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

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

Two Teams Qualify to Nationals

Instant news: 

Edina qualifies two teams to nationals this June in Kansas City.  Both Edina HP - Samantha and Bree - and Edina SR - Anja Beth and Shanelle - lasted out the day in the double-elimination tournament.

More news later, we are all exhausted. 

Arvind is State Runner-up

NFLs @ Chanhassen

Southern MN NFL Qualifiers 
Chanhassen High School [map]
24-25 January 2014

Notes about NFLs -

1. NFLs is double-elimination tournament.  
2. There is no power-matching in the traditional sense.  Rounds are paired based only on like-records. 
3. The fields will be small in both LD and Policy, so be 100% mentally ready to have your hardest, most important debate of the tournament right away in round 1 -- things like that happen in this format. 
4. Resiliency matters. You might get a disappointing loss, then have to turn right around and win.  You might also think you are eliminated but get the chance to make nationals via a debate-back. Nationals is all about being mentally tough, and districts already brings out that challenge. 

Bus Times
Friday - depart EHS door 8 at 2:30PM, return estimate 10PMish (released from school at 2:15)
Saturday - depart EHS door 7 @ 7:15AM, return...could be anywhere between noon and 6PM

Policy Debate
Bree and Samantha
Drew and Patrick
Anja Beth and Shanelle
Sukriti and Anne

LD Debate
Arvind
Annika

Friday January 25, 2014
2:50 - 3:15 PM: Registration - Which will take place in the cafeteria of Chanhassen High School.
*All judge strike sheets need to be completed no later than 3:15 PM
**Remember that head coaches should judge at the Southern MN NFL Tournament

Policy Debate
3:45  Round #1 Policy Debate
5:45  Round #2 Policy Debate
8:00  Round #3 Policy Debate
LD Debate
4:00  Round #1 LD Debate
5:00  Round #2 LD Debate
6:30  Round #3 LD Debate
8:30  Round #4 LD Debate

*All schools who advance to Saturday must fill out judge strikes for Saturday before leaving on Friday night

Saturday January 26, 2014
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

State Tournament @ U of MN

The 113th MSHSL State Debate Tournament
University of Minnesota - Blegen Hall
269 19th Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55455 [map+photo]
17-18 January 2014

Bus
Friday - depart EHS 8AM door 8, return 9PM (estimate)
Saturday - depart EHS 7AM door 7, return 6:30PM (estimate)

** Friday morning we're stopping at a coffee place near the U (Hard Times Cafe) where you can get a coffee or something for breakfast.  We want to use this hour to review our plans for the day.  You'll need to bring cash - they take ONLY cash.

Policy Debate
Bree and Samantha
Anja Beth and Shanelle

Lincoln-Douglas
Arvind
Annika

Public Forum
Allan and Elbert

Policy Schedule - Friday
9:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
9:45 a.m. Judges’ Meeting
10:00 a.m. Coaches’ & Participants’ Meeting
10:30 a.m. ROUND 1
12:30 p.m. ROUND 2
Dinner
3:00 p.m. ROUND 3
6:00 p.m. ROUND 4
Saturday
7:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
8:15 a.m. ROUND 5
10:15 a.m. Announce Qtr. Finalists
10:30 a.m. QUARTERFINALS
12:00 p.m. Lunch:  Judges, Participants & Coaches
1:30 p.m. Announce Semifinalists
1:45 p.m. SEMIFINALS
4:00 p.m. Announce Finalists
4:15 p.m. FINALS
6:00 p.m. Awards

Lincoln-Douglas/Public Forum - Friday
10:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
10:45 a.m. Judges’ Meeting
11:00 a.m. Coaches’ & Participants’ Meeting
11:30 a.m. ROUND 1
12:45 p.m. ROUND 2
Dinner
2:45 p.m. ROUND 3
5:00 p.m. ROUND 4
Saturday 
7:15 a.m. Registration begins for Judges, Participants & Coaches
8:00 a.m. ROUND 5
9:15 a.m. ROUND 6
10:15 a.m. Announce Qtr. Finalists
10:45 a.m. QUARTERFINALS
11:15 a.m. Lunch:  Participants & Coaches
12:00 p.m. Lunch:  Judges
1:30 p.m. Announce Semifinalists
2:00 p.m. SEMIFINALS
3:00 p.m. Announce Finalists
3:15 p.m. FINALS
4:00 p.m. Awards

2014 State Qualifiers

Arvind and Annika, Lincoln-Douglas

Allan and Elbert, Public Forum

Also qualifying, but camera shy are Bree Peilen, Samantha Hunt, Anja Beth Swoap, and Shanelle Roman, who will go to State in Policy.