December 18 -21

  Don't forget to register for speech!

If you don't register you will not be able to practice.

 Speech Registration

                                              

PLEASE TURN IN TOURNAMENT COMMITMENT FORMS!

Monday

Sam - 4:30-6:00

Shelby - 4:30 - 7:30

Hannah - 6:00 - 8:00

Diane - 6:00 - 8:00

Elizabeth - 6:00 - 8:00

Thursday 

Sam - 4:30-6:00

Shelby - 4:30 - 7:30

Hannah - NO PRACTICE

Diane - 6:00 - 8:00

Elizabeth - 6:00 - 8:00

EXTEMP - 

December 7th 4-6, December 11 4-6, December 18 4-6, December 21 4-8.  Those are Th/M/Th/Th.  Extempers not continuing with debate should be there twice in December.  Extempers continuing with debate need to be there only once.  

WINTER BREAK
Please be in touch with coaches on their plans to meet with you or check in over break.  Our first tournament is the week we get back from break!!!!

December 11-15

  Don't forget to register for speech!

If you don't register you will not be able to practice.

 Speech Registration

Please remember as stated by coaches in practices and during group practices that the expectation is you must clearly communicate with your coach if you will be missing practice or are unable to complete your work.  If you fail to do so you may be asked to not compete at tournaments.  

Practices!

Rooms are still being shared while debate is happening but assigned rooms will be announced in the next few weeks.

Monday

Sam - 4:30-6:00

Shelby - 4:30 - 7:30

Hannah - 6:00 - 8:00

Diane - 6:00 - 8:00

Elizabeth - 6:00 - 7:00

Thursday 

Sam - 4:30-6:00

Shelby - 4:30 - 7:30

Hannah - 6:00 - 8:00

Diane - 6:00 - 8:00

Elizabeth - 6:00 - 8:00

EXTEMP - 

December 7th 4-6, December 11 4-6, December 18 4-6, December 21 4-8.  Those are Th/M/Th/Th.  Extempers not continuing with debate should be there twice in December.  Extempers continuing with debate need to be there only once.  

December 4-8

  Don't forget to register for speech!

 Speech Registration

Practices!

Rooms are still being shared while debate is happening but assigned rooms will be announced in the next few weeks.

Extemp - If you are interested in Extemp the practice schedule should be posted by next week!  

Monday

Sam - 4:30-6:00

Shelby - 4:30 - 7:30

Hannah - 6:00 - 8:00

Diane - 6:00 - 8:00

Elizabeth - 6:00 - 8:00

Thursday - CAPTAIN's WORKSHOP 6-7 ALL ATTEND!  Practices will be modified! There will be COOKIES!!!!!! 

Sam - 4:30-6:00
Shelby - 4:30 - 7:30
Hannah - 6:00 - 8:00
Diane - 6:00 - 8:00
Elizabeth - 6:00 - 8:00

November 20th - 24th

It was amazing to see the energy and talent that is coming for the 2017/2018 speech season.  You guys came out and tried new and different events and we are going to have a blast this year!

This week we will have practice for ALL students on MONDAY- 11/20 from 6-8.

We will meet with your coach, talk expectations, registration, and tournament commitments.  You will be on your way to finding a voice and a piece that helps you. 

There will be no practice the rest of the week, but we will start up with the coaches weekly schedule after break. 

Email if you have questions!

GLENBROOKS

CONGRATS TANNER!

6th Place at Glenbrooks!

Speech Meeting 11/9

Hello all!  Thank you for all who were able to attend last night!  We will start practice next week!

                                PRACTICE: Monday and Thursday, 6-8PM
                                                Room 320 (new part of the building)


If you missed some information from last night or need some reminders the slides are in link below.
Novice recruitment meeting

A full tournament list will be posted by Sunday!

A link to register for speech is here as well!
Register for Speech

Speech Recruitment Meeting!

October 29th, Scavenger Hunt

Where: 5028 W. 56th St.

When: 3-5 on Sunday, October 29th

Photo Scavenger Hunt

Bring 2$ for PIZZA 

Important Upcoming Dates!

FALL GATHERING!

All returning Speech members are welcome!

When: October 29th, From 3:00 - 5:00

Where: We will begin at 5028 W. 56th St

What: We will have a photo scavenger hunt and end with pizza.

(please contribute 2$ to the pizza fund!)

OTHER NEWS:

Novice Recruitment Meeting Nov. 9th at 6:00 in the new Community Room of the HS

First week of practice is Nov. 13th and 16th from 6:00-8:00  All attend

We will begin working with coaches after Thanksgiving!

