Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Edina Classic Awards Photos

Pictures from awards are now available:
http://goo.gl/photos/Cs9kY3ypPE

Monday, November 16, 2015

Nov 21 @ Robbinsdale

Birds of Prey Invitational

Lincoln-Douglas will be held at Armstrong High School. 10635 36^th Ave North. Plymouth, MN 55441

Public Forum and Congressional will be held at Cooper High School. 8230 47^th Ave. North. New Hope, MN 55428

Bus
Depart 7AM from EHS door 7
Return about 4PM -- call for ride home when you leave the tournament, it's about 20 minutes to Edina. It might end up being a lot later depending on how things go - if we do well, if could be later (see schedule below).

Coaches
Hayley Pierce-Ramdell (PF @ Cooper)
Joe Schmitt (LD @ Armstrong)

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
Murray Friedberg
Om Jahagirdar
Sujit Varadhan
   Mark Kivimaki
   Tanner Jones

JV Lincoln-Douglas
Aiden Swann
Joseph Annareddy
Prasoon Sinha
Rahil Modi
   Quinn Ramsay

Novice Lincoln-Douglas
Amrutha Garimella
Lucca Figari
Mythili Iyer
Stella Olken-Hunt
   Zoe Iyer
   Kathleen Scoggin

Varsity Public Forum
Natalie Curtin - Adi Mittal
Matthew Nissen - Theo Teske
Jenny Ma - Chloe Maynor
Gauri Madhok - Emily Fan

JV Public Forum
No entries.

Novice Public Forum
Jay Chochreck - Oscar O'Brien
Sophie Addinton - Caroline Machart
Jennifer Ai - Kendrew Chen

Congressional Debate
Anjali Aralikar

Impromptu
No entries.

Judging obligations
4 Public Forum judges
9 Lincoln-Douglas judges
1 Congressional Debate judge

Registration - 7:30 AM to 8:15 AM at each school. You may also call 763-458-4702 to register on the way.

LD/PF Schedule:

Round 1 LD - 8:30 AM
Round 1 PF - 8:45 AM
Round 2 - 9:30 AM
Round 3 - 10:30 AM
Round 4 - 12:15 PM
Round 5 - 1:45 PM
Semi-Finals - 3:00 PM
AWARDS
Finals - After awards

Congress Schedule

Session One - 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Session Two - 10:45 to 1:15 PM (lunch 11:45 to 12:15)
Session Three - 1:45 to 3:45 PM

"Impromptu - We will be offering Impromptu in both buildings. We will have three rounds - they will happen after round 3, 4 and 5. Impromptu speech length plus prep time will be five minutes. We ask that schools provide one judge for every 4 impromptu students. You can simply e-mail me or enter in the notes who these individuals are."

21-23 November @ The Glenbrooks

The Glenbrooks
Glenbrook North, Glenbrook South, and Attea Middle School
21-23 November 2015

** Fee and Permission Form
Permission form (PDF) can be downloaded here.
Permission slip completion is require to participate.
Permission form and payment are due no later than the end of practice on Monday (11/16) night.
Fee is $350 payable to Edina Friends of Forensics. This a flat-fee for all competitors that covers travel, hotel, and entry. It does not include food and snacks. Typically we suggest students plan $20-30 day for food, although that might be high given that the the hotel provides breakfast.

Coaches
Andy Charrier
Elizabeth Werness
Brett Lind
Tim Greenfield

Hotel
Residence Inn by Marriott | Chicago-Deerfield
530 Lake Cook Rd | Deerfield, IL 60015
T 847.940.4644 | F 847.940.7639

Food
Friday - supper in Madison at mall with many food choices
Saturday - breakfast at hotel, supper at team dinner in Chinatown
Sunday - breakfast at hotel, supper at Noodles will be the last thing we do before driving home
The tournament has plenty of food options during the competition day

Team Dinner
We are having a team dinner on Saturday night at Lao Sze Chuan. Estimate $20 per person, meal is served family style.

Bus Times
Departs EHS door 13 at 1PM on Friday, Nov 20 - you will be released from class at 12:45; we want to be rolling at 1PM
Return Sunday night as soon as possible - will be a late night arrival at Edina. Students will text you when we leave Chicago with an ETA and then call when we are 30 minutes away from the school.

Flights for Brett, Anne and Maggie - if eliminated and time-practical, Anne and Maggie are coming back on the bus Sunday night. Should policy debate still be debating on Monday, hotel rooms are arranged for these contingencies. Clarie, Sukriti, Meredith, and Megan are being picked up by parents on Monday at tournament venue which is Renaissance North Shore, 933 Skokie Blvd, Northbrook, IL 60062

Original Oratory
Ariana Song

Dramatic Interpretation
Gracia Seeley
Saumya Mangalick

Humorous Interpretation
Mabel Thomas
Medha Kaul
Sarah Collier

Programmed Oral Interp
No entries.

