Sept 24-26 @ Valley High School

Mid-America Classic
West Des Moines Valley High School
3650 Woodland Ave, West Des Moines, IA 50266 [map + directions]
24-26 September 2016

Hotel
La Quinta Inn
1390 NW 118th St
Clive IA 50325

Coaching
Jasmine Stidham
Arrives at 8:52PM Friday on Delta 4052 from Minneaoplis
Departs at 6:00AM Monday on American 1135 to Dallas
* Jasmine will judge through the end of the day on Sunday, tournament is covering our judging obligation for the 3rd team + any Monday rounds for which we are obligated. 

Policy Debate
   Sukriti Rawal - Maggie Wells
   Claire Carlson - Megan Shannahan
   Tanner Engh - Zelda Kieser

Schedule
Saturday, September 24, 2013
Policy rounds will take place at Valley High School.
8:00 am                       Debate round 1
10:00 am                     Debate Round 2
11:30 pm                     Lunch
1:00 pm                       Debate Round 3
4:00 pm                       Debate Round 4

Sunday, September 25, 2013
Policy rounds will take place at Valley High School.
8:00 am                       Debate round 5
11:00 am                     Debate round 6
12:30 pm                     Lunch
2:00 pm                       Double octofinals,  then Octos

Awards and octofinals in each division will take place according to that division's schedule. These times will be announced by each division director.

Monday, September 36, 2013
Monday debates will be at:
West Des Moines Marriott
1250 Jordan Creek Pkwy
West Des Moines, IA 50266

8:00 am                       Quarterfinals
11:00 pm                     Semifinals
2:00 pm                       Finals

Handout for Parent Meeting

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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