Invitation

Hawk Invitational Meet 2023

Academics, Art, and Speech

Invitation

All private and public schools are cordially invited to the Hawk Invitational Meet on February 25, 2023. This meet will take place at Our Lady of the Hills Catholic High School located at 235 Peterson Farm Rd. in Kerrville, TX. The meet will be kept small and limited to 24 students per event.

Rules

This meet will be conducted using contest rules from the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools. While some of the contests differ slightly from UIL contests with the same names, the content of each contest is the same and students from all schools will find this contest useful in preparation for official contests. TAPPS rules may be found at https://tapps.biz/fine-arts-2021-22/ .

Academic Materials

Third party materials will be used.

General Information

-Registration will be in the Gym Foyer.

-Students will wait in the Gym or in the Courtyard.

-Concessions will open at 8 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.

-Hamburger lunch cooked onsite with chips, drink, and dessert will be available. Reservations requested.

-Hospitality Room open 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Awards

First through third places will be recognized with medals and fourth through sixth with ribbons. Results will be announced throughout the day as contests conclude.

Cross Entries

-This meet is intended as a learning opportunity so cross entries between speech events are allowed.

-Cross entries between speech events and academic or art events are allowed for an individual student under the following conditions.

-An individual student may begin an academic contest late if the scheduled contest room has not released.

-Otherwise, all students from that school will need to work with the tab room for an alternative testing time for that academic event.

Speech Judges

-1 debate judge per 2 entries

-1 individual entry judge per 4 entries

Entry Deadline

-Monday, February 20^th at 5 p.m.

-Drop Deadline – Wednesday, February 22^nd at 5 p.m. – after this time, entry fees will be still be charged.

-Substitutions may be made at check-in.

Fees – Make checks payable to Our Lady of the Hills

-$8 per academic or art entry

-$12 per individual speech entry

-$15 per LD entry

-Missing LD Debate Judging Fee - $100

-Missing IE Judging Fee - $50

Academic Events

Advanced Math

Calculator

Current Events & Issues

Literary Criticism

Number Sense

Ready Writing

Science

Spanish

Spelling

Social Studies

TAPPS Math – 9^th & 10^th graders only

Art Events

On-Site Drawing

Seek-and-Sketch Black & White

Seek-and-Sketch Color

Speech Events

Lincoln-Douglas Debate – NSDA January/February Topic Resolved: Justice requires open borders for human migration.

Duet Acting

Original Oratory

Persuasive Speaking

Poetry Interpretation

Prose Interpretation

Solo Acting