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 [email protected]
Vice-President, Speech
Mary Gormley Montville High School
100 Horseneck Road Montville, NJ 07045 [email protected]
Vice-President, Debate
Laurie Schmid Phillipsburg High School
1 Stateliner Boulevard Phillipsburg, NJ 08865 [email protected]
Vice-President, Outreach
Martin Page Delbarton School
230 Mendham Road Morristown, NJ 07960 [email protected]
Secretary-Treasurer Peter Quinn Randolph
High School 511 Millbrook Avenue Randolph, NJ 07869 [email protected]
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 [email protected] SuzanKim
BlairAcademy 2ParkStreet Blairstown,NJ07825 9083626121 MickiMcMillan [email protected]
Bridgewater-Raritan
Regional 600GarretsonRoad
Bridgewater,NJ
08807 9082318660 GerMcKnight [email protected]
CalvaryChristian 123WhiteOakLane OldBridge,NJ08857 7324790700 MatthewTkachuk [email protected]
Delbarton 230MendhamRoad
Morristown,NJ
07960 9735383231 MartinPage [email protected]
DelawareValley
Regional
19SenatorStout
Road
Frenchtown,NJ
08825 9089962131 TedManner [email protected]
EastBrunswick 9BraeburnPlace
EastBrunswick,NJ
08816 7326136901
Deepa
Madanagopal [email protected] RamanaJalagam
Elizabeth 425GrierAvenue Elizabeth,NJ07202 9083370183 ReneeDrummond [email protected] MelissaAquiles
FreeholdBoro 2RobertsvilleRoad Freehold,NJ07728 7324318360
FreeholdTownship
281EltonAdelphia
Road Freehold,NJ07728 7324318460 FrankTorres [email protected]
HunterdonCentral
Regional 84Route31 Flemington,NJ08822 9087825727 AdamLeonard [email protected]
Livingston
30RobertHarp
Drive Livingston,NJ07039 9735358000 MichaelSunga [email protected]
Madison
170Ridgedale
Avenue Madison,NJ07940 9735933117 StephenBernich [email protected]
Manville
1100Brooks
Boulevard Manville,NJ08835 9082318500 MikeForte [email protected]
MatawanRegional 450AtlanticAvenue Aberdeen,NJ07747 7322902800 LaurenSodono [email protected]
Millburn
462Millburn
Avenue Millburn,NJ07041 9733763600 JordyBarry [email protected]
MontclairKimberly
Academy 6LloydRoad Montclair,NJ07042 9737459800 TiaD.Hodge-Jones [email protected]
Montgomery 1016Route601 Skillman,NJ08558 6094667603 GaleMurphy [email protected]
Montville 100HorseneckRoad Montville,NJ07045 9733317100 MaryGormley [email protected]
Moorestown
350Bridgeboro
Road
Moorestown,NJ
08057 8567950600 PatrickMooney [email protected] JuliaMooney
MorrisKnolls 50KnollsDrive Rocakway,NJ07866 9736642203 RobertChipLeiher [email protected] AmyKiger-Williams
NewarkCentral
246-25018th
Avenue Newark,NJ07108 9737336897 DennisPhilbert [email protected]
School StreetAddress City/State/Zip SchoolPhone Moderator ModeratorEmail AssistantModeratorNewarkPrep 570BroadStreet Newark,NJ07102 8623077010 LuisCarrera [email protected] CarlosAstacio
NewarkScience 260NorfolkStreet Newark,NJ07103 9737338689 JonathanAlston [email protected]
Noor-ul-Iman 4137Route1SouthMonmouthJunction,NJ08852 7323291800 AslihanYildiz-Odeh [email protected]
NorthStarAcademy 13CentralAvenue Newark,NJ07102 9732866390Dr.RobertW.Burns [email protected] NickHanson
Phillipsburg1StatelinerBoulevard
Phillipsburg,NJ08865 9084543400 LaurieSchmid [email protected]
PopeJohnXXIII 28AndoverRoad Sparta,NJ07871 9737296125 NoahStanzione [email protected]
Princeton 151MooreStreet Princeton,NJ08540 6098064280
Randolph511MillbrookAvenue Randolph,NJ07869 8566936414 PeterQuinn [email protected] KatieBurke
Ridge268SouthFinleyAvenue
BaskingRidge,NJ07920 9739810841 DavidYastremski [email protected]
Ridgewood630RidgewoodAvenue Ridgewood,NJ07450 2016702780
KathleenClarke-Anderson [email protected]
StuartCountryDay 1200StuartRoad Princeton,NJ08540 6099212330 KateBarnhardt [email protected]
Summit125KentPlaceBoulevard Summit,NJ07901 9083044288 AnnePoyner [email protected] JimPoyner
Technology 187-223Broadway Newark,NJ07104 9734815962 SahgunKukreja [email protected] LizbetMendoza
TheHunSchool176EdgerstoaneRoad Princeton,NJ08540 6099217600 MichelleKoenen [email protected]
ThePingrySchool131MartinsvilleRoadPOBox366
BaskingRidge,NJ07920 9086475555 ChuckCoe [email protected]
TimothyChristian 2008EthelRoad Piscataway,NJ08854 7329850300 JonathanBarr [email protected]
TrinityHall101CorregidorRoad
TintonFalls,NJ07724 7322911297 MelissaWhelan [email protected]
UnionCountyVo-Tech 1776RaritanRoad
ScotchPlains,NJ07076 9088898288
JosephMcMenamin [email protected] DavidRaite
University 55ClintonPlace Newark,NJ07108 9733512010 MimiRosenbaum [email protected]
WestOrange 51ComfortiAvenueWestOrange,NJ07052 9736695301 ChrisOshiro [email protected] JenniferStudnicky
WestWindsor-PlainsboroNorth 90GoversMillRoad Plainsboro,NJ08536 6097165100
AleksandraOdzakovic [email protected]
WestWindsor-PlainsboroSouth 346ClarksvilleRoad
PrincetonJunction,NJ08550 6097165050 BrianLevinson [email protected] SandeepSingal
Westfield 550DorianRd Westfield,NJ07090 9087894500 AmishaMehta [email protected]
WhippanyPark 165WhippanyRoad Whippany,NJ07981 9738873004 LaurenPannucci [email protected] 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