Extemporaneous Speaking
Connie Chao
Leah Schmitt
Matias Figari
Zach Zamoff

Duo Interpretation
No entries.

Varsity Policy
Sukriti Rawal - Anne Lepow
Claire Carlson - Megan Shannahan
Maggie Wells - Meredith Song

Varsity Lincoln-Douglas

Gloria Mi

Junior Varsity Policy
No entries.

Novice Policy
No entries.

Junior Varsity Lincoln-Douglas
Jonah Rosenthal

Public Forum
James Kuznecoff - Khalid Ishani
Richard Zhu - David Ma

Hotel Room Assignments

Studios (5)

Bus Driver

Bailey Rung (1 bed, 1 hide-a-bed couch)

Dylan Adelman

Charlie Werness (you two figure it out)

Elizabeth Werness

Brett Lind (1 bed, 1 couch)

Ariana Song (2 on bed, one on couch)

Maggie Wells

Meredith Song

Two Bedroom (6)

Andy Charrier (each has own bed)

Tim Greenfield

Gracia Seeley (4 on 2 beds, one on hide-a-bed couch)

Medha Kaul

Saumya Mangalick

Sarah Collier

Gloria Mi

Sukriti Rawal (4 on 2 beds, one on hide-a-bed couch)

Anne Lepow

Claire Carlson

Megan Shannahan

Connie Chao (4 on 2 beds, one on hide-a-bed couch)

Mabel Thomas

Leah Schmitt

Khalid Ishani (4 on 2 beds, one on hide-a-bed couch)

David Ma

James Kuz

Richard Zhu

Matias Figari (4 on 2 beds, one on hide-a-bed couch)

Zach Zamoff

Jonah Rosenthal

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE SCHEDULE – Glenbrook South HS

Friday, November 20

6:30 - 9:00 p.m Registration—Ballroom at the Renaissance North Shore

The Ted W. Belch Registration Reception for Coaches – Ballroom @ Renaissance

Saturday, November 21

7:30 a.m. Pairings released at Glenbrook South HS

8:00 Round 1 (all prelims will be flighted)

10:00 Round 2

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 Round 3

4:00 Round 4

Sunday, November 22

7:15 a.m. Pairings released at Glenbrook South HS

8:00 Round 5

10:45 Round 6

12:15 pm Lunch

1:00 Sextodecimofinals

3:15 Octafinals

4:30 Quarterfinals

5:00 Speakers’ Awards at GBS

5:45 Semifinals

7:00 Finals

SPARK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT VARSITY POLICY DIVISION– GLENBROOK SOUTH HS

Friday, November 20

6:30-9:00 p.m. Registration—Ballroom at the Renaissance North Shore

The Ted W. Belch Registration Reception for Coaches – Ballroom at the Renaissance North Shore

Saturday, November 21

7:30 a.m. Pairings released at GBS

8:00 Round 1

10:15 Round 2

12:15 Lunch

1:30 Round 3

5:00 Round 4

Sunday, November 22

7:15 a.m. Pairings released at GBS

8:00 Round 5

11:00 Round 6

1:00 p.m. Lunch

2:00 Round 7

4:45 Speakers’ Awards and presentation of the Patrick O’Neill Memorial Award at GBS

5:45 Sextodecimofinals

Monday, November 23 @ Renaissance North Shore

7:30 a.m. Champions Awards Breakfast at Renaissance North Shore – Octafinals Pairings posted

8:30 Octafinals

11:30 Quarterfinals

2:30 p.m. Semifinals

5:30 Finals

SPARK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT VARSITY LD SCHEDULE—GLENBROOK NORTH

Friday, November 20

6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Registration—Ballroom at the Renaissance North Shore

The Ted W. Belch Registration Reception for Coaches – Ballroom at Renaissance North Shore

Saturday, November 21

7:30 a.m. Pairings released at GBN

8:00 Round 1 (all prelim rounds are flighted)

10:00 Round 2

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 Round 3

4:00 Round 4

Sunday, November 22

7:30 a.m. Pairings released at GBN

8:00 Round 5

11:00 Round 6

12:30 p.m. Lunch

2:00 Round 7

4:30 Speakers’ Awards at Glenbrook North

5:00 Sextodecimofinals

Monday, November 24 @ Renaissance North Shore

7:30 a.m. Champions Awards Breakfast at the Renaissance North Shore – Octafinals pairings posted

8:30 Octafinals

10:30 Quarterfinals

12:00 p.m. Semifinals

1:00 Finals

GLENVIEW STATE BANK JUNIOR VARSITY LD SCHEDULE—GLENBROOK NORTH/THE MAPLE SCHOOL

Friday, November 20

6:30 - 9:00 p.m. Registration—Ballroom at the Renaissance North Shore

The Ted W. Belch Registration Reception for Coaches – Ballroom at Renaissance North Shore

