Sunday, February 7, 2016

Competition Clothes Closet


Every debater or extemp speaker needs a competition outfit so that they look like champions when competing.  Since kids outgrow their clothes, we'd like to start collecting donated professional clothing and organize a competition clothing closet so that every Edina debater and extemper looks their best.

To get this started we need two volunteer parents of alums who are willing to lead up this effort. If you are willing, please contact coach Charrier at charrier@gmail.com
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Monday, February 1, 2016

Hornet Camp 2016

 Hornet Camp 2016 will be bigger and better than last summer.  We are bringing in instructors from around America to work with our team for 10 days.  To make this work, we have registration targets that need to be met in order to make the camp financially viable.  Thus there is a small deposit and registration required.  Deadline is Tuesday, February 16th.

Here is the paperwork --> Hornet Camp 2016 registration
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Sunday, January 24, 2016

National Qualifers and Sweepstakes Champions

The 2016 debate season more or less wrapped up on Saturday with the qualifying tournament for the National Speech and Debate Association (formerly National Forensic League) in Salt Lake City, UT.

For the second year in a row, Edina brings home the district sweepstakes championship:
A summary of results from our timeline summarize the results:



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Sunday, January 17, 2016

State Champs + More

The State debate tournament ended with Edina bringing home a State championship, and more.  We couldn't be happier.  Thanks to coaches Brett, Bob, Tim, Hayley, and Pete who all worked to make this happen.

What makes our team special is the willingness of everybody on the team to help each other succeed.  The "prep squad" for state this week included Megan, Maggie, Claire, Khalid, James, Jenny, Aarthi, James, Sandra, Mark, Jonah, Mark, Mabel, Romi, and Gloria.  This group scouted other teams, cut cards, researched cases, and role-played upcoming opponents.  An amazing amount of effort by all to help prepare or state competitors.

Results and brackets available at the MSHSL website. 

A special recognition to Anand who was walked over in semis, allowing Arvind to debate in finals for his 2nd state championship.










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22-23 Jan @ NSDA National Qualifiers

NSDA National Qualifiers
St. Paul Central (Friday) - 275 North Lexington Parkway St. Paul, MN 55104
Eagan (Saturday) - 4185 Braddock Trail Eagan, MN 55123
22 and 23 January 2016

Salt Lake City, UT - Nationals 2016

PF debaters -- tournament for PF is Saturday only.
LD and Policy -- you will debate both days.

Bus
Friday - depart EHS door 7 at 2PM, return 10:30PM (est)
Saturday - depart EHS door 7 at 7AM, parent pick-up once finished - no return bus on Saturday

Policy
Sukriti and Anne
Maggie and Meredith
Claire and Megan

Public Forum (Saturday only)
Natalie and Adi
Richard and David
Jenny and Aarthi
James and Khalid

LD
Anand
Arvind
Gloria
Jonah
Friday January 22, 2016 @ St. Paul Cental High School

Policy Registration

2:15 - 2:30 PM: Registration - Will take place in the St. Paul Central Cafeteria. Please do not arrive before 2:15 PM but please arrive by 2:30 so we can schedule round #1 and get going by 3 PM. To help make registration run more smoothly please call my cell phone (651-283-5976) to confirm your entry and your estimated time of arrival at St. Paul Central High School. 

Policy Debate

3:00  Round #1 Policy Debate

5:00  Round #2 Policy Debate

7:30  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



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



Saturday January 23, 2016 @ Eagan High School

7:45 AM –  All Policy, PF and LD Schools Must Check in with the Tab Room by 7:45 AM so that our tournament can run on time. Tab Room will be located in Conference Room D at Eagan High School located on the upper floor of EHS.

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

8:30 AM Round #1 PF Debate

9:45 AM Round #2 PF Debate



11:00 AM Round #3 PF Debate

11:30 - All PF School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels.

12:30  PM - Round #4

2:00   PM - All PF School head coaches must be in the tab room for the placing of judges on panels

2:30 PM - Round #5

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 #6


Awards

6:00 PM - Awards for all 3 events (any events requiring a debate back - that round will follow awards)

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Sunday, January 10, 2016

2016-17 Policy Resolution Released


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Saturday, December 19, 2015

2016 Summer Camps

There are many summer camp options for debate.  We put together a a handout of camps that we've had first-hand experience with and endorse as being decent camps that in Minneapolis or the Midwest:

2016 Debate Summer Debate Camp Guide

And then we are having our own early-summer camp for LD and PF debaters:


Hornet Camp 2016 – Edina, MN
June 20-30 day camp 9AM-5PM  $500 (dates, times, and expense all estimates)

We are hosting our own workshop to kick off the summer.   A minimum of 12 PF and 12 LD students are needed to make this camp happen.  Instructors will be successful nationally competitive coaches who will work with local assistants.

More info and registration paperwork  will posted on edinadebate.com by the end of December.


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