MINNEAPPLE - February 4th

Apple Valley High School

14450 Hayes Rd, Apple Valley, MN 55124

Falcon Ridge Middle School

12900 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd, Apple Valley, MN 55124

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.

Entries by event (with codes if assigned)

Creative Expression (1 entries)

1: Anne Kratz (Novice)

Dramatic Interpretation (4 entries)

3: Medha Kaul (Varsity)
4: Saumya Mangalick (Varsity)
5: Maxine McCormick (Novice)
6: Fahima Osman (Varsity)

Duo Interpretation (1 entries)

7: Aaron Butwinick and Audrey Anaya (Novice)

Extemporaneous Reading (2 entries)

10: Tenzin Kunga (Varsity)
9: Karma Tseringtso (Varsity)

Extemporaneous Speaking (17 entries)

11: Claire Anderson McElligot (Novice)
12: Joseph Annareddy (Varsity)
13: Nathan Annareddy (Varsity)
14: Nihar Atri (Novice)
15: Samantha Bevers (Varsity)
16: Connie Chao (Varsity)
17: Sandra Chen (Varsity)
18: Joshua Ding (Novice)
19: Lucca Figari (Varsity)
20: Tanner Jones (Varsity)
21: Mark Kivimaki (Varsity)
22: Ellen Mi (Novice)
23: Rahil Modi (Varsity)
24: Yash Shah (Novice)
25: Theodore Teske (Varsity)
26: Isaac Wu (Novice)
32: Uma Kumar - Montei (Varsity)

Great Speeches (3 entries)

2: Elesh Dasani (Novice)
28: Alexander Al-Najim (Novice)
8: Margaret Harens (Novice)

Humorous Interpretation (2 entries)

27: Alexandria Russell (Novice)
29: Yash Mangalick (Varsity)

Informative Speaking (1 entries)

30: Aditya Rewalliwar (Novice)

Original Oratory (6 entries)

31: Ayah Suliman (Varsity)
33: Wyatt Chochrek (Novice)
34: Biren Katal (Novice)
35: Medha Kaul (Varsity)
36: Noah Meffert (Novice)
37: Monica Ohaeri (Novice)

Program Oral Interpretation (2 entries)

39: Sarah Collier (Varsity)
40: Leah Schmitt (Varsity)

Prose Reading (2 entries)

41: Emma Faris (Varsity)
42: Shreya Konkimalla (Novice)

Storytelling (2 entries)

43: Iris Baurceanu (Varsity)
44: Lucie Lu (Varsity)

Food is available for purchase at the tournament. You may also bring lunch and snacks.  Bring Water!

BUS LEAVES @ 6:30 from DOOR 3

Feb. 4, 2017
7:00 AM	Registration AVHS And Falcon
8:00 AM	Draws AVHS and FRMS Prep: NER, NEX, NST, VER, VEX, VST
8:30 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, VPOI, VPR, VSD, VST
9:30 AM	Round II Draws Prep: NER, NEX, NST, VER, VEX, VST
10:00 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, VPOI, VPR, VSD, VST
11:00 AM	Round III Draws Prep: NER, NEX, NST, VER, VEX, VST
11:30 AM	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, VPOI, VPR, VSD, VST
1:15 PM	Draws for Semi-Finals of Varsity and Draws for Finals Novice Prep: NER, NEX, NST, VER, VEX, VST
1:45 PM	Semi-Finals Varsity and Finals Novice Final round: NC, ND, NDU, NER, NEX, NGS, NHI, NI, NOO, NPO, NPR, NSD, NST Semifinal round: VC, VD, VDU, VER, VEX, VGS, VHI, VI, VOO, VPO, VPOI, VPR, VSD, VST
2:45 PM	Draws for Varsity Finals Prep: VER, VEX, VST
3:15 PM	Finals for Varsity Final round: VC, VD, VDU, VER, VEX, VGS, VHI, VI, VOO, VPO, VPOI, VPR, VSD, VST

5:00PM Awards

6:30PM Arrive Home

January 30th - February 4th

January 30th, Monday
Captain's Practice 5-6 for those who signed up.

