DON'T FORGET

All who are planning to come to the holiday party/dinner tomorrow night at Anna's house are to bring $3 to cover the cost of the food.  Please bring it to practice tomorrow, regardless of if you are staying for practice or not.

Thanks!!

Update from Westfield

We received the below email from the Westfield coaches today. If your event is not listed below, you will be competing in separate rooms for Novice and Varsity.


Good afternoon. We wanted to let you know we are collapsing (combining Varsity & Novice) for some events due to the numbers and for the purpose of competition. Students will compete in the same room, but ribbons for each novice and varsity will still be awarded separately.
The events include:

Congress
DI
HI
Scripted Duo
IX
USX
Dec
OO
OP
Poetry

Thank you.

Speech Christmas Party THIS FRIDAY!

Just a reminder about our Christmas Party this week:

When: Friday, December 12th from after practice until 8:30pm

Where: Anna's house (6055 Conestoga Trail Columbus 47203)

What to bring: $3 for pizza, your ugliest Christmas sweater, and a $10 gift for the gift exchange

We are looking forward to celebrating the first half of our season and relaxing before we head to Westfield on Saturday!

Also, reminder: the bus leaves at 5:45am for Westfield this Saturday. This will be our last speech meeting until Tuesday, January 6th!

Westfield Registration

Student	Event(s)
Nicole Bodi	IMP, USX
Kelsey Bower	DIS
Molly Connor	SD, PRO
Zayne Coomer	OP
Olivia Fahey	DI, SD
Mariann Fant	MD, OD
Emma Finerfrock	PRO
Sarah Harpring	PRO
Tessa Hirons	MD, PRO
Krysjahn Johnson	DIS
Sara Kilbarger-Stumpff	OD
Austin Lewis	SD, OD
Mattias Memering	BR
Megan Miller	OO, USX
Ian Roesler	IMP
Kira Singer	SD, HI
Andy Wagner	DIS
Gracie Webb	IMP, IX

Radio information for Westfield

Round 1: News - should be International, National, Sports, and one additional story

Round 2: Commercial 1 minute (Product is found at http://www.amazon.com/Accoutrements-Inflatable-Unicorn-Horn-Cats/dp/B00BPMMQDG)

Round 3: Editorial - Obama's Executive Immigration Order 2 minutes

Round 4: On the spot - 2 minutes prep, 2 minutes speak

Parent Schedule for Saturday's Concession Stand

Lori Memering  7:45am-noon
Kate Connor 7:45am-10am
Marty Hirons 10-12
Mr. or Mrs. Harpring 10:30-12:30
Julia Stumpff 10:30-12:30
Erica Johnson 10:30-12:30
Cindy Finerfrock 12:30-2:30

Thanks for all your help this weekend!

Need one (1) judge for Westfield, or we start cutting entries

We had sufficient judges for the Westfield tournament until late this afternoon.  Now we are short one judge for the tournament.  Please help us find that judge by Thursday afternoon, or we start cutting entries based on participation and team standing.  And we really don't want to have to do that.  Please text, tell us at practice tomorrow, or email us that name by Thursday afternoon at 5pm.

Thanks!  Matt

VERY IMPORTANT MEETING TOMORROW!

MEGA IMPORTANT MEETING TOMORROW! We will be getting the registration for the IUPUC meet and the Westfield meet on 12/13. We will also be going over the food and requirements for this weekend! There will only be one official practice this week on Wednesday after school. Friday, we will be meeting at IUPUC outside of Anna's office at 3:30 to set up for the tournament.

Results from the New Castle High School Speech Meet 11/22/14

CEHS Speech Team placed 3rd out of 27 schools at the New Castle High School speech meet held on November 22, 2014.

The following competitors earned ribbons:

Mattias Memering placed 10th in Broadcasting
Krysjahn Johnson placed 4th in Discussion
Olivia Fahey placed 2nd in Dramatic Interp
Tessa Hirons and Mariann Fant were champions in Memorized Duo
Olivia Fahey and Austin Lewis placed 2nd in Scripted Duo
Molly Connor and Kira Singer placed 6th in Scripted Duo
Kira Singer placed 4th in Humorous Interp
Gracie Webb placed 6th in Impromptu
Mariann Fant was champion in Declamation
Austin Lewis placed 4th in Declamation
Sara Kilbarger-Stumpff placed 8th in Declamation
Molly Connor placed 6th in Prose
Sarah Harpring placed 7th in Prose
Megan Miller placed 7th in US Extemp
Gracie Webb placed 3rd in International Extemp

The team scored a total of 94 sweepstakes points for the day.

Congrats to the team on the trophy and the ribbons!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Here is the grid of awesome that is our team tomorrow!  Kelsey is so far our only drop.

Student	Event(s)
Nicole Bodi	DIS
Kelsey Bower	DIS
Jonathan Clayton	IMP
Molly Connor	SD, PR
Zayne Coomer	OP
Olivia Fahey	DI, SD
Mariann Fant	MD, OD
Sarah Harpring	PR
Tessa Hirons	MD, PR
Krysjahn Johnson	DIS
Sara Kilbarger-Stumpff	OD
Austin Lewis	SD, OD
Mattias Memering	BR
Megan Miller	USX
Ian Roesler	IMP
Kira Singer	SD, HI
Andy Wagner	DIS
Gracie Webb	IMP, IX

Food sign up for the IUPUC Meet

All food should be delivered to practice on Friday, December 5th at IUPUC. Ice should be brought Saturday morning when you come for the meet.

