Saturday Scrimmage 2016

"See one, Do one, Teach one" -- The 2016 Novice Scrimmage
Edina High School
Saturday, 17 October 2016

Our scrimmage this year will at Edina.  It's a day that's all about learning and leadership, likely the single most important practice of the season. 

We want all novices + experienced debaters to be in your rooms no later than 8AM. 

Congress
Location: EHS room 322
8:00 to 8:15--  Novices arrive, get situated.
Watch part of a sample Congress
Mini-Congress
Speech re-dos
Begin prep for Wayzata tournament

Public Forum

Location: EHS room 324

8:00 to 8:15--  Novices arrive, get situated.

8:15 to 9:30--  Demo round.

Matt/Theo vs David/Richard

Tim moderates, varsity students flow assistants

Pairings released

9:30 to 10:30 -- Round 1

10:45 to 11:45 -- Round 2

If debates end early (and they likely will) experienced debaters should provide quick feedback and have kids re-do rebuttals; novices should be debating and on-task for the whole 45 minute time block.

Policy

Location: EHS room 321

8:00 to 8:15--  Novices arrive, get situated.

Maggie and Sukriti vs Claire and Megan

Pete moderates, varsity students flow assistants

evidence organization

mini-debates

Lincoln-Douglas

Location: EHS room 321

8:00 to 8:15--  Novices arrive, get situated.

8:15 to 9:30--  Demo round.

Gloria vs. Anand on the Civil Disobedience topic

Andy moderates, varsity students flow assistants

Pairings released

9:30 to 10:30 -- Round 1

10:45 to 11:45 -- Round 2

If debates end early (and they likely will) experienced debaters should provide quick feedback and have kids re-do rebuttals; novices should be debating and on-task for the whole 45 minute time block.

All-team + Parent Meeting

The annual all-team all-parent meeting:

Thursday, September 15th 6:30 PM at EHS Fick Auditorium.

Coffee and cookies served at 6PM courtesy of the Edina Friends of Forensics.

It's important to have a parent and debater attend so that we can start the season on common understanding of expectations and the nuts-and-bolts of how you can help your debater.

Practice Returns to EHS

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Practice returns to Edina High School for the rest of the season. 

A few items of note:

• Generally speaking, 2nd year LDers should be with Hayley for practice and more experienced LDers should be with Andy.  We've made some accommodations for debaters based on their schedules.   Some debaters may move between the two groups to make attending two practices a week possible.
  
• The Friday practices for experienced PF are optional, but encouraged. 
  
• TOC Policy practices are remotely done from home on Tuesdays.  

Grapevine Runner-ups

Coach Christian, Sukriti, Maggie

Sign Up to Judge

Our team needs debate judges, both experienced and inexperienced.

Judge signup is online. 

If you need more information, please contact Joe Schmitt.

Our next judge training session is Wednesday, Sept 21st at 7PM in EHS room 320. 

Practice and Tournament Calendar

We've put together a calendar for practice time slots this year.  We haven't divided up the Green and White groups yet, but this division has been done to facilitate debaters who have conflicts with UMTYMP.

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Then we've posted a tournament/important days calendar and a traditional PDF calendar of practices and tournaments.

Practice begins August 15th.

Joining Debate 2016-17

The Edina debate team is open to students in grades 8-12.  There are no try-outs or prerequisites. Here are some key dates and information related to joining the team:

• Practice begins on Monday, August 15 - 6pm in room 350 of the Edina Community Center. Most new debaters will practice at 6pm on Monday and Thursday.  6-8pm is the usual time for practices all season long.
• All debaters will need to register with the EHS Activities Office to join the debate team.  Registration should be open about August 3rd.
• September 15 is the all-team and parents meeting at 6:30 in Fick Auditorium at EHS. 
• Students should have a paper notebook, pen, and ideally some kind of laptop or tablet for practice. 
• Contact head coach Andy Charrier at charrier@gmail.com if you need other information.