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Week of 9/18

Monday Meeting

Mason Speech and Debate

Room Behavior

Room Behavior

  • Please clean up after yourselves
  • Desks go back where they belong
  • Nothing on the teachers desk gets touched
  • Erase nothing already written on whiteboards
  • Erase everything you write on whiteboards
  • Respect the rest of the teachers in each pod
  • Your event leader has the final say

Agenda

Parent Meeting 9/27

Agenda

Judge Training Sessions: 10/3, 10/5, 10/10, 10/12

Mason Mock Tournament: Coming Up

Homecoming Parade: 10/5

Centerville 10/21

Details

Details

Judge Training Sessions

These are required for parents of Novice Members.

From 6:45 - 7:45 on the first two Tuesdays and Thursdays of October.

Only 1 of your parents is required to come.

If both your parents are interested, they can come

They will learn how to be a judge for Speech and Debate tournaments.

Mason Mock Tournament

  • Sign up on Schoology
  • From 8AM - 12PM
  • Round 1: 9AM
  • Round 2: 10AM
  • Round 3: 11AM
  • Competing only with Novices from your own event
  • Models a "real" tournament experience
  • Lunch will not be provided

Centerville

  • October 21st
  • First Novice Tournament
  • LOCAL
  • Great opportunity to get your feet wet
  • Transportation will not be provided
  • Signups on Schoology

Homecoming Parade

  • Marching in the Homecoming parade this year
  • Thursday October 5th around 6:30 PM
  • Wear Speech and Debate attire or spirit wear

Metrics

Metrics

Tournaments:

  • Getting a Bid gives 15 points
  • Getting twice the bid amount gives 5 points
  • Winning a round or placing higher than 3rd in a speech round gives 2 pts
  • Doubled in break rounds

Practices

Practices

  • Granular Points awarded on a scale of -1 to 5
  • Attending practice starts you off with 1 point
  • Winning mock rounds gives 2 points
  • Late drops are -20 points
  • Going to team events is 3 points

Point Decay

Point Decay

  • Only practice from the past 30 days are counted
  • Tournament placings from beyond 30 days are halved

Transparency

Transp-arency

  • Metrics transparent on a Google Spreadsheet
  • Comes out next week
  • Top 7 people in each event displayed (Names + Normalized Points)

Event Selction

  • Open practices this week
  • Select events by end of this week
  • Form on Schoology to fill out

Event Selection

Registration

Registration

  • Join Schoology
  • Fill out Final Forms
  • Payment on EZpay
  • Make account on speechanddebate.org

DUE NEXT MONDAY