ABILENE & ABILENE COOPER HIGH SCHOOLS

ABILENE & ABILENE COOPER = HIGH=20 SCHOOLS

UIL INVITATIONAL=20 TOURNAMENT

FRIDAY & SATURDAY

FEBRUARY 26-27, 2010

(HOSTED 2010 ON=20 THE COOPER HS CAMPUS)

Dear Friends & Colleagues,

The UIL Academic = &=20 Literary Teams of Abilene & Cooper High Schools invite you to our = UIL=20 Invitational. Our tournament will begin on Friday afternoon = (2/26)=20 and run through Saturday (2/27). Cooper High School, in south Abilene, = will=20 serve as the host site for the tournament this year.

We are offering = all UIL=20 academic, literary, speech, & debate (CX & LD) events. = Third party=20 testing materials will be used where applicable. All testing and events = will=20 follow UIL rules and guidelines. Additional information, the = schedule,=20 & fees may be found on the following pages.

Registration = must be made=20 on-line through Joy of Tournaments. Please no faxes or mailed = entries. =20 Proof of payment or a check must be submitted the day of the = tournament. =20 If you have questions or need additional information, please do not = hesitate to=20 contact us. We will gladly respond and assist.

Thanks and we = look forward=20 to having you and your students participate in our tournament in=20 February.

Respectfully,

Tim=20 Haynes &= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 Amy Allen =

Cooper UIL=20 Coordinator =20 Abilene High UIL=20 Coordinator \

325-691-1000=20 (school) = ;=20 325-677-1731=20 (school)

325-201-4398=20 (cell) &= nbsp; =20 325-668-5075=20 (cell)

timothy.haynes@abileneisd.o= rg=20 amy.allen@abileneisd.org

SCHEDULE

FOR

ABILENE=20 & ABILENE COOPER

UIL INVITATIONAL

FEBRUARY 26^TH & = 27^TH,=20 2010

FRIDAY, = FEBRUARY=20 26^TH:

4:00=20 PM = ; =20 REGISTRATION IN THE LRC

4:00=20 PM = ; =20 CX & LD DEBATE PAIRINGS

5:00=20 PM = ; =20 CX DEBATE ROUND I

5:00=20 PM = ; =20 READY WRITING

5:30=20 PM = ; =20 LD DEBATE ROUND I

6:30=20 PM = ; =20 CX DEBATE ROUND II

7:00 PM=20 &= nbsp;=20 LD DEBATE ROUND II

8:00=20 PM = ; =20 CX DEBATE ROUND III

8:30=20 PM = ; =20 LD DEBATE ROUND III

SATURDAY, = FEBRUARY=20 27^TH

7:00=20 AM = ; =20 REGISTRATION IN THE LRC

7:30=20 AM = ; =20 PROSE & POETRY DOCUMENTATION

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 LD DEBATE OCTOS

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 CX DEBATE OCTOS

8:00=20 AM = ; =20 PROSE & POETRY CATEGORY A

CURRENT ISSUES & EVENTS

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 NUMBER SENSE

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8:30=20 AM = ; =20 CALCULATOR APPS SET-UP

9:00=20 AM = ; =20 CALCULATOR APPS

&= nbsp; =20 COMPUTER APPS.=20 SET-UP

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9:30=20 AM = ; =20 PROSE & POETRY CATEGORY B

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 LD DEBATE QUARTERS

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 CX DEBATE QUARTERS

10:00=20 AM = ;=20 COMPUTER APPS.

