Program of Events

2017-18 School Year

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Table of Contents Table of Contents Page 1 Our Mission & League Officers Page 2 Calendar of League Events Page 3-4 Current Member Schools & Contact Information Page 5-6 2016-17 State Championships Results Page 7 League Constitution and Bylaws (rev. 5/20/10) Page 8-15 For judge training materials, please see the revised NJSDL Judge Manual,

available at njspeechanddebate.com.

Our Mission & Our League The purpose of the New Jersey Speech & Debate League (NJSDL) is threefold:

§ To promote interest in all forms of public speech § To encourage a spirit of fellowship § To confer upon deserving candidates recognition of their achievements

The League is registered as an incorporated non-profit entity with the State of New Jersey. The League is also affiliated with the National Speech and Debate Association, and works in conjunction with the New Jersey District Committee as the governing body for NSDA activity in the state.

2017-18 League Officers

President Renee Drummond

Elizabeth High School

425 Grier Avenue Elizabeth, NJ 07202 reneekdrummond@gmail.com

Vice-President, Speech

Mary Gormley Montville High School

100 Horseneck Road Montville, NJ 07045 marytuff@aol.com

Vice-President, Debate

Laurie Schmid Phillipsburg High School

1 Stateliner Boulevard Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 schmid.laurie@pburgsd.net

Vice-President, Outreach

Martin Page Delbarton School

230 Mendham Road Morristown, NJ 07960 martindkpage@gmail.com

Secretary-Treasurer Peter Quinn Randolph

High School 511 Millbrook Avenue Randolph, NJ 07869 pquinn@rtnj.org

Executive Board Members and Alternates

Jonathan Alston Newark Science Jordy Barry Millburn

Mark Ianelli Montville Chip Leher Morris Knolls

Adam Leonard Hunterdon Central Ger McKnight Bridgewater-Raritan

Amisha Mehta Westfield Anne Poyner Summit

Michael Stewart (alt) Millburn Matthew Tkachuck Calvary Christian

David Yastremski Ridge

2017-18 Calendar of League Events Bold type indicates a regional/national tournament. Italic type indicates a Newark CFL tournament.

Date Event Location Events Notes September 2017

Sept. Fall Coaches’ Meeting TBD N/A Date TBD

9/15-9/17

Yale Invitational New Haven, CT All plus CX & Parli

October 2017 10/8 Judge Training @Delbarton Morristown, NJ All Tentative

12:30pm-4 10/13-10/15

New York Invitational @Bronx Science

New York, NY All

10/21 Newark CFL #1 @Union Catholic

Scotch Plains, NJ All

10/25 Judge Training @Ridge Basking Ridge, NJ All 6-9pm 10/28 Phillipsburg Fall Invitational Phillipsburg, NJ All ACTs conflict

November 2017 11/4 William Tennent Invitational Warminster, PA All SAT conflict 11/6 Judge Training @Randolph Randolph, NJ All 7-9pm 11/10-11/11

Scarsdale Invitational Scarsdale, NY LD, PF

11/11 Newark CFL #2 @Ridge Basking Ridge, NJ All 11/11 Mustang Classic Manville, NJ TBD 11/18 Randolph Fall Classic Randolph, NJ All 11/18-11/19

Villiger Tournament @St. Joseph’s University

Philadelphia, PA All plus CX

11/25 Thanksgiving Turkey, Stuffing, Pie

December 2017 12/1-12/3

Princeton Classic Princeton, NJ All SAT conflict

12/2-12/3

Patriot Classic @George Mason University

Fairfax, VA All SAT conflict

12/8-12/9

The Ridge Debates Basking Ridge, NJ LD, PF, Con, CX

ACT conflict

12/9 Summit Holiday Classic Summit, NJ All 12/16 Newark CFL #3 @Montville Montville, NJ All

Date Event Location Events Notes January 2018

1/4-1/5 Newark Round Robin Newark, NJ LD 1/5-1/6 Newark Invitational Newark, NJ LD, PF, CX 1/6 Hunterdon Central Winter

Invitational Flemington, NJ All

1/13 Freehold Township Forensics Tournament

Freehold, NJ All

1/13-1/16

Lexington Winter Invitational Lexington, MA LD, PF, CX

1/19-1/21

Columbia Invitational New York, NY All

1/21 Newark CFL #4 @Millburn Millburn, NJ All 1/21 Lafayette Invitational Easton, PA All 1/27 Ridge Invitational Basking Ridge, NJ All SAT conflict

February 2018 2/2-2/3 Pennsbury Falcon Invitational Fairless Hills, PA All plus CX 2/3 Borelli Memorial @ Freehold

