Dear UIL Coordinator/Sponsor:

Ore City High School would like to cordially invite you to our first Spring speech and debate/journalism meet. This UIL speech and academic meet will be held, on February 23^rd – 24^th, 2022.

EVENTS: All UIL Academic events plus speech & debate will be held on contest day!

REGISTRATION: Please register at www.tabroom.com for speech and debate and journalism 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, February 22nd, 2023 at 4:00 PM. You may change names after this date, BUT drops made after Thursday, February 23rd, 2023 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

1 grader for each academic entry, otherwise you might forfeit your student's opportunity to compete. 

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/team

LD Entries: $20

Speech Events: $12

All Other Academic Events: $12

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: Will be the Spring 2023 UIL topic once it has been announced.

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

Journalism: You must provide a grader for your students. Your students will not be graded if you do not provide a judge. Computers will be provided, however, students may use laptops in both writing competitions. Schools must provide their own power cords and printers if they use their own computers.

Academics: You must provide a grader for your students. Your students will not be graded if you do not provide a judge. Computers will be provided, however, students may use laptops in both writing competitions. Schools must provide their own power cords and printers if they use their own computers.