Varsity Office Hours: They're a real thing!

With national and state qualifiers coming up in the next two weeks, extra practice is more important than ever! Below is the link to sign up for office hours with varsity team members. Please refer to the earlier post about office hours for more guidelines regarding signing up. Thanks!

VARSITY OFFICE HOURS

Bloomington, February 28th

Bloomington Jefferson  Tournament
4001 W. 102nd St.
Bloomington , MN 55437

This is a Bid tournament and will break to four rounds of finals if entry numbers allow.

7:00 AM leave EHS from door 7

8:30 AM	Draws for Round 1 Prep: ER, ES, ST
9:00 AM	ROUND 1 (All Events except Impromptu) Round 1: CX, DI, DS, DU, ER, ES, GS, HI, IN, OO, PO, PR, ST
9:15 AM	Impromptu Round 1 Round 1: IM
10:00 AM	Draws for Round 2 Prep: ER, ES, ST
10:30 AM	ROUND 2 (All Events except Impromptu) Round 2: CX, DI, DS, DU, ER, ES, GS, HI, IN, OO, PO, PR, ST
10:45 AM	Impromptu Round 2 Round 2: IM
11:30 AM	Draws for Round 3 Prep: ER, ES, ST
12:00 PM	ROUND 3 (All Events except Impromptu) Round 3: CX, DI, DS, DU, ER, ES, GS, HI, IN, OO, PO, PR, ST
12:15 PM	Impromptu Round 3 Round 3: IM
1:40 PM	Draws for Finals Prep: ER, ES, ST
2:10 PM	FINALS Final round: CX, DI, DS, DU, ER, ES, GS, HI, IM, IN, OO, PO, PR, ST

4:00 PM Awards
5:15 PM (apprx) Arrive Home

Entries by event (with codes if assigned)

Discussion (5 entries)

14: Emily Fan (Varsity)
25: Uma Kumar-Montei (Varsity)
44: Kanu Madhok (Varsity)
47: Gauri Madhok (Varsity)
5: Michael McDonald (Varsity)

Dramatic Interpretation (3 entries)

1: Gloria Mi (Varsity)
2: Gracia Seeley (Varsity)
48: Saumya Mangalick (Varsity)

Extemporaneous Reading (1 entries)

4: Leah Schmitt (Varsity)

Extemporaneous Speaking (8 entries)

10: Connie Chao (Varsity)
11: Sandra Chen (Varsity)
12: Matias Figari (Varsity)
13: Om Jahagirdar (Varsity)
15: James Kuznecoff (Varsity)
16: Bharath Miniraj (Varsity)
8: Max Schleck (Varsity)
9: Zach Zamoff (Varsity)

Great Speeches (4 entries)

17: Jay Chochrek (Varsity)
18: Stephanie Zhang (Varsity)
19: Chetana Guthikonda (Varsity)
6: Leah Schmitt (Varsity)

Humorous Interpretation (4 entries)

20: Niru Achanta (Varsity)
31: Alex Wu (Varsity)
32: Madison Seeley (Varsity)
37: Mabel Thomas (Varsity)

Impromptu Speaking (8 entries)

21: Connie Chao (Varsity)
22: Sandra Chen (Varsity)
23: Matias Figari (Varsity)
24: Om Jahagirdar (Varsity)
26: James Kuznecoff (Varsity)
27: Bharath Miniraj (Varsity)
28: Max Schleck (Varsity)
29: Zach Zamoff (Varsity)

Informative Speaking (1 entries)

30: Nate Anderson (Varsity)

Original Oratory (4 entries)

33: Isha Aggarwal (Varsity)
34: Ashab Alamgir (Varsity)
35: Chetana Guthikonda (Varsity)
36: Ariana Song (Varsity)

Poetry Reading (1 entries)

38: Sarah Stefanik (Varsity)

Storytelling (4 entries)

40: Anjali Aralikar (Varsity)
41: Sarah Collier (Varsity)
42: Emily Killen (Varsity)
43: Sullivan Schubert (Varsity)

Judges (7 total)

1: Ashley Stoering (Either)
2: Bob Alberti (Either)
3: Trevor Martinez (Either)
4: Forest Eidbo (Either)
5: Jessie Watt (Either)
6: Tim Greenfield (Either)
7: Megan Koester (Either)

Varsity office hours!

Some of our varsity team members have graciously volunteered to give up some of their time outside of practice so that other team members can get more work in!

Some things to note:

1. You must sign up using the link below at least 24-hours in advance of your session.
2. The practice schedule will be updated weekly and sessions will be available on a first-come, first-served basis
3. This does not mean you are exempt from regular practices or from signing up for a weekly coaching session during practice times.