Township Freehold, NJ All

2/3 Newark CFL #5 @Ridge Basking Ridge, NJ All 2/9-2/11

UPenn Liberty Bell Classic Philadelphia, PA All plus CX ACT conflict

2/17-2/19

Harvard Invitational Cambridge, MA All plus CX

2/24 Montville Invitational & NJ District Congress

Montville, NJ All CON district qualifier

March 2018 & Beyond 3/2-3/3 Lakeland Westchester Classic Shrub Oak, NY LD, PF Uses February

topics 3/3 Newark CFL #6 @Union

Catholic Scotch Plains, NJ All Partial national

qualifier 3/3 Bridgewater-Raritan NJSDL Bridgewater, NJ All 3/16-3/17

NJSDL State Championships @Hunterdon Central

Flemington, NJ All plus CX Qualification required

3/23-3/24

NJ District Qualifying Tournament @Delbarton

Morristown, NJ Speech, LD, PF, CX

National qualifier

4/28 Spartan Invitational @ Southern Lehigh

Center Valley, PA All plus CX NCFL topics

4/28-4/30

Tournament of Champions @University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY All plus CX Qualification required

May Spring Coaches’ Meeting TBD N/A Date TBD 5/12 Great Communicators Regional

Qualifier @ Chaminade Mineola, NY Special

format Tentative

5/26-5/28

NCFL Grand Nationals Washington, DC All plus CX Qualification required

6/17-6/22

NSDA Nationals Fort Lauderdale, FL All plus CX Qualification required

CurrentMemberSchools&ContactInformationSchool StreetAddress City/State/Zip SchoolPhone Moderator ModeratorEmail AssistantModeratorBergenCounty

Academies

200Hackensack

Road

Hackensack,NJ

07601 2013436000 LuciaPonce lucpon@bergen.org SuzanKim

BlairAcademy 2ParkStreet Blairstown,NJ07825 9083626121 MickiMcMillan mcmilm@blair.edu

Bridgewater-Raritan

Regional 600GarretsonRoad

Bridgewater,NJ

08807 9082318660 GerMcKnight gmcknight@brrsd.k12.nj.us

CalvaryChristian 123WhiteOakLane OldBridge,NJ08857 7324790700 MatthewTkachuk mtkachuk@ccsnj.net

Delbarton 230MendhamRoad

Morristown,NJ

07960 9735383231 MartinPage martindkpage@gmail.com

DelawareValley

Regional

19SenatorStout

Road

Frenchtown,NJ

08825 9089962131 TedManner tedmanner@dvrhs.k12.nj.us

EastBrunswick 9BraeburnPlace

EastBrunswick,NJ

08816 7326136901

Deepa

Madanagopal dmadanagopal1@gmail.com RamanaJalagam

Elizabeth 425GrierAvenue Elizabeth,NJ07202 9083370183 ReneeDrummond reneekdrummond@gmail.com MelissaAquiles

FreeholdBoro 2RobertsvilleRoad Freehold,NJ07728 7324318360

FreeholdTownship

281EltonAdelphia

Road Freehold,NJ07728 7324318460 FrankTorres frantorres@paps.net

HunterdonCentral

Regional 84Route31 Flemington,NJ08822 9087825727 AdamLeonard aleonard@hcrhs.org

Livingston

30RobertHarp

Drive Livingston,NJ07039 9735358000 MichaelSunga msunga@livingston.org

Madison

170Ridgedale

Avenue Madison,NJ07940 9735933117 StephenBernich bernichs@madisonnjps.org

Manville

1100Brooks

Boulevard Manville,NJ08835 9082318500 MikeForte mforte@manvillesd.org

MatawanRegional 450AtlanticAvenue Aberdeen,NJ07747 7322902800 LaurenSodono lsodono@marsd.org

Millburn

462Millburn

Avenue Millburn,NJ07041 9733763600 JordyBarry jcb291@scarletmail.rutgers.edu

MontclairKimberly

Academy 6LloydRoad Montclair,NJ07042 9737459800 TiaD.Hodge-Jones tiadionnehodge@gmail.com

Montgomery 1016Route601 Skillman,NJ08558 6094667603 GaleMurphy gmurphy@mtsd.us

Montville 100HorseneckRoad Montville,NJ07045 9733317100 MaryGormley marytuff@aol.com

Moorestown

350Bridgeboro

Road

Moorestown,NJ

08057 8567950600 PatrickMooney pmooney@mtps.us JuliaMooney

MorrisKnolls 50KnollsDrive Rocakway,NJ07866 9736642203 RobertChipLeiher chipleiher@optonline.net AmyKiger-Williams

NewarkCentral

246-25018th

Avenue Newark,NJ07108 9737336897 DennisPhilbert dynden@hotmail.com

School StreetAddress City/State/Zip SchoolPhone Moderator ModeratorEmail AssistantModeratorNewarkPrep 570BroadStreet Newark,NJ07102 8623077010 LuisCarrera lcarrera22@gmail.com CarlosAstacio

NewarkScience 260NorfolkStreet Newark,NJ07103 9737338689 JonathanAlston jaalston@aol.com

