Safety
Parents or supervising adults, please plan to remain on campus with your students throughout the tournament. Your student's safety and positive experience is of utmost importance. Our facility is large and spread out, so you will want to make sure your younger children are well supervised. Our student room is in the gym this year and there should be plenty of room for our younger competitors and siblings to find space to hang out. But running, playing with balls, etc. won't be possible because of food service and the safety of our older competitors' belongings etc. You are welcome to take them outside to run around with adult supervision. Everyone must wear a name badge at all times when in the facility for security purposes.
Importance of Parent Judges
Thank you for understanding that a sizable pool of parent judges is critical for providing a quality tournament for all competitors. With that in mind, your minimum requirement is to judge the rounds for which you registered. Please do not sign up for any rounds you do not intend to judge. You also need to check in with Ballot Admin at the beginning of each round in case there are some unexpected judging needs. According to Stoa rules, there must be two judges in every speech round in order for the event to qualify for NITOC, so your help in judging is essential.
Visitors
To keep everyone safe, everyone in the building will need to check in and wear a name badge. If you don't receive a name badge at the Thursday morning check-in, please stop by the Judge Greeter station to get one.