List of Shame

As of 8:30 AM on Thursday, December 18, 2008, only 11 out of 68 people have all 5 requirements taken care of. Tsk, tsk. To the 11 of you NOT on the lists below, you are my shining stars. I dedicate my vacation to Jamaica to you.

List of Shame:

If you are on the list, it means you do NOT have the requirement taken care of. Being on the list is bad.

Fee (to the activity office; $110)
Ali, Shelly
Barrett, Abbie
Branch, Ashley
Brundrett, Chelsea
Cole, Kelly
Cole, Mike
Drogemuller, Caitlin
Egge, Brianna
Frandrup, Kayla
Garnighian, Raffi
Gore, Madeline
Grundstrom, Alex
Gundel, Tye
Henderson, Shelby
Henderson, Sherilyn
John, Leema
Johnson, Dani
Johnston, Vanessa
Keil, Christian
Koch, Lauren
Kraudy, Keely
Larson, Ashley
Lavallee, Megan
Martinez, Marisa
McMahon, Melissa
Myers, Beth
Ndubizu, Uche
Nelson, Ruthie
Petersen, Kaya
Radford, Kallie
Rajavuori, Starla
Roesner, Rachel
Roles, Madison
Rutan, Hayden
Schwartz, Mikaela
Seniwong, Puntharak (Gap)
Shim, Anselmo
Shim, Joe
Siekinnen, Jade
Sweere, Lisa
Sweere, Melissa
Tracy, Sam
Vivant, Taylor
Vold, Kate
Zeru, Meron

Eligibility Form (to the activity office)
Ali, Shelly
Barrett, Abbie
Branch, Ashley
Brundrett, Chelsea
Cole, Kelly
Cole, Mike
Drogemuller, Caitlin
Egge, Brianna
Frandrup, Kayla
Garnighian, Raffi
Gore, Madeline
Grundstrom, Alex
Gundel, Tye
Henderson, Shelby
Henderson, Sherilyn
John, Leema
Johnson, Dani
Johnston, Vanessa
Keil, Christian
Koch, Lauren
Kraudy, Keely
Larson, Ashley
Lavallee, Megan
Martinez, Marisa
McMahon, Melissa
Myers, Beth
Ndubizu, Uche
Nelson, Ruthie
Petersen, Kaya
Radford, Kallie
Rajavuori, Starla
Roesner, Rachel
Roles, Madison
Rutan, Hayden
Schwartz, Mikaela
Seniwong, Puntharak (Gap)
Shim, Anselmo
Shim, Joe
Siekinnen, Jade
Slutsky, Michael
Sweere, Lisa
Sweere, Melissa
Tracy, Sam
Vivant, Taylor
Vold, Kate
Zeru, Meron

Contract (to Mrs. Heinis)
Ali, Shelly
Brundrett, Chelsea
Egge, Brianna
Frandrup, Kayla
Goude, Anna
Grundstrom, Alex
Gundel, Tye
Heintze, Hannah
Heintze, Michelle
Henderson, Shelby
Henderson, Sherilyn
John, Leema
Johnson, Dani
Johnston, Vanessa
Keil, Christian
Koch, Lauren
Kraudy, Keely
Larson, Ashley
Lavallee, Megan
Martinez, Marisa
McMahon, Melissa
Myers, Beth
Ndubizu, Uche
Nelson, Ruthie
O'brien, Grace
Petersen, Kaya
Rajavuori, Starla
Roesner, Rachel
Roles, Madison
Roles, Shelby
Shim, Anselmo
Shim, Joe
Siekinnen, Jade
Sweere, Melissa
Tracy, Sam
Vivant, Taylor
Vold, Kate
Zeru, Meron

Info Sheet (to Mrs. Heinis)
Ali, Shelly
Brundrett, Chelsea
Egge, Brianna
Frandrup, Kayla
Goude, Anna
Grundstrom, Alex
Gundel, Tye
Heintze, Hannah
Heintze, Michelle
Henderson, Shelby
Henderson, Sherilyn
Johnson, Dani
Johnston, Vanessa
Keil, Christian
Koch, Lauren
Kraudy, Keely
Larson, Ashley
Lavallee, Megan
Martinez, Marisa
McMahon, Melissa
Ndubizu, Uche
Nelson, Ruthie
O'brien, Grace
Petersen, Kaya
Rajavuori, Starla
Roesner, Rachel
Roles, Madison
Roles, Shelby
Schilz, Ashley
Shim, Anselmo
Shim, Joe
Siekinnen, Jade
Steinkamp, Jeff
Sweere, Melissa
Tracy, Sam
Vivant, Taylor
Vold, Kate
Zeru, Meron

Parent Volunteer Form (to Mrs. Heinis; even if your parents can’t volunteer, still turn in the sheet with their contact info)
Ali, Shelly
Brundrett, Chelsea
Cole, Kelly
Cole, Mike
Ebeling, Brittany
Egge, Brianna
Frandrup, Kayla
Garnighian, Raffi
Goude, Anna
Grundstrom, Alex
Gundel, Tye
Healy, Emily
Heintze, Hannah
Heintze, Michelle
Henderson, Shelby
Henderson, Sherilyn
Hulasare, Kanchan
John, Leema
Johnston, Megan
Johnston, Vanessa
Keil, Christian
Koch, Lauren
Kraudy, Keely
Larson, Ashley
Lavallee, Megan
Myers, Beth
Ndubizu, Uche
Nelson, Ruthie
Petersen, Kaya
Rajavuori, Starla
Roesner, Rachel
Roles, Madison
Roles, Shelby
Schilz, Ashley
Shim, Anselmo
Shim, Joe
Siekinnen, Jade
Tracy, Sam
Vivant, Taylor
Zeru, Meron

GET THESE IN ASAP OR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE!!!!!

