Thursday, July 28, 2016

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.


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Monday, July 25, 2016

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.
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Sunday, June 19, 2016

A National Champion, School of Honor, Mountain Hikers

A short recap of the 2016 national tournament:

Theo Teske won the middle school extemp speaking championship!   Lucca Figari was a national semifinalist, missing finals on a tie-breaker of judge preference.  In his final speech, Theo's ranks were 2-1-1-1-1 and he was the #1 seed throughout the tournament.  It's our first middle school championship.  Pictured below are all of the middle school champions at awards -- Theo is on the far right.
In the high school portion of the tournament, Anne Lepow and Sukriti Rawal were our highest placing entry, finishing in the top 20 in Policy debate.   They debated a string of top-level teams -- Rowland Hall, Glenbrook South, Glenbrook North, and Montgomery Bell Academy.   In the picture below, Anne and Sukriti are facing Glenbrook North.
Arvind Velluvali finished in the top 30 for Lincoln-Douglas debate and Max Schleck was an octofinalist in International Extemp speaking.  Both Max and Matias spent time helping Theo and Lucca -- one of the best qualities of our team our commitment to each other.  Edina earned a National School of Honor award (1 of 20 schools) for the second year in a row.  Below is whole nationals group and their awards.
Finally, after an 11 hour practice and scrimmage session, we took a break and went for a short hike in the Wasatch mountains.


These mountains are beautiful!



Thus ends the 2015-16 season!


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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Will It Be You?


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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

NSDA Nationals 2016

2016 NSDA Nationals Information
June 13-17, 2016
Salt Lake City Utah

Coaches/Chaperones
Andy Charrier
Tim Greenfield
Susan Clark
Anika Clark

Notes
Bring about $20 a day for food.  Our hotel has free breakfast, there is food at every competition venue, and then in the evenings we'll hit up some place along the lines of a Noodles or Applebees.

Clothing - bring 3 days of competition clothing.  If we have a 4th day, we'll deal with it after then.  

Flight Info
This example uses Arvind's name, but it's the same for everybody.  We depart Minneapolis at 2:40 on Saturday, June 11 @ 2:40PM.  Return the following Saturday at 8:12PM.

We want to meet at 12:40 so that we have plenty of time to pass through security.

Meeting location:  On the lowest level where the shuttle train brings people over from the parking ramps.  There is a Delta group desk in this area.  Basically enter doors 4 or 5 and go all the way down the escalator.  (Arvind -- this is where we met when you went to Grapevine 3 years ago.)

Hotel
Residence Inn Salt Lake - Cottonwood
6425 South 3000 East. Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 USA
1-801-453-0430

Schedule
Sunday - Registration +  scrimmage with Broward County teams
Monday-Friday - High school competition
Wednesday-Friday - Middle school competition
Friday - Final rounds + awards (longest awards in history, but it's cool to see)

Every day other than Sunday amounts to leave hotel early in the morning, return about supper-time day.  (Roughly speaking.) 

Competition Venues
Alta High School
11055 S 1000 E, Sandy, UT 84094
* Extemp and Original Oratory (Mon-Tue)

Indian Hills Middle School
1180 East Sanders Road, Sandy, UT 84094
 * Middle School Speech Events (Wed-Thu)

Hillcrest High School
7350 S 900 E, Midvale, UT 84047
 * Policy Debate (Mon-Tue)

Brighton High School
2220 Bengal Boulevard, Salt Lake City, UT 84121
* HS Main Event Speech Elims (Wed)
* HS Main Event Debate Elims (Wed-Thu)

Salt Palace Convention Center
100 West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
* Registration and Expo (Sun)
* Final Rounds and National Awards Assembly (Thu-Fri)




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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Seeking New Debate Team Members

We are searching for new members to join the award-winning Edina debate team.  Start by attending the informational meeting.  We'll make our case for you to join the team, see a demonstration debate, meet some of the coaches, and have the opportunity to ask questions.  Coming to the meeting doesn't obligate you to join the team.  Students who will be in grades 8-12 in the Fall of 2016 are welcome to join.



Reserve your tickets to attend the informational meeting + bring a parent. 

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

EFOF Debate and Speech Banquet

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