Activities Fair

Thank you for all that helped with the activities fair last week.  If you are new to speech and signed up please be looking for an email inviting you to our novice recruitment meeting near the end of October.

If you are were not able to sign up at the activities fair information will be posted here in the next week or so.

Returning members: Our next group meeting is Oct. 12th.  It will be at 5028 W. 56th St. as there are conferences happening at school that night!

See you all soon!

Sept. 10th meeting

We met today and solidified events.  Coaches will be meeting with returning members starting this week.  If you aren't signed up for a time contact the speech account so that we get you added.

We will be having a table at the activities fair.  If you are interested in helping with that please email the speech account.

Our next team meeting will be October 12th at 6:00 where we will be planning and preparing for the novice recruitment meeting.  This is a student lead meeting and required of captains with returning members helping.

Students discussing topics and pieces as we prepare for the 2017/2018 season!

Gearing up for a Stand UP season!

We had a great time with the returning speech members last week.  If you were unable to attend it isn't too late!  Email the speech account at speech.edina@gmail.com and we will get you caught up!

Here is what you need to be doing to get ready for our next meeting!

* Watch recent national final rounds in events that you are interested in!
* Send reflections about what you liked or didn't like to the speech account.
*Our next meeting will be Sept. 10th at 3:30.  This is Sunday NOT Saturday.
              We will meet at 5028 W. 56th St.  There will be POPCORN!
* Be ready to share out ideas.  If you email early I will send piece ideas for you to look over and read.
*LEADERSHIP APPLICATIONS!   If you are interested in applying for leadership this year please read about responsibilities below and see the link to the application.

LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES
If you are interested in applying for leadership please fill out and turn in electronically your application by Saturday, Sept. 9th.

Responsibilities:
Those chosen to be captains will be asked to go above and beyond the responsibilities of a team member.
They will be the go between on some information from coaches to team members.
They will lead captains practices and various workshops.
They will uphold the speech handbook and be role models to the whole team.

Link to the Leadership Application

Thursday- April 13th!

Come and hang out with us as we finish the season on a sweet note!  

Room 316 at 6:00PM 

Rootbeer Floats as we remember our favorite moments from the 2016-2017 season!

Banquet Reminder

Hello Edina Debate & Speech families! We hope you can join us to celebrate the Edina Debate and Speech teams at our annual Spring Banquet on April 18th. Click on the link below to register and get more information.

Get more information

Register Now!

I can't make it

We look forward to seeing you in April! Sincerely, Lynn Schmitt Edina Friends of Forensics lynnschmitt@comcast.net When Tuesday, April 18, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM CDT Where Braemar Golf Course 6364 John Harris Drive Edina, MN 55436 Driving Directions

Sections- Friday, April 7th

MSHSL 6AA Section Tournament

Eastview High School

6200 140th St W, Apple Valley, MN 55124

Important Notes:

All students will be timed during the this tournament.  Please make sure you do one practice with timers so you aren't surprised Friday.  

All scripted events must turn in on Thursday night to Elizabeth at practice or you will not be able to compete the following day.  We have discussed what needs to be turned in at the workshop prior to spring break so there should not be any questions.  ***If you turned in materials to the National Qualifier you will need to complete it again***  I have your sources that I will return to you on Monday.  

Public Address Events:  

Great Speeches - A clean printed copy of your piece that clearly states where speech was found.  Remember you must state during your piece where you found and took your great speech from.  

Info - A clean printed copy of your piece with bibliography in MLA on a separate sheet.  Remember all visuals MUST have sources visual to the audience from their seats.  

Oratory - A clean printed copy of your piece with bibliography in MLA on a separate sheet.  You also need a word count of quoted material.  

Interp Events:

HI, DI, DUO, PR - A clean printed off script.  You also need photocopies of original pages used from your source.  Then you must underline or highlight each word used in the script and place pages in order that they were used.  If you replaced a word do to profanity you must cross it out and write in the word used.  All transitional words added must also be written in where they are inserted.  

Poetry -A clean printed off script.  You also need photocopies of original pages used from your source.  Then you must underline or highlight each word used in the script and place pages in order that they were used.  If you replaced a word do to profanity you must cross it out and write in the word used.  All transitional words added must also be written in where they are inserted.  ****You must also say each author and title in your intro.  Your intro is apart of the clean copy and must be typed out****

Draw Events - Nothing will need to be turned in but please know the rules about talking to others once you have drawn and use of electronics. 

