DR. TOMMY EADS

INVITATIONAL UIL ACADEMIC MEET

AT NORTH LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL

FRIDAY, JANUARY 16 &

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008

 

Greetings UIL Sponsors,

 

North Lamar High School  invites you to participate in the Dr. Tommy Eads Invitational UIL Academic meet on Friday, January 16 and Saturday, January 17, 2008, 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 such as TMSCA, Hexco, MRC, cisTests, and ASW. 

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
Student Congress - unlimited 

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, LD, 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, Debate, and Student Congress 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.

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.  For schools desiring materials to be mailed, there will be a $10.00 fee for packaging and mailing, payable in advance please.

In order for the meet to run smoothly we ask that each school entering debate provide one judge for every two CX teams, LD Debaters, or portion thereof, and 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, you must provide one judge.  If you have three or four CX teams, 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 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: 

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

 

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

CX Debate: 1 judge for every two teams

Extemp. and Interp.: 1 judge for every six competitors or portion thereof in extemp and interp. per school 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 16 and 17, 2008, 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 7.  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