Despite the negativity, happy, happy, happy holidays to all of you! See you next year!!!!

January Extemp Practice

Here is our schedule for January of 2009 -- All practices will be in
the IMC at 5:30-7:00.

Mon Jan 5
Thurs Jan 8

Mon Jan 12
Thur Jan 15

Mon Jan 19
Thur Jan 22

Mon Jan 26
Thur Jan 29
Friday, Jan 30- full tournament run-through for EP
Saturday, Jan. 31- Eden Prairie Invitational

Reminder

You must turn all forms in before break! (Eligibility and fee to office; info, contract, and volunteer to me [two yellows and a blue])

There are A LOT of people with missing forms. Get this taken care of, so I can focus on more exciting and fun things than hounding you for forms!

If you ever have questions/concerns about anything speech related, make sure you come talk to me at school. I'm happy to help.

Here we go!

And we're off to a great start! Thank you SO much to all who attended the meeting last night (or to those who came in yesterday to say they couldn't make it, but picked up all the materials). A few things:

1. Go here (linked from my teacher web page) to view an online version of the handbook (if you were to lose your paper copy or something :-)).

2. Go here (MN State High School League speech page) to read ALL THE RULES OF SPEECH AND YOUR CATEGORY SPECIFICALLY. After last year's unfortunate disqualification, there will be no more rule infractions on my watch. You are responsible for reading and know what is and is not allowed. See me or your coach with questions.

3. I have the date of the state tournament wrong in the handbook. It is April 17-18 NOT 24-45. I believe we're on Friday this year, but we'll know for sure closer to that time. State is NOT in the cities this year, so if we qualify, we will need to make a trip out of it. (It is at Gustavus Adolphus in St. Peter.)

4. Remember to turn in your form and fee to Mrs. Rogness in the activities office by BREAK!

5. Turn in your info sheet, contract, and parent volunteer form to ME in A109 ASAP!

6. Leave a comment on this page as proof you have read this. (Click on comments.)

Have a super wonderful weekend. Next week we begin! Looking forward to it :-).

Recruitment Contest

Now that auditions are over (and we have 48 new speechers!!!), I can be proud of all of you for doing your part to recruit. The following people were given credit for recruiting on the forms: Abbie, Adam, Ashley, Christian, Dylan, Jeff, Joe, Kelly, Lisa, Logan, Meron, Michelle, Ryan, and Sarah. Good job, guys! The winner, however, is the person who was listed most often on forms. We had a tie for first....thanks SO much to Lisa Sweere and Dylan Slinger! They will each receive a special gift from me at the all-team meeting on December 4th. 5:00 PM. Lecture Hall. BE THERE!!!!

MEETING

First all-team meeting: Thursday, Dec. 4th in the lecture hall. BRING YOUR PARENTS. 5 PM.

See me if you can't make it (but you better have a good reason).

Meeting!

The interest meeting is Thursday, Nov. 13th at 3:00. I'd like as many of you to come as possible, in addition to new recruits. Be prepared to tell all the GREAT things about speech (not the getting up at 5 AM on a Saturday part :-)).

Prize for the first one to tell me about the content of this post! (you can not win twice, by the way :-)).

Auditions

One month (give or take a few days) until speech auditions! Recruit your friends today! A prize for the person who recruits the most!

Also, a prize to the first person to come in and tell me they read this post :-).

Happy MEA break, folks!

Still checking?

I have another small prize for the first person to come in and tell me about this post. Only THREE came in for the last one...yikes! Two months until speech starts, get in the habit!

Something to plan on: MSU is hosting a Winter Warm-up Workshop the week before our first tournament (Sat. Jan. 24th). They will workshop all events all day (9-5). This wouldn't be a speech team requirement (no coaches/judges, no bus), but I will give you lettering points if you attend. I think it will be GREAT to get the season going. The cost is $20 per student which includes lunch. Mankato is only 80 miles and carpooling will be great. I can fit three in my car...

More to come!!!

Welcome back to school!

Enjoy your last weekend of summer. We don't have anything going on for awhile (we're skipping the Fall Festival again this year), but I miss you, so stop in to see me! We have a great new coach, and I'm really excited about him. His name is Mr. Lawrence and he's teaching Tech Writing, Creative Writing, and Eng 10, so you might have him.

Mostly, I'm checking in to see who checks the blog in the off-season. I have a prize for the FIRST person to come see me next week and mentions this post. After the prize-winner, you can have candy, so still stop by :-).

Thanks

Thank you all SO much for an excellent season. Also, the gift certificate and individual cards and trinkets from people were touching. Some of the other coaches and I are going to use our gift certificates together and have dinner next week. We'll probably gush about how great you all are! So, thanks.

We will miss Mike and Kayla A LOT. I hope they know how much we value them. Juniors, you did an excellent job with the tribute. Very touching. Next year's juniors have a lot to live up to.

Speaking of next year, I'm very excited to have Sarah and Kelly leading the team. It was a pretty close contest; all juniors received votes. Which isn't surprising because the juniors this year are super.

Don't forget to see me about speech camp!!!

Good luck in your final weeks of school. Stay tuned to the website for summer communication (sporadic, I'm sure, but you never know...).

