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Westridge Middle School Meet
General information This is a Middle School tournament in Nebraska. View manager contact information
Welcome to the first ever Westridge Middle School speech meet! We are very excited to have you. There is some additional information explaining more about the speech, but I hope that you consider coming!
Hello and Welcome Fellow Speechies!
The Westridge Middle School Speech Team is hosting an open speech meet for middle school students (5th-8th grade) on Saturday, April 26th, 2025. This tournament is a terrific opportunity for Middle Schoolers. Here, students will get some fun, friendly competition and be exposed to the wonderful world of competitive speaking! We hope to see you here!
Please register your entries by 5:00 pm on Tuesday, April 22. Entries will only be accepted using SpeechWire.
If you have any questions, feel free to email Kat Zeller at kzeller@gips.org. You can also find some basic information about the speech meet located below this greeting!
We look forward to seeing you in April!
Sincerely,
Westridge Middle School Speech Team
ENTRIES AND ENTRY CAPS: Each event is capped at 10 entries per school. If you have more than 10 entries, your entries will be put on a waitlist via SpeechWire, and we will try to accommodate them as space allows.
--Competitors may triple enter, but know this could make for a very busy day for your competitors. Extemp speakers will have difficulty being triple-entered, so please take this into consideration.
JUDGES: PLEASE BRING 1 QUALIFIED JUDGE FOR EVERY SIX ENTRIES. Judges may be qualified high school students. However, I ask you to train any high school students who are judging to give positive and constructive feedback. If you use parent judges, please ensure they are trained on the events we are offering and that they have a good eye/ear for judging. I am also providing a rubric/checklist for our newer judges to help provide some quality, positive feedback. Judges are welcome to use this guide but are not required to use it.
EXTEMP PREP: We will allow computers in extemp prep. We will also allow open internet. I will email out the topics on April 1st.
Concessions: Students will have access to a general concession stand. We will be fairly limited in options, but there will be things like chips, snacks, drinks for sale, and there will be slices of pizza and/or sandwiches for sale as well.
PARENTS and Guests: We love seeing people in the audience, so parents, families, and bus drivers are welcome! We will have a table at the front door where spectators can get a list of speakers and their schedules broken down by school teams.
INFORMATION ON EVENTS:
Extemporaneous “Light”: Time limit: 2-6 minutes with a 30 second grace period in either direction. Topics will be generalized and very friendly to students who are new to Extemp. For example, a possible topic could be: How do sports and activities benefit students? Another example might be: Should taking PE be mandatory? There will be 40-50 topics, and students will have full use of the internet. Students will have a one hour prep time.
Duet Acting: An original cutting from a humorous or serious play acted out by two individuals. Touching and use of a table and two chairs are allowed. The script is optional. Time limit: 12 minutes with a 30 second grace period.
Children's Literature: How well can you interpret a children's story? Can you do it better than anyone else? You will be given the story the Wednesday before the meet. Your job, read it, internalize it, and then on Saturday, retell it with as much flare as a professional story-teller.
Remaining Events: Will run as NSAA events run.
Entry Fees
Individual Event entry: $9.00 per entry
Entries will only be accepted through Speechwire.com.
Judges
We request that all judges be competent and experienced.
One judge per every six Individual Event entries.
For every uncovered judge, there will be a $50 fee accessed.
Payment
Make checks payable to "Westridge Middle School Speech Team."
Attn: Kat Zeller 4111 W. 13th St. Grand Island, NE 68803
Schedule:
There will be two flights: A and B. We will do three rounds with no finals. Extemp will prepare during flight A and speak during flight B. Each flight’s round will be scheduled for 75 minutes. We will have a judges meeting at 8:40 am and Flight A’s first round will start promptly at 9:00 am. Awards will be as close to 5pm as possible.
Kathryn Zeller Mailing address 4111 W 13th St SpeechWire Tournament Services - Copyright 2004-2025 Ben Stewart. All Rights Reserved. Terms of use - Privacy and Security Policy
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