Welcome to the home page for the 2016 SCJFL 3rd Quarter Speech Tournament tournament hosted by Emerson Community Charter on Feb 19, 2016 for Middle School students.

Status: Tournament Completed

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Dear coaches,</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>On behalf of Emerson Community Charter, we invite you to compete at the 3rd Quarter Southern California Junior Forensics League Tournament. The tournament will be held on February 19th, 2016. Please note, this is a two preliminary round tournament. By this we mean, we will host three rounds total instead of four: two prelim rounds and one final round. &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Here&rsquo;s our rationale:</p> <ul> <li> <p>We have weather considerations: it&rsquo;s a predicted El Ni&ntilde;o year and February is supposed to be the heaviest rain month.</p> </li> <li> <p>We expect some schools and academies to attend that will be traveling greater distances.</p> </li> <li> <p>We anticipate that schools/academies will use the Glendale Round-up in the spring to have the more rigorous practice for the NSDA Nationals (this tournament is also held on a weekend with less restrictions for all).</p> </li> <li> <p>We wish to respect growing parental concern for students getting home by a preferred hour.</p> </li> <li> <p>Lastly, we hope to use the Emerson tournament as an experiment. Findings and thoughts will be discussed at the SCJFL summer meeting for future tournament considerations.</p> </li> </ul> <p><br /> &nbsp;</p> <p>Please revisit this page as we will be posting additional information soon.</p> <p>We look forward to seeing you in February!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Best wishes,</p> <p>Lily Parker</p> <p>David Hale</p> <p><br /> <br /> <br /> &nbsp;</p>