Here is the link:

Varsity office hours

Results from Eastview

Congratulations to these three to break through on a very difficult tournament. 

Everyone worked so hard at this tournament. It had over 1000 entries and really tough competition. 

Chetana 5th Champion Honors GS

Gracia 3rd Open Honor DI

Gloria 6th Open Honor DI

Practice Sign-Ups for week of 2/23

Follow this link to sign up for practice sessions next week. You must sign up for one (and only one) slot. Remember that regardless of your session time, you must be present for the entire practice unless you have notified us by E-mail that you will be absent/late.

This document will become "view only" after noon on Sunday, after which you will have to E-mail us to get a slot.

Practice 2/23 and 2/26

P.S. If you would like a second slot next week, you can E-mail us with that request as well. We will give those out, as time allows, on a first come, first served basis.

Eastview Saturday, February 21st

Star Tribune Lightning Speech Classic presented by the Eastview High School Speech Team. Our tournament will take place on Saturday, February 21, 2015, at Eastview High School and Valley Middle School in Apple Valley, MN.  All 13 MSHSL categories will be open to registration and we will allow NFL rules where applicable.  Like we have done for the past two years at our tournament, we will offer two divisions of competition: Open and Championship. Open division is for your less-experienced speakers (this is9th-10th graders or first year in speech, not a new category) and Championship is geared towards your more experienced speakers (Juniors and Seniors).  This way, everyone will compete with competition at their level.  Students may not compete in different divisions.  Double Entries are welcome (even in discussion).  However, students are not allowed to double enter into two draw categories.   Each division will have a final round.  We also will have honorable mentions at the awards ceremonyfor those that just miss the final round. 
To avoid less-than-desirable speaking rooms, we are going to be utilizing two buildings.  Valley Middle School in Apple Valley will house our Open division and Eastview High School will hold our Championship division.  However, BOTH DIVISIONS OF EXTEMP SPEAKING WILL TAKE PLACE AT EASTVIEW.

Eastview HS
6200 140th Street West
Apple Valley, MN 55124

Apple Valley MS
900 Garden View Dr 
Apple Valley, MN 55124-7113

Dramatic Interpretation (3 entries)

1: Saumya Mangalick (Championship)
2: Gloria Mi (Open)
3: Gracia Seeley (Open)

Extemporaneous Reading (1 entries)

1: Morgan Sheehy (Open)

Extemporaneous Speaking (8 entries)

1: Connie Chao (Championship)
10: Max Schleck (Championship)
11: Zach Zamoff (Open)
2: Sandra Chen (Open)
4: Matias Figari (Championship)
5: Om Jahagirdar (Open)
7: James Kuznecoff (Open)
9: Bharath Miniraj (Open)

Great Speeches (2 entries)

1: Jay Chochrek (Open)
2: Chetana Guthikonda (Championship)

Humorous Interpretation (3 entries)

1: Alex Wu (Championship)
2: Mabel Thomas (Championship)
4: Madison Seeley (Championship)

Original Oratory (4 entries)

1: Isha Aggarwal (Championship)
2: Ashab Alamgir (Championship)
3: Maya Charan (Championship)
4: Chetana Guthikonda (Championship)

Poetry Reading (1 entries)

1: Sarah Stefanik (Championship)

Storytelling (3 entries)

1: Anjali Aralikar (Open)
2: Saumya Mangalick (Championship)
3: Sullivan Schubert (Open)

 6:30 AM Leave from EHS Door 7

8:45 AM	Round 1 Discussion Round 1: C-Dis, O-DIS
9:00 AM	Round 1 Round 1: C-CrX, C-DI, C-DUO, C-ER, C-ES, C-GrSP, C-HI, C-INF, C-OO, C-PR, C-STY, CPO, O-CrX, O-DI, O-DUO, O-ER, O-ES, O-GrSp, O-HI, O-INF, O-OO, O-PO, O-PR, O-STY
10:15 AM	Discussion Round 2 Round 2: C-Dis, O-DIS
10:30 AM	Round 2 Round 2: C-CrX, C-DI, C-DUO, C-ER, C-ES, C-GrSP, C-HI, C-INF, C-OO, C-PR, C-STY, CPO, O-CrX, O-DI, O-DUO, O-ER, O-ES, O-GrSp, O-HI, O-INF, O-OO, O-PO, O-PR, O-STY
11:30 AM	Discussion Round 3 Round 3: C-Dis, O-DIS
11:45 AM	Round 3 Round 3: C-CrX, C-DI, C-DUO, C-ER, C-ES, C-GrSP, C-HI, C-INF, C-OO, C-PR, C-STY, CPO, O-CrX, O-DI, O-DUO, O-ER, O-ES, O-GrSp, O-HI, O-INF, O-OO, O-PO, O-PR, O-STY
2:00 PM	Final Round Final round: C-CrX, C-DI, C-Dis, C-DUO, C-ER, C-ES, C-GrSP, C-HI, C-INF, C-OO, C-PR, C-STY, CPO, O-CrX, O-DI, O-DIS, O-DUO, O-ER, O-ES, O-GrSp, O-HI, O-INF, O-OO, O-PO, O-PR, O-STY