Zayne - 1 dozen chocolate muffins
Alex - 1 dozen blueberry muffins

Kelsey - 1 dozen bagels with cream cheese

Krysjahn - 1 dozen bagels with cream cheese

Andy - 1 dozen cookies

Olivia - 1 dozen cookies

Gracie - 1 dozen cookies

Tessa - 1 dozen brownies

Mariann - 1 dozen brownies

Jonathan - 1 dozen brownie

Sara K-S - grapes

Sarah H - bag of oranges

Kira, Emma, & Austin - ice

Molly - box of chips

Megan - box of chips

Nicole - 1 case water

Ian - 1 case water

Hannah - 1 case water

Sarah H - 1 cooler

Matt - 2 coolers

Kira - 1 cooler

Next two weeks' schedule

Week of November 16-22

• Practice on both Wednesday and Friday after school
• Departure time for New Castle  is 5:30am on Saturday

Week of November 24-28

• No Tuesday morning meeting
• No practice Wednesday OR Friday

Registration for New Castle

Broadcasting (1 entries)

132: Mattias Memering (Varsity)

Discussion (4 entries)

238: Kelsey Bower (Varsity)
239: Krysjahn Johnson (Varsity)
240: Andy Wagner (Varsity)
241: Nicole Bodi (Varsity)

Dramatic Interpretation (1 entries)

312: Olivia Fahey (Varsity)

Duo Interpretation (Memorized) (1 entries)

708: Tessa Hirons and Mariann Fant (Varsity)

Duo Interpretation (Scripted) (2 entries)

1305: Olivia Fahey and Austin Lewis (Varsity)
1317: Molly Connor and Kira Singer (Varsity)

Humorous Interpretation (1 entries)

418: Kira Singer (Varsity)

Impromptu Speaking (3 entries)

529: Gracie Webb (Varsity)
530: Jonathan Clayton (Varsity)
531: Ian Roesler (Varsity)

International Extemporaneous Speaking (1 entries)

614: Gracie Webb (Varsity)

Oratorical Declamation (3 entries)

1518: Mariann Fant (Varsity)
1519: Austin Lewis (Varsity)
1520: Sara Kilbarger-Stumpff (Varsity)

Original Performance (1 entries)

1022: Zayne Coomer (Varsity)

Prose Reading (3 entries)

1239: Sarah Harpring (Varsity)
1240: Molly Connor (Varsity)
1241: Tessa Hirons (Varsity)

United States Extemporaneous Speaking (1 entries)

1411: Megan Miller (Varsity)

Judges:

Marty Hirons

Kathi Hirons

Job Willman

Jan Kiel

Tamra Kiel

Radio Information for New Castle

Radio needs to bring a two-minute news broadcast. All other radio materials will be provided.

 Radio contestants will prep for both commercial and editorial. On the spot will come from a recent USA Today (print or online).

 Round 1—newscast; round 2—commercial; round 3—editorial; round 4—on-the spot.

Speech Winter Weather Policy

Hello all,

With snow on the ground and winter here, we wanted to share the CEHS Speech Team winter weather policy:

1. If there is a 2 hour delay on Tuesday, there is no morning meeting. Check the blog for information we would have given you and directions to follow.

2. If there is a 2 hour delay on Wednesday or Friday, there will still be practice.

3. If school is cancelled, there is no morning meeting or practice.

4. If school dismisses early, practice will be cancelled.

5. We will travel to weekend meets as long as BCSC transportation tells us it is still safe. We will communicate any cancelled meets on the blog and via text message.

As always, if you are ever concerned, please ask Anna or Matt!

Tentative New Castle Registration

Jonathan - impromptu
Zayne - OP
Mariann - mem duo and dec
Livi - scripted duo and DI
Andy - discussion
Sarah H - prose
Molly - prose and scripted duo
Kira - HI and scripted duo
Austin - scripted duo and dec
Gracie - IX and impromptu
Nicole - discussion
Megan - USX and OO
Sara K-S - dec
Tessa - mem duo and DI
Mattias - radio
Krysjahn - discussion
Kelsey - discussion

Updated Speech Meet Schedule -- will be distributed in hardcopy tomorrow morning - CHANGES ARE HIGHLIGHTED!

UPDATED Speech Meet Schedule

2014-2015

Saturday, November 1st – Fishers High School

Saturday, November 8^th  – Maconaquah High School (This is a far drive and will likely be a long day!)

