Schools may submit district congress legislation up until 2/5/25 at 11:59PM. Legislation will by posted by the end of day on 2/8/25 so students have two weeks to prepare.
Coaches should review legislation before it is submitted to verify it meets the requirements in formatting and originality. Legislation can be submitted at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3OAwAi2rOCact9L_QEivzsTaTeFKiyMPZkgeDg7tbBcTPWw/viewform
Students (and coaches) who are interested in the NSDA Worlds School Team, can find application information at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeo5cZIDntMpFv5a_FMxyYOjQOXwCO6_OoDBqO5Ec7DzshBdA/viewform
Students will need to sign up to attend a webinar in order to be eligible.
Feb 4 @ 7:00PM
Feb 23 @ Noon
Deadline for the form is March 9.
Visit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_XyrtFGiwG_JW2hdyZ3NEA_qdizI2jKjhIubqiGzmXw/edit to access our calendar of league events.
The New Jersey District will be hosing our Big Questions qualifier at the Newark Tech tournament on March 9th. Pending the number of entries, we may have virtual rounds extend into Sunday (or if teams agree, we will host elimination rounds at a mutually-agreeable locations during the following week).
Here are some resources you can share with students. Once again, only NSDA member schools may enter the BQ District Qualifier. And students must be active members of NSDA (25 points with paid dues).
Deadline is Monday, 3/4/24 @ 11:59PM. – Registration is at tabroom.com
NSDA Big Questions Resource Page
NSDA Big Questions Starter Pack
2023 NSDA BQ Debate Final Round – This is a different topic, but can provide students a great example of how BQ works.
All the information you need to participate in the New Jersey District tournament series!
The Virtual Awards Ceremony from yesterday is available for you to share with your students as a video recording as well as Google Slides. All results have been posted on Speechwire.com (https://postings.speechwire.com/r-tournament.php?tournid=13470) and the eballots have been released for review.
Thank you and we look forward to the April 2023 Online Speech Festival celebrating Earth Day! Our themed Pro Con Challenge topic will be Resolved: The United States should increase its use of nuclear energy for commercial energy production. The Prepared Prompt topics inspired by Earth Day Prompts will be released on or before April 1.
We hope that in addition to providing the students on your team with another opportunity for judge feedback, these festivals can provide the opportunity for a class at your school to connect with the theme from a curricular standpoint and give new students a taste of speech and debate through the themed events of Pro Con Challenge, Prepared Prompt, and Original Poetry. Please feel free to share with other coaches and teachers the Festival Series Flyer and the Speechwire.com Registration Page for the April Festival!
-Ray
Raymond Shay
Director of Technology & Interim Director of Business Administration
Head Coach, Speech and Debate Team
Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart
www.princetonacademy.org