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!

Radio requirements for the Ben Davis Meet

 Broadcasting requirements for the Ben Davis Meet:

RD. 1- News cast (2 minutes) no more than 3 days old—Student Written

RD 2-Commercial (1 Minute) advertising a beauty product for men or women--Student Written

RD 3-Editorial (2 minutes) “Should there be tougher laws in place to help end the mistreatment of animals?” ---Student Written

Final-On the Spot—(2 minute prep) will be from USA Today from the last 2 weeks.

And another year of CEHS Speech begins.....

We hope you had a relaxing break and that you were able to enjoy the holidays with your family and friends! Matt and I are looking forward to seeing you all after being off for almost a month....please please please be reviewing your pieces and practicing on your own!

Our plan is to be back at it next week when you get back to school. We are planning on a Tuesday morning meeting, but with the impending weather, it appears you are likely to have a delay -- which means no meeting! We will practice both Wednesday and Friday next week -- everyone can come to both practices to get as much work time in before we head to Ben Davis on Saturday, January 11th.

Speaking of Ben Davis, we need to know who is going and what events you are competing. We know that this meet is the date that the winter formal has been rescheduled for. Remember your parents are welcome to come pick you up when you are done competing, so you can be home in time for festivities. We need to stay for the whole day as both Matt and I have been asked to work in the Tab Room.

It is really important that:

• If you are a freshman or sophomore, you text ANNA, your name and events you will be competing in by Monday at 4pm.
• If you are a junior or a senior, you text MATT, your name and events you will be competing in by Monday at 4pm. 

As of right now, we have three judges scheduled (Lora Bodi, Mr. Hartley, and Courtney Seiwert) -- we could use two or three more. If you can provide a judge, please provide his or her name in your text to Matt or Anna.

We are ready to kick the rest of the season into high gear!