Cheers!--Your favorite coach (you know it's true) Mrs. Heinis

Dresses

Hey speechers-for the banquet we women are planning on wearing sun dresses and guys can wear whatever they want. I can't wait to see y'all there! --(posted by Kelly Cole, aka, KellDog)

Lettering Sheet

Please turn in your lettering sheet to Mrs. Heinis in A109 by next Tuesday (April 29th). If you lost your sheet, write down the tournaments you attended, the days and reasons you missed practice, and what you did to help with the tournament on a piece of paper and turn that in.

State!

Very pleasing results from South St Paul High School on Saturday:

Michael took 3rd!!!!

Sarah, though not making finals, took 11th place out of 24. Awesome as well.

See you all on the 6th!

State Info

Because our two qualifiers are of driving age with cars, we will not be providing transport to State this year. We will just meet at South St. Paul High School (see directions below) by 7:45 (draws at 8)for competitors and alternates who wish to be available if the need arises and 8 for spectators, as round one begins at 8:30.

I highly encourage you to get a group together and drive up. This is the best of MN! A great learning opportunity. See you there!!!

Directions to SSPHS from Lakeville:
Take the exit onto I-35E N toward St Paul
6.8 mi
Take exit 99A & B to merge onto I-494 E
5.7 mi
Take exit 65 for 7th Ave toward 5th Ave
0.2 mi
Turn left at 7th Ave S
1.2 mi
Turn right at Marie Ave
102 ft
Turn left at 7th Ave N
427 ft

To:

700 2nd St N
South St Paul, MN 55075

Sections Results

WOW. What an amazing night. I am very proud of all of our section participants; everyone worked really hard this season. The results are as follows:

Adam Kunkel, 4th place Creative Expression, alternate to state
Evan Jungbauer, 7th place Creative Expression
Michael Berger, 2nd place Extemporaneous Speaking, GOING TO STATE
Christian Keil, 6th place Extemporaneous Speaking
Dylan Slinger, 7th place Extemporaneous Speaking
Sarah Rosenthal, 2nd place Great Speeches, GOING TO STATE
Ryan Falk, 5th place Humorous
Emily Schwegman, 6th place Humorous
Jeff Steinkamp, 4th place Humorous, alternate to state
Joe Shim, 4th place Original Oratory, alternate to state
Kelly Cole, 5th place Prose
Logan Halliday, 7th place Storytelling

Congrats to Michael and Sarah for advancing to state. I encourage everyone to come to South St. Paul high school on Saturday, April 19th to cheer them on. Otherwise, see you at the banquet!!! (May 6th, 5:30 PM, commons)

Team Practice

Some of your very eager teammates would like to hold an all-team practice on Monday at 3. I think you should make every effort to be there. Discussion will meet as scheduled; Suzanne, Angie, and Joy will all be here. Input from all. And probably a grand ol' time. See you then!

Sections

In case you didn't get the memo from your first hour teacher, here's the sections info again:

Here is all the news that’s fit to print on the situation:

1. You will be dismissed at 12:35 (the end of 4th hour).
2. You may wear your nice clothes to school if you want, but if you would rather wait and change, you will only have 5 minutes to change, as we are leaving at 12:40. If you want, you can leave clothes in my room at the beginning of the day.
3. Registration for the tournament starts at 2:45. Then why are we leaving so early? Lunch! We will be stopping for a sit-down lunch somewhere (probably Applebee’s like last year). So you should bring $$$$.
4. The tournament is three rounds and a final, just like others, but as it doesn’t start until 3, awards aren’t until past 9. So, we will not be home until approximately 10:30 P.M. This is late. You have school on Wednesday. You MUST be in school on Wednesday. No excuses.
5. There are 15 schools in our section, and each school can only bring three in each category. So, at a maximum, there will be 45 people in each event, making this a relatively small tournament. The top three speakers in each category will advance to the state tournament on Saturday, April 19th. (more news to come about that, should the need arise… knock on wood…)
6. There will most likely be concessions for dinner, but you may want to bring something just in case.
7. If parents come to watch you (which I encourage), you may go home with them only with my personal (face-to-face) recognition of that, and you may only leave after awards. You may not leave early. You will have teammates in finals receiving awards. Being there to support them shows team solidarity. We need to have that. You compete individually, but you are a part of a team.
8. Finally, and VERY important, you must have a clean copy of your current script with you. It will be turned in. Anyone without a script will not be able to compete. This includes Creative, Duo, Drama, Humor, Poetry, Prose, Oratory, Great Speeches, and Info. Your script should include your name, grade, and school on the heading. You can give this to me any time before sections and I will keep it safe for you J.
9. I’ll let you know if I think of anything else. Stop by and see me in A109 if you have any questions.
-Your ever-loving coach, Mrs. H.

Results-Northfield and Apollo

Apparently, if I'm not there, you all do really well. Go figure. Here are the excellent results from the final two invitationals this year.

Northfield
Kayla Anderson- Honorable Mention, Prose
Kelly Cole- 5th place, Prose
Ryan Falk- 2nd place, Humor
Kori Fideler- Honorable Mention, Ex. Rdg.
Logan Halliday- 1st place, Storytelling
Evan Jungbauer- 4th place, Creative
Adam Kunkel- Honorable Mention, Creative
Sarah Rosenthal- 4th place, Poetry and Great Speeches
Julie Schmidt- 6th place, Info
Meron Zeru- Honorable Mention, Disco

FIRST PLACE SMALL TEAM!!!

St. Cloud Apollo
Adam Kunkel- 6th place, Creative
Mike Berger- 2nd place, Ex. Sp.
Dylan Slinger- 3rd place, Ex. Sp.
Christian Keil- 4th place, Ex. Sp.
Sarah Rosenthal- 4th place, Great speeches and poetry
Abbie Barrett- 6th place, OO


Great job, everyone!