You should all be familiar with the rules of your events and the link provided will take you to the most updated material.  Scroll to the bottom and find rules and policies. 

MSHSL Speech Events

Entries by event (with codes if assigned)

Dramatic Interpretation (1 entries)

D6: Saumya Mangalick (Varsity)

Duo Interpretation (1 entries)

D26: Iris Baurceanu and Lucie Lu (Varsity)

Extemporaneous Speaking (7 entries)

D10: Nathan Annareddy (Varsity)
D11: Lily Jones (Varsity)
D12: Mark Kivimaki (Varsity)
D13: Rahil Modi (Varsity)
D7: Tanner Jones (Varsity)
D8: Theodore Teske (Varsity)
D9: Sandra Chen (Varsity)

Great Speeches (3 entries)

D18: Elesh Dasani (Varsity)
D19: Alexander Al-Najim (Varsity)
D20: Margaret Harens (Varsity)

Humorous Interpretation (2 entries)

D14: Yash Mangalick (Varsity)
D15: Alexandria Russell (Varsity)

Informative Speaking (2 entries)

D16: Aditya Rewalliwar (Varsity)
D17: Anjali Aralikar (Varsity)

Original Oratory (3 entries)

D1: Medha Kaul (Varsity)
D2: Biren Katal (Varsity)
D3: Wyatt Chochrek (Varsity)

Poetry Reading (2 entries)

D4: Ayah Suliman (Varsity)
D5: Leah Schmitt (Varsity)

Prose Reading (4 entries)

D21: Shreya Konkimalla (Varsity)
D22: Gracia Seeley (Varsity)
D23: Fahima Osman (Varsity)
D24: Emma Faris (Varsity)

Storytelling (1 entries)

D25: Isaac Smalley (Varsity)

Students will be released from school at 12:45.  The bus will pick up students from the EHS and VV at 12:55 and from SV at 1:10.  There will be concessions available that evening.  Students will return post awards APPRX. 10:30PM

3:15 PM	Draw Round 1 Prep: ER, ES, Story
3:45 PM	Round One Round 1: CX, DI, Disco, Duo, ER, ES, GS, HI, Info, OO, PO, Prose, Story
4:30 PM	Draws Round 2 Prep: ER, ES, Story
5:00 PM	Round Two Round 2: CX, DI, Disco, Duo, ER, ES, GS, HI, Info, OO, PO, Prose, Story
5:45 PM	Draw Round 3 Prep: ER, ES, Story
6:15 PM	Round Three Round 3: CX, DI, Disco, Duo, ER, ES, GS, HI, Info, OO, PO, Prose, Story
7:30 PM	Final Draws Prep: ER, ES, Story
7:45 PM	Non-Draw Finals Final round: CX, DI, Disco, Duo, GS, HI, Info, OO, PO, Prose
8:00 PM	Draw Finals Final round: ER, ES, Story

2017 Spring Debate and Speech Banquet

Hello Edina Debate & Speech families! We hope you can join us to celebrate the Edina Debate and Speech teams at our annual Spring Banquet on April 18th.   Click on the link below to register and get more information.

Get more information Register Now! I can't make it

We look forward to seeing you in April! Sincerely, Lynn Schmitt Edina Friends of Forensics lynnschmitt@comcast.net When Tuesday, April 18, 2017 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM CDT   Where Braemar Golf Course 6364 John Harris Drive Edina, MN 55436 Driving Directions

Instructions for Sections Workshop

4600 W. 77th St Suite 100 Edina, MN

When you come in the morning park on the EAST side. The same side as the giant 4600 on the side of the building.  When you walk in, the office is the first door on the left.  There is an acoustic guitar hanging behind the front desk!

See you in the morning!

Thursday, March 16th Practice

Practice is at Valley View.  Meet in Room 120 @6:00PM

National Qualifier Results

CONGRATULATIONS!

Tanner Jones will be competing at the National Speech and Debate Tournament in Extemp Speaking! He placed 3rd in the tournament!

Congratulations also goes out to those reaching the semifinal rounds!

Matthew Nissen - EXS

Rahil Modi - EXS

Theo Teske - EXS

Mark Kivimaki - EXS

Joseph Annareddy - EXS

Connie Chao - EXS

Saumya Mangalick - DI

Iris Baurceanu and Lucie Lu - DUO

Complete Results

Sections Workshop

We are holding a sections workshop for those competing at the section tournament.  As we are preparing for the next big competition we as a team are in a variety of different places and have a lot of needs.  So this workshop we hope to meet several of those needs!

