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2026 Invitation

MVLA Speech & Debate is excited to welcome novice debaters and speakers to our 8th annual Karen Keefer Invitational at Mountain View High School! We will have some fun Halloween-themed activities for you in addition to our usual fare, and we're committed to getting you out in a reasonable manner so you can enjoy whatever fun you have planned for the evening.

TOPIC NOTE: This tournament uses PF and LD topics from Nov/Dec to prepare students for November leagues and invitationals.

Eligibility: A novice is any high school student who has competed in any event for less than one year who has not broken in any JV or varsity divisions as a high school competitor at the time of registration OR any middle school student who has competed in any event for less than two years and has not broken in any JV or Varsity divisions or capstone tournaments (e.g. CHSSA Middle School, Middle School TOC, NSDA Middle School Nationals) at the time of registration.

Key Locations:
* Registration/Judges: Library
* Student Area: Theater/Main Quad
* Parli Topic Announce: Cafeteria; topic doc to be posted
* Awards: TBD

Wifi: mvlaguest; sign up for an account and login to the network

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Judge Guide

Pre-tournament questions: julieherman@mvlasdb.org

Day-of Help line: tournament@mvlasdb.org

We are committed to supporting speech and debate access for Title I schools and other minimally funded programs. Please reach out to the director with requests for waivers or other aid.