YG Elem and MS Speech Tournament In Person and Online
2023 — Cupertino, CA/US
Join Young Genius, Bay Area Speech & Debate Academy for our In-Person and Online Speech Tournament.
This tournament in person will take place at 20900 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino, CA.
For Online competitors, you can also participate -- you can submit a video recording of your speech! Only for prepared speech divisions: Persuasive and Expository.
The tournament will offer 3 divisions:
2-3rd Grade
Pattern A: Interpretive Speech (available in-person and online)
4-5th Grade
Pattern A: SPAR, Impromptu, Extemporaneous
Pattern B: Persuasive, Expository (available in-person and online)
6-8th Grade
Pattern A: SPAR, Impromptu, Extemporaneous
Pattern B: Persuasive, Expository
(Persuasive and Expository events are available in-person and online.)
Students are welcome and encouraged to register for multiple speech events.
Registration for this tournament is open for all student competitors from across the country and the globe.
All competitors, chaperones, and judges will be provided with complimentary pizza lunch and snacks.
A mandatory judge training will be held on Zoom on Thursday, December 14, from 7-8pm. Log-in information will be sent closer to the date.
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
All times listed below are Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
SCHEDULE FOR 2ND, 3RD, 4TH & 5TH GRADERS
9:00 - 9:30 AM - Welcome Assembly
9:30 - 10:00 AM - Round 1 - Speech Events in Pattern A
10:10 - 10:40 AM - Round 1 - Speech Events in Pattern B
10:50 - 11:20 AM - Round 2 - Speech Events in Pattern A
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Round 2 - Speech Events in Pattern B
12:00 - 12:30 PM - Lunch Break
12:30 - 1:00 PM - Round 3 - Speech Events in Pattern A
1:10 - 1:40 PM - Round 3 - Speech Events in Pattern B
1:40 - 2:15 PM - Break
2:15 PM - Awards Ceremony
SCHEDULE FOR 6TH-8TH GRADERS
9:00 - 9:30 AM - Welcome Assembly
9:30 - 10:30 AM - Round 1 - Speech Events in Pattern A
10:00 - 11:00 AM - Round 1 - Speech Events in Pattern B
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM - Round 2 - Speech Events in Pattern A
11:40 AM - 12:40 PM - Round 2 - Speech Events in Pattern B
12:40 - 1:10 PM - Lunch Break
1:10 - 2:10 PM - Round 3 - Speech Events in Pattern A
1:40 - 2:40 PM - Round 3 - Speech Events in Pattern B
2:40 - 3:10 PM - Break
3:10 - 4:10 PM - Final Round - All Speech Events
4:10 - 4:30 PM - Break
4:30 PM - Awards Ceremony for 6-8th Graders