Region 9 Conference Information

Regional Conference information

2025-2026 National TSA Theme: "Unity through Community"


Date - Saturday, January 24, 2026

Early Submission- Wednesday, January 14th, 2026 by 11:59 p.m.

Location - Stroudsburg Junior High School

Address - 1901 Chipperfield Dr, Stroudsburg, PA 18360

Time 9:00 am-4:30 pm


For title pages that require City of Conference, use Stroudsburg, PA


Region 9 Planning Team

Regional Coordinator/Conference Director - Matt Rimbey 

Teacher Rep/Conference Registrar - Mike Qendro

Judging Coordinators - Josh Pennington and Stacy Hallman

Assistant Judging Coordinator - Breanna McNamara

High School/Middle School Event Manager -


ADVISOR/STUDENT CONFERENCE INFORMATION

2026 READ READ READ - updated 10/21/2025

  • Follow this guide for the Region 9 Conference; changes to all events are located here so the conference can run in one day.
  • Print all portfolios.

Middle School Event Matrix - updated 10/7/2025

High School Event Matrix - updated 10/7/2025

  • Information as to how many students and how many teams are permitted at the Region 9 Conference
  • Students must place at Regionals to compete at States in all Qualifying Events

MS Event Descriptions: Brief descriptions of all National Events

HS Event Descriptions Brief descriptions of all National Events

Judges Feedback Form - updated 10/7/2025

  • Not required, but students can place this as the last page in their portfolio.
  • If judges have time they will fill it out for feedback for the next level. 
  • Feedback forms cannot be used to dispute scores or placements in events

2026 Conference Program

JUDGING LINK  (updated 12/16/25)Use this link to sign up to judge or coordinate an event. 

Please send this link to all parents and ask them to help


2026 Region 9 Conference Updates:

This area will be used to show any updates to the Read Read Read or Event Matrix that will be used for the 2026 Region 9 Conference

  • All documents must be printed out and submitted as a paper portfolio


EVENT RULES AND INFORMATION

PA-Only Guide

PA-TSA-Handbook

National TSA Event Rules(Total TSA) *National Event Rules can only be obtained after completing affiliation with TSA

National Themes and Problems

STATE OFFICERS CANDIDATE PACKET


TSA REGION 9 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD

The TSA Region 9 Scholarship is awarded to provide financial assistance for post-secondary schooling costs to a hardworking and dedicated PA-TSA senior in the Region 9 area. 

The scholarship is for a high school senior who has been admitted to, but not yet enrolled in an undergraduate program in any accredited institution from a two-year trade or technical school, up to and including a four-year college. Qualified applicants must complete this form, as well as submit two formal letters of recommendation to PA-TSA Region 9 no later than 11:59 PM EST on the 10th day of January during the current school year.

Below is the link to submit your application for the scholarship. Please be sure to complete all questions and answer fully and in detail to the best of your ability. 

R9 SCHOLARSHIP AWARD (Link will be updated by 12/19/26)

Requirements

  • Student Full Name and Grade
  • Student email address
  • School that the student is currently attending
  • Advisor Name and contact info
  • Two letters of recommendation. Both are signed and scanned in PDF format.

 

I-SERVICES and Registration Form

 

iServices

2026 Registration Form 

 

REGISTRATION will open: December 1st

Registration will close: January 5th, 2026

REGISTRATION is now OPEN

  

Students = $18 each         Advisors = Free

 

ZERO REGISTRATION CHANGES will occur after January 5th. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

NO onsite registration. NO CHANGES AT THE CONFERENCE. NO EXCEPTIONS!!

Advisors should add, drop, and check their registration for accuracy before the cutoff date.


REGION 9 CONFERENCE RESULTS