posted May 17, 2013, 9:52 PM by Van Schalin
From today's StoaByte:Excursus on Tournament Size Getting one’s mind around the conundrum of tournament size is rather like trying to follow the contours of a moebius strip – one goes through all the possible sides of the issue but ends up at the starting point without ever quite grasping how it happened (follow that?). This NITOC is officially the largest homeschool tournament ever. Last year's NITOC had the most students ever, besting the California Concordia tournament (the blue whale among California’s cetacean-sized competitions), but Concordia still had more overall speeches and debates competed. By befuddling contrast, this year’s NITOC has actually outstripped Concordia in the number of overall speeches and debates (making it the brontosaurus among dinosaurs?), thus catapulting NITOC for the first time ever in the history of Christian forensics competitions into the “largest overall competition” spot. |
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posted May 13, 2013, 7:34 PM by Van Schalin
Point your browser to the NITOC Competitor Lists Page to see who is attending this year's NITOC. For some of you, these will just be names on a list, but two weeks from now God will have knit your hearts together as friends. Of course, others you will want to check out the debate competition. Congratulations to all whose names are listed. We look forward to seeing all of you in one week! |
posted May 4, 2013, 12:43 AM by Van Schalin
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For all those fortunate enough to receive an invite to NITOC 2013, dont delay. Register NOW! NITOC 2013 will offer the most competitive tournament in Christian homeschooling speech and debabte. You will want to be a part of this celebration of forensics excellence. |
posted May 2, 2013, 11:58 AM by Van Schalin
If you were expecting to receive one and did not, please contact the Registrar, Julie Braswell, immediately: 2ajul@comcast.net |
posted May 1, 2013, 7:28 AM by Van Schalin
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posted May 1, 2013, 7:24 AM by Van Schalin
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Updated invitations to parents and students via both the National and State Invitation Models.If you have concerns or questions please contact the NITOC Registrar. |
posted Apr 25, 2013, 10:14 PM by Van Schalin
From the Tournament Director, "We apologize that we are experiencing a technical difficulty with producing the NITOC invitations. We are working hard to fix the problem, and hope to send the correct versions out shortly. Thank you for your patience, and please disregard any erroneous emails you have received." |
posted Apr 21, 2013, 4:01 PM by Van Schalin
Registration for NITOC opens on Monday April 22 at noon Central Time. Join the best speakers and debaters in Christian homeschool forensics in a celebration of competitive excellence.
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posted Apr 21, 2013, 3:53 PM by Van Schalin
Oh the excitement! The first round of National Model Invitations to NITOC are being emailed on Sunday April 21. National Model Invitations are sent to all students with two Green Check Marks on Speechranks in a Stoa event being competed at NITOC. Another round of National Model Invitations will be sent after next weekend when the final regular season Stoa tournaments of the year are completed.
State Model Invitations will be sent after the final tournaments are completed. State invitations are sent to the top student from each state in each NITOC speech event and the top two students/teams from each state in each NITOC debate event.
If you did not get your invite, and you think you should have, check your spam and junk mail folders. |
posted Apr 8, 2013, 11:03 PM by Van Schalin
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Visit the 2013 Spring Vote Results page to view all the exciting results.New Stoa Board members! Important IE decisions! What resolutions to debate! Stoa Bylaw changes! All these were put before the membership for a vote. Thank you to all the members who took the time to vote.The future direction of Stoa is determined by dedicated Stoa members who participate in the important decisions governing the organization.
Thank you also to all of you who offered feedback on the discussion forums on these important topics. |
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