Tournament Status will update to Open at 8:00 am Mon 01/06/2025 (Central)
Community Judge registration will open at 12:00 pm Mon 01/06/2025 (Central)
Tournament Status will update to Drops only at 12:00 pm Sat 03/01/2025 (Central)
Tournament Status will update to Closed at 12:00 pm Mon 03/17/2025 (Central)
Meal registration will close at 12:00 pm Tue 03/18/2025 (Central)
Community Judge registration will close at 12:00 pm Sun 03/23/2025 (Central)
Setup:
This status is used while the tournament is still being setup.
Open:
This status means tournament registration is open. Families can register for the tournament.
Drops Only:
This status means only registration drops are allowed. There are no new entries allowed but families can drop entries.
Closed:
This status means registration is currently closed for the tournament. There are no adds or drops allowed. Please contact the tournament director with any questions.
Completed:
This status means the tournament is completed.
Juniors Tournament
JUNIORS EVENTS AND GUIDELINES
Juniors events are only for students who are 5-11 years old on Oct 1, 2024. Junior debate is for students ages 9-11.
Junior speech registration fee is $10 for the first event, $7 for each additional event. Junior debate event is $10 per student.
Juniors can register using the Student Registration tab at the top of this webpage, just like Seniors.
Juniors may register for a maximum of three speech events plus debate.
There is no script submission for Juniors.
There will not be any finals for Juniors.
Juniors can check-in at the same time as the Seniors
There will be two rounds for the Juniors in the following Speech categories
(Click on each event for the corresponding guidelines.)
6. Can a person do enough good things to get into heaven?
7. What is grace?
8. What is repentance?
9. What is sin?
10. What is the Bible?
11. Why must Jesus be truly human and truly God?
12. How many persons are there in God?
Bible Story Impromptu Topics
1. Healing of Naaman
2. Jonah
3. Noah's Ark
4. Christ is Born
5. Jesus Turns Water Into Wine
6. Jesus Calms the Storm
7. The Burning Bush
8. The Tomb is Empty
9. Jesus Walks on Water
10. Prodigal Son
11. Daniel in the Lion’s Den
12. Saul Becomes Paul
We will offer two rounds of debate for Juniors.
Resolved: In US history, Benjamin Franklin was more important than Thomas Jefferson.
One mentor is allowed per team. Prior to the tournament, each team should pick a mentor or contact the Junior Tournament director for help in finding one.
Senior students who would like to judge Juniors speech events must have competed in at least one NITOC-modeled tournament as a Senior prior to the Diamond.
Senior students who would like to judge Juniors debate must be at least a second-year debater.
Sign-up sheets will be available throughout the tournament.
Juniors Judges need to arrive 10 minutes before each Juniors round in order to judge. At that time, they'll go through a short judges' orientation to prepare them.
Location: William Jewell College
Welcome to the campus of William Jewell College.
500 College Hill, Liberty, Missouri 64068
When you turn into the entrance, you will see the White Science Center building, park there. Enter the bottom floor of the Pryor Learning Commons which is toward the hill in the parking lot.
Introducing William Jewell College: A community of Thinkers and Doers! It's the critical thinking college! Explore WJC at https://www.jewell.edu/ If any Stoa students and parents would like to schedule a campus tour, please contact Janine at (314) 791-4654.
The students of the Argumentation and Debate Class (COM323) will be hosting this tournament. Be sure to thank them! Introducing:
Script Submission
Script Submission
All senior competitors with prepared speeches must complete the script submission process.
There is no script submission for junior speech events.
Important Dates and Deadlines Script Submission Opens: January 1st, 2025, at 2:00 pm Early Script Deadline: January 20th, 2024, at 11:59 pm Regular Script Deadline: January 26th, 2025, at 11:59 pm Corrections Deadline: January 30th, 2025, at 11:59 pm
Early Script Submission Prize Drawing: We will be offering a prize drawing for every script submitted before 11:59pm on January 20th. Each script gives 1 entry into the drawing.
