Please nominate students from your team that would be proud to represent our Puget Sound District at Nationals! Coach Derek Hanson and I are not imposing limits on how many students you nominate this year, but we do ask you to be highly selective about your nominees. Students who are chosen should be willing to commit to approximately 1-2 practices per week from April until June, eager to participate in practice rounds against teams across the country, and excited to compete in 2 Worlds School tournaments before we even go to Nationals!
Criteria that will be considered:
* Strong Work Ethic
* Team Focus
* Representation of teams from across the Puget Sound NSDA
* Ability of student to give back to the larger debate community
* Potential for growth from participation
Nominees must participate in at least one Nat Quals event to be considered for the Worlds team. Nominations are due by Friday, 2/24. I will contact those nominated to schedule an interview durin the week of 2/28-3/4. The interview panel will be me, Derek Hanson, and Robin Montieth. Those selected will be announced at the award ceremony at National Quals on 3/4.
If you or your students have any questions, please feel free to contact me at
kkirkpatrick@mvsd320.org.
I look forward to hearing about your students!
Yours,
Kelley Kirkpatrick
Mount Vernon High School Debate