Dear UIL Coordinator/Sponsor:

GRANDVIEW High School cordially invites you to our Online UIL Springboard speech and debate scrimmage. This UIL speech and academic meet will be held on NSDA campus and will utilize an online format.

EVENTS: All UIL speech & debate will be held on contest day!

REGISTRATION: Please register at www.tabroom.com for speech and debate and journalism events.

If you have any questions, please contact Kenneth Adcock kadcock@gvisd.org 903-968-3300 (school) / 817-240-7930 (cell)

DEADLINES: All entries are due online the day before

ROUNDS WILL START AT:

5:00 pm CST

JUDGING:

You must supply a judge for every event in which your school is entered. If you do not provide a grader/judge your students will not be graded.

For debate,

1 judge for every 4 LD contestants

1 judge for every two CX teams or part thereof

1 judge for every 6 Prose/Poetry/Extemp/Congress Contestants

AT MINIMUM, speech/debate team coaches MUST serve as judges

ENTRY FEES:

$10.00 per entry to cover the cost of NSDA Campus rooms for the practice rounds.

https://app.99pledges.com/fund/extthereso/kenneth-adcock

DIGITAL PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE AT THE LINK ABOVE!

The goal is to create an online practice format for schools that otherwise would not have access to it. The goal here is to model the NSDA Springboard format for schools that are more focused on UIL speech and debate events. I want to host one practice round for the UIL schools who want a little additional practice that otherwise could not get round(s) before the district tournament.

OTHER INFORMATION:

UIL LD: Resolved: In the United States, agroecology ought to be prioritized over industrial agriculture.

UIL CX: Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly strengthen its protection of domestic intellectual property rights in copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.

Prose/Poetry: Readers Choice

Extemp: For this we are going to give you the opportunity to record your speech on a topic of your choosing and get in depth feedback on, you will technically receive a rank for the round, but this is more about the element of practice than the rank. So please use this to prepare and practice the speech with your team as you see fit.