Monday, December 29, 2014

Jan 23-24 Nat Quals at Eagan

National Speech and Debate Association - National Qualifying Tournament
Eagan High School
4185 Braddock Trail [map]
Eagan, MN 55123
23-24 January 2015

Bus 
Friday - depart Noon from door 8; return between 8:30-10PM (estimate)
Saturday - depart 7AM from door7; NO return bus - need to have parents pick up as the finishing times could be as much as 12 hours apart

Judging
Bob Ciborowski - Friday and Saturday, Policy
Brett Lind - Friday and Saturday, Policy
Amanda Soczynski  - Friday, Public Forum
Susan Clark - Saturday, Public Forum
Raymond Zhang - Friday and Saturday, Lincoln-Douglas
Pete Gokey - Friday, Lincoln-Douglas

Policy
Drew and Patrick
Anne and Sukriti
Megan and Claire

Public Forum
Ashab and Natalie

Lincoln Douglas
Arvind
Gloria
Anand

Friday January 23, 2015
Policy Registration
12:00 - 1:00 PM: Registration - Will take place in the lower east entrance of EHS at the Greeter's Desk. All students should report to the Student Commons to wait for schedule distribution.

Public Forum and LD Registration
2:00 - 3:00 PM: Registration - Will take place in the lower east entrance of EHS at the Greeter's Desk. All students should report to the Student Commons to wait for schedule distribution.
**Remember that head coaches should judge at the Southern MN NFL Tournament

Policy Debate
1:30  Round #1 Policy Debate
3:30  Round #2 Policy Debate
6:00  Round #3 Policy Debate
LD Debate
3:30  Round #1 LD Debate
5:00  Round #2 LD Debate
6:30  Round #3 LD Debate
8:30  Round #4 LD Debate
Public Forum
4:00 Round #1 PF Debate
5:30 Round #2 PF Debate
7:30 Round #3 PF Debate
*All schools who advance to Saturday must fill out judge strikes for Saturday before leaving on Friday night

Saturday January 24, 2015
8:00 AM –  All Policy, PF and LD Schools Must Check in with the Tab Room by 8:00 AM so that our tournament can run on time.
Policy Debate
8:00 AM - All Policy School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
8:30 AM  Round #4 Policy Debate
10:30 AM - All Policy School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
11:00 AM Round #5 Policy Debate
1:00 PM - All Policy School head coaches must in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
1:30 PM  Round #6 Policy Debate
3:30 PM - All Policy School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
4:00 PM  Round #7 Policy Debate
LD Debate
8:30 AM - All LD School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
9:00 AM  Round #5 LD Debate
11:30 AM - All LD School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
12:00 PM Round #6 LD Debate
2:30 PM - All LD School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
3:00 PM - Round #7 LD Debate

Public Forum Debate
9:30 Round #4
11:00 - All PF School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels.
11:30  PM - Round #5
1:30   PM - All PF School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels
2:00 PM - Round #6
4:00 PM - All PF School head coaches must be in the tab toom for the placing of judges on panels
4:30 PM - Round #7 (if needed)

Jan 9-10 MSHSL Sections @ Cooper HS

Section 6 Tournament
Robbinsdale Cooper HS
9-10 January 2015

Note
Section tournament:  Top 5 teams qualify in Policy, top 6 in LD and PF qualify.   State is the following weekend at the U of MN.

Bus
Friday - depart 2PM from door 8, return estimate 9PM (released from class at 1:45)
Saturday - depart 7AM from door 7, return estimate 5PM
* It's the time of year where return times are estimates only - too many variables to predict accurate return time; these are best guesses.

Policy
Drew Sposeep & Shanelle Roman   
Anne Lepow & Sukriti Rawal  

Lincoln-Douglas
Arvind Veluvali
TBA

Public Forum
Natalie Curtin and Ashab Alamgir
Connie Chao and Aarathi Garimella

Schedule
LD and PF
Friday:
Round 1-  3:30
Round 2 - 4:30
Round 3 - 6:00
Round 4 - 7:15
Saturday:
Round 5 - 8:30
Round 6- 10:00

Policy
There are 6 time slots, you'll only debate in 4 of these 6 slots.
Friday
Round 1 - 3:00 PM
Round 2 - 5:45 PM
Saturday
Round 3 - 8:30 AM
Round 4 - 11:00 AM
Round 5 - 1:30 PM
Round 6 - 3:30 PM




