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GEORGIA FORENSIC COACHES ASSOCIATION

VARSITY SPEECH & DEBATE

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Marist School March 6-8

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On behalf of Marist School and the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association, I welcome you to the 2015 GFCA Varsity State Championships. As tournament director, tournament host and a debate coach in this state, I am happy to bring you this year’s event. I hope you enjoy Marist School facilities and hospitality as much as I do every day.

Some of you may not remember, but Marist School hosted the last ever GHSA Varsity State Championships, where only 25 schools and 100 students competed in one event. As a part of the Executive Committee then and now, I have been fortunate to see the growth of our activity and am thrilled to invite 450 competitors and judges from 40 schools to our campus across 10 divisions this weekend.

The varsity divisions in our state consist of several nationally ranked competitors. Out of almost 2,000 competitors during the regular season, only the top 20% qualify to compete at our Varsity State Championships. Since departing from the Georgia High School Association, I have witnessed first-hand the growth of our state in not just debate events but also our speech events. This year will mark the first time in state history, where all speech divisions are requiring three or more sections of competition. This year will also mark the first time in state history, where all of our debate divisions will be breaking to an octofinal round.

These achievements are reflections of our state schools committing to the Association. The Association has grown in not only size but also in outreach. Without generous sponsors like the Atlanta Urban Debate League, Dartmouth Debate Institutes, Marist Summer Camps, Georgia Debate Institutes, and Utah Beehive Forensics Institute, we would not be able to continue to bring you top notch hospitality at our state championships for a fraction of the price.

Should you have any special needs or questions, please ask one of our staff members who are listed in this booklet.

Good luck this weekend and enjoy the State Championship!

   

Jeffrey Miller GFCA President Director of Speech & Debate, Marist School  

 

   

WELCOME TO STATE

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When the GFCA created the Varsity State Championship and the qualification methods, we wanted to recognize schools who qualified the most number of students within their school size. Created by Claude Robinson, longtime GFCA supporter, and Lee Robinson, GFCA Hall of Fame member, the trophies are truly a team award and honor that school for their commitment to Georgia Speech & Debate.

This year’s recipients are: Helen McClellan School of Excellence Pace Academy, Coach: Shunta Jordan Sandra Silvers School of Excellence Marist School, Coach: Jeffrey Miller Ted Wolf School of Excellence Henry W. Grady, Coach: Mario Herrera Philip Wertz School of Excellence Valdosta High School, Coach: Pam Childress Leslie Watkins School of Excellence Alpharetta High School, Coach: David Gay & Adam Smiley

Valdosta High School, Philip Wertz School of Excellence

The Helen McClellan division is for schools with 500 or fewer students. Ms. McClellan was an extremely successful coach at Bremen High School and is a GFCA Hall of Fame Member. Pace Academy qualified six students and won this division for the fourth consecutive year. Congratulations to Ms. Jordan and her team. The Sandra Silvers division is for schools with 501-1000 students. Ms. Silvers is an institution in Georgia Speech & Debate and is a GFCA and NSDA Hall of Fame Member. Ms. Silvers coached at Calhoun High School and helped Georgia teams transition to the national circuit. Marist School qualified 36 students and won this division for the third time in four years. Congratulations to Mr. Miller and his team. The Ted Wolf division is ford schools with 1000-1500 students. Mr. Wolf was the debate coach at North Springs High School where they won multiple state championships. Henry W. Grady High School qualified 66 students (most all time) and won this division for the fifth straight year. Congratulations to Mr. Herrera and his team. The Philip Wertz division is for schools with 1500-2000 students. Mr. Wertz was the long time NCFL Director for Atlanta and has coached numerous national qualifiers in every event. Valdosta High School qualified 17 students and won this division in just their second year of the restart of their program. Congratulations to Ms. Childress and her team. The Leslie Watkins division is for the largest schools in the state with 2001 or more students. Ms. Watkins was the debate coach at Brookwood and long time GFCA officer. Alpharetta High School qualified 48 students and have won this award five years in a row. Congratulations to Mr. Gay, Mr. Smiley and their team.   

SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE

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Every year coaches in the GFCA nominate speech and debate coaches for the Coach of the Year Award. The organization honors two coaches every year, one in speech and one in debate. Last year’s winners were: Walter Cotter of Lassiter High School, Jonathan Waters of Grovetown High School, and Shunta Jordan of Pace Academy. The following coaches have been nominated this year.

Debate Coach of the Year

Garrett Abelkop, Chattahoochee High School

Sean Bennett, Justice Debate

Pam Childress, Valdosta High School

Brandon Kendall, Starr’s Mill High School

Jeffrey Miller, Marist School

Speech Coach of the Year

Pam Childress, Valdosta High School

Sean Hickey, Starr’s Mill High School

Charity Wang, RW Johnson High School

This year’s recipient will be announced at the Varsity State Championships Awards Ceremony.

Past Winners 1983 Sandra Worthington Silvers Calhoun High School 1984 Martha Dye Lee County High School 1985 Bruce Rogers Northside High School 1986 Eric Brannen Westminster Schools 1987 Paula Nettles Woodward Academy 1988 Chuck Spurlock Pace Academy 1989 Richard Bracknell Carrollton High School 1990 Ted Carter Lee County High School 1991 Lionel Clark Pickens County High School 1992 John McClellan Warner Robins High School 1993 Leslie Watkins Brookwood High School 1994 Chris Wheatley Pace Academy 1995 Barbara Wilson Rome High School 1996 Phillip Wertz Thomas County Central High School 1997 Medgar Roberts Hart County High School 1998 Donald Rhodes Houston County High School 1999 Martha Kelley Dublin High School 2000 Chuck Heywood Lakeside High School 2001 Kenneth Grodd St. Pius X Catholic School 2002 Allan Hayes Trion High School 2003 Frank Seaver Woodward Academy 2004 Lisa Willoughby Henry W. Grady High School 2005 Adam Smiley Chattahoochee High School 2006 James Holt Camden County High School 2007 Lee Robinson Lincoln County High School 2008 Beth McMahon Milton High School 2009 Beverly Kelly Fayette County High School 2010 Jenny Heidt Westminster Schools 2011 Matt Bartula Sequoyah High School

Mario Herrera Henry W. Grady High School 2012 Jeffrey Miller Marist School

Bill Swafford Lee County High School 2013 John McClellan Warner Robins High School

David Gay Alpharetta High School 2014 Shunta Jordan Pace Academy

Jonathan Waters Grovetown High School Walter Cotter Lassiter High School

COACH OF THE YEAR

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Thirty six coaches have been inducted into the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Every other year the GFCA Executive Committee and Hall of Fame members induct new members in the hall. We have five inductees in the Class of 2015.

Mr. Ned Granville Mr. Mario Herrera Mr. Frank Hjort

Mr. James Holt Mr. Adam Smiley

Inducted 1994 Chester Gibson, West Georgia Thomas Glenn Pelham, Emory

Sandra Worthington Silvers, Calhoun

Inducted 1995 Martha Dye, Lee County Jackson Farabee, Baldwin Ted Wolf, North Springs