Saturday, November 22^nd  – New Castle High School

Saturday, December 6^th – IUPUC in Columbus

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12^TH – HOLIDAY PARTY AT ANNA’S HOUSE at 5:30pm (There will be an ugly sweater contest and a white elephant gift exchange – please bring a $10 gift to swap)

Saturday, December 13^th – Westfield High School – LOCATION CHANGE

Saturday, January 10^th – Noblesville High School

Saturday, January 17^th – Floyd Central High School

Saturday, January 24^th – Greensburg High School

Saturday, January 31^st – Speedway High School

Saturday, February 14^th – Ben Davis High School – LOCATION CHANGE

Saturday, February 21st – Columbus East High School

Saturday, February 28^th – Kokomo High School – LOCATION CHANGE

Saturday, March 7^th  – Sectionals in Greensburg

Saturday, March 14^th  – Districts at Noblesville High School (Only OO, MDUO, HI, DI, USX, and IX)

Saturday, March 28^th– State Meet at Fishers High School (Must qualify at Sectionals)

Results from Maconaquah 11/8/14

Mariann - 2nd varsity declamation
Livi - 6th varsity DI
Gracie - 4th varsity IX
Gracie - 6th varsity impromptu
Megan - 2nd varsity USX
Mattias - 4th novice radio
Krysjahn - CHAMPION novice discussion

This combined for an overall 7th place finish for the team. There were 3o4 entries and 17 schools at the tournament!

Another great day for Olympian Speech!

Maconaquah Registration for 11/8

Austin - scripted duo and dec
Mariann - dec and HI
Livi - scripted duo and DI
Gracie - IX and impromptu
Megan - OO and USX
Mattias - radio
Kira - HI
Zayne - OP
Krysajn - Discussion
Alex - dec and impromptu
Andy - discussion
Kennedi - poetry
Kelsey - discussion
Hannah - impromptu and prose

Judges:
Ann Fahey
Katie Miller
Braidon Martoccia
Jaclyn Vanosdol
Courtney Seiwert

Some pictures from our day at Fishers on 11/1/14

Radio information for Maconaquah

1 minute commercial for national product - let's reuse the one you wrote for Fishers

2 minute newscast 

One round will be a cold read of breaking news

One round will be on the spot

Results from FIshers 11/1

CEHS had a great, albeit small, showing today at FIshers. The meet was HUGE with 677 entries and 39 schools! 

We brought home the following recognitions:

Mariann - 8th HI

Mariann - 13th dec

Alex - 14th dec

Alex - 5th impromptu

Krysjahn - 13th discussion 

These events each had between 30 and 59 entries! Can't wait to see what next week at Maconaquah!

First meet of the season at Fishers this weekend!

Good morning all!

We are bringing a total of 14 entries and 4 judges (1 parent, 1 alum of the team and 2  IUPUC students). It is bound to be a great time! Here is some information and some reminders about our meet this weekend:

• Please be in the band parking lot at CEHS at 5:20am on Saturday. The bus will depart promptly at 5:30am and if you are not on the bus, you will have to find your own transportation to Fishers High School.
• If your parent(s) are judging this weekend, they are welcome to ride the bus with you or you are welcome to ride with them. If you ride with them, you need to be at Fishers High School no later than 7:30am. 
• This is going to be a potentially long day. 
• Matt and I would estimate we should be back to East by 5:30pm, but there are no guarantees. We will stay all the way through awards.
• If you have plans for the evening, you can have a parent pick you up at Fishers when you are done competing -- but you need to provide us with a note when you get on the bus in the morning and your parent will need to come in, so Matt or Ann can see them.
• Things to bring to the speech meet:
• Professional attire to compete in (If you are concerned about your attire, please send Matt and I a picture before Friday evening)
• Comfy clothes to change into for the bus ride back to CEHS
• A blanket and pillow for the bus
• Your speech binder if you are competing in an interp event
• Your electronic device if you are competing in extemp
• Some snacks to get you through the day and maybe some to share with your teammates
• Some cash to buy lunch from the concession stand (Remember if we want people to buy from the concession stand at our meet, we need to buy from theirs)
• Bottled water
• Any games or decks of cards to play during down time (and there may be a lot)
• An open mind and a will to do well
• This is the first meet of the year and it is going to be a blast, even if it is a really long day!

As always if you have any questions, please contact me (860.836.0081) or Matt (812.343.7533). We are really excited (and a little nervous) to get this season kicked off and to spend time with you competing!

Registration for Fishers on November 1st

Judges: Jaclyn Vanosdol, Jessica McLean, Ann Fahey, and Katie Miller

Student	Event(s)
Nicole Bodi	DIS
Molly Connor	DI, IMP
Zayne Coomer	OP
Olivia Fahey	DI
Mariann Fant	HI, OD
Lindsay Foist	IMP
Hannah Gregory	IMP
Alex Hahn	IMP, OD
Krysjahn Johnson	DIS
Mattias Memering	BR
Megan Miller	USX
Ian Roesler	IMP

PRACTICE TODAY!

JUST A REMINDER: Practice today at IUPUC.....3:30-5pm. Meet at Anna's office....CC151, right outside the cafe!

Fall Break Practice Schedule

Hello all,

I wanted to let you know that we will be having OPTIONAL fall break practice on the two Wednesdays from 3:30-5pm at IUPUC. We will meet in the CC building (the orange colored building) outside of CC 151 (Anna's office) and then we will move to some classrooms. This is a good time to work on your pieces, practice memorizing pieces, begin running through pieces out loud for an audience, and begin filing for extemp. We will also have specific information about the meet at Fishers on Nov 1st during these practices as well.

