OCHS UIL ACADEMIC TEAM                                                                                                                                                                                 Kenneth Adcock                                                                                                                                                                                  adcockk@ocisd.net

Ore City High School                                                                                                                                                             

100 Rebel Rd                                                                                                                                               

(903)-968-3300                                                                                                                                                       

Ore City, TX 75683                                                                                                             

Dear UIL Coordinator/Sponsor:

Ore City High School would like to cordially invite you to our Halloween Extravanagza speech and debate meet. This UIL speech and debate meet will be held Saturday, October 29^th, 2022.

EVENTS: All UIL Speech and Debate plus TFA/NSDA speaking events as well.

REGISTRATION: Please register at www.tabroom.com for speech and debate events.

 If you have any questions, please contact Kenneth Adcock adcockk@ocisd.net 903-968-3300 (school) / 817-240-7930 (cell)

DEADLINES: All entries are due online by Wednesday, October 26^th, 2022 at 4:00 PM. You may change names after this date, BUT drops made after Thursday, October 27^th, 2021 at 4:00 PM will result in the loss of your entry fee.

 JUDGING: You must supply a judge/grader for every event in which your school is entered. If you do not provide a grader/judge your students will not be graded.

For debate,

1 judge for every 4 LD contestants

1 judge for every two CX teams or part thereof

1 judge for every 6 Prose/Poetry/Extemp/Congress Contestants

Judging fees are $150/judge for debate and speaking events if you do not provide a judge, however, we prefer judges over fees.

AT MINIMUM, speech/debate team coaches MUST serve as judges

ENTRY FEES:

CX Entries: $30.00/team

LD Entries: $15.00

Congress Entries: $15.00

Speech Events: $10

AWARDS: Medals will be awarded for the top 6 places in each event.

OTHER INFORMATION:

EXTEMP: All current UIL rules related to the disabling of Wi-Fi or other internet access must be followed.

UIL CX: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.

UIL LD: Resolved:  Amateur status ought to be valued above commodification of Name Image Likeness.

Congress: We will use the UIL Region 7 Congress Docket

PRELIM Round we will be using UIL FALL 2022 Region 7 Docket Items 1-5, with the supplemental bills 

FINALS round we will utilize UIL FALL 2022 Region 7 Docket Items 6-10, with the supplemental bills

Poetry & Prose: Selections will be the reader's choice.

NSDA/TFA INTERP EVENTS: For these events, we will use the TFA/NSDA rules to adjudicate these events.