This is going to take place instead of the Roseville Tournament.  Extemp Speakers will be competing at the tournament, but the rest of us will meet and prepare for Sections.

We will meet at 4600 W. 77th St Suite 100 Edina, MN.   Please bring water for the day.

Schedule For The Day

10:30 - 11:00 Warm -ups /prep for sections.

11:00 - 12:00 Rotations and Captains Work Shop

12:00 - 12:45 LUNCH ( we will provide pizza)

1:00 - 3:15 - Mini round with feedback.

3:15 - 3:30 Award Ceremony

As we prepare for the workshop please fill out the following form so that we know how many people to prep for and how to use your time well.
Workshop Form

RESULTS - Eagan

                                                   CONGRATULATIONS
                                               Sandra Chen - 3rd EXS Finals
                                           Gracia Seeley - 1st PR Next in Finals
                                           Gracia Seeley - 2nd DI Next in Finals
                             

Eagan Results

ROSEVILLE - March 18th

                                                             ROSEBOWL!
                                          1240 County Road B2 W, Roseville, MN 55113

Extemporaneous Speaking (18 entries)

1: Joseph Annareddy (Varsity)
10: Nathan Annareddy (Varsity)
11: Nihar Atri (Varsity)
12: Samantha Bevers (Varsity)
13: Sandra Chen (Varsity)
14: Joshua Ding (Varsity)
15: Lucca Figari (Varsity)
16: Lily Jones (Varsity)
17: Tanner Jones (Varsity)
18: Gabriela Leovan (Varsity)
2: Ellen Mi (Varsity)
3: Rahil Modi (Varsity)
4: Yash Shah (Varsity)
5: Theodore Teske (Varsity)
6: Isaac Wu (Varsity)
7: Mark Kivimaki (Varsity)
8: Claire Anderson McElligot (Varsity)
9: Matthew Nissen (Varsity)

BUS Leaves Door 3@ 7:00AM

8:30 AM	Draws for Round 1 Prep: ER, ES, STY
8:45 AM	Round 1 Discussion Round 1: DIS
9:00 AM	Round 1 Round 1: CrX, DI, DUO, ER, ES, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, PO, PRO, STY
10:15 AM	Draws for Round 2 Prep: ER, ES, STY
10:30 AM	Round 2 Discussion Round 2: DIS
10:45 AM	Round 2 Round 2: CrX, DI, DUO, ER, ES, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, PO, PRO, STY
11:45 AM	Draws for Round 3 Prep: ER, ES, STY
12:00 PM	Round 3 Discussion Round 3: DIS
12:15 PM	Round 3 Round 3: CrX, DI, DUO, ER, ES, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, PO, PRO, STY
1:45 PM	Draw Categories Prep Time and Discussion Final Round Final round: DIS Prep: ER, ES, STY
2:00 PM	Finals and Honor Finals Final round: CrX, DI, DUO, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, PO, PRO
2:15 PM	Draw Categories Final Round Final round: ER, ES, STY

Home APPRX. 5:15 PM

No Practice Monday, March 13th

Everyone has been doing so well and working so hard for this week that we are taking a day off!

No practice on Monday, but everything will continue as planned the rest of the week.

Please look for information regarding the upcoming weekend (Saturday, March 18th) on Sunday!

Lakeville North - Results

CONGRATULATIONS!

Tanner Jones - 4th Domestic Extemp

Saumya Mangalick - 5th Prose

Theo Teske - 5th Impromptu

RESULTS!

Eagan - March 11th

Eagan High School

4185 Braddock Trail, Eagan, MN 55123

All students are entered into this tournament.  Then when we find out who broke to semis we will drop those students from this list and you will compete in the semi final rounds of the qualification tournament.  This is held in the same building.  

Entries by event (with codes if assigned)

Dramatic Interpretation (2 entries)

101: Gracia Seeley (Varsity)
102: Saumya Mangalick (Varsity)

Duo Interpretation (1 entries)

101: Lucie Lu and Iris Baurceanu (Varsity)

Extemporaneous Reading (2 entries)

101: Karma Tseringtso (Varsity)
102: Tenzin Kunga (Varsity)

Extemporaneous Speaking (19 entries)