Inducted 1996

Elizabeth Hall-Vickery, Hart County Bruce Rogers, Northside

Paul Slappey, Iowa

Inducted 1997 Charles Clark, North Springs Mickey Foreman, Americus

Inducted 1998

George Mengert, Pace Academy Paula Nettles, Woodward Academy

Melissa Maxcy Wade, Emory

Inducted 1999 Eric Brannen, Westminster Schools

Ted Carter, Calhoun Gail Ingram, Lakeview Academy

Philip Wertz, Thomas County Central

Inducted 2000 Betty Maddox, Emory Larry Moss, Therrell

Carlton Thomas, Calhoun

Inducted 2001 Richard Bracknell, Carrollton

Rich Edwards, Baylor Leslie Watkins, Brookwood

Inducted 2002

Chris Wheatley, Pace Academy

Inducted 2003 Sarah Finger, Gwinnett County

Inducted 2004 Helen McClellan, Bremen

Inducted 2006

Anne Duke, Glynn Academy

Inducted 2007 John McClellan, Warner Robins

Mary “Lisa” Willoughby, Henry W. Grady

Inducted 2010

Charles Heywood, Lakeside-Evans Lenalee Robinson, Lincoln County

Inducted 2011

Jim Wade, Milton

Inducted 2013 Jenny Heidt, Westminster Schools

Steven Stein, Chattahoochee Bill Swafford, Lee County

   

HALL OF FAME

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Beginning in 2014, the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association honors an individual annually for their service to

the organization. The award will be given every year and voted on by the Executive Committee of the

Association.

This year’s recipient is

Mr. James Herndon

Chattahoochee High School/Emory University

James Herndon is the director of debate programs at Emory University. James served

as the coordinator and author of the Novice Policy Debate evidence packet from 2005

to 2012. With his leadership and tireless work, the GFCA's Novice Packet has become

a staple tool in debate classes across the state. In 2014, the novice packet was

implemented and used across the entire southeast in seven different states.

James Herndon coached at Chattahoochee High School where he produced several GFCA State Champions and

several national qualifiers to the Tournament of Champions. James still continues to judge at high school

debate tournaments and work at debate institutes in the summer.

The GFCA would like to formally thank James Herndon for his service and dedication to the Georgia Forensic

Coaches Association.

   

SERVICE AWARD

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The following pages contain the official rules govering the GFCA State Tournaments. Issues that are unclear, inadequetly addressed or not covered in these pages will be left to the sole discretion of the State Tournament Director, Jeffrey Miller and the GFCA Executive Committee.

CAMPUS HOUSEKEEPING

Marist School graciously volunteered to host our event. Please respect their property. Trash should be placed in the receptables provided in each classroom. Students should not enter classrooms until their judge is present. Do not eat or drink in ANY classroom. Respect the classrooms of teachers; avoid moving furniture unless absolutely necessary. DO NOT UNPLUG ANYTHING FROM THE ELECTRIC SOCKETS.

Smoking is prohibited on the Marist School campus. You can wait until you get home on Saturday night or Sunday.

Remember, leaving campus for any reason is HIGHLY discouraged. We will not postpone a round if you are off campus. Teams are asked not to bring in food that is from off campus. All meals are provided by the GFCA.

Please respect the planning, work, and expense in providing the choices we offer in the lounge. Feel free to use outdoor seating.

EVENTS AND CROSS ENTRY

Cross entry is not allowed at the Varsity State Tournament among debate and speech events since every event is single flighted. Double entry is allowed among two speech events though.

EVENT RULES

All events will follow the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association rules as laid out in the by-laws. You can read the by-laws on the GFCA website – http://gaspeechanddebate.org

ELECTRONIC RETRIEVAL DEVICES IN DEBATE EVENTS AND EXTEMP

Laptops and tablets are allowed at the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association State Tournaments. The following guidelines, as voted by the GFCA in the Spring of 2013, will be in effect at this tournament:

Debate Events:

1. Computers or electronic devices may not be used to receive in round coaching from any source inside or outside of the room in which the competition occurs.

2. Students electing to use electronic devices have the responsibility to provide a copy of any evidence read in a speech for inspection by the judge or opponent upon request. Printers may be used. Evidence may be printed in the round or produced electronically, but must be provided in a format readable by the opposing team and the judge.

3. Students can access the internet for evidence retrieval during the round.

Extemporaneous Speaking

1. Students may use computers or electronic devices to store and retrieve their subject files to read, but cannot write speeches or organize their thoughts on the computers. Cell phones or smart phones are not to be used in speeches except for timing purposes.

