AHS Tournament next Saturday

Next Saturday, February 19th, 2011, will be the Alpharetta Debate Tournament. Check out the main website for invite information.

The 2011 Alpharetta High School Speech and Debate Treasure Hunt

Below is the invitation for the first forensics tournament at Alpharetta High School. It will be on Saturday, Janaury 15, 2011.

Dear Colleague: We are excited to extend to you and your students an invitation to the first annual Alpharetta High School Speech and Debate Treasure Hunt to be held January 15th, 2011.  We will offer the following events:  Two-person novice, JV, and open policy debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, public forum, extemporaneous speaking, impromptu, dramatic interpretation, humorous interpretation, duo interpretation, original oratory, and prose/poetry.  We request that you follow the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association resolution stating that, “a novice debater should be a student who is debating his/her first national high school resolution in high school tournaments.” There will be four preliminary rounds of debate and individual events.  All students will debate preliminary rounds and then proceed to break rounds depending on their records and the number of entries within each division.  Please take time to look at the tentative schedule enclosed in this packet.  There are many hotels in the Alpharetta area.  We’ve included contact information for local options.  Please feel free to search for other options in the area, around North Point Mall or GA 400.  The hotels we’ve included are easily accessible off GA 400 at either exit 9, 10, or 11.  Our team and parent booster clubs are working diligently to provide a quality tournament.  Our coaches’/judges’ hospitality room and concession stand will include meals for vegetarians.  We hope to see you in January.  Sincerely, David Gay, Amy Graiser, Adam Smiley, and Mary Kay Swartz Forensics Coaches, Alpharetta High School

Alpharetta Tournament – Parent Meeting

We are having a parents meeting on December 9th at 7:00 pm to organize the tournament. It will be in Mr. Smiley’s room in the 3200 hallway, on the mainlevel of the school. The tournament is currently scheduled for Saturday, January 15th, 2010.

GFCA Rules: State Tournament qualification procedures approved

Below are the new or revised rules the Georgia Forensic Coaches Association has adopted from the recent meeting they had.

See the specifics below the fold.

Alpharetta Debate Tournament will be on Janaury 15, 2011

The Alpharetta Debate Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 15, 2011. This is the date shown on the GFCA website. (http://thegfca.org/calendar/2010-2011/). More details on the tourny will come later on as everything is planned. Right now it will likely have only four preliminary rounds without any breaks.

This will be the first debate tournament hosted by Alpharetta.

Alpharetta will host a tournament next year

Details are still to come but Alpharetta High will be hosting a one-day tournament next year. It will be in January 2011.

The tournament will be the first debate tournament held by the school in its history.

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Also on a side note, congrats to Mr. Smiley on being named the GFCA Vice President!