Captains 2009

It's almost time to vote for captains for next year. We will vote on the bus on the way to sections, so if you're not coming to sections and you want to vote, stop by my room. Below are the candidates (juniors) for captain. They are ALL awesome, but consider the following: commitment, leadership, work ethic, and general merriment. Although doing well (making finals, etc.) is often noted, it is not a criteria you should use for captains. Being a good speaker doesn't necessarily make you a good leader. Captains have the following responsibilities: t-shirts, tournament, banquet, and general role-model-ship. If you do NOT want to be a captain, let me know, and I won't put you on the ballot. Let me know if I forgot anyone, or put someone who isn't a junior on the list.

Kelly Cole
Michelle Heintze
Joe Julik
Christian Keil
Ryan Longley
Sarah Rosenthal
Julie Schmidt
Mikaela Schwartz
Emily Schwegman
Joe Shim

Good luck to all!!!!

St. Cloud Apollo Info

Sad that not many of you signed up for this extra tournament, but here it is.

The bus will leave at 6:30 AM from the upper doors THIS Saturday, March 29th. Andy will be taking you to this added tourney. Remember to practice hard as we approach sections. Drop fees need to be paid!! Don't rack up new ones this weekend. FYI, sections registration is twice as high, so drop fees are considerable for sections, but if you skip sections, you've got bigger issues than the money.

Anyway, here's the roster for this weekend.

1. Kayla Anderson, Prose
2. Abbie Barrett, OO and Prose
3. Michael Berger, Speaking
4. Kelly Cole, Prose
5. Ryan Falk, Humor
6. Michelle Heintze, Disco
7. Christian Keil, Speaking
8. Adam Kunkel, Creative
9. Sarah Rosenthal, Great and Poetry
10. Joe Shim, OO
11. Dylan Slinger, Speaking
12. Meron Zeru, Disco


Have fun!

Sections Roster, Version 1.0

Per our handbook, the sections competitors were subject to the following qualifications:

*Positive attitude (a belief that you can and want to do well)
*Willingness to prepare (a commitment in both time and in favorably reacting to coaching)
*Demonstration of skill (both throughout the season and at practice)
*Demonstration of professionalism (you help build LSHS’s positive image)
*On-task, non-distracting practice habits (how well time is used)

Because we have a small team this year, most of you are going, pending you met [most of] these standards. The tentative roster is below. Tentative because you must also be in good standing financially. A few of you (Michelle, Rachel, Shawn) owe your team drop fees. (Others do as well, including people who have quit, and they're grades will be held later in the year if they're not paid up. So, if you see them, remind them.)

With that in mind, here is the roster for sections:
Creative (2)
Evan Jungbauer
Adam Kunkel

Discussion (3)
Michelle Heintze
Ryan Longley
Meron Zeru

Drama (1)
Shawn Nelson

Duo
(none)

Extemp Reading (2)
Kori Fideler
Rachel Roesner

Extemp Speaking (3)
Michael Berger
Christian Keil
Dylan Slinger

Great Speeches (1)
Sarah Rosenthal

Humorous (3)
Ryan Falk
Emily Schwegman
Jeff Steinkamp

Informative (2)
Julie Schmidt
Lisa Sweere

OO (3)
Abbie Barrett
Joe Shim
Melissa Sweere

Poetry (1)
Taylor Kappenman

Prose (3)
Kayla Anderson
Kelly Cole
Mikaela Schwartz

Storytelling (2)
Ashley Branch
Logan Halliday

See me if you have questions or concerns. Sections are Tuesday, April 8th, and you will miss half a day of school.

Banquet Date

Our banquet will be Tuesday, May 6th. Put it on your calendar now. Details to follow.

Northfield

We will leave for Northfield on Saturday, March 15th at 7:15 AM (no oversleeping :-)). Suzanne is taking you to this tourney, not me, so be good.

Roster is below. Drops are $15, as usual. MANY people owe drop money!!!! Get this in or you won't letter.

Anderson, Kayla-Prose
Cole, Kelly- Prose, Info
Davis, Tyler-Humor
Falk, Ryan-Humor
Fideler, Kori- Reading
Halliday, Logan-Story
Heintze, Michelle-Disco
Jungbauer, Evan-Creative
Kunkel, Adam-Creative
Nelson, Shawn-Drama
Roesner, Rachel-Reading
Rosenthal, Sarah-GS, Poetry
Schmidt, Julie-Info
Schwartz, Mikaela-Prose
Shim, Joe-OO
Steinkamp, Jeff-Humor
Zeru, Meron-Disco

Let me know ASAP if you can't make it, but you will owe the fee.

Shirts

Shirts are in. You can pick them up in my classroom. We will wear them on FRIDAY.

NFL and Eagan Results

NFLs

MIKE AND CHRISTIAN ARE GOING TO NATIONALS!!!!! YAY!!!!
A big congrats to our qualifiers.

Also placing at NFLs were Dylan Slinger in 6th place, and Tim Jennings in Semi-finals

Eagan

Julie Schmidt: 7th place, Extemp Speaking
Kelly Cole: 7th place, Prose

Way to go, girls!

Northfield and Drop fees

Northfield is NOT using the Joy of Tournaments online registration that other tournaments have, so the registration is due this Friday instead of Monday. That being said, you need to let me know by Thursday if you have a change of schedule for that day. Any change after that will incur cost.

Speaking of costs, the following people owe me drop fees:
Evan
Bronwyn (who quit, but if you see her...)
Shawn
Tim
Shelley (who quit...)
Maurita (who quit...)
Cody (who quit...)

