John Edie Holiday Debates Hosted by The Blake School

2021 — Minneapolis, MN/US

Required Forms for tournament

There are two forms which can be downloaded and then uploaded in tabroom.

There are no student forms to participate.  But, we do have two critical forms that must be done by the coach.

First is the School Release form 

All Entries -- Must do the School permission form by principal, school approved employee or parent.  If it is not signed by the principal then we assume the person signing the form has the approval of the school to compete at the tournament. And we want an administrator contact name and email/phone if the person signing this form is not an employee of the school. 

here are the procedures for doing this form.

1. Click to register for the tournament
2. Click the “general” tab
3. To the right of the screen you will see “School Permission Form”
4. Click the down arrow to download our specific language
5. Copy and paste that exact language onto your school’s official letterhead and get it signed 
6. Upload the signed form to the same location you downloaded it from as a pdf

2) Hybrid Entries -- We only allow hybrid entries in two situations.  First, we allow them in Worlds Debate event but ask that you clear them with tournament.  Second, we recognize state rules to compete together.  The example we give is Walter Panas HS and Lakeland HS in the New York area are allowed to compete together under NY State rules.  We will accept that format of a hybrid but the school coach should contact us about the entry.  

3) Independent Entries -- We generally do not accept them. In some very rare cases we can discuss a specific situation. At a minimum, we require the school coach and a school administrator approve participation.  

Second is a form which combines three things.

1) You must fill out the form to indicate your squad's preference on streaming or not.

2) The head coach must verify that they have requested all their judges will do the read and consider the "Culturally Competent Judging" pdf by the NSDA.

3) You must indicate your method of payment that you intend. 

We would prefer both these forms are done, scanned and uploaded by Monday Dec 13. If you can't meet that deadline please let us know when we can expect it. They can be found and downloaded on the general tab of your team registration page.