We are up to five judges - so we will be able to take 25 entries to the first meet!

Important information for Speech Team Participants!

Hello all -- Here are is some important information that you need to be made aware of:

• There will be no practice on Friday, September 26th!
• Tuesday morning meetings will NOT be held until after Fall Break.
• There is a MANDATORY parent meeting on Tuesday, Sept 23rd at 7pm in the East Cafeteria.
• There is a judges training on Tuesday, September 30th at 7pm in the East Cafeteria.
• Your $40 dues are due as soon as possible to either Matt/Anna or to the bookstore.
• Checks should be made out to CEHS Speech Team.
• Please bring us a ticket if you turn your dues in directly to the bookstore.
• The last day to order pieces or any kind of materials is 10/10/14.
• Piece/event selection must be done by 10/15/14.

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If you have any questions about these dates or expectations, please make sure you get in contact with Matt or Anna as soon as possible.

Most updated 2014-2015 Speech Meet Schedule

Tentative Speech Meet Schedule

2014-2015

Saturday, November 1st – Fishers High School

Saturday, November 8^th  – Maconaquah High School (This is a far drive and will likely be a long day!)

Saturday, November 22^nd  – New Castle High School

Saturday, December 6^th – IUPUC in Columbus (We are hosting - ALL members of the team required to compete)

Saturday, December 13^th – We will either go to Westfield High School or Rushville High School – this is yet to be decided, but we will be going somewhere

Saturday, January 10^th – Noblesville High School

Saturday, January 17^th – Floyd Central High School

Saturday, January 24^th – Greensburg High School

Saturday, January 31^st – Speedway High School

Saturday, February 14^th – Logansport High School (This is a far drive and will likely be a long day!)

Saturday, February 21st – Columbus East (We are hosting - ALL members of the team required to compete)

Saturday, February 28^th – Southport High School (District Congress will be competed here)

Saturday, March 7^th  – Sectionals in Greensburg (Must be able to compete at State to participate)

Saturday, March 14^th  – Districts at Noblesville High School (Only OO, MDUO, HI, DI, USX, and IX)

Saturday, March 28^th– State Meet at Fishers High School (Must qualify at Sectionals)

Call out Meetings

Hello all -

It was great to see several of you at the veterans' call out last night. I wanted to share with you the schedule for next week:

Tuesday, we will meet in the Orange Room at 715am to go over team expectations and to see how many new people we can get there. Ideally, you would each bring one friend who would be interested in joining the team.....remember we are trying to get large numbers of freshmen and sophomores.

Wednesday, we will meet in the Orange Room at 320pm for the event fair. We will need volunteers to staff tables to discuss the different events we have available to our new competitors. We will also use this time for a general Q & A for everyone.

Panera Dine to Donate Event

We will be having a dine to donate event at Panera on National Road on Thursday, September 18th from 4-8pm. The speech team will receive a percentage of all sales made during those four hours from people who bring in our flier or show the cashier the flier on their cellphones. The flier will be made available to the veterans in hardcopy and online after our meeting on Monday - please start getting the word out!

UPDATED VETERAN CALLOUT MEETING

WELCOME BACK everyone! We have to move the veterans call-out meeting (for anyone who has previously been on the team) to Monday, August 25th at 6pm at CEHS. We will meet in the cafeteria. We will bring the books, pieces we have and will start brainstorming for the year......plan on an hour to an hour and a half!

Sorry for the inconvenience!

Veterans' Call-out Meeting!

WELCOME BACK everyone! We are going to have the veterans call-out meeting (for anyone who has previously been on the team) on Tuesday, August 26th at 6pm at CEHS. We are not sure of the room yet, but will let you know. We will bring the books, pieces we have and will start brainstorming for the year......plan on an hour to an hour and a half!

BANQUET THIS SUNDAY!

We have so much to much to celebrate this year......our most successful one yet, our first national qualifiers, our state qualifiers, our seven seniors, and so much more! So when will we celebrate?

What: End of the year banquet
When: THIS SUNDAY, May 4th from 3-5:30
Where: Anna's house (6055 Conestoga Trail in Columbus)
What to bring:

• Freshmen - fruit and veggie trays
• Sophomores - side dishes, chips, dips (please avoid grocery store salads -- no one ever eats them)
• Juniors - dessert
• Seniors - bring yourselves -- we will be honoring you!

Matt and I will provide brats and veggie burgers for grilling! It will be super laidback.....we will present letters and chevrons earned this year, NFL certificates and memberships earned this year, and new levels of distinctions, and perhaps a few surprises!

Please RSVP to Anna or Matt by THIS THURSDAY if you are planning on attending. My house/garage/deck is only so big, so the banquet is intending for speech competitors only!

Desperate plea!

We are in desperate need of people to help this Saturday from 11-3:30 with concessions. You don't have to dress up - jeans and your team shirt are perfect! Please let me know if you can help please!

Information for this week!

Hi guys! Three things (and I will post them on the Facebook site too):

1. I need four or five of you to work concession this Saturday at the District Congress meet at East. Please text me as soon as possible to let me know if you can.

