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Needham High School Speech and Debate Schedule 2010-11
Key:
Orange Text: Team Social/Full Team Events

Purple Text: Needham High School events
Green Text: PSAT and SAT test dates
Blue Text: Tournament of Champions Qualifying Tournaments
Black Text: Non-TOC tournaments
Italic Blue Text: Travel tournaments that are TOC Tournements
Black Text: Non-TOC travel tournaments


September 10-13  Greenhill Tournament Dallas, TX - TOC8 

September 23 Back to School Night, 7PM

September 24-26 Yale University -
Varsity- TOC4 LD/ TOC8 PF, Congress TOC Finals, Debaters miss Friday)

October 2 
Bootcamp for new recruits to the team (tentative)

October 8-9 Monticello HS, NY-
Debate only, TOC1 (need adult chaperone if people are interested, Wexler at novice)

October 9
Novice Workshop at Catholic Memorial HS - Varsity needed to judge,Tab.

October 9 SAT

October 15-17 Big Bronx-- Bronx HS of Science-
Debate/Congress only TOC8 LD

October 16 PSAT

October 23 
Deighton-Rehobath HS -  ALL

October 29-30 
Big Manchester, Manchester HS (MA) varsity, novice debate, PF-TOC8,Congress TOC6, some speech (miss last block of day Friday)

November 5-6 Minneapple Tournament
Minneapolis, MN, TOC8 LD/ TOC8 PF

November 6 SAT

November  12-13  Hendrick Hudson HS-
TOC2 LD/ TOC2 PF (will need parent if Wexler at HOF below)

November 13
Burkhill “Little Natick", Natick HS -  (debate, Speech)- will need adult if Wexler at Hendrick Hudson except see immediately above)

November 20- 22 Glenbrooks Tournament
Chicago, IL. TOC8 LD/ TOC8 PF

November 20
Little Lexington, Lexington HS- Debate

November 27
Turkey v. Eagle as national bird Invitational, Franklin HS

December 4
Lincoln-Sudbury HS - Speech, PF

December 4 SAT

December 18
The Holly! Natick HS - speech, all very encouraged to attend!

December 17- 19 Blake Tournament
Minneapolis, MN. TOC4
December 21 Holiday Party 

January 8
Newton South HS -  Speech, PF

January 14-15 Big Lexington Debate, 
 Lexington HS - TOC4 LD/ TOC4 PF (miss last block)

January 22 SAT

Jan 21-23 Columbia Tournament
TOC2 LD/ TOC4 PF (very,very,very  tentative)

January  25 Performance Night at Needham High School
January 29
Revere HS - Speech, PF

February 5
Little Manchester, Manchester HS - Debate, Speech

February 5
NFL Congress Quals at Manchester
HS
February 12
CFL Quals at Shrewsbury HS (all)

February 12-14 Stanford Tournament
TOC4 LD / TOC8 PF

February 19-21 Harvard Tournament
TOC8 LD/ TOC8 PF (first weekend of Feb break)

March 5
Shrewsbury HS - Speech, Debate

March 12 SAT
 
March 19 Needham HS Home Tournament - ALL REQUIRED

March 25-26  NFL Qualifier
April 2
State Something (probably debate minus Congress at TBA)

April 9
State The Other (probably speech at TBA)

April 16-18
National Debate Coaches Association (NDCA) Tournament at Scranton HS, PA

April 29-May 2
Tournament of Champions (TOC) at U of Kentucky (qualified persons)

May 7 SAT

May  10 End of Year Potluck Dinner in Needham High School Cafeteria
May 26-29
National Catholic Forensic League (NCFL) Nationals in Washington DC -qualified persons (leave after school on May 25)

June 4 SAT

June 13-20
National Forensic League (NFL) Nationals In Dallas - qualified persons (after school is out....hopefully!)


The above does not include after school scrimmages at Manchester (one a
month or so)

The above does not include the pilot Boston Urban Debate League-Suburban
Schools tournaments. (There may be four of these)

We are hoping that Amherst offers their parli debate contest again.