Saturday, November 21

7:30 a.m. Pairings released at GBN/The Maple School

8:00 Round 1 (all prelim rounds are flighted)

10:00 Round 2

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 Round 3

4:00 Round 4

Sunday, November 22

7:30 a.m. Pairings released at GBN/The Maple School

8:00 Round 5

11:00 Round 6

12:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 Sextodecimofinals

3:00 Octafinals

4:30 Speakers’ Awards at Glenbrook North

5:00 Quarterfinals

6:00 Semifinals

7:00 Finals

Speech Schedule

Friday, November 21

8:00 a.m. Draw for Extemp 1 - Extemp Draw - Library

8:30 Round 1 Pattern A (Ext, DI, PP)

10:00 Round 1 Pattern B (OO, HI, Duo)

11:00 Draw for Extemp 2

11:30 Round 2 Pattern A (Ext, DI, PP)

12:45 p.m. Round 2 Pattern B (OO, HI, Duo)

1:45 Draw for Extemp 3

2:15 Round 3 Pattern A (Ext, DI, PP)

3:30 Round 3 Pattern B (OO, HI, Duo)

4:30 Draw for Extemp 4

5:00 Round 4 Pattern A (Ext, DI, PP)

Sunday, November 22

8:00 a.m. Round 4 Pattern B (OO, HI, Duo)

9:30 Draw for Extemp Quarterfinals

10:00 Quarterfinals Pattern A

10:30 Quarterfinals Pattern B

12:00 Draw for Extemp Semifinals

12:30 Semifinals All Events

2:00 Draw for Extemp Finals

2:30 Finals All Events

4:30 Awards – Attea Cafeteria

Dec 2nd Bookfair @ Barnes and Noble

December 2nd is the Edina Friends of Forensics Bookfair day at the Galleria Barnes and Noble.

Shop at Barnes and Noble on December 2nd. 20% of your purchase will go to the team. Just indicate at check-out that you're supporting Edina Speech and Debate.
Spread the word! Tell your friends & family about our fundraising event. It's a great time to do some holiday shopping!

And then we also need volunteers to give speeches and wrap presents from 6-8PM.
Here is the Sign-up Genius to help out.

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Highland Park Recap

Highland Park Champions

While LD, PF, and Congress debaters we busy at Edina, our Policy debaters were competing at Highland Park. Anne and Sukriti took down the varsity championship. Anne also earned 5th place speaker honors while Sukriti was 2nd speaker.

The novice debaters were also champions. Lily and Elsa were undefeated and Lily was 2nd speaker.


Dani and Maggie

And a shout out to Maggie for taking Dani, a novice, into varsity as her partner for the weekend. Maggie spent the weekend teaching and coaching her partner, making her more prepared for hard debates to come yet this season. It's an example of the many instances of selfless leadership that are becoming the norm on our team.

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Nov 14 @ The Edina Classic

The Edina Classic
Edina High School
14 November 2015

You are making history: This is our first tournament in 30+ years, and the first time there has been a combined Speech and Debate tournament in Minnesota since the 1990s.

Coach-in-Charge *
Hayley Pierce-Ramsdell
Tim Greenfield
* If you are an Edina competitor, you should go to these two people for any questions during the day. Elizabeth and Andy will be busy running the tournament.

Edina debaters and @edinaspeech - all competitors must be checked-in with Coach Hayley in room 324 by 7:30AM in order to compete
— Edina Debate Team (@EdinaDebate) November 11, 2015

Check-in on tournament day
Everybody who is competing -- both speech and debate -- needs to check in with Hayley (and only Hayley) in room 324 by 7:30AM. She will have a clipboard and a copy of our roster. If you are not checked in by 7:30 we are dropping you from the tournament. Once you've checked in, you need to take your materials to the common space and prep like we do at any other tournament.

Notes

Nobody leaves until the building is cleaned. As soon as you are done debating/speaking, you need to report to room 324 to be assigned clean-up jobs. With a team our size, we should be able to having building more or less done by the time awards begin.
We expect you to attend awards.
Do we want to win things? Absolutely! But we also take the extra steps expected of hosts. For example, if you see people looking for rooms, you need to take time to graciously help our guests. ("Never trashy, always classy.") We also need you to look out for well-being of our classrooms.
We will post the full roster soon, but you should expect to be debating or speaking.
I need 6-8 volunteers to help with setup on Friday night. We'll start at 4 and finish when we have the building ready for competition. We'll provide dinner when we're done. BUT...I only want helpers who ask, "What can I do next?"

Student volunteers sign up here.