Elizabeth      Room 316 6-8PM
L.J.               Room 315 6-8:30PM
Eric              Room 313 6-8PM
Extemp        Room 320  6-8PM
Shelby         Room 314 6-8PM


January 31st, Tuesday
Hannah      Room 318 4:00 -7:00


February 1st, Wednesday
Extemp      Room 320 4-6

February 2nd, Thursday
Extemp          Room 320 4:00 - 6:00
Hannah          Room 318 4:00 - 7:30
Elizabeth       Room 316 6:00 - 8:00
Shelby           Room 314  6:00 - 8:00
Eric               Room 313   6:00 - 8:00


Team Check in @6:00 room 316 to prepare for Apple Valley and congrats!

February 3rd, Friday
Extemp         Room 320 4-6

February 4th, 6:30AM Apple Valley!

Eden Prairie - RESULTS

CONGRATULATIONS HORNETS!

We had a great day at Eden Prairie!  Congratulations to:

DRAMA                                                   GREAT SPEECHES

Saumya Mangalick 5th Place                    Alexander Al - Najim 7th Novice

Fahima Osman 6th Next In

EXTEMP SPEAKING                            INFO

Theo Teske 2nd Place                                Aditya Rewalliwar 3rd Novice

Sandra Chen 5th Next In

Joseph Annareddy 6th Next In                   POI

Lily Jones 3rd Novice                                Leah Schmitt 6th Place

Nihar Atri 5th Novice

Josh Ding 7th Novice                                 STORYTELLING

                                                                    Iris Baurceanu 4th Next In

Results for the tournament

Judge's Training

This is a reminder that for those of you interested in judging for the team there will be a judges training this week!  Training is held on January 31st at 6:00PM in room 315 of the EHS.  It will last about one hour.

Judge Training Sign Up
For those of you interested in judging please sign up on the sign up genius so that we have the appropriate materials available.  Please sign up by Monday, January 30th.

Captains Practice

Want extra practice before the tournament? Now introducing Captain's Practices!! Sign up for a time slot with one of the captains on Monday Jan 30. If you sign up for a time slot, you must give 24 hour notice if you are unable to attend. You may sign up for any captain regardless of category! We are all skilled in many different events!

Captain's Practice Sign Up

January 23rd - 27th

Now that we have had our first tournament and had comments from other judges, saw other compete it is time to edit, critique and continue working on our craft!

January 23rd, Monday - No school Practice times vary
Elizabeth      Room 316 6-8PM
L.J.               Room 315 6-8PM
Eric              Room 313 6-8PM
Extemp        Room 320  6-8PM
Shelby         Room 314 6-8PM


January 24th, Tuesday
Hannah      Room 318 4:00 -7:00
L.J.            Room TBD 4-5 Aaron and Audrey

January 25th, Wednesday
Extemp      Room 320 4-6

January 26th, Thursday
Extemp          Room 320 4:00 - 6:00
Hannah          Room 318 4:00 - 7:30
Elizabeth       Room 316 6:00 - 8:00
Shelby           Room 314  6:00 - 8:00
Eric               Room 313   6:00 - 8:00
L.J.                Room 315   6:00 -7:00 (Quinn and Ayah)

Team Check in @6:00 room 316 to prepare for Eden Prairie and congrats!

January 27th, Friday
Extemp         Room 320 4-6

January 21st, Saturday Eden Prairie!

Chanhassen Results

Congratulations to all those who participated in the tournament this weekend.  It was amazing to see everyones hard work in action.  

Another congratulations to those who placed today.  

