The Sedway Middle School Speech and Debate program and administration along with CCSD Student Activities are excited to host a middle school/junior high Speech and Debate Tournament to be held Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Sedway MS.  Students in the 6^th, 7^th, or 8^th grades are invited. We hope you can attend! This will be a tournament with two speech event categories Platform events- Original Oratory and Expos and Oral Interpretation Events - DI, HI, Prose & Poetry, Duo, and Impromptu and two debate events - Student Congress and Public forum.

Each student may enter one speech event and one of the two debate events.  All of the following combinations for a student entry are possible:

• entered in original oratory/expos only
• entered in oral interpretation only
• entered in impromptu only
• entered in student congress only
• entered in original oratory/expos and student congress
• entered in oral interpretation and student congress
• entered in public forum only
• entered in original oratory/expos and public forum
• entered in oral interpretation and public forum
• entered in impromptu and public forum

We will be using Tabroom.com to register and tab the tournament.  To enter your team and determine fees, click on http://sedwayccsd.tabroom.com .

 Students should be dressed in business casual or business dress.  Boys should wear slacks and not jeans, a polo or button down shirt, and a tie is optional. Girls should wear a skirt and blouse, or a dress, or dress slacks with a dress shirt.  All clothing must conform to the CCSD dress code.

 There will be an awards presentation at the close of the tournament.  Students must be in competition attire to receive awards.

 Transportation Options

1. Rental vans or CCSD vans for teams 7 and smaller must complete the Rental Van or Van Request form (found in         Speech and Debate-MS Interact icon) and fax it to 799-2328 by May 1, 2015.  CCSD Student Activities will cover         the cost of the rental van but cannot pay for gas.
2. Have your team meet you at Sedway MS

          3465 Englestad St.

          North Las Vegas, NV   89032

If you have any questions regarding the tournament, please contact:  Angela Mboup or Jesse Milner at Sedway MS (702)799-3880 or CCSD Student Activities- Kristin Grimm (799-8474); email - kkgrimm@interact.ccsd.net.

 We look forward to seeing you in May 9th!

Angela Mboup & Jesse Milner                                          Kristin Grimm                                                             

Speech and Debate Coaches                          CCSD Project Facilitator