You cost the team time/money/energy when you don't adhere to your contract. Other teams just kick people off the team for not showing up. I'd hate to revert to that. Please make good on your commitments.

Eagan Info

We will leave for the Eagan Invitational at 7:00 A.M. from the upper doors. Please do not be late.

The roster is below. PLEASE let me know sooner rather than later if your schedule has changed and you can no longer make it.

Anderson, Kayla-Prose
Barrett, Abbie-Prose, OO
Berger, Mike-Ext. Spkg
Cole, Kelly-Prose, Info
Davis, Tyler-Humor
Falk, Ryan-Humor
Fideler, Kori-Ext Rdg
Halliday, Logan-Story
Heintze, Michelle-Disco
Julik, Joe-Duo, OO
JungBauer, Evan- CE
Kappenman, Taylor-Poe
Keil, Christian-Ext Spkg
Kunkel, Adam-Duo, CE
Longley, Ryan- Disco
Nelson, Shawn-Drama
Roesner, Rachel-Ext Rdg
Rosenthal, Sarah-GS, Poe
Schmidt, Julie-Ext spkg, Info
Schwartz, Mikaela-Prose
Schwegman, Emily-Duo, Humor
Shim, Joe-Duo, OO
Slinger, Dylan-Ext. Spkg
Steinkamp, Jeff-Humor
Sweere, Lisa-Info
Sweere, Melissa-OO
Zeru, Meron-Disco

See you Saturday!

Lakeville North Results

A long day with some fun results:

Michael Berger: 3rd place, Extemp Speaking
Michelle Heintze: Semi-finalist, Discussion

Overall, we took 7th place out of 10 teams. Good job everyone!

North Info

THERE IS NO BUS TO NORTH!!! That would be silly. You need to meet the team in the North cafeteria no later than 7:30 (draws are at 8, rounds at 8:30). Even though you're driving yourself or being picked up, YOU MUST STAY THE ENTIRE TIME (to the end of awards). IF ANYONE SKIPS OUT, YOU'RE OFF THE TEAM. The North tournament has semi-final instead of honor finals. Also, they give away prizes to people who attend final rounds (anyone: spectators and competitors alike). Fun things like gift cards.

If you are on the roster below, you're coming. No more of this dropping at the last minute crap, people. Several of you still owe your team the $15 drop fee. I register you based on the CONTRACT you filled out at the beginning of the year.

Anderson, Kayla--prose
Barrett, Abbie--prose and OO
Berger, Mike--Extemp Spk
Bergeron, Sebastian--humor
Branch, Ashley--story
Cole, Kelly--prose, info
Davis, Tyler--humor
Falk, Ryan--humor
Fideler, Kori--Extemp Rdg
Halliday, Logan--Story
Heintze, Michelle--Disco
Jennings, Tim--Extemp Spk
Julik, Joe--OO
JungBauer, Evan--Creative
Kappenman, Taylor--Poetry
Keil, Christian--Extemp Spkg
Kunkel, Adam--Creative, Duo
Leask, Bronwyn--Great Speeches
Longley, Ryan--Disco
Nelson, Shawn--Drama
Roesner, Rachel--Extemp Rdg
Rosenthal, Sarah--Great Speeches, Poetry
Schmidt, Julie--Extemp Spk, Info
Schwartz, Mikaela--Prose
Schwegman, Emily--Humor, Duo
Slinger, Dylan--Extemp Spk
Steinkamp, Jeff--Humor
Sweere, Lisa--Info
Sweere, Melissa--OO
Zeru, Meron--Disco

See you at North at 7:30 (or earlier, if you want a good spot in the caf).

MSU Results...

...were awesome!! Traveling southwest was really worth it! We brought home a shiny third place trophy, our first of the year. Congrats all! It couldn't have been done without the following award winners:

Abbie Barrett: 4th place, Original Oratory
Michael Berger: 4th place, Extemp Speaking
Kelly Cole: 6th place, Informative
Ryan Falk: 1st place, novice humorous
Kori Fideler: 5th place, Extemp Reading
Logan Halliday: 1st place, novice humorous
Michelle Heintze: 2nd place, novice discussion
Joe Julik: 7th place, Original Oratory
Evan Jungbauer: 2nd place, novice creative expression
Adam Kunkel: 3rd place, Creative Ex; 5th place, Duo
Bronwyn Leask: 4th place, novice great speeches
Rachel Roesner: 6th place, novice extemp reading
Sarah Rosenthal: 3rd place, Great Speeches; 1st place, Poetry
Mikaela Schwartz: 7th place, Prose
Emily Schwegman: 1st place, Humorous; 5th place, Duo
Joe Shim: 6th place, Original Oratory
Dylan Slinger: 2nd place, Extemp Speaking
Jeff Steinkamp: 3rd place, Humorous
Lisa Sweere: 5th, novice informative
Melissa Sweere: Honors, Original Oratory
Meron Zeru: 4th place, novice discussion

CONGRATULATIONS ALL!!!!

SHIRTS

LAST CHANCE FOR T-SHIRTS AND SWEATSHIRTS...BRING YOUR ORDER FORM AND MONEY TO MSU TOMORROW.

Everyone who orders a shirt will be entered in a drawing to win a special prize, offered by yours truly (Mrs. H.).

Planning Ahead...

We are adding a tournament to our schedule this season. Originally, our final invitational tournament was March 15th, leaving 3 weeks until sections. We have decided to go to St. Cloud Apollo on March 29th (after spring break). This tournament will count toward your lettering if you choose to come.

IF YOU WANT TO COME, YOU MUST SIGN UP IN MRS. HEINIS' ROOM BEFORE SPRING BREAK!!!! There is a sign-up sheet on the speech cupboard door.

