West Los Angeles District Qualifier

for the 2026 National Tournament

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NSDA West Los Angeles District Tournament
Friday, March 27th – Sunday, March 29th, 2026
Loyola High School
1901 Venice Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90006

Congress: Friday, March 27th, 2026

Debate: Saturday, March 28th and Sunday, March 29th, 2026

Speech: Saturday, March 28th and Sunday, March 29th, 2026

World Schools Debate: Saturday, March 28th and Sunday, March 29th, 2026

Click Here to Access the District Tournament Schedule

Click Here to Register for World Schools Debate

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Tournament Site Information

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COACH REQUIREMENT

The Coach or representative MUST be contact-able throughout the entire tournament in case any issues arise and MUST check in with Tournament Staff. Students must be accompanied by a designated adult who is officially responsible for that student.

If a student is found to be at the tournament with no official adult supervision, that student will be removed from the tournament and sent home.

WHOMEVER you put in charge of your team should have the student emergency medical forms/permission slips/parent contact form for your team. Protect your students, yourself and your "representative."

Student Meal Pre-Orders

Student meals will be available to pre-order no later than Saturday, March 1st, 2026. All student meal pre-orders must be made no later than Wednesday, March 25th, 2026 at 3:00pm. There will be a very limited number of meals available for day-of purchases, so we strongly encourage teams to pre-order their team's meals. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase throughout the tournament.

We ask that you please support our host school and strongly discourage your students (or their parents) from leaving campus to purchase food offsite. In addition to being unsupportive of our host, it is also a significant liability issue for coaches and schools to have students wandering off campus during the tournament.

Topics

Lincoln/Douglas - NSDA March-April Topic: "Resolved: The United States military ought to abide by the principle of non-intervention."

Public Forum - NSDA March Topic: "Resolved: The United States federal government should ban corporate acquisition of single-family residences."

Big Questions - NSDA 2025-2026 Topic: "Resolved: Moral systems rooted in theism are preferable to non-theistic moral systems."

Policy - NSDA 2025-2026 Topic: "Resolved: The United States federal government should significantly increase its exploration and/or development of the Arctic."

Congressional Debate: We are currently accepting legislation submissions for our District Tournament Docket! Please see the tab on the right for more information.

World Schools Debate: Rounds 1 & 2 - Prepared Motion (teams debate both sides); Round 3 - Impromptu; Round 4 - Impromptu; Elim 1 - Prepared; Elims 2 and beyond (if needed) - Impromptu

Prepared Motions:

Rounds 1 & 2 (teams debate both sides): This house supports compulsory voting laws for national elections.

Finals: This house regrets the rise of Therapy-Tok.
INFO: The "TherapyTok" subculture is full of both professional therapists and self-proclaimed mental health experts who generate content to make therapy tools accessible via social media.

Extemp: Our District Tournament Topic Areas can be found in the tab on the right labeled "Extemp Topic Areas".