I would like to invite everyone to the Glades Middle School Debate Invitational on March 8, 2025.

 

Where: Glades Middle School 16700 SW 48th Court, Miramar, FL 33027

 

Registration: Registration, including lunch, is $15 per student. 

 

Events: We will offer 3 rounds of Congress and Policy Debate. All other Debate and Speech Categories (PF, LD, EXT, OO, POEM, PROSE, INFO, DEC, DUO, DI, HI, IMP, STY) will have 4 rounds.

 

Event-Sign Up: 5 per speech and debate events and 10 for Congress. We will have a waitlist.

 

Topics: We will use February topics in all Debate events. All topics can be found at speechanddebate.org

 

Congress Legislation: We will use the February & March legislation. There will be 3 rounds of Congress.

 

Impromptu Topics: Will be given at the competition.

 

Extemp Topics: TBA

 

Deadlines: Registration for new entries will close on Monday, March 3rd at 4:00 pm. If you need to make drops or name changes you will have until noon on Thursday, March 7th. 

Lunch orders must be placed by February 25th. Due to placing the food order and getting payment from the business center, if you drop a competitor after the 25th, you will be required to pay their lunch fee. 

 

Judges: Each school is required to provide 1 judge for every 5 students entered in a speech or congress event and 1 judge for every 2 students in a debate event. Please make sure you have the judges required to help make this event run smoothly. Schools will be charged if they do not bring enough judges.

 

Food: Students will be given 2 slices of pizza and a bottle of water. We will have concessions for sale all day as well. Lunch will be provided for judges as well, free of charge.  We will have snacks and drinks for the judges in the judge’s lounge.

 

Awards: We will do awards for 1st - 5th place. Parents are invited to attend our awards ceremony.

 

Tentative Time Schedule:

 

Team Arrivals: 8:00 – 8:15 – West Entrance bus loop 

Team and Judge Registration: 8:00 – 8:15 – Cafeteria 

Judges Meeting: 8:30 am - Media Center

Round 1: 9:00 am

Lunch: Noonish - Cafeteria

Awards Ceremony: 2:30ish pm - Cafeteria

 

Miscellaneous Info:

 

Please have all judges, parents, coaches, etc. park in the west parking lot (bus loop)

 

Judges should report to the media center when they arrive.

 

If you have any questions, please shoot me an email. Thanks, and hope to see you here!!

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