LD, PF, and Extemp Practice for 12/29

Here is the schedule for practice times - none of this is new, it's what we presented at the end of the U of MN tournament, but is here for reminder:

Room 317 with Andy
LD from 2-4
PF from 4-5 (part 1 of PF practice)
PF from 5-7 (part 2 with Tim and Andy)

Room 318 with Tim
Novice Extemp 2-3:30
Varsity Extemp 3:30-5:00

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

LD and PF Practice Times

Summary of upcoming practice times.  We'll surely add some online practice times and other work times, but these are the upcoming dates to keep in mind:

Thursday 12/11 
5-6:30 PF; 6:30-8 LD

Monday 12/15
5-6:30 PF; 6:30-8 LD

Thursday 12/18
5-6:30 LD; 6:30-8 PF

Friday 12/19
Blake (all day)

Saturday 12/20
U of MN (all day)

Friday 1/2/15 
Scrimmage TBA 

Thursday Practice Rooms

We are displaced from our usual rooms by a dance competition on Thursday, December 11th.

These are our replacement rooms:

379 - 4PM Tim with extempers
371 - 5PM Andy with PF and LD
372 - 6PM Policy debate room 1
374 - 6PM Policy debate room 2
376 - 6PM Elizabeth room for speech
378 - 6PM Megan room for speech


Monday, December 8, 2014

Novice/JV State Tournament Recap

The Minnesota Debate Teacher's Association sponsors a state championship tournament.  It's a chance for novice and JV debaters to be the center of attention.  For many debaters, this marks the end of the 2014 debate season.
As a team, Edina won the 2nd place sweepstakes award, a measure of team-wide success.

Then...

JV Policy Debate
   Meredith Song and Maggie Wells - 2nd place
   Maggie Wells - 9th speaker
   Meredith Song - 13th speaker

Novice Public Forum 
   Owen Phernetton - James Kuznecoff, cleared to elimination rounds

Junior Varsity Public Forum
   Jenny Ma - Aarathi Garimella, cleared to elimination rounds
   Lauren Smith - 4th speaker
   Jenny Ma - 5th speaker
   Natalie Curtin - 7th speaker

Novice LD
   Jonah Rosenthal, cleared to elimination rounds + 5th speaker
   Sandra Chen, cleared to elimination rounds

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
   Anand Mittal, cleared to elimination rounds + 6th speaker
   Annie Amen, cleared to elimination rounds + 10th speaker
   Gloria Mi, cleared to elimination rounds
   Uma Kumar-Montei, cleared to elimination rounds


Sunday, December 7, 2014

12-14 Dec @ Dowling Catholic

The Paradigm
Dowling Catholic High School
12-14 December 2014

Bus Times
Friday - Load at 6:45AM usual spot; depart at 7AM
Sunday - Return time contingent on performance between Noon and 8PM

Hotel
Springhill Suites, 1236 Jordan Creek Parkway, West Des Moines, IA  50266.  (515) 223-9005.

Coaches
Bobby Ciborowski
Brett Lind
Tim Greenfield

Varsity Policy
Shanelle Roman and Drew Sposeep
Sukriti Rawal and Anne Lepow

Extemp Speaking
Max Schleck
Matias Figari

Varsity Policy Debate
Location: Dowling Catholic
Friday:
Round 1 – 3:15pm
Round 2 – 5:15pm
Round 3 – 8:00pm
Saturday:
Round 4 – 8:00am
Round 5 – 10:30am
Round 6 – 1:30pm
Double Octafinals - 4:00pm
Awards – 6:30pm
Octafinals - 8:00pm
Sunday (ALL ROUNDS AT West Des Moines Marriott):
Exhibition of 8 - 9:00am
Exhibition of 4 – 11:00am
Exhibition of 2 -- 1:00pm

Individual Events
Location: Roosevelt
Friday:
Round 1 A (EXT, DI, DUO, Expos, Prose, Acting) – 4:30
Draw at 4:00 for Extemp
Round 1 B (HI, Lit Program (OI) , OO, Spon, Poetry) – 6:30
Round 2 A – 8:30
Draw at 8:00
Saturday:
Round 2 B – 8:00am
Round 3 A – 9:30
Draw at 9:00
Round 3 B – 11:00
Round 4 A – 12:30
Draw at 12:00
Round 4 B – 2:00
Semifinals (ALL) – 3:30
Draw at 3:00
Finals (ALL) – 5:30
Draw at 5:00
Awards – 7:15pm