2. I need people to donate baked goods, bagged snacks, and a couple cases of water. Please text me as soon as possible to let me know if you can. If you are bringing food, comment here too - so everyone knows.

3. The article will be in The Republic this Saturday with our team picture. So be on the look out and get your hands on as many extra copies as you can.

IHSFA State Tournament Results

Yesterday was an incredible day at Fishers High School for the state tournament. CEHS had a fantastc showing....we had three semifinalists: Mariann in HI, Gracie in IX, and Nicole in USX. Whitney was the STATE CHAMPION in Discussion. The team has a whole placed 4th in Class AA -- something we have also never done before. And to make the day even better, John Martoccia arranaged for a police escort from the interstate to the high school on our way home, capping off an INCREDIBLE season!

Remember, a reporter from The Republic will be meeting us in the Orange Room the Thursday after break at 3:30pm to do a story about our season. Please plan to be there and to bring your interp binders if you used one this year.

State Qualifier Run Through

Tomorrow morning the speech state qualifiers will do a run through. Please meet on the 3rd floor closest to the gym. You should wear your gray CEHS speech shirts both tomorrow morning and Saturday morning.

Remember the bus leaves at 515 Saturday morning and will return sometime after 10pm.

End of the Year Banquet

We have so much to much to celebrate this year......our most successful one yet, our first national qualifiers, our state qualifiers, our seven seniors, and so much more! So when will we celebrate?

What: End of the year banquet
When: Sunday, May 4th from 3-5:30
Where: Anna's house (6055 Conestoga Trail in Columbus)
What to bring:

• Freshmen - fruit and veggie trays
• Sophomores - side dishes, chips, dips (please avoid grocery store salads -- no one ever eats them)
• Juniors - dessert
• Seniors - bring yourselves -- we will be honoring you!

Matt and I will provide brats, chicken, and veggie burgers for grilling! It will be super laidback.....we will present letters and chevrons earned this year, NFL certificates and memberships earned this year, and new levels of distinctions, and perhaps a few surprises!

Please RSVP to Anna by April 20th if you are planning on attending. My house/garage/deck is only so big, so the banquet is intending for speech competitors only!

To CEHS Speech parents of IHSFA state qualifiers

Parents:

                It’s been another year of growth and success for the Columbus East High School Speech Team.  We are grateful to you all for helping out with the successful execution of two home speech meets over the course of two months as well as assisting with the judging of invitational tournaments throughout the season.  We are so grateful for your continued support of the team, and we feel privileged to be a part of your child(ren)’s life.

Among the major highlights of this year, we successfully qualified our first entry into the NFL National Speech and Debate tournament to be held this year in June in Overland Park, KS.  This is a huge accomplishment for our qualifying duo of Mariann Fant and Tessa Hirons, and marks yet another level of sustained success for Columbus East Speech. 

                On the state level, the team has taken home trophies at all but two meets this year—a remarkable accomplishment as we have competed in 10 total meets.  CEHS Speech is continuing to earn the respect of schools all over the state, but especially among schools in Central Indiana and most notably among the powerhouse metro Indianapolis schools. 

                The culmination of this successful year will be the March 15^th IHSFA State Speech Tournament at Fishers High School.  Those parents who have had team members qualified in this tournament or in attendance can vouch for the fact that this is an extremely long day of competition along the same lines as the District Solo Speech tournament that was contested on March 8^th at Logansport.  The team leaves the parking lot for Fishers at 5:30am and returns to the CEHS at about 11:00pm.  We ask that you send cash with your child as we plan on stopping for some kind of quick dinner somewhere in the area before we make the drive home.

                There will be roughly 48 entries per event (14 X 48 = 672 entries).  There will be three preliminary rounds of competition, two semifinal rounds, and one final round.  Head coaches have to be there the entire day to judge or work the tournament.  If your child doesn’t break semis or finals, then their day ends at about 11:30 or 12 noon.  If your child breaks to semis or finals, then it would probably make sense for them to stay the whole day. 

                If you are available to take your child home should his or her day end early, then we will need a signed note stating that you are taking your child home for purposes of head count and liability at the end of the trip. Either Anna or Matt will also need to see you and your child before you leave, just so we know that your child has left with you.  We would love to have the entire state-qualifying team stay for the whole day to support semifinalists and finalists, but understand if your child doesn’t want to stay the whole day.  We just want to let everyone know what impacts the State Tournament might have on families.

                If you have any questions, please call Matt on his cell (812) 343-7533 or Anna on her cell (860) 831-0081.  Or email us at cehs.speech@gmail.com or afcarmon@gmail.com.

Thanks!  Matt and Anna

Notes for week 3/10/14

Final push this week, friends!  Keep the faith and keep your heads up!

Discussion artifacts are now available on the IHSFA webpage, ihsfa.org.  Also, if you can't find or have lost the state US and Foreign Extemp topic areas, they can also be found at the IHSFA website as well.

MANDATORY meeting for all CEHS Speech Team members Tuesday morning.

See you for practice on Thursday!  All state qualifiers are expected to be at this practice!

