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DR. TOMMY EADS

INVITATIONAL UIL ACADEMIC MEET

AT NORTH LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 &

SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2011

 

 

Greetings UIL Sponsors,

 

North Lamar High School  invites you to participate in the Dr. Tommy Eads Invitational UIL Academic meet on Friday, January 13 and Saturday, January 14, 2012, on the campus of North Lamar High School.   All UIL events will be offered, and we will be using materials from reputable contest materials sources. 

 

In addition, we will be offering 3 rounds of NFL LD if enough schools are interested.  UIL LD rounds 1-3 will run back-to-back until completed.  NFL LD will begin after the UIL LD rounds are completed, and run back-to-back until completed.  Your UIL LD judge can be the same person as your NFL LD judge. 

 

We will also offer Public Forum debate IF there are enough entries prior to Wednesday, January 4, 2012.
Each school will be limited to four entries per event with the following exceptions: 

Number Sense, Calculator, Math, and Science  - unlimited entries
Ready Writing – 3 entries
Computer Science – 3 teams of four or 12 individual entries 
Computer Applications – 3 entries

Also, due to lack of space, Computer Applications is limited to the first 25 individual entries overall. 

Because North Lamar High School is a member school of the Northeast Texas Debate Association, this tournament is a qualifying tournament for the NTDA Championship Tournament.   Students who place in the top six in CX, and LD and who advance to finals in Informative, Persuasive, Prose and Poetry will qualify for the NTDA Championships.  Visit the website www.ntdachampionship.com for more information.

A tentative schedule of events can be found under the tab marked "schedule."  Please note that Ready Writing and Debate will be held on Friday afternoon to allow cross entering of events.  Ready writing will be judged on Friday evening and sponsors are asked to help.

 

An important note about the schedule:  due to high entries the past three years, we have added a semi-finals round to both prose/poetry and informative/persuasive and elimination rounds of CX and UIL LD.  Please check the new schedule, and make decisions about cross-entering students into other events judiciously.  Students will be responsible for making their events on time; the schedule will not be altered due to cross entries.

Medals will be awarded to the top three winners in each event.  First and second place trophies will be presented to the schools earning the most points according to UIL rules.  Results packets may be picked up at the end of the day. 

In order for the meet to run smoothly we ask that each school entering debate provide one judge for every two CX teams, or portion thereof, every two LD Debaters, or portion thereof, and one for every six competitors or portion thereof in extemp and interp.  Because we do not have a pool of judges from which to draw, schools must provide judges in order to participate in the tournament.  If you have one or two CX teams or LD debaters, you must provide one judge.  If you have three or four CX teams or LD debaters, you must provide two judges.  If you have one CX team and one LD debater, you must provide one CX judge and one LD judge; it cannot be the same person.  Please email if you have questions about this policy.

PLEASE NOTE:  YOUR STUDENTS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE IN DEBATE UNLESS YOU PROVIDE THE NECESSARY NUMBER OF JUDGES REQUESTED.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.  

In addition, we ask the sponsors to assist as judges for informative speaking, persuasive speaking, prose, poetry, computer applications, spelling, accounting, literary criticism, number sense, calculator, mathematics, science, current events, social studies, journalism, ready writing, and computer science.

Refreshments for sponsors and judges will be provided.  Students may eat at nearby restaurants.  Some information regarding lodging is included in this mailing.  If you need any additional information or have any questions, please contact us.

NOTES ON EVENTS

 

Math/Science: Calculators may be used following all UIL rules.

 

Computer Science: This event involves a team of at least three students.  Only a multiple choice test will be given with the winner determined by summing the three scores.

 

Computer Applications: Students are responsible for bringing computers, printers, disks, software, extension cords and all other needed items.  Each school must supply a grader.  Entries will be limited to the first 25 received because of the lack of space.  Please note that the computer applications contest fills up very fast.

 

Speech and Debate: 

Extemp and Interp:  Coaches must register their students at the registration table on Saturday morning in order to confirm contestants, make substitutions, or make drops. 

 

Schools must provide judges according to the following formula:

 

LD Debate: 1 judge for every two competitors or portion thereof

CX Debate: 1 judge for every two teams or portion thereof

Extemp. and Interp.: 1 judge for every six competitors or portion thereof in extemp and interp. available for prelims and finals

 

Because we do not have a judging pool, schools who do not provide the required number of judges will be disqualified  from the event (s) in which the judges are not present and willing to judge.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. 

 

Debate: Winners will be determined by win/loss record and high speaker points after three rounds.

 

We look forward to seeing you on January 14 and 15, 2011, on the campus of North Lamar High School. Also, we would like you to keep in mind that North Lamar will host a math/science meet, featuring contest from TMSCA, on Saturday, March 5. If you have any questions regarding any UIL activities at North Lamar, please contact Dennis Hodgkiss at North Lamar High School at (903) 737-2011.

 

Sincerely,

 

Dennis Hodgkiss

UIL Coordinator

North Lamar High School