Monday, March 17, 2014

David Bloom Scholarship - Seniors Take Note



David Bloom was a leading speech and debate competitor at Edina West who died while covering the Iraq war for NBC in 2003.  His family has created the David Bloom Scholarship through the Local Scholarship Program.  This particular scholarship is for senior students who are passionate about and active in either speech or debate during their time at Edina High School.

(I competed against David when I was in high school and he was everything a coach would want - smart, relentlessly hard working, fluent, persuasive, and concise; David worked with me as a student at debate camp and I learned a lot from my practice sessions with him.)

Here is the jump off link to apply - http://edinaschools.org/Page/1892

Saturday, March 1, 2014

2014-15 Tournament Calendar


Edina Debate 2014-15 Calendar

* tournaments for novice (new) debaters

Practice
The team practices 6-8PM Mondays and Thursdays in these rooms:
324 Andy (experienced LD 4-6PM, novice LD 6-8PM)
317 Brett and Bobby and Chris (high-varsity policy group)
318 Risha and Clay (2nd year policy group)
319 Samantha + others  (novice policy group)
320 Megan (public forum)
321 Tim G (extemp + PF kids 6-8PM)
Experienced LD group has a different practice time slot (4-6PM) until the 2nd week of October. 

September 2014
1 NO practice - Labor Day
8 All-Team Parent + Debater meeting 6:30 in EHS Community Room 
16 Chipotle fundraiser 
20-22 Greenhill (Dallas, TX) | Varsity CX
20 * Scrimmage @ Eagan | Novice LD, PF, CX 
27-29 Valley (Des Moines, IA) | Varsity CX
27 * MDTA Jamboree @ Rosemount | LD, PF, CX

October 
4 * Anoka | LD, PF
3-4 * Washington Tech | CX
9 practice at Valley View
11 * Blaine | LD, PF
10-11 * U of MN + Rosemount Round Robin | CX
17-18 * Park Hill (Kansas City, MO) | Varsity LD, PF, CX, and Speech
24-26 Washington (Cedar Rapids, IA) | CX

November
Oct 31 - Nov 1 * Roseville | CX
1  * Andover | LD, PF
7-8 * Washington/Roosevelt (Sioux Falls, SD) | LD, PF, Speech
7-8 * Apple Valley | LD
7-8 * Concordia (Moorhead, MN) | CX
8 * Champlin Park | Novice LD, PF
14-15 * Highland Park | CX
20 practice at Valley View - VV Rm 230, VV Rm 232, VV Rm 234, VV Rm 236, VV Rm 246
22 * Robinsdale Cooper and Armstrong | LD, PF
22 * U of MN | CX
22-24 Glenbrooks (Chicago) | CX, PF, Speech

December
5-6 * MDTA Novice-JV State @ Eagan | CX, PF, LD
12-13 Dowling | CX, Speech
13 January Topic Workshop @ Edina | PF, LD
19-20 Blake School @ Minneapolis Hyatt | CX, PF
20 U of MN | LD

January 2015
9-10 Sections | CX, LD, PF
16-17 State | CX, LD, PF
23-24 NFLs | CX, LD, PF

February 
13-16 UC-Berkeley (San Francisco, CA) | CX, LD, PF, Speech

April
TBD Debate and Speech Banquet

May
Tournament of Champions - Lexington, KY
CFL Nationals - Fort Lauderdale

June 
NFL Nationals - Birmingham