Thanks, Matt

Judging for IHSFA State

All:

We have secured four of the six judges for the IHSFA State Speech Meet.  We still need two more.  Anna and I plus two IUPUC students have agreed to judge for us for state.  Please help us find judges for March 15.  It will be a longer day than normal for competition, so the people you seek out should be aware of that up front.

We appreciate any assistance that you all can provide us.

~Matt

Discussion information for Sectionals

Whitney, Alex, and Neeraj -

You can find the artifacts you will be discussing on the ihsfa.org website. About half way down the screen on the right hand side, you will see a link for Discussion Artifacts for Sectional Speech Meet.

There will be prelims and a final for the Saturday......meaning you have the opportunity to be in four discussion rounds and the top 6 entries will move on to state.

Extemp information for Sectionals

Nicole, Arjun and Megan ---

The topics for your first three rounds are: Midterm elections, US Economy, and Education. 

If you make it to the finals (which 6 out of 10 entries will), your final round topic will be Democrats and their President.

The three of you have the potential for giving four speeches on Saturday....with a new draw for each speech.

Gracie and Naveen ---

You win - congratulations, you are both going to state! However, you will speak once to determine your placing in a final round. Your topic will be Europe (Germany, Bosnia, France, Greece, England). Your round will take place at 830am with a draw at 8am. Naveen, this means you will be done for the entire day at 9:15am -- so you may want to consider getting a ride home or you are welcome to stay and watch your teammates.

Information for Sectionals next week

Matt and I spent the day setting up the Sectional Speech tournament.....here is what you need to know. The following is the number of entries in each event:

Broadcasting- 6
Dec - 12
Discussion - 17
DI - 8
Mem Duo - 10
Scripted Duo - 14
HI - 10
Impromptu - 14
IX - 6
OO - 10
OP - 15
Poetry - 18
Prose -18
USX - 9

The events with 6 or fewer competitors will only compete in a final round and are automatically qualified for state. So congratulations Braidon, Gracie, and Naveen - you are our first three state qualifiers! :)

The events (Dec, Mem Duo, Scripted Duo, HI, Impromptu, OO, OP, and USX) with 16 or fewer entries will compete in three prelim rounds and a final round.

The events with 17 or more entries (Discussion, Poetry, and Prose) will compete in prelim rounds, semi-final rounds, and a final round. So those of you in these events will have a very long day!

The top six speakers from each event qualify for state!

In other news, we are the second biggest team at the tournament by far --- we have 27 entries, Warren has 40 entries and the closest other team to us is Perry Meridian who is bringing 20 entries. So.....we are posed to do very well this coming weekend as long as you practice, get sleep, and keep yourself healthy!

Anna will be posting radio, USX, and IX information later today on the blog! Keep watching for more information.


REMEMBER! TUESDAY'S MORNING MEETING IS VERY IMPORTANT THIS WEEK - PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE THERE AND ON TIME!

Radio information for CEHS meet

Radio contestants should bring a prepared 2-minute newscast.  All other materials will be provided.

Baking bread help needed!

Hello all,

Mrs. Hirons was able to get 67 loaves of Johnny Carino's bread donated to serve with our soup this weekend. However, we need some help getting it baked. It takes 6-7 minutes at 350......she will have the bread available for you to bring home after practice/meet set-up on Friday.

Please let Anna know if you are willing to help bake!

Food to be brought to the East Meet

Here is what everyone signed up to bring to the CEHS Meet next weekend:

Soup in a crockpot and a ladle (should be delivered to the 2nd floor no later than 10am)

Tessa

Katie

Austin

Braidon

Molly

Gracie

Cody

Che

Livi

Neeraj

2 dozen big muffins:

Anna/Matt

Ashleigh

Whitney

2 dozen cookies/brownies:

Katie

Mariann

Arjun

Naveen

Fruit platter for judges lounge:

Nicole

Kaylee

2 bags of ice:

Patrick

Kira

1 case of water:

Megan

Emma

Current registration for Decatur Central

Nicole Bodi	DX
Che Brotzman	IMP
Kaylee Burriss	MD, POE
Molly Connor	BR
Olivia Fahey	DEC, POE
Patrick Foley	DEC, IMP
Alex Hahn	DIS
Tessa Hirons	DEC, SD
Austin Lewis	DEC
Braidon Martoccia	BR, IMP
Arjun Menon	DX
Naveen Menon	IMP, IX
Katie Miller	DEC, SD
Megan Miller	DX, SD
Kira Singer	SD, HI
Ashleigh Thompson	MD, OP
Gracie Webb	IMP, IX

Radio information for Decatur Central on 2/15

Broadcasting: 
 
     Round 1-Editorial (Contestants will WRITE a 2-minute editorial from a provided information sheet)
 
     Round 2-Newscast (Contestants must BRING a prepared, 2-minute newscast)
 
     Round 3-Commercial (Contestants will WRITE a 1-minute commercial from a provided information sheet)
 
     Round 4-On the Spot (2-minute prep, 2-minute performance)

People registered for Speedway Meet on 2/8 - Please let Matt or Anna know if there are any errors!

