TSTDC All Students

(Updated @ 10:30am with new info from tournament directors)

NatQuals starts tomorrow! Good luck to our distinguished competitors: Alexia, Bukyung, Finn, Leaya, Jaylen, Mingyu, Shloak, Suhaib, and Tao. @Leaya Dolev @Bukyung Honda @Mingyu @Shloak Solgama @Finn Burkhart @Alexia J @Jaylen Hamadou @Suhaib Abdi @tao li @Toshihiko Honda

Everyone needs to be at Mesa High School by 7:30AM. There will be an opening meeting for students and judges at 7:40, and the first session will start at 8:00.

Park in the South Parking lot, closer to the football stadium. There will be signs directing you to the correct gate to get you to the competition. Everything will start in Room 028, on the lower level of the main building. All rooms will be on the lower level.

Please confirm with me ASAP that you have a ride to and from the tournament: 480-229-6090.

***Before you arrive tomorrow, make sure you have…

Congrats to Mingyu for qualifying for Nationals in the Senate and to Leaya for making it to the finals in the House! We’re so proud of all of you who came out to compete and spectate yesterday- Desert Vista was very well represented and you should be proud of yourselves.

Debate and Speech Judges: Judges are due TOMORROW and so far there are only 3 of the 30 judges slots filled on the signup genius. If you have talked with someone or confirmed someone, their information needs to be added to the signup genius using this link so I can add them in Tabroom:

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C0F4EA5A92CA3F49-62808157-arizona

Remember that each of you are required to get judges for this tournament if you want to go and you need to work together to make sure all of your assigned judges slots are filled:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DPFwosD6G6SFxq0I-QF9mT8VTQDHEaSIunn7M85P3wc/edit?usp=drivesdk

Speech Scripts: I have created this Google Folder for…

If you have signed up to compete in more than one event for NatQuals, you need to complete the attached Single Entry Letter of Intent. Please fill this out and send me a photo ASAP so I can upload to Tabroom.

https://www.speechanddebate.org/wp-content/uploads/Single-Entry-Letter-of-Intent_Combined_2023-09-13_Fill-in.pdf

We have enough entries to require 2 judges- have you confirmed anyone? Deadline is today!