Lilly J. 6th Novice EXS

Elesh D. 6th Novice GS

Here is a link to the rest of the tournament results.  Chanhassen Results

Eden Prairie - January 28th

Eden Prairie High School

17185 Valley View Rd, Eden Prairie, MN 55346

Draw Category Information:

Ext. Reading Prose = Novice and Varsity - Students will draw from 1-31 ODD number stories (1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23,25,27,29,31)

Ext. Reading Poetry = Novice and Varsity - 1-20

Storytelling = Novice and Varsity 1-10

***LUNCH***

Concessions will be available for purchase at both locations.  Please bring snacks and water as the day gets long!

BUS LEAVES EHS from DOOR 3 @ 6:57AM

Jan. 28, 2017
8:30 AM	Draw Prep Prep: ER, ES, STY
9:00 AM	Round I - All Categories Round 1: CrX, DI, DIS, DUO, ER, ES, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, PO, POI, PR, STY
10:00 AM	Draw Prep Prep: ER, ES, STY
10:30 AM	Round II - All Categories Round 2: CrX, DI, DIS, DUO, ER, ES, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, PO, POI, PR, STY
11:30 AM	Draw Prep Prep: ER, ES, STY
12:00 PM	Round III - All Categories Round 3: CrX, DI, DIS, DUO, ER, ES, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, PO, POI, PR, STY
2:10 PM	Final Round Draw Prep Prep: ER, ES, STY
2:20 PM	Final Round Non-Draw Events Final round: CrX, DI, DIS, DUO, GrSp, HI, INF, OO, PO, POI, PR
2:40 PM	Final Round Draw Events Final round: ER, ES, STY

AWARDS @ 4:15PM

HOME ABOUT 6:00PM

Entries by event (with codes if assigned)

Creative Expression (1 entries)

1: Anne Kratz (Novice)

Dramatic Interpretation (2 entries)

1: Saumya Mangalick (Varsity)
2: Fahima Osman (Varsity)

Extemporaneous Speaking (17 entries)

1: Joseph Annareddy (Varsity)
10: Nathan Annareddy (Varsity)
11: Nihar Atri (Novice)
13: Connie Chao (Varsity)
14: Sandra Chen (Varsity)
15: Joshua Ding (Novice)
16: Lucca Figari (Varsity)
17: Lily Jones (Novice)
18: Tanner Jones (Varsity)
2: Mark Kivimaki (Varsity)
3: James Kuznecoff (Varsity)
4: Arjun Maheshwari (Novice)
5: Ellen Mi (Novice)
6: Rahil Modi (Varsity)
7: Aditya Rewalliwar (Novice)
8: Yash Shah (Novice)
9: Theodore Teske (Varsity)

Great Speeches (2 entries)

1: Alexander Al-Najim (Novice)
2: Margaret Harens (Novice)

Humorous Interpretation (2 entries)

1: Yash Mangalick (Varsity)
2: Alexandria Russell (Novice)

Informative Speaking (2 entries)

1: Anjali Aralikar (Varsity)
2: Aditya Rewalliwar (Novice)

Original Oratory (4 entries)

1: Ravneet Anand (Varsity)
2: Wyatt Chochrek (Novice)
3: Monica Ohaeri (Novice)
6: Medha Kaul (Varsity)

Poetry Reading (1 entries)

1: Ayah Suliman (Varsity)

Program Oral Interpretation (2 entries)

1: Leah Schmitt (Varsity)
2: Sarah Collier (Varsity)

Prose Reading (1 entries)

1: Shreya Konkimalla (Novice)

Storytelling (2 entries)

1: Iris Baurceanu (Varsity)
2: Isaac Smalley (Novice)

Parent/Team Meeting

Thank you to those of you who were able to attend the meeting.  There are two important links in this posting.

Parent/Team Meeting
Here is the information covered at the meeting this evening.  Please remember that if you are not registered for the speech activity you may not compete.

Judge Training Sign Up
For those of you interested in judging please sign up on the sign up genius so that we have the appropriate materials available.  Please sign up by Monday, January 30th.