Then I need Adi, Arvind, Connie, Leah, and Samantha to be my extra-help helpers on Saturday, making one final sweep of building to make sure everything is clean.

Varsity LD Debate
Anand Mittal
Arvind Veluvali
Gloria Mi
Joanna Kim
Jonah Rosenthal
Kyle Nicholson
Murray Friedberg
Prasoon Sinha
Romi Lee
Sandra Chen
Tanner Jones
Uma Kumar-Montei

Novice LD Debate
Amrutha Garimella
Biren Katyal
Kathleen Scoggin
Lucca Figari
Mythili Iyer
Nathan Annareddy
Sabrina Talghader
Stella Olken-Hunt
Zoe Iyer

Congressional Debate
Anjali Aralikar
Ravneet Anand

JV LD Debate
Aiden Swann
Jake Straub
Joseph Annareddy
Kanu Madhok
Mark Kivimaki
Noel Hayward
Om Jahagirdar
Quinn Ramsay
Rahil Modi
Sujit Varadhan

Impromptu
Connie Chao
Gloria Mi
Gracia Seeley
James Kuznecoff
Mabel Thomas
Matias Figari
Natalie Curtin
Samantha Bevers
Sandra Chen
Saumya Mangalick
Tanner Jones
Zach Zamoff

Varsity Public Forum
Khalid Ishani - James Kuznecoff
Natalie Curtin - Adi Mittal
Jenny Ma - Aarathi Garimella
David Ma - Richard Zhu
Theo Teske - Matthew Nissen

JV Public Forum
Emily Fan - Gauri Madhok
Chloe Maynor - Anya Gudorf
Jay Chochreck - Oscar O'Brien
Veronica Wakefield - Samantha Bevers
Owen Phernetton - Paul Seim

Novice Public Forum
Jennifer Ai - Kendrew Chen
Sophie Addinton - Caroline Machart

Extemporaneous Speaking
Connie Chao
Leah Schmitt
Matias Figari
Zach Zamoff

Original Oratory
No entries.

Duo Interpretation
Sarah Collier - Medha Kaul

Humorous Interpretation
Mabel Thomas
Sarah Collier
Sarah Collier
Saumya Mangalick

Dramatic Interpretation
Gracia Seeley
Medha Kaul
Saumya Mangalick

Informative Speaking
No entries.

Program Oral Interpretation
No entries.

Speech
Round 1 - 9 AM (draw at 8:30)
Round 2 - 10:30 AM (draw at 10:00)
Round 3 - 1:00 PM (draw at 12:30)
Round 4 - 2:30 PM (draw at 2:00)

LD & PF
Round 1   8:30 AM
Round 2   9:30 AM
Round 3 10:45 AM
Round 4 12:30 PM
Round 5 2:00 PM
Varsity Final Round: 3:00 PM

Congressional Debate
Session 1 8:30-11:30
Session 2 12:30-3:30

Impromptu
Round 1 - Following Round 2 of LD/PF Round 2 - Following Round 3 of LD/PF
Round 3 - Following Round 4 of LD/PF

UNIFIED AWARDS CEREMONY - 4:00 P.M., Fick Auditorium

Nov 13-14 @ Highland Park

TAMAR KAPLAN MEMORIAL DEBATE TOURNAMENT
Highland Park High School [map, directions]
13-14 November 2015

Coaches
Brett Lind
Pete Gokey

Bus Times *
Friday 1:45pm depart EHS from door 8, pickup Southview kids at 2PM. Return approx 10PM.
Saturday 7AM depart EHS from door 7. Return approx 7PM.

Food
Bring your own for the whole day. Last year everybody on our team was hungry by 3PM.

Challenge Format
Tournament uses challenge format in Varsity.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13

2:30 – 3:30pm Registration opens. Schools not registered by 3:45pm will not be

scheduled round one.

4:00 pm Round 1 – All Divisions
5:00 pm Round 2 -- LD

5:30 pm Dinner Break -- Policy Debaters

6:00 pm Dinner Break -- LD Debaters

6:30 pm Round 2 -- Policy

7:00 pm Round 3 -- LD

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14

8:00 am School opens
9:00 am Round 3 – Varsity Policy/Round 1 Rookie/Novice/JV Policy

9:00 am Round 4 – LD
10:30 am Round 5 – LD

11:00 am Round 4 -- Varsity Policy/Round 2 Rookie/Novice/JV Policy
12:00 pm Lunch Break – LD Debaters

12:30 pm Lunch Break – Policy Debaters

1:00 pm Quarterfinals - LD
1:30 pm Semi-finals – Varsity Policy/Round 3 Rookie/Novice/JV Policy

2:30 pm Semi-finals – LD

3:45 pm Awards

4:30 pm Final Rounds – LD and Policy/Round 4 Rookie/Novice/JV Policy