The Roundup at Ridgevue - NIETOC Qualifier

Dates:
Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14

Schedule:

Friday:3 rounds of Speech, no finals (awards based on prelim results (top 6, including a TOP NOVICE award in each of the 14 events). We are a designated NIETOC qualifier tournament!

Speech awards will be presented Friday evening. If your students cannot stay, we will hold them for them and present them on Saturday to them.

Panel Topics: (same as ones used for CCC the previous weekend)

What can schools do to make students better prepared for careers that do not yet exist?

Does freedom require limits?

Arts should be funded as equally as sports in public schools

Saturday: 4 prelim rounds of debate (PF, LD, and WSD), plus 2 sessions of Congressional Debate. A Gold/Silver round in all formats will follow, with those who make that round receiving awards.

In WSD, two rounds will be prepared topics (they will debate each side) and the other 2 will be impromptu topics. The final round (Gold/Silver) will be prepared. Topics will be posted soon!

In Congress, the preliminary sessions will be using the D3 fall packet, posted on this site, and the Gold/Silver will be using packet legislation #20 and up.

World School Debate!!! Entry deadline for WSD will be one week earlier (Nov 5) so that if the event needs to be dropped, students entered will have time to make plans for another event to enter.

Questions:
Please see the attached formal invitation for more specific details. Need more information? Please email coaches Jeffrey Stoppenhagen (jeffrey.stoppenhagen@vallivue.org) or Allee Platz (allee.platz@vallivue.org).

Special Awards:
We will be partnering with the Canyon County Classic, the previous weekend (November 6 and 7), to award the top schools that attend both tournaments. The awards will be designated as the "2C Swing" awards and will be based on squad efficiency! The other sweepstakes will be based on total points.

Questions? Please contact us (Jenn, Jeffrey, or Allee)!

Hope to see you and welcome you to our campus in November!

Coaches Stoppenhagen and Platz