11:00=20 AM = ;=20 ACCOUNTING SET-UP

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 EXTEMP DRAW

LIT CRIT SET-UP

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 SCIENCE SET-UP

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 SPELLING & VOCABULARY SET-UP

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 NEW WRITING

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 LD DEBATE SEMIS

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 CX DEBATE SEMIS

11:30=20 AM = ;=20 ACCOUNTING

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 EXTEMP

LIT CRIT

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 SCIENCE

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 SPELLING & VOCABULARY

12:00=20 NOON FEATURE WRITING

1:00=20 PM = ; =20 SOCIAL STUDIES SET-UP

COMPUTER SCIENCE

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 EDITORIAL WRITING

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 POETRY & PROSE FINALS

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 LD DEBATE FINALS

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 CX DEBATE FINALS

1:30 &nb= sp; =20 SOCIAL STUDIES

2:00 &nb= sp; =20 HEADLIINE WRITING

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 MATH

2:30 &nb= sp; =20 EXTEMP FINALS DRAW

3:00=20 &= nbsp; =20 COMPUTER SCIENCE SET-UP

&= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 EXTEMP FINALS

3:30 &nb= sp; =20 COMPUTER SCIENCE HANDS ON

ADDITIONAL=20 INFORMATION:

1. =20 Register = on-line with=20 JOY OF TOURNAMENTS. Deadline for registration is Tuesday, February = 23^rd at 4:00 PM. Please avoid drops at = registration. =20 Deadline for drops is Thursday, February 25^th at 4:00=20 PM.

2. =20 Additional entries = may=20 be accepted based upon space availability.

3. =20 No additions at=20 registration.

4. =20 All Academic & = Literary=20 events will be held

(including CX Debate)

5. =20 The schedule will = permit CX=20 debaters to participate in an

Extemp Event

6. =20 Prose and Poetry = contestants=20 will read both categories

during the prelims and reader=92s choice = for=20 finals.

7. =20 Students entering = both=20 academic and forensic events

must check times closely to be sure = there is no=20 conflict.

8. =20 Students may use = calculators;=20 however, calculators will

not be provided.

9. =20 Students entering = events with=20 computers will need to

bring their own=20 laptops/notebooks, printers, and

power cords.

10. = Coaches are=20 asked to help grade papers in a few

events. Please check at registration as = to=20 whether

you will be needed to grade.

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS entries are=20 required

to provide a judge.

11. = A=20 concessions stand will be provided for students in the

Cafeteria and a hospitality room for sponsors = and=20 coaches will be available in the LRC. Please provide the number of = sponsors and coaches that will be traveling with your school. =

12. =20 We ask that student = participants remain in the cafeteria

and patio area unless = competing.

13. =20 Students attending = the=20 tournament must be

= accompanied by a school sponsor at all times.

14. =20 Anyone caught = vandalizing a=20 classroom or the campus

will cause their entire = squad to be=20 disqualified from

the tournament. =

15. =20 Ample bus parking = is=20 available in the front parking lot

= off Sayles Blvd. or on the east side of the campus off

=20 Amarillo Street.

16. =20 Individual contests = results=20 will be announced and posted

in the cafeteria as quickly = as=20 possible after the results

become verified. =

17. =20 Abilene ISD students will participate only in=20 the

Academic portion of the = tournament=20 and only for

experience. They will = not be=20 considered for placement

or points.

18. =20 Medals will be = given for=20 places 1-6 in all events. Plaques

=20 will be awarded to 1^st and 2^nd = place=20 teams. Sweepstakes

trophies will be awarded to = 1^st and 2^nd place schools.

AND a Sweepstakes trophy will be = awarded to=20

the school with the most = efficient=20 squad and squad

record.

ENTRY=20 FEES

$ =20 8.00 ACADEMIC EVENTS

$10.00 = INDIVIDUAL=20 SPEECH EVENTS

$15.00 LD=20 DEBATE

$25.00 CX=20 DEBATE

=D8 =20 Loss of entry fee on = all drops=20 reported after 4:00 pm on Wednesday, February = 24^th

=D8 =20 $25. fee charged on all = speech=20 event drops the afternoon or morning of the tournament

=D8 =20 $25. fee charged on all = debate=20 drops the afternoon or morning of the tournament

=D8 =20 $25. fee charged for = unreported=20 drops (no shows)

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