LEAVE TIME CHANGED FOR SATURDAY--Please broadcast

Leave time for Saturday has been pushed back to 5:30 AM.  Please make sure you are on the bus by 5:20 AM.

Let everyone know...

Discussion artifacts for State

https://docs.google.com/a/ihsfa.org/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=aWhzZmEub3JnfGloc2ZhXzIwMTN8Z3g6MzQ5NjFlZjE5NWQ2YjE0NA

Disco artifacts are available at the link above or at the front page of the IHSFA website at ihsfa.org.

Please let Krysjahn know that they are available.

Radio format for state (Same as sectional)

Round 1 - Breaking News Bulletin (Prep 1 min, Speak 1 min)

Round 2 - Original Commercial (Prep 30 min, speak 1 min)

Round 3 - News Program (Prep 30 min, 3 min)

Semi-Final One - Original Editorial (Prep 30 min, speak 2 min)

Semi-Final Two - On-the-Spot (Prep 2 min, speak 2 min)

Final Round - Radio Program (Prep 30 min, speak 5 min)**

**The radio program shall display a synthesis of broadcasting and writing skills based upon those implemented in preliminary rounds. All contestants will be provided identical copy from which to develop the five-minute final program. The student shall be given 8-10 minutes of news copy, three pre-edited commercials of approximately thirty seconds in length, and two sections of music introduction copy of approximately thirty seconds each in length. The contestant will be given 30 minutes in which to select and order the content, and edit and rehearse the final five minute program. The copy may be cut, but may not be rewritten or updated. The program must include at least one element from each category: news copy, commercial copy, and music copy, in addition to sign on, sign-off and transitions. This broadcast will be timed for five minutes.

State Speech Parent Letter

March 23, 2015

Dear Speech Parents:

It’s been another year of growth and success for the Columbus East High School Speech Team.  We are grateful for your assistance in helping us with this growth and success.  Whether it was getting your kids to the bus VERY EARLY on Saturday mornings or helping with concessions at the IUPUC/Ivy Tech meet in December or planning on helping us before we had to cancel the Columbus East meet in February… all of it means a great deal to us as coaches.  It is also a supreme privilege working with your kids and watching them grow and succeed as speakers.

The team has taken home trophies at almost all of the meets it attended this year—a remarkable accomplishment as we have competed in 10 total meets and often had less than a full team competing.  CEHS Speech continues earning the respect of schools all over the state, 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 28^th IHSFA State Speech Tournament at Fishers High School.  Those parents who have had team members qualified in this tournament 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 14^th at Noblesville.  The team leaves the parking lot for Fishers at 5:00am and returns to the CEHS at about 10:30pm.  While we don’t think we will be that late this year, you and your families should be prepared for a long day for your child.

                

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.  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 is going on going into the State Tournament.

                

If your child is to stay for the whole day and leave with the team after the conclusion of the tournament, then it would be wise if you sent a little extra cash with them as we will be stopping for dinner on the way home (a tradition that dates back four years now). 

                

If you have any questions, please call Matt on his cell (812) 343-7533 or Anna on her cell (860) 836-0081.  Or email us at cehs.speech@gmail.com or afcarmon@gmail.com.

Thanks again for all that you do, and for all that you have done for the team this year!

Matt Rothrock & Anna Carmon                  

Extemp topic areas for Districts

Extemp topic areas for NSDA Districts on Saturday

USX

Round 1- Elections

Round 2- Economics

Round 3- Foreign Policy

Round 4- Social Issues

Round 5- Energy and Environment

Round 6- National Defense 

Round 7- Judicial Concerns

FX

Round 1- Europe

Round 2- Middle East

Round 3- Africa

Round 4- Americas

Round 5- Asia

Round 6- Economics

Round 7- International Relations

Happy filing!

CEHS Speech Banquet

CEHS SPEECH BANQUET

What: Time to recognize individual achievements, give some awards, and recognize our three seniors

WHEN:  Sunday, April 26^th from 3:30-5:30 pm

WHERE: Anna’s house (6055 Conestoga Trail, Columbus)

WHAT TO BRING:

Freshmen - fruit and veggie trays

Sophomores - side dishes, chips, dips (please avoid grocery store salads)

Juniors - dessert

Seniors - bring yourselves -- we will be honoring you!

Anna and Matt will provide brats and burgers for dinner.

Rsvp: by Sunday, April 19^th to Anna or Matt

Another snow day for the books!

So no school = no practice again today! Please practice hard on your own. Matt and I are considering lengthening practice tomorrow past 5pm to make sure we are set for Sectionals, but we will keep you posted!

Food signups for Sectionals

Dessert - Olivia
Dessert - Sarah H.
Snack - Tessa
Snack - Alex
Hummus and crackers - Austin
Bag of chips - Mariann
Cut veggies - Sara K-S
Package of turkey lunchmeat - Andy
Package of ham hunchmeat - Emma
Package of cheese - Zayne
Package of Hawaiian rolls - Kira
Cooler and ice packs - Krysjahn

Sectional Discussion artifacts

Discussion contestants:

The artifacts for Sectional Discussion are located at the link below:

https://docs.google.com/a/ihsfa.org/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=aWhzZmEub3JnfGloc2ZhXzIwMTN8Z3g6N2ZlNzc4OWYxZjNiZTc1Yg

Please let one of us know if the link doesn't work.  Thanks!

Matt

Sectional entries for March 7th

Student	Event(s)
Nicole Bodi	IMP, USX
Molly Connor	SD, PROSE
Zayne Coomer	DIS
Olivia Fahey	DEC, SD
Mariann Fant	MD, HI
Emma Finerfrock	POET, PROSE
Alex Hahn	DEC, IMP
Sarah Harpring	PROSE
Tessa Hirons	MD, PROSE
Krysjahn Johnson	DIS
Sara Kilbarger-Stumpff	DEC, POET
Austin Lewis	DEC, SD
Mattias Memering	BR
Megan Miller	IMP, USX
Kira Singer	SD, HI
Andy Wagner	DIS
Gracie Webb	IMP, IX

Sectionals

The following events will go straight to finals

USX-6

IX-4

It is highly likely that you will be drawing at 7:30am and speaking starting at 8am for your one and only final round.  "You get a ribbon... you get a ribbon... you get a ribbon!"

The following events will have three rounds and break to a final of 6 (no clean slate):

Dec -16

Radio - 14

MD - 9 (no Decatur central)

SD - 15

HI - 14

The following events will have three rounds, a semifinal round of 2 sections of 6 and a final of 6 (no clean slate):

Impromptu - 23

Discussion - 27

Prose - 22

Poetry - 17

OO, DI, and OP are not listed because we have no entries in those events.

So we have our work cut out for us, and that makes practice all the more important this week.  See you Tuesday morning barring a two-hour delay.