Safety
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Parents or supervising adults, please plan to remain on campus with your students throughout the tournament. If you encounter an emergency and must leave the premises, please sign out at the Judge Check-In kiosk. Otherwise, please plan to remain on standby to judge all events, regardless of your registered time slots. Your student's safety and positive tournament experience are of utmost importance.
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Our facility is large, so please ensure your younger children are well-supervised. Our student room is in the gym, so our younger competitors and siblings should have plenty of room to find space to hang out. We will have Junior Bingo available to younger children as an activity to keep them busy. We will award prizes to the top three competitors at the Award Ceremony.
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There is an indoor and an outdoor playground. Younger children may play outside with a supervising adult/parent. Older siblings are not considered supervising adults. The indoor playground will be open to children five and under with a supervising adult/parent. The playground is close to competitor rooms. If the noise is excessive, the indoor playground will be closed.
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Unsupervised students are NOT allowed in host housing at any time.
Importance of Parent Judges
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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 for the event to qualify for NITOC, so your help in judging is essential.
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If you are carpooling, please understand that you are taking on the judging requirements for the student(s) you bring. Please consider bringing an extra person to help you fulfill the judging requirements.
Bringing Food from Home
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Please keep food and beverages in designated areas at all times. In addition, please clean up after yourselves following each meal, and be certain that you return all food and paper goods to your vehicle or hotel by the end of each day.
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Due to safety concerns, please do NOT bring CROCKPOTS or other heating devices into the building. Thank you for your cooperation.