The Milwaukee Public Schools Conference Forensics Championship Tournament is Saturday, March 15, 2014, at Rufus King HS.

Special Needs/Diet Restrictions

Please email Stephanie or call 414-202-5619 -- as soon as possible -- to alert her to any special needs and/or dietary restrictions of contestants and/or judges, so we can make necessary accommodations. 

Entries

Deadline for Entries/Judges: Saturday, March 8 at 8:30 p.m. 

New to this site? Download and print the document on how to register.

Any MPS school may register any number of students in grades 9-12, and each student may enter up to three events (but may not enter radio and extemp together). We use rules of the Wisconsin Forensic Coaches' Association, except Declamation, which can be accessed on the Events/Divisions page. Please review the rules and any changes this year. We make the following allowances for WHSFA rules:

* Note card in Oratory
* Single, stationary chair in Solo Acting; chairs/stools in Group Interpretation.
* Non-penalized 8-minute presentations in Solo Acting and Oral Interp.

There are no entry fees; this tournament is only open to schools in the Milwaukee Public Schools district. Changes to entries can be made on this website until Wednesday, March 12 at 6 p.m.

Entries in "Novice Poetry" or "Novice Prose" must be in their first year of high school forensic competition (this does allow for students who participated in middle school forensics).

Judge Requirement

Each school must provide 1 judge for every 5 entries or fraction thereof (e.g. 7 entries = 2 judges). This includes double entries, so even a small double-entered squad may require more judges. If you are having difficulties finding, please let us know ASAP, so we can help.

Schedule

*If your students are meeting you at the tournament, please ask them to arrive by 8:00 am. Please help us run an efficient tournament by cooperating with this request.

Instructions for cross-entered students: please inform your judge at the beginning of the round and asked to perform as soon as possible, politely excusing yourself from the round after performing so that you can compete in your other events. If it is your last event, stay for the duration of the round. Do not enter rounds until you hear applause.

Tournament headquarters/tab will be in room 200 (across from Library/227). 

Food

We will have pizza and snacks for sale to students; and salad, pasta, and snacks for judges/coaches.

Tournament Morning Confirmation

Please call the morning of with any known changes- 414-267-0870.  If you do not call, your students must check in with you at Rufus King by 7:59 a.m. and you must check in by 8:00 a.m. the morning of; otherwise, we will start dropping entries. All participants/adults should enter through the main doors on 18th and Olive.