Students involved with a non-school club must be registered with the school at which they are enrolled; they cannot compete as part of a club or academy. Your school and your student must be members of the National Speech & Debate Association. The student’s school administration must approve the student representing their school at the Middle School National Tournament. The student’s school administration must also approve the chaperone that will be supervising the student at the tournament in Des Moines and the adult that completes registration for the tournament under the school’s name.
Non-school-based clubs are not recognized at the Middle School National Tournament, so competitors that participate in the same club or academy should be prepared to compete against one another at the tournament.
Judges may only cover the obligation of one school; however, if a judge is unable to impartially adjudicate rounds involving competitors from another school due to club or academy affiliations, those conflicts must be registered in Tabroom.com prior to the start of the tournament.