January 3 – Send via email calendar dates set for ESU events
August 1 – Send via email registration form Poetry Activities Teacher workshops
August 16, August 30, September 27 18:00-19:00 — Poetry Activities Teacher workshops via zoom
September 9 – School contact teacher must complete Poetry Registration Form to confirm number of students within grade levels interested in participating this year
September 27 / 18:00-19:00 – Poetry Recitation Judge’s Workshop
October 7 – Due date to submit mp4 video presentations for judging School contact teacher must include name of students, grade level, Title of poem with mp4
October 15-22 – Round 1 judging (participants must have completed the digital parent consent form for public viewing of mp4 videos)
October 24 – Announce those advancing to Semi-final heats (top 10 in each grade level)
October 27 – Semi-finals/Final Heats Grades 3, 4, 5
October 28 – Semi-finals/Final Heats Grades 6, 7, 8
To Be Confirmed
March 31 – Competition Registration Deadline
April 8 – Video Submission Deadline
April 26 – Online Award Ceremony
October 13
May 13
Event not offered for 2022
Eligibility
One participant per school is eligible to enter the PSC 2022.
Participants must be students from an ESU member school.
Participants must be aged between 16 and 20 at the time of the competition.
Participants must be passport holders or permanent residents of Chile.
This year’s theme for ESU Chile and all other country’s national competition is “We expect too much from our heroes”
All participants will be required to deliver a prepared 5-minute speech on the theme on video, which is sent to esu@esu.cl for judges to view. Video must be received by 18 March for judges to begin their viewing. Note, this year’s IPSC National Competition does not include impromptu speech.
IPSC theme for ESU Chile winner to prepare a new speech for the IPSC competition is “Our real choices are made without us realising it” 2
January 3 – Send via email calendar dates set for ESU events
March 1-18 – Registration of ESU Chile participating in Int’l PSC
March 10 – School contact teacher must complete PSC Registration Form
March 15 / 18:00-19:00 – PSC Judge’s Workshop
March 18 – Due date to submit mp4 video for judging
March 21-25 – Judging Round 1
March 25 – participants must have completed the digital parent consent form for public viewing of mp4 videos
March 28 – Announce those advancing to Semi-final heats
March 31 – ESU Chile Finals
April 1 – Register Chile winner to represent ESU Chile in Int’l PSC
April 11-29 – Preparation meetings for IPSC speech
May 9-13 – IPSC via zoom
September 24 – Impromptu topic Debate
October 15 – Prepared topic Debate
October 22 – Impromptu topic Debate
November 5 – Impromptu topic Debate
November 12 – Elimination Debate Tournament Round 1
November 19 – Elimination Debate Tournament Round 2
November 26 – Elimination Debate Tournament Round 3
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