Student	Event(s)
Emma Alexander	SD, OO
Nicole Bodi	USX
Che Brotzman	IMP
Kaylee Burriss	MD, PO
Molly Connor	BR
Olivia Fahey	OD, PO
Patrick Foley	IMP, OD
Alex Hahn	DIS
Chris Hahn	IMP, OO
Tessa Hirons	OD
Austin Lewis	OD
Braidon Martoccia	BR
Arjun Menon	USX
Naveen Menon	IMP, IX
Whitney Michael	DIS
Katie Miller	SD, OD
Megan Miller	USX
Neeraj Pandita	DIS
Ashleigh Thompson	DI, MD

Information for Broadcasting at Speedway on 2/8

Broadcasting:  

     Round 1-Editorial (Contestants will WRITE a 2-minute editorial from a provided information sheet)

     Round 2-Newscast (Contestants must BRING a prepared, 2-minute newscast)

     Round 3-Commercial (Contestants will WRITE a 1-minute commercial from a provided information sheet)

     Round 4-On the Spot (2-minute prep, 2-minute performance)

Schedule for this week

Hello all! Hope you are staying warm -- here is the schedule for the week.

NO MEETING on Tuesday......it is going to be far too cold!

WEDNESDAY practice ONLY......everyone should plan to at least come to the beginning of practice as we will be having a team meeting planning for the rest of the season.

NO PRACTICE on Friday.....enjoy the day and weekend off! Rest up, eat well, don't get sick.....we have six more meets to go!

Any questions please let Matt or Anna know.

Results from IUPUC/Ivy Tech Meet

Wow, what a day it was! Starting with horrendous roads and bad weather, but ending the best way possible! Matt and I could not be prouder of the representatives of CEHS you were yesterday and how much help you were in running the tournament. The tournament would not have run half as smoothly if we did not have your help. Also, we cannot thank all the parents enough for their help with the concession stand and setting up and cleaning up - we made almost a $400 profit on the day!

Many coaches remarked yesterday about how CEHS should take a trophy at the end of the day, but we continued to remind them that it was the little schools at one point that gave us the chance to bring home a trophy when they opted not to.....so is it bittersweet not to have a trophy from our first ever TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP, sure, maybe......but we know and you know how incredibly you performed!

Rather than posting all the results from yesterday, here is the link https://www.speechwire.com/r-team.php?teamid=1769&seasonid=6 -- it is pretty incredible, but I will leave you will the list of the EIGHT blue ribbons we won!

Emma - OO
Gracie - IX
Mariann/Tessa - Mem Duo
Mariann - HI
Mariann/Tessa - Improv Duo
Molly - Radio
Nicole - USX
Whitney - Discussion

Competition Info for IUPUC Meet

General information for this weekend's meet:

Broadcasting:  
               Rd 1:  Newscast, to be prepared by the competitor before the tournament
               Rd 2:  Breaking News Bulletin, cold read
               Rd 3:  Commercial--10 min. prep, 1 minute on product provided by tournament hosts
               Rd 4:  On-the-spot

Discussion: Following the socratic seminar format, 10 minutes to prep before each round. General topic for all four rounds is DISCRIMINATION.

Another snow day for the books...

Hello all:

Here are the announcements that would have been made this morning:

1. We are in need of a couple parents to help with concessions. If your parent or support person can help, please let Anna know as soon as possible and send their contact information along. I will have Mrs. Hahn contact them ASAP.

2. The food list was posted last night. If at all possible, please bring or send your food on Friday, so that we can get everything all set up and not have to worry about it the day of the meet.

3. We will have practice tomorrow from 3:20-5. If you are intending to compete this weekend, you need to be there - unless you have contacted Matt or Anna with a reasonable excuse before practice starts.

4. Please come to IUPUC right after school on Friday.....we will try to be as quick and efficient in our set up.

5. You will need to be at IUPUC between 630 and 645 Saturday morning to help with any last minute setup and directing the other teams. We will be meeting in the main entrance of the Learning Center.

If you have any questions, please let Matt or Anna know as soon as possible.

More preparations for IUPUC Meet

Because of the impending snow, Matt and I are trying to be prepared if there is no morning meeting. If you have not registered for this weekend's tournament (i.e., Molly and Neeraj), please text Matt or Anna as soon as possible. We are hoping to spin the first round of the tournament tomorrow evenin. 

Here you will find the link to the food sign-ups for this coming weekend's meet. If you were originally signed up to bring soda, you requirement changed:

https://www.icloud.com/iw/#numbers/BALesyI_EW6Q7aBnqIyBEQxQ4EXeqZg1iMOE/Speech_Food_IUPUC_3

Please let Matt or Anna know if you have any questions!

Some pictures from Floyd Central

Remaining Speech Meet Schedule

Jan 25th - IUPUC Meet

Feb 8th - Speedway Meet

Feb 15th - Decatur Central Meet

Feb 22nd - Columbus East Meet

March 1 - Sectionals, Greensburg

March 8 - Districts, Logansport OR Noblesville

March 15 - State, Fishers

Reminders for upcoming week

Tuesday morning meeting -- mandatory attendance. We will be handing out the food list and it may have changed from December. Even if you are not competing this weekend, you will have some kind of food responsibility to make sure our concession stand is well stocked!