Emily's Speech PARTY!!!

This Saturday (Feb. 23rd) after the Mankato tournament, Emily Schwegman and her family are opening their home to you crazy people :-). There will be food, games, and lots of fun, I'm told :-).

Emily REALLY wants you ALL to come. For those of you who are still "finding your place", this is a great opportunity to socialize with the oh-so-cool people of the speech team.

So, come this Saturday, right after the tourney (well, go home and change into comfy clothes first), to 17853 179th Trail W. (use your standard Mapquest or google maps for directions). Call 952-435-7947 (Schwegman household) if you get lost.

SHIRTS!!!

We need orders for 20 t-shirts and 12 sweatshirts to order them at the offered price. You have until Friday to turn your order forms in. So far, 4 tees and 2 sweats have been ordered. Get these in ASAP, folks!!!

MSU Info

This week we travel to my alma mater for their annual high school tournament (annual but for last year, when it was snowed out). Fear not, it's supposed to be 35 this Saturday, so it shouldn't be too bad.

This tourney is unlike any other we attend, because it is held on a college campus instead of a high school campus. Several buildings will be in use, so wear a coat and your most comfortable dress shoes. Student Union for lunch, not a parent-run concession, so bring some cash.

This tournament charges their own DROP FEE. So, in addition to the $15 you owe your team (cash or check made to LSHS Speech), if you drop, you will also need to give me $5 cash BEFORE Saturday ($10 if you double-enter), so I have money to hand over to them at registration. Below is the registration list. WE WILL LEAVE AT 6:30 A.M. DON'T BE LATE!!!!

Anderson, Kayla--Prose, Duo
Barrett, Abbie--OO, Prose
Berger, Mike--Extemp Spk
Bergeron, Sebastian--Humor, Duo
Bradley, Michelle--OO
Branch, Ashley--Story
Cole, Kelly--Info, Prose
Davis, Tyler--Humor
Falk, Ryan--Humor
Fideler, Kori--Extemp Rd
Halliday, Logan--Story
Heintze, Michelle--Disco
Julik, Joe--OO, Duo
JungBauer, Evan--Creative
Kappenman, Taylor--Poetry
Kunkel, Adam--Creative, Duo
Leask, Bronwyn--Great Sp
Longley, Ryan--Disco
Nelson, Shawn--Drama
Roesner, Rachel--Extemp Rd
Rosenthal, Sarah--Great Sp, Poetry
Schwartz, Mikaela--Prose
Schwegman, Emily--Humor, Duo
Shim, Joe--OO, Duo
Slinger, Dylan--Extemp Spk
Steinkamp, Jeff--Humor
Sweere, Lisa--Info
Sweere, Melissa--OO
VanSlooten, Carissa--Info
Zeru, Meron--Disco

Forest Lake Results

A long ride to Forest Lake was worth it Saturday, as we had three finalists. Congrats to:

Mike Berger-- 3rd Place Honors Extemp Speaking
Christian Keil--3rd Place Impromptu
Adam Kunkel--5th Place Honors Creative

Way to go, guys!

Forest Lake INFO

We are bringing 33 students, our biggest outing yet. Make sure you are well and on time!!!

LEAVE at 6:30 AM from upper doors. Roster below...if you can't go, you owe your team $15. Let me know ASAP.

Anderson, Kayla- Prose, Duo
Barrett, Abbie- OO
Berger, Mike-ES, Imp
Bergeron, Sebastian- Humor, Duo
Bradley, Michelle- OO
Branch, Ashley- Story
Davis, Tyler-Humor
Denley, Maurita- Disco
Falk, Ryan- Humor
Fideler, Kori- ER
Halliday, Logan- Story
Heintze, Michelle- Disco
Jennings, Tim- ES
JungBauer, Evan- CE
Kappenman, Taylor- Poe
Keil, Christian- ES, Imp
Kunkel, Adam- CE
Leask, Bronwyn- GS
Longley, Ryan- Disco
Lowe, Cody- Info
Nelson, Shawn- Drama
Nylund, Kati- Humor
Rosenthal, Sarah- GS, Poe
Schmidt, Julie- Info, Imp
Schwartz, Mikaela- Pro
Schwegman, Emily- Humor
Shim, Joe- OO
Skluzacek, Simon- Humor
Steinkamp, Jeff- Humor
Sweere, Lisa- Info
Sweere, Melissa- OO
VanSlooten, Carissa- Info
Zeru, Meron- Disco

Apple Valley Results

Brrrrr!!! It was a cold day to speech, but we did it anyway :-). Here are the outstanding results from the Minneapple this weekend:

Mike Berger: 3rd place, Honors Extemp. Speaking
Ryan Falk: 5th place, Novice Humorous
Sarah Rosenthal: 7th place, Great Speeches AND 6th place, Poetry
Dylan Slinger: 2nd place, Novice Extemp. Speaking

We took 10th place out of 34 schools as well. Awesome job everyone!

Forest Lake: Feb. 16

This isn't the official info yet, but I am registering tomorrow (Friday, Feb. 8) and want to make sure everyone who signed up is coming, because it is a "holiday" weekend. It's our biggest entry yet, and I expected it to be smaller, so I'm a little worried. I HATE reporting drops at a tournament (and I know you don't like giving me $15), so make sure you let me know by tomorrow if you can't be at that tourney.

People who ARE NOT going to Forest Lake: (EVERYONE ELSE is currently ON the roster)
Kelly Cole
Joe Julik
Dylan Slinger

PRACTICE!

