MPS CITY CHAMPIONSHIPS
2016 — WI/US
The Milwaukee Public Schools Conference Forensics Championship Tournament is Saturday, February 20, 2016, at Alexander Hamilton HS.
SPECIAL NEEDS/DIET RESTRICTIONS
Please Paul Zaragoza pauljfz@yahoo.com or call 414-418-3704 -- as soon as possible -- to alert him to any special needs and/or dietary restrictions of contestants and/or judges, so we can make necessary accommodations.
ENTRIES
Deadline for Entries/Judges: Thursday, February 18 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 NCFL Webpage page. Please review the rules and any changes this year.
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 18 at 8:30 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
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8:00 |
All Coaches, Students, and Judges should be at Alexander Hamilton HS by this time; enter through main doors. |
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8:10 |
Mandatory Judge Meeting (Library) |
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8:20 |
Schematics Distributed to Students (Cafeteria, basement) |
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8:30 |
Radio/Extemp Draw |
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9:00 |
Round 1 |
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10:30 |
Round 2 |
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11:45 |
Round 3 |
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1:00 |
Finals Rounds (as posted) |
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2:45 |
Awards |
*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.
FOOD
We will have delicious food and snacks for sale to students; and snacks for judges/coaches.
TOURNAMENT MORNING CONFIRMATION
Please call the morning of with any known changes to Ernest at 414-469-2656. If you do not call, your students must check in with you at Hamilton 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.