West Kansas District Qualifier

for the 2018 National Tournament

Congress Qualifiers

West Kansas District

Committee – 2017-2018

Megan Hagaman – Salina South       

Russ Tidwell—Garden City

David Williams – Newton                 

Larissa Carter -- Buhler

Curtis Shephard – Maize

Coaches,

This letter should serve to provide all of the information you need to register and compete in our congressional debate qualifier. 

Congress Qualifiers:

1.       Our District Congressional Debate Qualifier will be held at Salina South High School on Friday March 2^nd ONLY.

a.       Cost per entry is $10.00 per Student.

b.      You are limited on entries to 2 students in the Senate and a Portion of Students in the House based off of your memberships and degrees. You can find out this information by logging into www.speechanddebate.org and clicking on the district information tab on the left hand side of the control panel.

c.       Entry should be available on www.tabroom.com early next week. I will also attach legislation packets to the site.

d.      We are switching Judges with Flint Hills District on Friday.

e.       You will need a Head Coach, or a Qualified Assistant Coach to Score Congress that day.

f.        If a student has already qualified for nationals, or are an alternate, they will need to complete a Single Entry Letter of Intent: (Note that the form has changed) https://www.speechanddebate.org/district-tournament-single-entry-letter-of-intent/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Single%20Entry%20Letter%20of%20Intent&utm_campaign=Leaders%2B20180215

g.       Reminder students must be a NSDA member 7 days in advance of the tournament to enter.

h.      Deadline for Registration is Friday February 23^rd at 5 p.m.

Schedule:

West Kansas Part 1 (Flint Hills Part 1)

9:00-9:30: Registration

9:30-10:00: Opening announcements, chamber placements, and PO Election

10:00-11:45--Session 1A

11:45-12:25--Session Break and Lunch Break

12:30-2:15--Session 1B

West Kansas Senate (Flint Hills Part 2)

2:30--PO Election for Session 2 (us)

ASAP-4:00--Session 2A

4:00-4:15--Break

4:15-6:00--Session 2B

ASAP: Announcement of Super Session Participants on Saturday

West Kansas House Part 2 (Super Session)

3:00--PO Election for Super Session

ASAP--4:45-Super Session A

4:45-5:00-Break

5:00-6:45/7--Super Session B

ASAP--Awards

A few other important reminders: Our number of qualifiers is based off of participation. We must have 8 schools represented in the Senate to qualify 2 to nationals. 30-60 in House Qualifies 2 to nationals. 61-90 Qualifies 3.

Please consider participating to help the district. Students must give one speech to count. It can be short. This qualifier is also a freebie qualifier it doesn’t limit your participation in other events. 

As most of you are aware the district qualifying tournament approaching. Please review the following information carefully to ensure a smooth and successful tournament. Remember, the total number of entries afforded each school is based on the total number of degrees and memberships your chapter has attained. You may also view this information in a handy chart on the NSDA website. Log into www.speechanddebate.org , go to your account profile, and click the district information tab. At the bottom is a chart that shows how many entries you may have.

1 - 15 members and degrees 3 entry                               16 - 20 members and degrees 5 entries

21 - 30 members and degrees 8 entries                           31 - 40 members and degrees 10 entries

41 - 50 members and degrees 12 entries                         51 - 60 members and degrees 13 entries

61 - 70 members and degrees 15 entries                         71 - 80 members and degrees 17 entries

81 - 90 members and degrees 19 entries                         91 - 100 members and degrees 20 entries

101-120 members and degrees 22 entries                       121-140 members and degrees 24 entries

141-160 members and degrees 26 entries                       161-180 members and degrees 27 entries

181-200 members and degrees 28 entries                       201-230 members and degrees 29 entries

231-260 members and degrees 30 entries                       261-300 members and degrees 31 entries

301-350 members and degrees 32 entries                       351-400 members and degrees 33 entries

401-500 members and degrees 34 entries                       501-600 members and degrees 35 entries