Dear Middle School/Junior High School Speech & Debate Coaches:

The Greenspun Junior High School Speech and Debate program along with CCSD Student Activities are excited to host a middle school/junior high Speech and Debate Tournament to be held Saturday, April 23, 2016 at Greenspun JHS.  Students in the 6^th, 7^th, or 8^th grades are invited. We hope you can attend!

This will be a tournament with two speech event categories: Platform events- Original Oratory and Expos; the following Oral Interpretation events - DI, HI, Prose & Poetry, and Duo (or Duet); and two Debate events - Student Congress and Public forum.

Each student may enter one speech event and one of the two debate events.  All of the following combinations for a student entry are possible:

• entered in original oratory/expos only
• entered in oral interpretation events only
• entered in student congress only
• entered in public forum only
• entered in original oratory/expos and student congress
• entered in original oratory/expos and public forum
• entered in oral interpretation and student congress
• entered in oral interpretation and public forum

We will be using Tabroom.com to register and tab the tournament.  To enter your team and determine fees, click on http://greenspuntournament.tabroom.com.

Students should be dressed in business casual or business dress.  Boys should wear slacks (not jeans), a polo or button down shirt. Girls should wear a skirt and blouse, or a dress, or dress slacks with a dress shirt.  All clothing must conform to the CCSD dress code.

There will be an awards presentation at the close of the tournament.  Students must be in competition attire to receive awards.

Transportation Options

1.      Teams larger than 7 must email Kristin Grimm by April 7, 2016 to determine transportation for your competitors.

2.      Rental vans or CCSD vans for teams 7 and smaller must complete the Rental Van or Van Request form (found in Speech and Debate-MS Interact icon) and fax it to 799-2328 by April 7, 2016.  CCSD Student Activities will cover the cost of the rental van but cannot pay for gas.

3.      Have your team meet you at Greenspun JHS:

140 N. Valle Verde Dr.

Henderson, NV   89074

If you have any questions regarding the tournament, please contact:  John McQueeney-Lotz at Greenspun JHS (702)799-0920 or Kristin Grimm at CCSD Student Activities (702) 799-8474 or email - kkgrimm@interact.ccsd.net.

We look forward to seeing you in April!

John McQueeney-Lotz                                        Kristin Grimm                                                             

Speech and Debate Coach                CCSD Project Facilitator