Registration is now open on Tabroom.com for the first MSQI Debate tournament of the year on Saturday, November 19 at the MS 210 (93-11 101 Avenue, Queens). The tournament runs from approximately 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (not including travel time). Breakfast and lunch will be available.

This tournament is only open to middle schools currently in the MSQI Debate League. 

Registration will close on Thursday, November 3 at 5:00pm. We encourage coaches to begin registering and creating Tabroom accounts as early as possible. Please see Item I below for full details. 

The resolution for the debate is

• K-12 schools should be able to punish student speech that occurs off-campus.

Students must prepare to argue both the pro and con side to this resolution. Copies of the Starter Pack of research to support coaches and students are available online in English and Spanish.

 Important reminders:

• This debate is scheduled to be in-person. We are working on finalizing safety protocols for the tournament and will share those as soon as we can.

• Debaters do not need to be vaccinated to participate in the tournament.  

• All judges and coaches must have 1 dose of vaccination to participate. Schools are required to bring 1 volunteer judge for every two teams they register. Please see Item III below for full details. 

• Family members who are not judges or other observers are not permitted at this tournament.

• MSQI  Debate will be able to offer bussing for this tournament. Requests must be submitted by October 26 . 

• We continue to offer four divisions of competition: Novice (debaters who have not debated prior to this year), Intermediate (2nd year), Advanced (3rd year), and Spanish-language. Please register your students for the correct division. Contact Nick Kuroly if you have questions about the divisions.