4:00 PM Awards
5:30 PM Arrive Home

Lakeville South Results

Medha Storytelling Finals 7th

Sully Storytelling Novice 7th

Connie EXS Finals 5th

Matias EXS Finals 4th

James EXS Novice 3rd

Stephanie GS Novice 5th

Ravneet GS Novice 3rd

Jay GS Novice 6th

Chetana GS Finals 2nd

Ashab OO Finals 7th

Chetana OO Finals 4th

Alex HI Finals 7th

Niru HI Novice 3rd

Nate Info Novice 5th

PRACTICE SIGN UPS FOR 2/18,19

Here is the link to sign up for PA and Interp practice on Wednesday (2/18) and Thursday (2/19). You MUST sign up for a slot on one of the days, and you may not sign up for more than one. Regardless of which day you sign up for, you should be at practice for the full two hours. If you are unable to attend practice either day or will be late or need to leave early, you need to let us know, via E-mail ahead of time.

The practice slots will close on Tuesday at noon, so be 

sure you have signed up for a slot before then. 

If the only slots that you could make are full, please make a note below the sign up and send us an E-mail with them time you would be able to work. A slot that is blacked out is not available.

If you have any questions or concerns, please E-mail us sooner rather than later!

Practice sign-up

Practice next week!

Because there is no school Monday and Tuesday of next week, we will be having practice on Wednesday from 6-8 as well as the normally scheduled Thursday practice. If you can't make it to either of these, please make sure to let us know by E-mailing our gmail account!

Communication Improvements!

In order to improve communication between students, parents and coaches, we have added several new applications to our social media repertoire.

First, we have created a Facebook group that students and parents can join. Unlike our Facebook page, the group will send members a notification to their phone any time something new is posted. Here is a link to the Facebook Group.

Second, we have created an account with Remind101. For folks not on Facebook, this will serve the same purpose as the Facebook group. All you have to do is follow the instructions in the image below and you will start getting updates any time we post a message.

This blog will still be the main method of disseminating information, but we felt we needed a secondary vehicle that included reminders to ensure that communication was more fluid. Most messages we send out will simply be reminders to check the blog for information regarding practices, tournaments, and social events.

Neither of these new tools is mandatory, but we hope you find them helpful!

As always, the best method for contacting us is through our E-mail at Speech.Edina@gmail.com. Please let us know if you have questions or concerns.

Best,
M and E

Lakeville South February 14th!

Lakeville South High School,

 21135 Jacquard Ave, Lakeville, MN 55044

Format: Three rounds with finals
All students (varsity and novice) will compete together as one tournament.  Novice participants are eligible for varsity finals, but also for novice finals, which will be determined similarly to honors finals. There will be no honors finals, but honorable mentions will be awarded.

 

Schedule

6:45 Door 7 EHS

7:00-8:00  Registration
8:30   Draws for Round I
9:00   Round I
10:15   Draws for Round II
10:45   Round II
12:00   Draws for Round III
12:30   Round III
1:50 (approx.)  Final Postings
2:00 (approx.) Draws for Finals
2:30 (approx) Finals Round
4:30 (approx.)  Awards

5:30 (approx.) Home

Entries

Dramatic Interpretation (1 entries)

A10: Gloria Mi (Varsity)

Extemporaneous Speaking (9 entries)

A14: Connie Chao (Varsity)
A15: Sandra Chen (Novice)
A16: Emily Fan (Varsity)
A17: Om Jahagirdar (Novice)
A18: James Kuznecoff (Novice)
A19: Michael McDonald (Novice)
A20: Bharath Miniraj (Novice)
A21: Kanu Madhok (Varsity)
A22: Matias Figari (Varsity)

Great Speeches (4 entries)

A23: Jay Chochrek (Novice)
A24: Stephanie Zhang (Novice)
A25: Ravneet Anand (Novice)
A6: Chetana Guthikonda (Varsity)

Humorous Interpretation (3 entries)

A1: Madison Seeley (Varsity)
A2: Niru Achanta (Novice)
A3: Alex Wu (Varsity)

Informative Speaking (1 entries)

A4: Nate Anderson (Novice)

Original Oratory (3 entries)

A5: Maya Charan (Varsity)
A6: Chetana Guthikonda (Varsity)
A7: Ashab Alamgir (Varsity)

Poetry Reading (1 entries)

A8: Sarah Stefanik (Varsity)

Prose Reading (1 entries)

A9: Gracia Seeley (Novice)

Storytelling (3 entries)

A11: Anjali Aralikar (Novice)
A12: Medha Kaul (Novice)
A13: Sullivan Schubert (Novice)

Lakeville South

We will be going to the Lakeville South Tournament on February 14th!  This will be a great tournament for us to do well at.  It is a small tournament and we should do well at it!  This is updated to the tournament schedule!

