Invitation

January 29, 2024

Dear Colleagues and Student Debaters,

On behalf of the administration and the entire Arbor View Speech & Debate team, we would like to cordially invite your team to participate in the Arbor View High School Speech & Debate Tournament with us. The tournament will be held on February 9 & 10, 2024.

Over the course of two days individual speech events, debate & congressional debate will be offered on the Arbor View campus. Speech Events will be offered with two preliminary rounds tabbed all the way through to determine the top 6 or 7 finalists for the final round. Coach verification will occur in the Tabroom (Rm. 502) by 2:45 pm. Please remember to have debaters sign in with their coaches between 7:15-7:40 am on Saturday morning in the cafeteria. Coach verification will occur by 7:45 am in the Tabroom and all unverified entries will be dropped. There will be three preliminary rounds, out-rounds, and a final round in each debate event. Four debate formats will be offered. Students may enter Novice or Varsity divisions in Policy Debate, Junior Varsity or Varsity divisions Lincoln-Douglas debate and Public Forum; Congress rooms will be separated by JV House and Senate.

Students placing in the top three within their event will receive a trophy at the awards ceremony on Saturday night. Other top finishers from the break round(s) will also receive recognition and a medal at the awards ceremony. Please remember that students receiving awards should be in tournament attire on stage. Sweepstakes awards will go to the schools that place first through fifth in large school sweepstakes and first through third in small school sweepstakes.

On tabroom.com you will find detailed information concerning tournament rules and procedures, entry forms and deadlines, a schedule of events, and some reminders of proper tournament etiquette. Please submit entries by Wednesday, February 7 complete any drops by 10:00 am on Friday, February 9.

If you have any questions or need clarification on anything contained in this packet, please contact us at AVHS -- (702) 799-6660 ext. 2209 -- or contact Sarah Stewart via Slack or at STEWASL2@nv.ccsd.net

We look forward to having you on campus for our tournament.

See you in a few weeks!

Sincerely,

Sarah Stewart, Duane Bickmore, and Ivan Bremicker

AVHS Speech & Debate Coach, AVHS Principal, and AVHS Team President