Lava Heights Academy

Invites you to

Lava Legislature 2024

Congressional Debate Tournament

Saturday, February 17, 2024

730 N. Springs Dr (100 E.)

Toquerville, UT 84774

(435)635-0300

INFORMATION

Tournament Director: Mary Thayer, mary.thayer@rop.com (435)319-4980

OVERVIEW

This tournament will be on Tabroom. Students who normally compete in Policy, LD, PF, and IE’s are encouraged to join their Congressional colleagues in this tourney. Students who will not exceed their 10 tournament limit (8 for 1A schools) may enjoy this extra chance to sharpen debate skills while helping Congressional teammates prepare for region. (Note that the 10 tournament limit does NOT apply to Nat Quals, Region, nor State.) This is a good chance to practice authorship speeches as the docket is specifically targeted to reward UDCA docket contributors. This is also a great opportunity to improve Presiding Officer (PO) skills, as there is a trophy for Best Presiding Officer. PO competition is one of the events that judges will evaluate.

We ask all our visitors to sign a confidentiality agreement upon arrival.

We ask our visitors to remain in the building in which we hold debate events; please do not wander around the campus as it is the private living quarters of our students.

EVENTS AND AWARDS.

Congressional Debate:

Preliminary ½ hour to read Orders of the Day followed by a 2-hour preliminary session.

SPAR: The SPAR event will be after lunch. Topics are the same as the congress docket. There will be one preliminary round with sudden death advancement to each break round.

Docket: We will use the UDCA legislation authored by participating schools as well as the STATE docket.

http://www.utahdebatecoaches.org/Students/congress-legislation.

Congress participants shall bring their own copies of all legislation to the tournament.

B Military Training…………………………………….(FEB)

B End Social Security…………………………………..(JAN)

B Electric Vehicles…………………………………………….(FEB)

B Holistic Med………………………………………..…DEC)

B Manufacture Semiconductors………………………(SEP)

A Voting Age 16……………………………….……..(DEC)

B De-privatize Detention Centers…………..…….(FEB)

R Investment in Ecuador Development………………(FEB)

B Federal Voting Accessibility…………………….…….(FEB)

R Declare Somaliland an Independent Nation…….(FEB)

B Plastic Roadways……………………………….…….(FEB)

A End Corporate Election Spending……………(SEP)

B Ban High Fructose Corn Syrup…………………(SEP)

B Tax Nonprofits…………………………………………(NOV)

B Visas for Low-Skilled Workers…………………..(DEC)

B Ban Some Government Subsidies……………(SEP)

Awards:

Congress: Trophies for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd Place.

Best PO: Gavel to Best Presiding Officer.

SPAR: Trophy for 1^st Place.

Sweepstakes: 1^st Place Trophy. Points are as follows:

Congress: 5 points for the top quartile. 3 points for 2^nd quartile. 1 point for 3^rd quartile.

SPAR: 1 point per win.

Tie breaker will be PO rankings.

DEADLINES

Deadline to register students: 2/17 @ 9 AM
Deadline to register judges: 2/17 @ 9 AM
Deadline to Drop: 1 hour before the tournament (2/17 @ 8AM). Any drops later than this, contact Mary.

Deadline to order food: 1-31 @ 5PM. COST IS FREE, but I need an estimated headcount.

Judge and fee requirements are based off a count on 2/17 @ 5PM.

FEES Make checks payable to Care Schools

School Fee $25

Student Fee $4.00 per student entry fee covers Congress, SPAR, PO, AND lunch! ONE $4 fee for everything!! J

Lunch is free for ALL students, coaches, and judges. Lunch will be a sandwich, soup, and salad buffet.

Payable at check-in Saturday, based on registration numbers at Monday deadline.

We will not have concessions for sale. Please bring whatever snacks you need.

JUDGES

We will use Paper ballots.

Each school is required to bring one judge.

Judges training will be at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday.

Tabroom

I will have a physical tabroom location on campus with which I ask all coaches to assist.

SCHEDULE

Saturday

8:30 AM Judge training

8:30 to 9:10 Check in

9:10 Opening Meeting

9:30 to 10:00 Read Orders of the Day and Select 8 different Presiding Officers.

10:00 to 12:00 Session 1

12:00 to 12:30 Lunch! Lava is providing EVERYONE (yes, including students) a lunch, no charge

12:30 SPAR

2:00 ish Awards

Restrooms

We have a single use restroom beside our congress room.

ETHICS

Students should follow the NSDA Code of Honor and the new UDCA Code of Ethics. Encourage classiness and cleanliness from your kids and make sure they respect property by keeping areas clean, not touching classroom items, and staying out of rooms with no adults. Students in classrooms without an adult will forfeit events for the student and sweepstakes for team.

THANK YOU!

I ask that all student and adult participants fill out a feedback form including suggestions for improvement on future tournaments.