2. Source Materials: Students may consult published books, periodical articles, newspaper articles, think tank articles, government reports or journal articles

TOURNAMENT RULES

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saved on their electronic retrieval device provided:

a. There are no notations made within or on the saved article other than citation information.

b. Any highlighting or underlining of the articles is done in only one color within each article. Bolding, italicizing, or any other manipulation of the original text of sources (other than highlighting or underlining as previously stipulated) is prohibited.

c. Students from the same school may share computers during preparation. However, communication among contestants during preparation time is strictly prohibited.

3. Prewritten Extemporaneous speeches, handbooks, briefs or outlines are prohibited from the prep room, whether stored electronically or present in hard copy form.

4. Computers or electronic devices may not be used to receive in round coaching from any source inside or outside of the room in which the competition occurs.

5. Students can access the internet for evidence retrieval during the round.

Both Divisions 1. Contestants electing to use computers are

responsible for providing their own computers, batteries, extension cords, and all other necessary accessories. Tournament hosts will not be responsible for providing computers, printers, software, paper, or extension cords for contestants. Students and judges should not unplug any anything from classrooms to gain access.

2. Contestants choosing to use laptop computers and related equipment accept the risk of equipment failure. Judges and/or contest directors will give no special consideration or accommodation, including no additional speech time or prep time, should equipment failure occur.

3. By choosing to use laptop computers in the round, debaters are consenting to give tournament officials the right to search their files. Debaters who do not wish to consent should not use computers in the round.

4. Students in violation will receive a forfeit for the debate.

ETHICS

GFCA member schools are required to conduct all relationships with other schools in a spirit of good sportsmanship. It shall be the responsibility of a member school to use every means at its disposal to impress upon faculty, students, team members, coaches, judges, parents, and spectators the values of sportsmanship in preparation for the management of forensics contests.

It shall be the responsibility of the GFCA and Marist School to take steps to insure the comfort and security of all students, coaches and spectators. Official protests of sportsmanship at the State Tournaments should be brought to the attention of the GFCA Executive Committee in writing before the start of the next round following the incident. The GFCA Executive Committee shall investigate the protest and take steps to insure future incidents not happen, including but not limited to a discussion with the individual, a discussion with the head coach, forfeiture of the judge bond, and/or removing the person from the tournament. If the action is egregious enough for bond forfeiture and/or removing the person from the tournament, the principal of the school(s) involved will be formally notified by the president or her/his designee.

The GFCA reserves the right to contact outside organizations to assist with the health and safety of all participants.

FORFEITURE RULE

Competitors and judges are expected to start each round on time. Students who fail to report to their competition room within fifteen (15) minutes after the listed start time shall be disqualified by the tab room, except in cases where students are double entered in the round. In debate, they will be awarded a loss. In speech, they will be awarded a rank of 9. They will receive no speaker points for the round.

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All postings will be available online at tabroom.com and at gaspeechanddebate.org. It is the competitors responsibility to check these palces for postings.

TAB ROOM

The tab room location is Room 224 in the Ivy Street Center. The tournament tab room is closed to all tournament judges and competitors. Head coaches and assistant coaches are allowed to see ballots. In debate divisions, all records will be posted once round has been tabulated and audited. Issues needing the attention of the tabulation staff (including protests) should be addressed to Jeffrey Miller. Protests must be completed at least one round after offense has occurred.

Seeding and brackets will not be disclosed until after the elimination rounds have been posted. A warm room will be located online at http://tabroom.com on our page where students, judges and coaches can see decisions and pairings.

AWARDS

Awards will be presented to all elimination round contestants in all events. Awards will be held in Ivy Street Center. It is scheduled for Saturday at 8pm, but may begin earlier if the tournament is running ahead of schedule. If a school is unwilling or unable to stay for the Awards Ceremony, they will be responsible for any costs involved with mailing ballots, trophies or any other materials left behind.

2014 Awards Ceremony

Provided by American Specialty Awards

MEALS

The Georgia Forensic Coaches Association provides all competitors with meals on Friday and Saturday, however they must have been ordered prior to registration closing.

Coaches were given meal tickets in their registration packet. No replacement meal tickets will be available.

