Wichita East Blue Aces
Forensics Invitational 2024

Wichita East High School

2301 E. Douglas Ave., Wichita, KS, 67211

February 28th & March 1st, 2025

We invite you to attend the Wichita East Blue Aces Forensics Invitational on February 28th and March 1st, 2025. We will have Friday and Saturday events, including a Big Questions Debate.

Payment must be submitted with the attached invoice from tabroom.com. All independent entry fees for Friday are $8.00, independent entry fees for Saturday are $7.00, paired event (IDA, Duo, Duet) entry fees are $10. Entries to the Big Questions Debate are free. Registration is on Tabroom.

Judging: Please provide at least 2 judges per 12 entries into our tournament. My team is fairly large, but they often struggle to find willing community judges. We will do our best to return the favor and provide extra judges to your tournaments in the future. Otherwise, our hired judging pool will be parents, teachers, and former students.

We will offer a catered hospitality lounge for coaches and judges. This should include parfaits, fruit, donuts, and coffee in the morning on Saturday with a catered Middle Eastern lunch. There will be vegan and vegetarian options available. Students will have the opportunity to purchase a meal deal from concessions– we have yet to figure out what that meal deal will be, but it will be under $7.00. Boba might return if there is interest. We will also have concessions and a bake sale.

If you need accessibility accommodations, please notify me immediately. I will have a student show you all of our most accessible routes around the building.

Please read ahead for tournament guidelines, Friday information, and Saturday information.

Hannah Erdman
Wichita East High School – Head Speech & Debate Coach
herdman@usd259.net

Friday Events

Please do not arrive earlier than 3:30pm (you’ll thank us)– use the main entrance off of Grove on the south side of the building. Please be mindful of the drives as they are not “typical”. The entrance is pictured below:

1. We will be using the March/April topic for Lincoln Douglas Debate: Resolved: The development of Artificial General Intelligence is immoral. Lincoln Douglas will take place on the East 1st Floor.

2. We will be using the March topic for Public Forum Debate: Resolved: In the United States, the benefits of the use of generative artificial intelligence in education outweigh the harms. All Public Forum Debates will take place on the East 1st floor.

3. We will be using the 2025 topic for Big Questions Debate: Resolved: Creativity is a more powerful force than intelligence. All Big Questions Debate will take place on the East 2nd and 3rd floors.

4. We will be using the Sunflower District Docket for Congress. Please find that linked here: Sunflower District Congressional Docket . I will follow up with a planned itinerary for Congress. All congressional sessions will be held in The Commons on the second floor.

5. We will not have hospitality or concessions available for students for Friday night. Please plan accordingly.

6. There is an art showcase occurring in the Commons– feel free to take a moment and have your students look at the art installations, but please respect the space.

7. Tabroom will be located in the Library on the second floor and will be open for coaches. All Friday Ballots will be ONLINE ONLY.

8. The Hangar will be available for student gathering and check-in.

Tentative / Projected Friday Night Schedule

Round 1 - 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Round 2 - 5:10 pm to 6:10 pm
Round 3 - 6:20 pm to 7:20 pm

**Please Note: Congress may run differently, as I am still a baby who is unsure how to run congress properly.**

Saturday Events

Please do not arrive earlier than 7:15am (I am not an early bird)– use the main entrance off of Grove on the south side of the building. Please be mindful of the drives as they are not “typical”. The entrance is pictured below:

1. Competitors may enter up to (4) individual events, but may not enter both International and United States Extemp.

2. We will follow all NSDA rules for all NSDA events, including POI and Info 10.

3. Medals will be awarded to the Top 6 in each event.

4. Duo and Duet may be combined depending on numbers.

5. United States and International Extemp may be combined based on numbers.

6. Tab room will be located in the Library on the second floor, hospitality will be located in The Commons on the second floor, School gathering locations, concessions, Girl Scout Cookie Sales, and Impromptu will all be located on the First Floor. Extemp draw is TBA.

7. Please bring Judges!!!

Tentative / Projected Saturday Schedule

Round 1 - 8:00 am to 9:30 am
Round 2 - 9:30 am to 11:00 am
Round 3 - 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

Lunch will be from 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Finals - 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Awards ASAP in East Auditorium (2nd Floor)