Wednesday practice -- mandatory for anyone competing on Saturday. If you do not attend the practice, you will be dropped from the team's registration Wednesday evening.

Friday after school -- we will all meet outside of Anna's office to get the meet set up and the team's packets made up. 

Saturday - IUPUC Meet! and dinner at the Hahn's following the meet

If you have any questions or concerns, please talk to Matt as soon as possible.

Results from Floyd Central Meet!

We took a small contingent of our team to Floyd Central today, but we had a blast!

Results from the meet:

4th place discussion - Whitney

4th place Congress - Chris

4th place Memorized Duo - Kaylee & Ashleigh

3rd place Impromptu - Patrick

5th place OP - Ashleigh

1st place Dec - Livi

2nd place Dec - Austin

4th place Dec - Katie

6th place Dec - Tessa

8th place poetry - Kaylee

6th place poetry - Livi

7th place prose - Cody

3rd place USX - Nicole

4th place USX - Megan

6th place USX - Arjun

All of this combined to an overall third place team finish! We are looking forward to staying local next weekend and welcoming everyone to Columbus!

Directions to Floyd Central for those who will not be taking the bus, i.e. judges

All:

For the purposes of making this easy as possible:

Directions to Floyd Central... Take I-65 S.

Next, take exit 6B to merge onto I-265 W/IN-62 W toward I-64/New Albany

6.6 mi

Take exit 0 to merge onto I-64 W/IN-62 W toward IN-62 W/St Louis

2.2 mi

Take exit 119 to merge onto US-150 W toward Greenville/Paoli

1.1 mi

Turn left onto Old Vincennes Rd.  Destination will be on the left

2.2 mi

Address:

Floyd Central High School

6575 Old Vincennes Rd

Floyds Knobs, IN 47119

Cheers, Matt

JANUARY 25TH MEET

Just a reminder that we do have a meet next weekend, even though it is not on the calendar. The December 7th IUPUC/Ivy Tech meet has been rescheduled for next weekend. You all should plan on competing, unless there is a conflict you have discussed with Matt and I. We will be offering improv duo and you are welcome to triple in it. You will need to report to the Columbus Learning Center Saturday morning at 7am.

We will only have one formal practice next week on Wednesday at East. Friday we will all meet outside Anna's office after school in order to post signs and get the meet set up and organized.

There will be a team dinner and bonding time at the Hahn Family Residence immediately following the meet on Saturday. More information about that will follow.

See Matt or Anna if you have any questions!

Floyd Central Speech Meet on 1/18

We head to Floyd Central next Saturday......

A couple things:

1. We need judges. They are requiring each team bring one judge for every four entries....so this is a couple more judges than we might normally we need. We have one judge signed on and ready to go.

2. Radio --- you only need to bring a 3 minute prepared newscast - they will provide everything else you need.

3. Discussion will follow the seminar format and they will provide all the materials the day of the tournament.

We are having an important meeting on Tuesday morning -- so hope to see everyone there!

Results from Ben Davis Speech Meet

Wow, today was certainly something -- ups and downs, delays....but we survived and made it home in one piece!

There were 19 schools at the meet with 442 entries -- probably the largest meet we have attended this year. The competition was very tough, but we are hoping everyone learned a lot.

Our ribboners from today are:

Gracie - 4th IX

Naveen - 6th IX

Patrick - 4th Impromptu

Mariann - 6th HI

Mariann and Tessa - 5th Memorized Duo

We placed 7th out of 19 teams! Something certainly to be proud of!

Today was a day to get back in the saddle after a month off -- next week it is on to Floyd Central! By the way, we are in serious need of judges! :)

Practice Schedule during the lost week...

All:  

Your coaches hope to see you again at some point this year.  

The current thinking is that we will hold practices on Thursday and Friday from 3:20-5:00 or so. We will give priority to new pieces and to those competing at Ben Davis on 1/11.  Those that are not going to Ben Davis but are veteran competitors are welcome to roll up their sleeves and peer coach on either day.  

Again, leave time for Ben Davis is 6am, so be at the north/band/faculty lot at 5:50am on Saturday.

Stay warm and try to not kill your family members because you have spent so much time with them over the past three weeks.

If you have any questions, please text Anna or Matt.

See you soon!

This week...

Hello all,

We are obviously not going to have a Tuesday morning meeting this week because of your snow day. Therefore, it is going to be really important that if you are going to Ben Davis this weekend that we see you at practice this week. It has been a really long time since we practiced last, so the more practice we get in this week the better off you will be. If you are not going to Ben Davis but would like to come to practice this week and help peer coach, Matt and I would be much appreciative.

We are working on getting the Christmas party/team dinner rescheduled. As soon as we have more information on that, we will let you know.

The bus will leave for Ben Davis at 6am on Saturday - please be in the band lot by 5:50am. I am not sure what time we will be back, as it is likely to be a good size meet. They are running three rounds and finals. We will stay for awards. If you arrange a ride back for winter formal, please make sure your parents send us a note Saturday morning and that we see them when they come to pick you up  at the meet.

Looking forward to getting back in the swing of things!