Please do not leave campus for any meal – we did not build much time into the schedule to accommodate off campus eating.

 

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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,

TEXT THEM TO 619-432-2586 Schools and competitors are held repsonsible for all information included on this sheet.

Tournament Announcements:

Sign up for real time tab updates (individualized text or email notifications for all debate rounds) at gfca14.tabroom.com

Follow us on Twitter for tab updates: @thegfca Like the event on Facebook to get updates and pictures: http://www.facebook.com/thegfca

Help Desk:

‐ You may visit the Help Desk in Ivy Street 224 in person for serious problems but you can ALSO: o Text us at 619-432-2586. We’re staffed with several people to answer texts, but please allow ample

time for a response, as potentially many texts may be incoming at the same time. Texts are preferable.

o Call us 619-432-2586. If we don’t answer, send us a text message rather than leaving a voicemail. If we’re too busy to answer your call, we’re also too busy to listen to your voicemail.

Locations:

Student Hangout & Postings: I-Kuhrt Gym Judge Lounge: I-106 Speech Ballot Pick up & Return: I-223 Tab Room: I-222

Problems regarding rounds, judges and pairings:

The following concerns should be addressed promptly and directly to the Help Desk staff.

Participant is Not Posted: The Help Desk staff will arrange for you to be assigned to an appropriate round. Room is locked: Notify the Help Desk staff with your Room Number and Event and we will work on

unlocking the room as soon as we can. Classroom in Use: If the assigned room is being used during the time allotted for competition, DO NOT

INTERRUPT. All competitors and judge should proceed to the Help Desk. Judge No Show: Competitors should text Help Desk starting ten minutes after posted start time of round.

Text us your Room Number and Event. Team No Show: Judge and other competitor should text Help Desk with your room number event, and the

MISSING team code starting ten minutes after posted start time of round. Fire Alarm is Going Off: We probably know… but you can still let us know if you’d like.

PROBLEM GUIDE

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Important Information for competitors:

Pairings: Pairings will be available online at http://www.gaspeechanddebate.org/1st2ndstate/ and posted in front of the cafeteria unless otherwise announced, although every effort will be made to distribute debate pairings electronically. Please just sign up to follow yourself via tabroom.com if you are a debate competitor/judge.

Important Information for judges and coaches:

Debate Ballots: They are all online and can be accessed via your wifi-enabled device.

Speech Ballots: All ballots can be picked up and returned in the I-223. Please be sure to turn in ballots after each round, since we cannot make future schedules without this critical information.

Keep your rounds on time. Please make every effort to start rounds as promptly as possible. No reason for decision should go beyond 20 minutes.

In debate, once all debaters are present please press START ROUND on your tabroom.com ballot. In Speech, if competitors are missing at the start of the round, please everyone in your section up

and start the round without the missing contestants. When the missing contestants arrive, allow them to perform without penalty. Students will be coming in and out of these rounds due to double entry. You will need to allow double-entered students to speak first (even if they are not first on your master ballot) and immediately let them leave the room to go to their next event.

Please vacate your room when all competitors are finished. You may return to the judge’s lounge to complete ballots if necessary.

Please remain in the judges lounge/cafeteria when you are not judging. We may need you to cover another round. We will be releasing ballots/pairings at least 15 minutes prior to each round. The earlier you pick up and start your round, the better.

All judges are obligated through the first full elimination round of the tournament. Schools and judges should not leave campus prior to awards unless cleared by the Tournament Director. Your school will be charged a $100 fine if you do not show up for any of your rounds.

In elimination rounds, you will be paneled with other judges. Judges on a panel should not discuss the round or their decision prior to turning in their ballots. Judges in elimination rounds should sit in the front of the room with spectators behind them. Disclosure is mandatory in debate elimination rounds until Finals.

