, HI, POI) and Declamation (DEC) max. 10 minutes:

Informative Speaking (Info): An original, memorized informational speech. Students may use visual aids or props. No electronics or battery augmented aids may be used during the speech.

Original Oratory (OO): An original, memorized, persuasive speech. No visual aids or props.

-Once you have updated your entries, go to the left column on Speechwire called “Piece Registration”.

-For each INTERP, OO, INFO and/or DEC entry, you are required to include the Entry Title in the “title” section and the website or ISBN number in the “author” section.

More information may be sent out via email as the tournament approaches.

 

Manager contact information:

Jonie Bynes

Email address: jonie.bynes@browardschools.com 

Mailing address

Coral Glades High School

2700 Sportsplex Dr.

Coral Springs, FL 33065

 

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