All scripts must be submitted by January 26th to avoid being dropped from that event. You will receive a confirmation email once your script has been received and approved.
Script Submission Corrections: January 30th, 2024 at 11:59 pm. If your script needs corrections, it must be corrected and submitted no later than this date.
Arkansas Diamond Competitors: LTOP is accepting Diamond script approvals, if your script is unchanged between the two tournaments. Please email electronicscriptsubmission@gmail.com with your name and event of approved script(s). If you have made changes, please submit your script through the full process.
Correct or Celebrate: If your script is returned for corrections, complete any requirements in a timely manner and resubmit. Otherwise, it is time to celebrate your approval!
For questions regarding script submission, please contact: electronicscriptsubmission@gmail.com
Parent Judging
Every student is required to have a parent or adult present to judge.
Anyone that has had any exposure to speech and debate tournaments knows we cannot run a quality tournament without parent judges. We need you, and appreciate everyone jumping in to give our students lots of feedback! Please check in at Ballot Push regularly and check your email and texts for judge need emergencies.
Every attempt is being made to recruit judges from the William Jewell student, faculty and friends. It is our hope and prayer that parents will not have to judge very often. But since it's spring break we just don't know. WE appreciate you helping to make this a fabulous tournament!
You must be in the Parli announcement room 5 minutes before the scheduled start time for each round.
Timing
Parli Debate will be self-timing, so please bring a working timepiece.
Pictures and Adult / Minor Modeling Participant Release
Adult/Minor Modeling Participant Release
Video Recording and Pictures
We understand that family and friends may wish to take pictures or video record during some rounds of speech and debate. We ask that before you photograph or video record any student, you obtain permission from the parent of the competitor in question or parents of competitors in a debate round.
All live video streaming of any event during the tournament is prohibited.
Adult/Minor Modeling Participant Release
We may be capturing photos/video for promotional use by Stoa. By completing your Next Gen Cardinal Clashregistration, you are indicating agreement to the terms of this document.
Adult/Minor Modeling Participant Release
In consideration of my membership in Stoa, which includes the membership of all my dependent minor children, I hereby grant to Stoa and to its sponsors, and those acting with Stoa’s authority and permission, the irrevocable and unrestricted right and permission to take, use, reuse, publish, and republish photographic portraits or pictures, videos or recordings of me or of my minor children, or in which I or my minor children may be included, in whole or in part, made through any and all media now or hereafter known. I also consent to the use of any printed matter in conjunction therewith or the use of my name and/or the name(s) of my minor children, in connection therewith if Stoa so decides.
I consent to the use of my name or the name(s) of my minor children for the purposes of posting tournament results and point accrual to a Stoa designated online database.
I hereby waive any right that I or my minor children may have to inspect or approve the finished product or products.
I hereby release, discharge and agree to save harmless Stoa and its sponsors and all persons acting under its permission or authority from any liability including any claims for libel or invasion of privacy, rights of publicity, copyright or otherwise. I hereby warrant that I am a legal competent adult and that I have every right to contract for myself and/or the minor in the above regard. I state further that I have read the above authorization, release, and agreement, prior to its execution, and that I am fully familiar with the contents of it.
Hotels
Hotel Blocks for a Discount, register by: (TBA)
Other hotels nearby:
(we googled them, but are not necessarily recommending them)
Best Western Premier Liberty Inn & Suites
421 N State Rte 291, Liberty, MO 64068•(816) 857-7777
Sleep Inn & Suites Indoor Waterpark
1840 N Church Rd, Liberty, MO 64068•(816) 335-4402
Home2 Suites by Hilton Liberty NE Kansas City
401 N State Rte 291, Liberty, MO 64068•(816) 429-8646
Hampton Inn Kansas City-Liberty
8551 Church Rd, Kansas City, MO 64157•(816) 415-9600
Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Liberty/NE Kansas City Area
421 N State Rte 291, Liberty, MO 64068•(816) 429-2042
Comfort Suites Kansas City-Liberty
8200 N Church Rd, Kansas City, MO 64158•(816) 301-5141
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