We thank you for volunteering your time this weekend and your hard work and again, we hope you enjoy your time at the State Championships

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MARIST SCHOOL ARGUMENTATION & SPEAKING WORKSHOPS

 

Meet the Camp Director Jeffrey Miller is the Director of Speech & Debate at Marist School. Jeffrey teaches public speaking and debate courses. He has coached ten state champions in five different speaking and debate events. Jeffrey’s teams are consistently nationally ranked and finished 5th overall in the country in 2014. He was named the National Rising Coach of the Year in 2013. Jeffrey serves as the Director of Curriculum at the University of Georgia Public Forum Debate Camp and Dartmouth Public Forum Debate Camp. You can email Jeffrey at millerj@marist.com.

All workshop participants will be grouped by age and skill.

ARGUMENTATION & SPEAKING WORKSHOP OPTIONS

Policy Debate Workshop July 20-24, 27-31

Cost: $700

Public Forum Workshop July 20-24, 27-31

Cost: $700

Public Speaking Workshop Session 1: July 20-24 Session 2: July 27-31

Cost: $400

Each day will run 9:00am-3:30pm

The Marist Argumentation & Public Speaking [MAPS] Workshops are dynamic instructional camps that will insure that all participants learn or enhance the necessary skills to

be a speaker and debater. Led by a national caliber educators, students will not only learn how to construct

arguments but also enjoy doing it.

Policy Debate Workshop

The policy debate workshop is intended for rising 6th-9th graders. The workshop will teach students argumentation, refutation and organizational skills to use on the 2015-2016 national policy debate resolution. The camp ensures a faculty/student ratio of 1:8. The workshop will be led by Libby Mandarino, coach at Marist School.

Public Speaking Workshop

The public speaking workshop is intended for rising 6th-11th graders. The workshop will teach students major speaking techniques that they can

use on a variety types of presentations. The curriculum will be developed and adapted from Marist’s public speaking courses taught by

Jeffrey Miller

Public Forum Workshop

The public forum workshop is intended for rising 8th-11th graders. The workshop will teach students basic argumentation and logic skills that they could use on the first resolution. The camp ensures a faculty/staff ratio of 1:8. The workshop will be led by Jeffrey Miller and Sydney Apple.

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Marist School is a large campus with seven buildings in use this weekend. In order to find your building, you will look for the letter in front of your building and find it on the map. The headquarters for the weekend is in the I Building known as Ivy Street Center.

 

IVY STREET CENTER (I) 

CAMPUS MAPS

Ivy Street (I)

Chanel (C)

Satellite (S) & Modular (M)

Gunn (G)

Hartnett (H)

Wooldridge (W)

Centennial (CC)

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WOOLDRIDGE BUILDING (W) 

 

 

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CHANEL BUILDING (C) 

 

 

2nd Floor

 

3rd Floor

   

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Friday March 6, 2015

2:00pm-4:00pm - Policy Round 1 3:00pm-4:00pm - On-Site Registration for Payment in Ivy Street Lecture Hall 4:00pm-4:30pm - Opening Awards Assembly in Ivy Street Center (All should attend) 4:30pm-6:00pm - Lincoln Douglas Round 1, Public Forum Round 1 4:30pm-6:30pm - Policy Round 2, Speech Round 1 6:00pm-7:30pm - Lincoln Douglas Round 2, Public Forum Round 2 6:30pm-8:30pm - Dinner will be served in Ivy Street Center 7:30pm-9:30pm - Policy Round 3 8:00pm-10:00pm - Speech Round 2 8:30pm-10:00pm - Lincoln Douglas Round 3, Public Forum Round 3