Noor-ul-Iman 4137Route1SouthMonmouthJunction,NJ08852 7323291800 AslihanYildiz-Odeh aslihan.yildiz-odeh@nuischool.org

NorthStarAcademy 13CentralAvenue Newark,NJ07102 9732866390Dr.RobertW.Burns rburns@northstaracademy.org NickHanson

Phillipsburg1StatelinerBoulevard

Phillipsburg,NJ08865 9084543400 LaurieSchmid schmid.laurie@pburgsd.net

PopeJohnXXIII 28AndoverRoad Sparta,NJ07871 9737296125 NoahStanzione noahstanzione@popejohn.org

Princeton 151MooreStreet Princeton,NJ08540 6098064280

Randolph511MillbrookAvenue Randolph,NJ07869 8566936414 PeterQuinn pquinn@rtnj.org KatieBurke

Ridge268SouthFinleyAvenue

BaskingRidge,NJ07920 9739810841 DavidYastremski dyastremski@gmail.com

Ridgewood630RidgewoodAvenue Ridgewood,NJ07450 2016702780

KathleenClarke-Anderson kclarkeanderson@ridgewood.k12.nj.us

StuartCountryDay 1200StuartRoad Princeton,NJ08540 6099212330 KateBarnhardt kbarnhardt@stuartschool.org

Summit125KentPlaceBoulevard Summit,NJ07901 9083044288 AnnePoyner apoy3033@aol.com JimPoyner

Technology 187-223Broadway Newark,NJ07104 9734815962 SahgunKukreja kukrejashagun@gmail.com LizbetMendoza

TheHunSchool176EdgerstoaneRoad Princeton,NJ08540 6099217600 MichelleKoenen michellekoenen@hunschool.org

ThePingrySchool131MartinsvilleRoadPOBox366

BaskingRidge,NJ07920 9086475555 ChuckCoe ccoe@pingry.org

TimothyChristian 2008EthelRoad Piscataway,NJ08854 7329850300 JonathanBarr jbarr@timothychristian.org

TrinityHall101CorregidorRoad

TintonFalls,NJ07724 7322911297 MelissaWhelan mwhelan@trinityhallnj.org

UnionCountyVo-Tech 1776RaritanRoad

ScotchPlains,NJ07076 9088898288

JosephMcMenamin jmcmenamin@ucvts.tec.nj.us DavidRaite

University 55ClintonPlace Newark,NJ07108 9733512010 MimiRosenbaum mimi.rosenbaum@gmail.com

WestOrange 51ComfortiAvenueWestOrange,NJ07052 9736695301 ChrisOshiro chris.orshiro@gmail.com JenniferStudnicky

WestWindsor-PlainsboroNorth 90GoversMillRoad Plainsboro,NJ08536 6097165100

AleksandraOdzakovic northdebate@gmail.com

WestWindsor-PlainsboroSouth 346ClarksvilleRoad

PrincetonJunction,NJ08550 6097165050 BrianLevinson southdebate@gmail.com SandeepSingal

Westfield 550DorianRd Westfield,NJ07090 9087894500 AmishaMehta amishamody@yahoo.com

WhippanyPark 165WhippanyRoad Whippany,NJ07981 9738873004 LaurenPannucci lpannucci@hpreg.org LenaFeldman

2016-17 State Championships Results The 2016-17 NJSDL State Championships were held on March 10-11, 2017 at Hunterdon Central Regional High School.

Congressional Debate Declamation

Sam Halpern Randolph Asha Prahbat Freehold Dramatic Interpretation Duo Interpretation

Kimberly Lee Summit Matt Wilson & Anne Borzner

Summit

Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking Humorous Interpretation Jake La Fronz Freehold Matt Perez Ridge

Impromptu Speaking Improvisational Acting Christopher Maximos Delbarton Harish Rajagopal Montville

Informative Speaking International Extemporaneous Speaking Druhi Vandse Ridge Collin Montag Ridge

Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate Junior Varsity Public Forum Debate Jerry Yang Ridge Aakash Rangan &

Vishni Pathmanaban Bridgewater

Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate (Co-Champions)

Novice Public Forum Debate

Eden Elder & Kevin Wang

Millburn Emily Wolf & Sarah Tham

Millburn

Oral Interpretation Original Oratory Lucy Wei Ridge Matt Perez Ridge

Varsity Policy Debate (Co-Champions) Program Oral Interpretation David Asafu-Adjaye & Brianna Aaron; Shaneeza Mohamed & Monben Mayon

Newark Science Kimberly Lee Summit

Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate (Co-Champions)

Varsity Public Forum Debate

Shankar Krishnan & Vikram Kalghatgi

Ridge Matt Supran & James Cho

Summit

Top Ten Teams Overall 1. Ridge High School 2. Summit High School 3. Millburn High School 4. Freehold Township High School 5. Montville Township High School 6. Bridgewater-Raritan High School 7. Randolph High School 8. Delbarton School 9. Elizabeth High School 10. Science Park High School