101: Theodore Teske (Varsity)
102: Lucca Figari (Varsity)
103: Matthew Nissen (Varsity)
104: Mark Kivimaki (Varsity)
105: Sandra Chen (Varsity)
106: Connie Chao (Varsity)
107: Tanner Jones (Varsity)
108: Joseph Annareddy (Varsity)
109: Nathan Annareddy (Varsity)
110: Samantha Bevers (Varsity)
111: Gabriela Leovan (Varsity)
112: Claire Anderson McElligot (Varsity)
113: Joshua Ding (Varsity)
114: Yash Shah (Varsity)
115: Nihar Atri (Varsity)
116: Isaac Wu (Varsity)
117: Lily Jones (Varsity)
118: Ellen Mi (Varsity)
119: Rahil Modi (Varsity)

Great Speeches (4 entries)

101: Alexander Al-Najim (Varsity)
102: Elesh Dasani (Varsity)
103: Margaret Harens (Varsity)
104: Aditya Rewalliwar (Varsity)

Humorous Interpretation (1 entries)

102: Yash Mangalick (Varsity)

Informative Speaking (3 entries)

101: Anjali Aralikar (Varsity)
102: Aditya Rewalliwar (Varsity)
104: Emma Faris (Varsity)

Original Oratory (5 entries)

101: Medha Kaul (Varsity)
102: Elesh Dasani (Varsity)
103: Biren Katyal (Varsity)
104: Ravneet Anand (Varsity)
105: Wyatt Chochrek (Varsity)

Program Oral Interpretation (3 entries)

101: Leah Schmitt (Varsity)
102: Sarah Collier (Varsity)
103: Ayah Suliman (Varsity)

Prose Reading (4 entries)

101: Gracia Seeley (Varsity)
102: Fahima Osman (Varsity)
103: Emma Faris (Varsity)
104: Saumya Mangalick (Varsity)

Storytelling (2 entries)

101: Iris Baurceanu (Varsity)
102: Isaac Smalley (Varsity)

BUS LEAVES DOOR 3 @ 7:10

9:00 AM	Round 1 Round 1: CrX, DI, DUO, ER, ES, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, POE, POI, PRO, STY
9:15 AM	Round 1 (Disco) Round 1: DIS
10:30 AM	Round 2 Round 2: CrX, DI, DUO, ER, ES, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, POE, POI, PRO, STY
10:45 AM	Round 2 (Disco) Round 2: DIS
12:00 PM	Round 3 Round 3: CrX, DI, DUO, ER, ES, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, POE, POI, PRO, STY
12:15 PM	Round 3 (Disco) Round 3: DIS
1:45 PM	Finals Final round: CrX, DI, DIS, DUO, ER, ES, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, POE, POI, PRO, STY

AWARDS @ 3:30PM 

HOME APPROX 6:00PM

National Qualifying Tournament - March 10th and 11th

Entries:

Domestic Extemp

Joseph Annareddy

Tanner Jones

Mark Kivimaki

Theo Teske

Drama

Gracia Seeley

Saumya Mangalick

Fahima Osman

Duo

Lucie Lu and Iris Baurceanu

Info

Anjali Aralikar

International Extemp

Connie Chao

Sandra Chen

Matthew Nissen

Rahil Modi

Oratory

Medha Kaul

Ravneet Anand

Elesh Dasani

Biren Katyal

POI

Sarah Collier

Leah Schmitt

Ayah Suliman

FRIDAY, MARCH 10th

Centennial High School - Circle Pines

4757 North Rd, Circle Pines, MN 55014

BUS LEAVES DOOR 3 @ 7:30 AM

Registration	8:00 – 8:30 AM
General Meeting	9:00 AM
Extemp Speaking Draw Rd 1A	9:00 AM
Speech Round 1A	9:30 AM
Extemp Speaking Draw Rd 1B	10:30 AM
Speech Round 1B	11:00 AM
Extemp Speaking Draw Rd 2A	12:00 PM
Speech Round 2A	12:30 PM
Extemp Speaking Draw Rd 2B	1:30 PM
Speech Round 2B	2:00 PM
Extemp Speaking Draw Rd 3A	3:00 PM
Speech Round 3A	3:30 PM
Extemp Speaking Draw Rd 3B	4:30 PM
Speech Round 3B	5:00 PM
Extemp Speaking Draw Rd 4A	6:00 PM
Speech Round 4A	6:30 PM
Extemp Speaking Draw Rd 4B	7:15 PM
Speech Round 4B	7:45 PM

HOME APPRX 9:30

***This is a very long day.  Bring plenty of water, snacks, and homework!***

Keep your energy up!  

If you break to Semis you compete in the Quals portion of the tournament.  IF not you are entered in the Eagan tournament.