JSA+Madison

Depart from H entrance at 4:00. Wear comfortable clothing on the bus. There are no scheduled activities Friday night. Once we get into town, we will either find a place for dinner right away, or we will check into the hotel and walk into town for dinner. Everything is within walking distance. Saturday morning is the official start of the program. Make sure that we arrive early so that we can get seats together on the floor of the house.
 * Friday, November 18 - Sunday, November 20**

We will all walk into town (right next to the capitol) for lunch and for dinner. There are social activities Saturday night. Sunday morning there will be more sessions, and should end around 1:00. After that, we walk back to the hotel, change, and head home.

This link will take you to last year's schedule. This year the schedule will look similar, but with different topics and breakout sessions.

This is not a competition, though you may win a best speaker award if you do speak. There are no judges; the students do all the voting. It is rather a 'loose' debate, and we look at it as more of a convention. Some of your choices will not be debates at all, but would be 'thought talks', with a moderator and an opportunity for anyone to speak informally on an issue.

There is no preparation needed to attend, but do try and be an active participant Your experience will be much more enjoyable! You should be home by 4:30 or so, depending on how fast everyone changes.

Remember that there are rules set by JSA. No boys in girls rooms, no girls in boys rooms. If you don't have 4 people in your room, you may have someone added from another school. If that happens, be the best representative of Highland Park that you can possibly be. No one should have to sleep on the floor.....

[|Last year's agenda]

Ms. Tenus and Ms. Firer are your chaperones for this trip. Please exchange cell phone numbers.