2018 Eagle Classic

April 7, 2018

Hosted by Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS 

 

Greetings,

This is the formal invitation to the 2018 Eagle Classic hosted by Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS. The past few weeks have been very difficult time for this community. The tragic events that have transpired have shaken this community to its core and will continue to test us for years to come. The most difficult struggle has been a sense of urgency for normalcy that competes with our sense of honoring those we have lost. I would like to thank every member of the speech and debate community that has offered us love and support during this tough time. MSD is a strong and supportive community and we take our commitments seriously. As such, we understand the value of a fourth quarter invitational and would like to continue our leadership in the debate community. As such, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Speech and Debate team would like to invite you to the return of the Eagle Classic!

Divisions/Events

We will offer MS/Novice and Varsity divisions in the following events: Lincoln Douglas Debate, Public Forum Debate, Congress, Original Oratory, Extemporaneous Speaking, Dramatic Interpretation, Humorous Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Oral Interpretation, and Informative Speaking.

We reserve the right to collapse any and all events into one division should entries exceed our room constraints. 

Congress

All Congress Legislation should be emailed to jesus-michael.caro@browardschools.com Monday March 12, 2018 at 6:00pm. I expect to release legislation for the tournament on March 18, 2018 at 1:00pm. 

Rounds

There will be 5 rounds of competition across Speech and Debate. Congress will have 2 preliminary sessions and one breakout session. 

Judges

We will try to have additional community judges but ask that you provide 1 judge for every 5 speech entries and 1 judge for every 2 debate entries. 

Entry fee

Entry fees will be $25.00 per competitor (so $50.00 per entry in PF and Duo). This will include all student and judge meals. Your speech competitors can double enter for no additional charge!

Meals

All meal prices for competitors and judges are included in the entry fee. Please use the Speechwire system to indicate your meal preferences once they become available. 

Topics

Public Forum will use the April topic, Resolved: The United States federal government should increase its quota of H-1B visas.

Lincoln Douglas will use the March/April topic, Resolved: The United States ought to provide a universal basic income.

Extemp will use the following topics, 

1. Global Trade Policy

2. American Immigration Policy

3. 2018 Midterm Elections

4. Technology

5. Domestic Economic Policy

 

Schedule

7:00 Registration Start

8:15 Judge Call/Ballot Distribution/Extemp Prep

8:45 Round 1

9:45 Extemp Prep

10:15 Round 2

11:30-1:30pm Lunch

12:15 Extemp Prep/ Congress Round 2

12:45 Round 3

2:00 Extemp Prep

2:30 Round 4

3:30 Extemp Prep/ Congress Breakouts

4:00 Round 5

6:00 Awards

 

Registration

Registration will begin promptly at 7:15am on Saturday inside the media center. Our goal will be to send out judges with ballots in hand by 8:30am. 

 

Deadlines

Entries will be accepted through Saturday, March 31st at 8:00pm. Please be aware that this is the week of Spring Break so it would be best to have your entries finalized before we leave for the break. You will be able to make drops/name changes until April 3, 2018 at 5:00pm. After the deadline, all drops and changes will need to be emailed to jesus-michael.caro@browardschools.com. After the deadline has passed, any drops will forfeit their entry fee. On Friday any drops will be assessed the entry fee plus a $10.00 penalty. Drops the day of or during the tournament will forfeit the entry fee plus a $20.00 penalty.

 

Please e-mail jesus-michael.caro@browardschools.com if you have questions or require assistance.

 

Sincerely,

 

Jesus Caro 

 

Director of Forensics and Debate

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