Saturday March 7, 2015

8:00am-9:30am - Lincoln Douglas Round 4, Public Forum Round 4 8:00am-9:45am - Speech Round 3 (Extemp Draw is at 7:30am) 8:00am-10:00am - Policy Round 4 10:00am-11:45am - Speech Round 4 10:15am-11:45am - Lincoln Douglas Round 5, Public Forum Round 5 12:00pm-1:00pm - Hall of Fame Luncheon for all coaches, Lunch served for students in Ivy Street 1:00pm-3:00pm - Policy Round 5 1:00pm-2:30pm - Lincoln Douglas Octofinals, Public Forum Octofinals 1:00pm-2:45pm - Speech Round 5 3:15pm-5:00pm - Speech Semifinals 3:30pm-5:30pm - Policy Round 6 3:15pm-4:45pm - Lincoln Douglas Quarterfinals, Public Forum Quarterfinals 5:00pm-6:30pm - Lincoln Douglas Semifinals, Public Forum Semifinals 5:30pm-7:30pm - Speech Finals 6:00pm-8:00pm - Policy Partial Octofinals 6:45pm-8:00pm - Lincoln Douglas Finals, Public Forum Finals 8:00pm-9:30pm - Awards Ceremony in Ivy Street Center

Sunday, March 8, 2015*

8:30am-10:30am - Policy Quarterfinals (flip for sides must happen at 8am) 11:00am-1:00pm - Policy Semifinals 2:00pm-4:00pm - Policy Finals

* Don’t forget Sunday is the beginning of Daylight Savings, so spring forward.

SCHEDULE

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The N. Bruce Rogers President’s Cup is a traveling Trophy Award given to the school with the highest number of rounds at the State Tournament. Each year your school’s total number of rounds rolls over to the next year. A school can only win the trophy once in five years. Bold schools are in attendance this season. Here are the standings entering the 2015 Varsity State Championships:

1. Starr’s Mill 270 2. Carrollton 219 3. Sequoyah 183 4. Marist School 167 5. Lassiter 139 6. Warner Robins 134 7. Central Gwinnett 107 8. North Hall 103 9. Gwinnett School 102 10. Johns Creek 99 11. Chattahoochee 89 12. Pace Academy 84 13. Allatoona 78 14. St. Pius X 78 15. Grovetown 74 16. Rockdale 72 17. RW Johnson 61 18. Woodward 60 19. Columbus 55 20. Houston County 55 21. Jackson 53 22. Northview 49 23. Westminster 41 24. Lincoln County 33 25. Roswell 33 26. Piedmont Academy 29 27. Dunwoody 27 28. Milton 23 29. Cairo 21 30. Valdosta 20 31. McEachern 19

32. Lakeview Academy 18 33. Jasper County 16 34. North Cobb 16 35. Mcintosh 15 36. Walton 15 37. Walker School 15 38. Wheeler 12 39. GACS 12 40. Scholars Academy 12 41. Pope 11 42. Evans 11 43. Parkview 11 44. Calhoun 9 45. SW Dekalb 7 46. Carlton J Kell 7 47. Cambridge 6 48. TCC 6 49. Tift County 5 50. Lakeside Evans 5 51. Griffin 5 52. Riverside Military 5 53. Chamblee 5 54. Lambert 0 55. Westlake 0 56. Paideia School 0

Not Eligible

Henry W. Grady (2011) Alpharetta (2012) Lee County (2013)

Fayette County (2014)

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The Georgia Forensic Coaches Association would like to thank the following individuals for making this tournament possible.

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR

Jeffrey Miller, Marist School GFCA President

TABULATION & TOURNAMENT OPERATIONS STAFF

Richard Bracknell, Carrollton GFCA Treasurer

Individual Events Director

Garrett Abelkop, Chattahoochee GFCA Area Coordinator

Policy Debate Director

Jonathan Waters GFCA Secretary

Lincoln Douglas Director

Lauren Donnenfeld, Alpharetta GFCA Area Coordinator

Help Desk Director

Pam Childress, Valdosta GFCA Area Coordinator

Ballot Table Director

John Holland, Emory University Public Forum Director

Mario Herrera, Henry W. Grady

GFCA Past President Tournament Ombudsmen

TOPIC WRITING COMMITTEES

Steven Schappaugh, National Speech & Debate Association Extemporaneous Speaking

Maggie Berthiaume, Woodward Academy Pam Childress, Valdosta High School

Jeffrey Miller, Marist School Mary Kay Waterman, Lovett School

Impromptu Speaking

TOURNAMENT STAFF