Apple Valley

LOCATIONS: All NOVICE events will be held at Falcon Ridge Middle School with the exception of novice extemporaneous speaking, which will be held at Apple Valley High School. All VARSITY events will be held at Apple Valley High School with the exception of varsity discussion, which will be held at Falcon Ridge Middle School. This allows the tournament to accommodate only double entries in events held at the same site. Since extemporaneous speakers often share files, both divisions are in one building. Discussion will be at Falcon because it is not eligible for double entering.

Apple Valley HS

 14450 Hayes Rd

St Paul, MN

Falcon Ridge Middle School

 12900 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd

Apple Valley, MN

Entries

Dramatic Interpretation (1 entries)

1: Saumya Mangalick (Varsity)

Extemporaneous Reading (1 entries)

3: Leah Schmitt (Novice)

Extemporaneous Speaking (5 entries)

B1: Connie Chao (Varsity)
B2: Bharath Miniraj (Novice)
B3: Michael McDonald (Novice)
B4: Om Jahagirdar (Novice)
B5: James Kuznecoff (Novice)

Great Speeches (3 entries)

2: Ravneet Anand (Novice)
6: Chetana Guthikonda (Varsity)
7: Stephanie Zhang (Novice)

Humorous Interpretation (1 entries)

8: Alex Wu (Varsity)

Informative Speaking (1 entries)

9: Nate Anderson (Novice)

Original Oratory (3 entries)

10: Chetana Guthikonda (Varsity)
11: Ariana Song (Varsity)
4: Ashab Alamgir (Varsity)

Poetry Reading (1 entries)

J1: Sarah Stefanik (Varsity)

Storytelling (3 entries)

R1: Anjali Aralikar (Novice)
R2: Sarah Collier (Novice)
R5: Saumya Mangalick (Varsity)

Meet at Door 7 of EHS at 6:30AM

7:00 AM	Registration AVHS and FRMS
8:30 AM	Round I Draws Prep: NER, NEX, NST, VER, VEX, VST
9:00 AM	Round I Round 1: NC, ND, NDU, NER, NEX, NGS, NHI, NI, NOO, NPO, NPR, NSD, NST, VC, VD, VDU, VER, VEX, VGS, VHI, VI, VOO, VPO, VPR, VSD, VST
10:00 AM	Round II Draws Prep: NER, NEX, NST, VER, VEX, VST
10:30 AM	Round II Round 2: NC, ND, NDU, NER, NEX, NGS, NHI, NI, NOO, NPO, NPR, NSD, NST, VC, VD, VDU, VER, VEX, VGS, VHI, VI, VOO, VPO, VPR, VSD, VST
11:30 AM	Round III Draws Prep: NER, NEX, NST, VER, VEX, VST
12:00 PM	Round III Round 3: NC, ND, NDU, NER, NEX, NGS, NHI, NI, NOO, NPO, NPR, NSD, NST, VC, VD, VDU, VER, VEX, VGS, VHI, VI, VOO, VPO, VPR, VSD, VST
1:59 PM	Finals for Non-Draw Events Final round: NC, ND, NDU, NGS, NHI, NI, NOO, NPO, NPR, NSD, VC, VD, VDU, VGS, VHI, VI, VOO, VPO, VPR, VSD Prep: NEX
2:00 PM	Draws for Finals Prep: NER, NEX, NST, VER, VEX, VST
2:30 PM	Finals for Draw Events Final round: NER, NEX, NST, VER, VEX, VST

4:15        Awards
6:00      Return Home

Practice Schedule, week of 2/2

Click the link below to view this week's practice schedule.

Some notes:

1. There are two sheets; one for Interp today, and one for PA on Thursday. 

2. Just because you are expected to attend the ENTIRE practice regardless of when you are scheduled to work with coaches. 

3. Remember that PA works with captains on Mondays and Interp works with captains on Thursdays, so you are expected to be at both days of practice.
4. This schedule doesn't include Extemp.

Updated Practice Link week of 2/2

Tournament Commitment Forms

Reminder!
Tournament Commitment Forms are due TODAY.  If we do not have yours then you will not be eligible to attend any tournament.  If you have lost your form you can print one off from the right side of this website.  Thanks!