New Mexico District Qualifier

for the 2025 National Tournament

Welcome to National Qualifiers 2025!

Email District Chair Hannah with any questions: hflake@eastmountainhigh.net

Remember--you can't register from this link. To register, click your email address on the top of the screen, and in the middle of your screen, under National Speech & Debate Tournament, click "New Mexico".

Speech & Debate National Qualifier: March 28-29, Cottonwood Classical, Albuquerque

Entries to the qualifier are $10 each.

Schedule posted at right!

Important Information:

Register by going intotabroom.com, clicking your email address [not the inbox icon], and scroll until you see "National Speech and Debate Tournament"; click on the second row of "New Mexico District Tournament" where it says "IE, Debate", not the row with congress.

Logistic Details:

Dates: March 28-29

Location: Cottonwood Classical, Albuquerque

Wifi Info: Network — "Student" | Password: CCPS2015

Detailed Schedule Here(Districts schedule always subject to change based on entry numbers)

Friday, March 21st 3:00 Deadline:

• Student entries (Enter anyone you hope will compete. You can drop students if needed, but adding students after this deadline is problematic.) (See more information on entries below.)
• "SELI"--Single Entry Letters of Intent.In registration, click the grey NSDA forms tab, and the "SELI" link is there.
• NSDA annual dues & student memberships paid
• NSDA points entered from any previous tournaments
• Judge entries
• Encourage all judges to take quick NSDA introductions to judging courses! More info below.
• Info/OO/Interp Script upload(same process as at state; within registration, click grey "entries" tab; then the blue "pen"/edit icon to the right of a student's name)
• World Schools Applications
• Special Awards:
• District High School Coach of the Year Award»District New Coach of the Year Award»District Assistant Coach of the Year AwardDistrict High School Administrator of the Year Award»District Student of the Year Award»

I can permit some extensions to the deadlines above, with the exception of student entries. Let me know via email if you'll need an extension. That said, I know the majority of schools will be on spring break the week of March 17-21, so it's a great idea to try to sort out all of these pieces before your school goes to break! Deadline of Tuesday, March 11th: Email Hannah to nominate anyone for the community awards of Volunteer of the Year, Alumni of the Year, and/or Communicator of the Year. Entry Information:

• Students may only enter in two events at districts, with the exception of allowing BQ and/or congress as additional events.
• School entry limit is four entries per event, with the exception of BQ (unlimited).
• Schools have an overall entry limit based on how many degrees their students have earned.Use the charts at this reportto help you calculate your entries.

Judge Accreditation:

• Judge training through the NSDA is quick and easy. Intro to debate is ten minutes; intro to speech is 15 mintues; and intro to multicultural competence is 15 minutes. There are more advanced levels beyond these basics as well!
• https://www.speechanddebate.org/learn/judge-accreditation/
• Judges will need to create an NSDA account atwww.speechanddebate.org
• They should use the SAME email address to make an NSDA account as theirtabroom.com account so that accreditation will synch to tabroom
• NMSDA Judge Resource Google Drive