CHANHASSEN - January 21st

Chanhassen High School 

-2200 Lyman Blvd, Chanhassen, MN 55317-

All varsity events and novice EXS will be at Chanhassen High School.  

Chaska West Middle School

-140 Engler Blvd, Chaska, MN 55318-

Novice events will take place at Chaska West.  Students will be bussed from the MS back to HS to watch final rounds and have awards.  

Coaches- Elizabeth Werness (HS)

                 Shelby Wilds (MS)

Entries by event 

Creative Expression (1 entries)

1: Anne Kratz (Novice)

Dramatic Interpretation (1 entries)

5: Saumya Mangalick (Varsity)

Duo Interpretation (1 entries)

22: Ayah Suliman and Quinn Ramsay (Varsity)

Extemporaneous Reading (2 entries)

2: Tenzin Kunga (Varsity)
3: Karma Tseringtso (Varsity)

Extemporaneous Speaking (15 entries)

10: Connie Chao (Varsity)
11: Nihar Atri (Novice)
12: Joshua Ding (Novice)
13: Lily Jones (Novice)
14: Ellen Mi (Novice)
15: Lucca Figari (Varsity)
16: Yash Shah (Novice)
25: Nathan Annareddy (Varsity)
29: Mark Kivimaki (Varsity)
30: Arjun Maheshwari (Novice)
4: Isaac Wu (Novice)
6: Claire Anderson McElligot (Novice)
7: Tanner Jones (Varsity)
8: Rahil Modi (Varsity)
9: Matthew Nissen (Varsity)

Great Speeches (2 entries)

28: Alexander Al-Najim (Novice)
31: Elesh Dasani (Varsity)

Informative Speaking (1 entries)

18: Aditya Rewalliwar (Novice)

Original Oratory (4 entries)

19: Medha Kaul (Varsity)
20: Noah Meffert (Novice)
21: Wyatt Chochrek (Novice)
32: Monica Ohaeri (Novice)

Program Oral Interpretation (1 entries)

24: Leah Schmitt (Varsity)

Storytelling (3 entries)

26: Iris Baurceanu (Varsity)
27: Lucie Lu (Varsity)

33: Isaac Smalley (Novice)

Riding the Bus to Observe

Alley Russell
Shreya Konkimalla
Biren Katal

***If you do not see your name on this list but believe you should be attending the tournament it may be because you have not turned in your tournament commitment form, or registered for speech through the activities office.  If you wish to be added you must email the speech account by Monday, January 16th at 2:30 PM  If you are not registered and on my roster by Saturday of the tournament you will not be able to compete.***

***LUNCH***
Concessions will be available for purchase at both locations.  Please bring snacks and water as the day gets long!