You must practice! If you miss practice with your regular coach (like, say, your name is Kayla or Seb and you didn't come to duo practice yesterday), you can sign up for practice with me. I have Thursday available!!!!! Come see me to sign up. All are welcome, just make sure you sign up and show up.

Apple Valley Info

Apple Valley is the biggest, most competitive tournament we will attend this year. The varsity and novice teams will compete in different buildings even. It is very important you are on time this week (although we had no late-comers when we went to EP). Below is the info and roster.

LEAVE AT 7:10 AM from upper lot. (Their awards ceremony is usually pretty long, so we won't be back until around 6.)

If you are NOT on this list, but would like to compete, let me know ASAP. If you ARE on this list but CAN'T compete, you will have to pay the $15 drop fee.

Anderson, Kayla
Barrett, Abbie
Berger, Mike
Bergeron, Sebastian
Branch, Ashley
Cole, Kelly
Falk, Ryan
Fideler, Kori
Halliday, Logan
Jennings, Tim
Julik, Joe
Kunkel, Adam
Leask, Bronwyn
Longley, Ryan
Nelson, Shawn
Nylund, Kati
Roesner, Rachel
Rosenthal, Sarah
Schmidt, Julie
Schwartz, Mikaela
Schwegman, Emily
Shim, Joe
Slinger, Dylan
Steinkamp, Jeff
Sweere, Lisa
Sweere, Melissa
VanSlooten, Carissa
Zeru, Meron

LSHS Results

WOW! What an incredible tournament. You all were incredibly helpful last week. You made our tournament a great success. Not to mention, we did pretty well. We took 7th place, out of 21 teams. A special nod to our finalists:

Mike Berger- 3rd Place, Varsity Extemp Speaking
Tim Jennings- 4th Place, Novice Extemp Speaking
Christian Keil- 7th Place, Impromptu
Adam Kunkel- 3rd Place, Varsity Creative
Bronwyn Leask- 7th Place, Novice Great Speeches
Julie Schmidt- 3rd Place, Impromptu
Dylan Slinger- 5th Place, Novice Extemp Speaking
Lisa Sweere- 6th Place, Novice Informative

Well done, everyone!

Extemp Week of Feb 4

I sent you all a detailed note, but for quick reference you will practice at 5:30 on Monday and Friday this week. Be sure you come ready to give your speech. :)

Lakeville South INFO

This week is our only HOME tournament. There is MUCH to do. Please, if you haven't yet, sign up for a day (Thursday or Friday) to help out. This is a lettering requirement.

Info for competing at our tournament:
This is the first tournament for half of you, so this may be a little repetitive, but make sure you have done two things:
1. PAID and TURNED IN ALL FORMS: If you still have an outstanding status, you will NOT be allowed to compete, and you will owe a $15 drop fee.
2. READ! If you are a novice, make sure you have read "Tournament Procedures" from your handbook, so you have a good idea of what to expect.

Everyone, make sure you are dressed professionally and have everything ready. If you are using a script, make sure it has been mounted on black paper. See me if you need this.

Below is the meet time and roster (no bus, obviously :-)). If you are on this roster, but will not be coming, you owe your team a $15 drop fee. Let me know ASAP if this is the case. If you get sick Saturday morning, you MUST call my cell (in the handbook) to let me know.

MEET IN MY ROOM (A109) at 7:15 (Draws start at 8). We will have breakfast available.


1. Abbie Barrett, OO
2. Mike Berger, ES and Imp
3. Michelle Bradley, OO
4. Ashley Branch, Story
5. Kelly Cole, Info and Prose
6. Maurita Denley, Disco
7. Ryan Falk, Humor
8. Logan Halliday, Story
9. Michelle Heintze, Disco
10. Joe Julik, OO and Duo
11. Evan Jungbauer, CE
12. Taylor Kappenman, Poe
13. Christian Keil, ES and Imp
14. Adam Kunkel, CE
15. Bronwyn Leask, GS
16. Ryan Longley, Disco
17. Kati Nylund, Humor
18. Rachel Roesner, ER
19. Sarah Rosenthal, GS and Poe
20. Julie Schmidt, Info and Imp
21. Mikaela Schwartz, Prose
22. Joe Shim, OO and Duo
23. Dylan Slinger, ES
24. Jeff Steinkamp, Humor
25. Lisa Sweere, Info
26. Melissa Sweere, OO
27. Carissa VanSlooten, Info

COME SEE ME WITH QUESTIONS!!! I will see you all either Thursday or Friday.

Extemp - Week of Jan 28

The debate season ended about 5:30PM on a cold Saturday night in Mankato...so now it's time to rev up the extemp engine.

We will practice from 5:30 to 7:30PM on Monday and Friday nights up in the IMC. You should probably plan on taking a couple hours a week to print some stuff for the files and read independently as well. We want to use practice time to either give speeches or study topics that you'll speak on.

I know we have our own tournament this weekend, but we'll still do practice on Friday night.

Be sure to offer to help with setting up and cleaning.

If you need to reach me, my cell phone is 651.387.8305 you can either call or text me.

Andy

Eden Prairie Results

WOW!!! What an amazing first tournament! Though our showing was not impressive to many standards (15th out of 22 schools), I think we are a very promising small team. Our novii are an incredible group well on their way to owning this team. I am very excited for this season! Although everyone had some impressive moments, here are the highlights of this first tournament:

-Michael Berger, senior captain and generally awesome guy: 2nd place in varsity Extemp. Speaking
-Ryan Falk, freshman rockstar and always smiling: 6th place in novice Humorous
-Joe Julik, junior and luckiest guy at the tournament: winner of the Wii (EP was sponsored by Rasmussen College, who held a drawing for a Wii if you filled out their information card and our very own J.J. won...how cool is that?)

