Lava Policy SPAR
2024 — Toquerville, UT/US
Questions:
It’s 4th quarter. What are we going to do with our students who are not preparing for Nationals?
How can we get middle schoolers interested in debate?
How can we get more policy teams next year?
How can we glean the most from our departing seniors and give them one more hoorah?
Answer:
Come to Lava’s Policy SPAR!!!! ????
Lava Heights Academy
Invites you to
Lava Policy SPAR 2024
Saturday, April 20, 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’s registration is through Tabroom but is a paper ballot tourney.
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.
WHO
Middle School and High School students are invited to this tournament, grades 6-12.
SPAR EVENT
The topic is next year’s POLICY topic.
Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.
Instead of using the full policy format, we will wet our whistles on this topic through the SPAR format. This is a debate event with a win/loss decision per skirmish.
1 minute prep
2 min AFF construction speech
2 min NEG construction speech
3 min cross examination
1 min NEG rebuttal
1 min AFF rebuttal
Please note that SPAR often reverses the rebuttal speaker order. We have AFF speak last in policy style.
The following link has more information about the topic.
https://www.speechanddebate.org/topics/
There will be 3 preliminary rounds. Students must lose twice to be eliminated. Expect an audience for break rounds.
AWARD:
SPAR: Trophy for 1st Place.
DEADLINES
Deadline to register students: 4/20 @ 9 AM
Deadline to Drop: 1 hour before the tournament (4/20 @ 8AM). Any drops later than this, contact Mary.
NO FEES!!!!!
JUDGES
You do not need to bring judges.
Tabroom
I will have a physical tabroom location on campus with which I ask all coaches to assist.
SCHEDULE
Saturday
8:30 Check in
9:00 Welcome
9:15 Round I
9:30 Round II
9:45 Round III
10:00 1st Break Round
10:15 Octo Finals
10:30 Quarter Finals
10:45 Semi Finals
11:00 Finals
11:15 Awards
Restrooms
We have a single use restroom.
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.
THANK YOU!
I ask that all student and adult participants fill out a feedback form including suggestions for improvement on future tournaments.