BUS LEAVES EHS from DOOR 3 @ 6:36AM

Jan. 21, 2017
7:00 AM	Registration Begins
7:45 AM	Registration Closes - if your team has not arrive, please call the tournament director 612-408-7139
8:15 AM	Draw Meeting Begins
8:30 AM	Draws for Round 1 Begin Prep: N-ER, N-ES, N-STY, V-ER, V-ES, V-STY
9:00 AM	Round 1 (All Categories Except Discussion) Round 1: N-CrX, N-DI, N-Duo, N-ER, N-ES, N-GrSp, N-HI, N-INF, N-OO, N-Poet, N-Pro, N-STY, V-CrX, V-DI, V-DUO, V-ER, V-ES, V-GrSp, V-HI, V-Imp, V-INF, V-OO, V-Poet, V-POI, V-Pro, V-STY
10:00 AM	Begin Draws for Round 2 Prep: N-ER, N-ES, N-STY, V-ER, V-ES, V-STY
10:30 AM	Round 2 (all categories except discussion) Round 2: N-CrX, N-DI, N-Duo, N-ER, N-ES, N-GrSp, N-HI, N-INF, N-OO, N-Poet, N-Pro, N-STY, V-CrX, V-DI, V-DUO, V-ER, V-ES, V-GrSp, V-HI, V-Imp, V-INF, V-OO, V-Poet, V-POI, V-Pro, V-STY
11:15 AM	Begin Draws for Round 3 Prep: N-ER, N-ES, N-STY, V-ER, V-ES, V-STY
11:45 AM	Round 3 (all categories except discussion) Round 3: N-CrX, N-DI, N-Duo, N-ER, N-ES, N-GrSp, N-HI, N-INF, N-OO, N-Poet, N-Pro, N-STY, V-CrX, V-DI, V-DUO, V-ER, V-ES, V-GrSp, V-HI, V-Imp, V-INF, V-OO, V-Poet, V-POI, V-Pro, V-STY
12:00 PM	Buses begin looping between PRMS and CNS
2:00 PM	Varsity Final Rounds Final round: V-CrX, V-DI, V-DIS, V-DUO, V-ER, V-ES, V-GrSp, V-HI, V-Imp, V-INF, V-OO, V-Poet, V-POI, V-Pro, V-STY
4:00 PM	Awards (or earlier) BUS HOME APPROXIMATELY 6:00PM

Practice for January 16-20th

January 16th, Monday - No school Practice times vary
Elizabeth      Room 316 12:30 - 2:30
L.J.               Room 320 12:30 - 2:30
Eric              Room 316  10:00 - 12:00
Extemp        Room 320  10:00 - 12:00
Shelby         No Scheduled practice unless online.


January 17th, Tuesday
Hannah      Room 318 4:00 -7:00

Team/Parent Meeting @6:00 PM room 383

January 19th, Thursday
Extemp          Room 320 4:00 - 6:00
Hannah          Room 318 4:00 - 7:30
Elizabeth       Room 316 6:00 - 8:00
Shelby           Room 314  6:00 - 8:00
Eric               Room 313   6:00 - 8:00
L.J.                Room 315   6:00 - 8:00

Team Check in @6:00 room 316 to prepare for Chanhassen

January 21st, Saturday Chanhassen!

January 16th

Monday is Martin Luther King Day and there is no school.  The EHS closes at 3:00 that day.

Practices are as follows:

Extemp room 320 10-12

Eric: Room 316 10-12     

Elizabeth: Room 316 12:30 - 2:30

L.J.: Room 320 12:30 - 2:30

Shelby: No scheduled meeting.

Hannah: Does not meet on Mondays

January 9th - 13th

Practice for the week and announcements:

Elizabeth: Monday and Thursday from 6-8 in Room 316
LJ: Practices set up with coach in Room 315
Shelby: Monday and Thursday from 6-8 in Room 314
Erik: Practices set up with coach in Room 313
Hannah: Tuesday (room 316) and Thursday (room 318) from 4-7:00.  Times arranged with coach.
EXTEMP: Monday and Thursday from 4-6 in Room 320

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Short Team meeting (15 min) Thursday January 12th 6:00PM room 316
Parent/Team Meeting: January 17th @6:00 PM in Room 383 of the EHS
Chanhassen: January 21st
Eden Prairie: January 28th

Upcoming Events for SPEECH

Students have been communicating with their coaches regarding practices over break.  When we return to school on January 9th we will return to the familiar schedule.  Please look here for weekly updates regarding practices, meetings, and tournament information.

Important Date:
Parent/Student Meeting: January 17th @6PM in room 383 of the EHS.
This meeting is for everyone involved with speech.  We will go over the tournament for the weekend and expectations.  We will talk about judges training for parents interested in judging for the team and other ways families can be involved!

Chanhassen Tournament: January 23rd.  Registration for the tournament finalized no later than January 17th.

You were given tournament commitment forms and they need to be returned to your coaches.  Several students have not returned them and we would like them no later than January 12th.  IF you have misplaced yours they are located on the right side of the blog.