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Salado High School Full UIL Academic Invitational — December 12

Welcome to Salado!

Salado High School is excited to invite you to our Full UIL Academic Invitational (No Comp Sci Hands-On) on December 12.

We will offer the full slate of UIL Academic events, along with UIL Speech and Debate events, giving schools an opportunity to bring their entire academic, speech, and debate teams to compete at one comprehensive invitational meet.

Our goal is to provide a well-run tournament with strong competition, quality judging, efficient grading, and a valuable opportunity for students and coaches to prepare for the UIL season.

Events Offered

We will offer ALL UIL Academic events, along with the following UIL Speech and Debate events:

• Cross-Examination Debate (CX)

• Lincoln-Douglas Debate (LD)

• Informative Speaking

• Persuasive Speaking

• Prose Interpretation

• Poetry Interpretation

Congress will not be offered at this meet.

Entry Fees

Academic Events: $15 per entry
Interpretation: $15 per entry
Extemporaneous Speaking: $15 per entry
Lincoln-Douglas Debate: $25 per entry
Cross-Examination Debate: $40 per team

Judging Requirements

Schools are expected to meet their judging obligations for Speech and Debate events.

We will work to hire high-quality, experienced judges for our tournament judging pool so that students receive a strong competitive experience.

Schools that do not meet their required judging obligation will be assessed the following missing judge fees:

CX Debate

1 judge for every 2 entries or portion thereof
Missing Judge Fee: $150

LD Debate

1 judge for every 4 entries or portion thereof
Missing Judge Fee: $150

Interpretation

1 judge for every 6 entries or portion thereof
Missing Judge Fee: $150

Extemporaneous Speaking

1 judge for every 6 entries or portion thereof
Missing Judge Fee: $150

Journalism & Ready Writing Grading Requirements

To help us provide timely and efficient results, schools with entries in Journalism and Ready Writing are expected to meet the following grading obligations:

Journalism

1 grader for every 10 entries or portion thereof
Missing Grader Fee: $50

Ready Writing

1 grader for every 10 entries or portion thereof
Missing Grader Fee: $50

Coaches & Academic Event Grading

We strongly encourage ALL schools to list every coach they will be bringing to the meet in Tabroom.

When registering, please also list your attending coaches in the academic events they are able to grade. This gives tournament staff a much better idea of who will be available to assist with grading throughout the day.

A successful full academic meet requires a collaborative effort from participating schools. The more accurate information we have ahead of time, the better we can organize grading assignments, return results efficiently, and keep the meet running on schedule.

Please list all attending coaches and indicate the academic event(s) they are qualified or comfortable grading.

We greatly appreciate everyone's willingness to help make the meet run smoothly.

Registration & Tournament Communication

We will use Tabroom for tournament registration and communication.

It is important that coaches regularly check the email address associated with their Tabroom account. Information regarding the tournament, schedules, registration updates, and other important announcements leading up to December 12 will be communicated through Tabroom.

New to Tabroom?

How to Create a Tabroom Account:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyTqMwhRJpo

How to Register for a Tournament:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc3pdZi5WXM

Students participating in Speech and Debate events should have their own Tabroom accounts, linked to the school/institution they attend, with an email address associated with their account.

Questions & Tournament Contact Information

If you have any questions about registration, entries, judging requirements, academic events, or the tournament in general, please feel free to contact either of the tournament directors:

Vincent Crowson
vincent.crowson@saladoisd.org

Julian Erdmann
Julian.T.Erdmann@gmail.com

We are happy to help with any questions leading up to the tournament.

We Look Forward to Seeing You in Salado!

Whether you're bringing a few competitors or your entire UIL Academic team, we hope you'll join us at Salado High School on December 12.

With the full slate of UIL Academic events alongside Speech and Debate competition, this meet is an excellent opportunity to get students meaningful competition, evaluate where your teams stand, and prepare for the UIL season.

We look forward to welcoming you and your students to Salado High School!