Massachusetts Middle School Forensic League
December 18, 2016
Dear Colleague:
We hope you’ll join us for our MSSL Happy New Year’s NoviceSpeech Tournament to be held Sunday, January 8, 2016!
Competition is open to students in grades 6 through 8, who may each enter one event.—TEAMS MAY BRING UP TO TWENTY-FIVE ENTRIES. Teams must provide at least one judge per four entries.
There will be three straight rounds of competition with one judge in each section. There is a final round for the top 8 competitors from each category. Medals and honorable mentionswill be awarded. Entry fees for this contest are $7 per student entry, $14 per duo.
The day will begin with an information session for judges. All of your judges are expected to attend, even if they are experienced high school students or adults serving in this capacity. We all want to be sure that our judges are truly “on the same page.”
Enclosed, you will find a tentative schedule for the day. Students should bring their own lunches. Please note: NBS is a peanut-free school. Please feel free to email and/or call with questions or concerns.
I look forward to hearing from you no later than Wednesday, January 4th and to seeing you and your students on January 10th!
Sincerely,
Alex Helm
NBS Happy New Year’sNoviceSpeech Tournament2017
For 6th – 8th Grade Speakers
Sunday, January 8th
Nashoba Brooks School – 200 Strawberry Hill Road – Concord, MA 01742
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
8:00 a.m.Registration, Courtyard Entrance to Wallace Dining Commons
8:30Judges Meeting in Tucker Auditorium: ALL judges(Coaches and/or
supervising adults should be with students—competition rooms may beused for warm-ups)
9:15General meeting for ALL—contestants, coaches, judges—in Wallace
Dining Commons
9:30Round I – All Events (Return to the Dinning Commons between rounds)
10:30Round II – All Events (Return to the Dinning Commons between rounds)
11:30Round III – All Events (Return to the Dinning Commons between rounds)
12:30Lunch
1:30Finals Round
3:30Announcement of Awards in Tucker Auditorium. Ballot result
packets available for coaches to pick up directly thereafter.
Events
Prose ReadingDemonstration Speaking
Dramatic PerformanceFree Verse / Poetry Reading
Original OratoryDuo Interpretation
Children’s LiteratureImpromptu Speaking
DeclamationStory Telling
EACH SCHOOL MAY PROVIDE UP TO 25 ENTRIES total per school no Double entriesin any event, AND MUST PROVIDE ONE JUDGE PER FOUR ENTRIES (note: one duo pair equals a single entry). Parents, teachers or other interested adults as well as veteran 8th graders may serve as judges. High school students who have experience in speech are also welcome to judge.
ENTRY FEES: $7 per student. Please make it payable to “Nashoba Brooks School”
DEADLINE: Register all competitors and judges on Tabroom.com by Wednesday, January 4, at 9:00 p.m. Please check carefully for errors. Fees are considered final at that time, as is your school’s commitment to bring a certain number of judges.
Email Alex Helm, or call my cell 617.678.7582 for emergencies and/or drops on the day of the event.