====Competition Opportunities====
  - Invitational Tournaments
    * Tournaments can be found most weekends from October through March
    * Invitations can often be secured just by asking!
    * [[https://www.tabroom.com/index/index.mhtml|Tabroom.com]] offers a resource for finding tournaments
    *  Liberty Bell Classic (UPenn)
    * Villiger at St. Joseph's University
    * La Salle Forum Invitational
    * Pennsbury Falcon Invitational
  - Southeastern PA Debate League (SPDL)
    * Six contests every other Wednesday from November through January
    * Workshop opportunities in October
    * Playoffs in February
  - PA High School Speech League ([[https://www.phssl.org/|PHSSL]])
    * No regular season contests
    * District tournaments are held in February, with winners qualifying for the state tournament
    * Bid opportunities exist for students with a strong competitive resume
    * Supplemental events exist at States for students who competed at districts but did not qualify
      * Congress (House), news broadcasting, impromptu speaking, storytelling or extemporaneous debate.
    * UMASD used to be in District 11 (with La Salle, Gwynned Mercy Academy, St. Joe's Prep, et al.
    * [[https://www.phssl.org/district-map/|Current map]] puts KOP at the boundary of District 15 (lots of Chester County schools), District 10 (lots of Delaware County and Main Line schools)
    * State Tournament held in March (third weekend?)at Commonwealth University, Bloomsburg.
  - National Catholic Forensics League ([[https://www.ncfl.org/|NCFL]])
    * Districts are organized by diocese, but schools need not be Catholic to participate
    * Three tournaments are held by Philadelphia CFL ([[https://sites.google.com/view/pcfl/home|PCFL]])
    * PCFL district tournament is held in February (last weekend?)
    * [[https://www.ncflnationals.org/|NCFL National Tournament]] is held in May (Memorial Day weekend?) 
  - National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA)
    *Valley Forge District tournament held on different days for different events from late February through mid-March ([[https://www.speechanddebate.org/district-tournaments/|Info for District Tournaments]])
    *NSDA National Tournament held in June (third week? Sunday - Friday) [[https://www.speechanddebate.org/national-tournament-2026/|2026 Nationals]]