HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

 

Please join the Summit High Speech and Debate team as we celebrate forensics and the festive season at our annual Summit Hilltopper Holiday Classic on Saturday, December 14, 2024!

 

  

EVENTS

We will be offering all of the 11 NJDSL Speech Events: Declamation, Dramatic Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, Extemporaneous Speaking, Humorous Interpretation, Improvisational Acting, Impromptu Speaking, Informative Speaking, Oral Interpretation,  Original Oratory, and Program Oral Interpretation.  

 

 

We will also offer Congressional Debate, two divisions of Public Forum Debate, two divisions of Lincoln-Douglas Debate, and an open division of Parliamentary Debate.

 

 

Students may double enter in any of the in person speech events, but may not double enter if competing in student congress or debate.  

 

There will be three preliminary rounds and one final round in all eleven of the speech events.  The final round of EXTEMP will include cross-examination.

 

DEBATE will have four rounds with no final round unless time allows.

 

In Public Forum and in Lincoln Douglas, students will be debating the November/December resolutions.

 

CONGRESS will have two sessions.  Please email all BILLS by Fri, December 6.  We will upload the bills to SpeechWire by Sun, December 8.

 

ONLINE BALLOTS

We will be using electronic ballots. Every judge must:

 

COACHES-you must enter the emails for all of your judges when you register online.

 

AWARDS

Awards will be given to the six finalists in each event, to the top non-advancing novice in each event, and the top three schools in sweepstakes. 

 

REGISTRATION

The deadline for entry is Wed, Dec 11,  at 3:00pm EST. Registration will be done online at www.SpeechWire.com.  A nuisance charge of $20 will be charged for any adds or drops made after this time. 

 

FEES

Please present payment in the form of cash, check, or purchase order on the day of the tournament. 

 

Team Fee                         $25.00

Individual Speakers         $15.00 per slot

Lincoln Douglas Debate  $20.00

Duo Teams and PF Teams  $25.00  per team

Missing Judge Fee          $150.00

 

One judge per 5 speech entries/one judge per 3 debate entries is required. 

Congress judges will be pulled from the Speech pool.

Parli judges will be pulled from the PF pool.

 

Please make checks/purchase orders payable to: Summit High School.

 

FOOD

We will  be selling hot food to students this year in addition to snacks and drinks. We will not be selling plastic water bottles, but we will be selling the NJSDL reusable bottles.

Judges will be provided breakfast and a delicious lunch in our Teachers' Cafeteria. 

 

 

Saturday, December 14, 2023

Summit High School, 125 Kent Place Boulevard, Summit, NJ 07901

 

SCHEDULE

 

REGISTRATION will be open from 7:45-8:45 am.  PLEASE arrive on time so that we can begin Round One promptly at 9:15am.  

TEXT or CALL Anne Poyner at 908-304-4288 when your team is en route to let us know if you have any drops.

 

 

7:45-8:45am Registration in the Auditorium Lobby

8:45  Speech  Judges Meeting in Auditorium/ Debate Judges Meeting in Orchestra

8:45 Extemp Draw in Orchestra Room

9:15 Rd 1  all speech events, PF, Congress

10:45  Rd 2  speech, PF

1:00 pm      Rd 3  speech, PF; Congress 

3:00 FINALS all speech; Rd 4 PF

5:30 AWARDS

 

 

Looking forward to seeing y'all on December 14!

 

Anne Poyner, Director of Theatre and Forensics

 

apoyner@summit.k12.nj.us

908-304-4288

 

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