I am VERY looking forward to our "home court advantage" (as quoted by Ryan Falk) next week. Make sure you all sign up to help with tournament prep on either Thursday or Friday. Watch the site later this week for all the details of our very own tourney.

Go Cougars!

Tournament Prep

ALL MEMBERS OF THE TEAM are expected to help with prep for our tournament on either (or both, if you're so inclined :-)) Thursday, January 31 or Friday, February 1. On Thursday, we will be making posters and envelopes from 3-5. On Friday, we will be hanging posters and stuffing envelopes from 3-5. Sign up outside my room (A109) for which day. There are 34 of you, so I put 17 slots on each day, but you can add more if you're willing to come both days. It's generally pretty fun working together and getting pumped for our big day.

CONGRATS to our one-act folks, who WON subsections on Thursday, so sadly won't be at our tourney on Saturday, but will be dazzling the section judges.

Good luck to the 16 competitors who will be starting the season tomorrow at Eden Prairie.

EDEN PRAIRIE--JAN. 26TH, 7 A.M.

It is time for our very first tournament of 2008! I know I'm excited, and I hope you are, too! Make sure you always check the website for tournament information the week of the tournament. For this first tournament, make sure you have done two things:
1. PAID and TURNED IN ALL FORMS: If you still have an outstanding status, you will NOT be allowed to compete, and you will owe a $15 drop fee.
2. READ! If you are a novice, make sure you have read "Tournament Procedures" from your handbook, so you have a good idea of what to expect.

Everyone, make sure you are dressed professionally and have everything ready. If you are using a script, make sure it has been mounted on black paper. See me if you need this.

Below is the leave time and roster. If you are on this roster, but will not be coming, you owe your team a $15 drop fee. Let me know ASAP if this is the case. If you get sick Saturday morning, you MUST call my cell (in the handbook) to let me know. If you are late, we will leave without you.

LEAVE AT 7:00 A.M. FROM THE UPPER (STAFF/GYM) DOORS. YOU CAN PARK HERE ON A SATURDAY WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE.

Roster:
EDEN PRAIRIE 2008


1. Michael Berger, Ext. Speaking
2. Ashley Branch, Storytelling
3. Kelly Cole, Prose and Info
4. Ryan Falk, Humor
5. Kori Fideler, Ext. Reading
6. Logan Halliday, Storytelling
7. Michelle Heintze, Disco
8. Joe Julik, OO
9. Evan Jungbauer, Creative
10. Taylor Kappenman, Poetry
11. Adam Kunkel, Creative and Duo
12. Bronwyn Leask, Great Sp
13. Ryan Longley, Disco
14. Julie Schmidt, Info
15. Emily Schwegman, Humor and Duo
16. Jeff Steinkamp, Humor

This is our smallest group all year for a variety of reasons, but we have an exact even number of veterans and novices, so pair up to make sure you have a guide for the day.

Email me with questions. I also still have practice spots available. Come see me to sign up.

Practice this week and next...

Hello, team!

Practice is a little weird this week and next due to yesterday's cancellations and next week's lack of school. SO, make sure you are communicating with your coaches about when to practice. If you are cancelling practice, please CALL your coach, don't just email, because they may not check email before making the drive over. Please read all notes below in case they pertain to you:
1. Discussion- SO sorry about being sick. Then Suzanne was going to take care of you, but then she couldn't make it either. We will make this practice discussion up THIS Friday right after school. Please let me know if you can't make it, but please make every effort to be here. Next week, we don't have school on Monday or Friday, so we will practice on Wednesday at 3:30. Again, make every effort to be here on this off-the-regular-schedule-day.
2. Angie's Students (drama/duo)- Angie is ONLY available on Mondays, and since we don't have school next Monday, you will all need to sign up for a time to practice with me. Times go quickly, so please see me soon.
3. Suzanne's Students (OO, Info, GS)- If you were supposed to be here yesterday, Suzanne will contact you to arrange a new time. She will be here Thursday for sure, so stop by then if you're unsure.
4. Joy and Amanda's Students (prose, ext. rdg, humor)- Always keep in contact. Their schedules should remain the same, but just make sure you're communicating.

EVERYONE: If you want extra practice time, please come see me, and I will schedule you. This does NOT take the place of meeting with your regular coach unless prearranged. I have time open on Thursday and Friday.

The first tournament is less than 2 weeks away. Only 16 of you are signed up, but all should be working hard. See me with ANY questions about ANYTHING. Go Cougars!

Updates

Some reminders as we head into the competition part of the season:

1. Some of you STILL have missing forms/obligations. You MUST get these taken care of. No excuses.
2. You must be practicing weekly. More if you are double-entered. You need to communicate with your coaches to ensure they know if you can't make it.
3. The first tournament is Jan. 26, which a lot of people can't come to due to solo/ensemble, which is fine. However, the second tournament is our home tournament on Feb. 2nd. Even if you are not able to compete that day (one-act folks), you still must plan on being here after school on either Thursday, January 31st or Friday, February 1st to help with tournament prep. It is required for lettering.
4. Your captains are working on designing t-shirts and sweatshirts. If you have ideas for either, talk to Kayla (mingochica@frontiernet.net) or Mike (mike.berger@gmail.com). T-shirts will be $10 and sweatshirts will be about $60. Start thinking about ordering, and watch the site for info.

Finally, I am SO impressed with what I've been seeing from you in practice in the last month. Some of you are literally dazzling me with your talent. I'm SO excited for the competition to get underway.

Cheers, Mrs. H.