NSDA SPEECH & DEBATE DISTRICTS

ALL INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE PERTAINS TO THE
2022 EASTERN MISSOURI NSDA SPEECH & DEBATE DEBATE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
Questions About Entries?
Justin Seiwell, EastMO NSDA District Chair
nsda@eastmoforensics.com
MARCH 17 - PARKWAY WEST HS
MARCH 18 & 19 - LADUE HORTON WATKINS HS
Questions About Judges?
Molly Beck, EastMO Judges' Chair
eastmojudges@gmail.com

GENERAL INFORMATION

Required reading for all coaches!
Released 1/29/2022​
This document is the FINAL SCHEDULE based on entry numbers as of 3/10/2022.
This document details how to calculate the number of judges your school will need to supply for the tournament.
The official topics for this tournament.  
To be released by 2/1/2022.
This document will be published after the registration deadline when we have an accurate number of students/judges participating.
Parkway West will host the Thursday night of this tournament!  Thank you, PWest!
Ladue Horton Watkins will host the Friday & Saturday​ of this tournament!  Thank you, Ladue!

TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION

A quick-reference guide for registering your students for Speech & Debate Districts!  Coming soon! We adjusting it for 2022!
Competitor registration will go through www.speechwire.com.  Please see the invitation for additional information and deadlines.  
Opened 1/29/2022!
Judges should be registered through the JUDGES page of this website.  Please do NOT enter judges into SpeechWire!
Coaches must upload a Single Entry Letter of Intent for any student entered in more than one event (this includes Congress).  
Coaches are strongly encouraged​ to upload a "packet" of documentation for each interper (HI, DI, DUO, POI) in advance of the tournament.
Coaches are strongly encouraged​ to upload a "packet" of documentation for each of their OO and INFO entries in advance of the tournament.
This quick form will need to be completed by the head coach of each school by March 10, 2022.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR COACHES

Contains additional resources for coaches, including a log of all communications about NSDA Districts.
This spreadsheet is kept up to date daily so that coaches can see how many qualifiers EastMO will have and the pre-determined thresholds for breaking to elim rounds.
The NSDA provides this list of suggested online-publishers if students wish to compete in Interp with materials only published online.  Publication requirements were heavily revised by the NSDA in 2020.
Please see the NSDA JUDGING REQUIREMENTS doc for information about judge strikes.  Strikes are due March 15, 2022.
This spreadsheet is updated once daily (except March 4 & 5).  Coaches should use it to determine if they have 'met' their obligations or not!
This is the "audit checklist" that the District Chair will use after the registration deadline to ensure that your school has completed all necessary documentation for competition!
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Created in 2019, this website is a collaborative, community-based project.  Creation, maintenance, and updates are handled by a small group of volunteers from the EastMO NSDA District Committee, the GSL Board of Directors, and the MSHSAA District #4 Committee.  Parts of the website are going to be more developed than others.  We welcome your feedback about broken links, improper formatting, or missing information!  Use the "About this website" link to learn more and how you can help us make this a better resource for coaches, teachers, students, and judges!