Sections Update

At today's meeting, we discussed the following:
1. Practice: make sure you are practicing regularly with your coach until spring break. Work extra hard. Be within the time limit (have your coach practice with time cards, since that's what we'll have at sections). No more memory mistakes. Everything should be memorized.
2. Spring Break team practice: Wednesday, April 8th at noon. We'll have pizza and practice our hearts out. Most likely we'll meet in my room, but I have to check on the availability of the building for sure. I'll post a confirmation on this next week.
3. Day of sections: we voted to leave school at 1:00ish so we can go to Applebee's for lunch like the last few years. Official bus leave time will be posted next week as well.
4. ALL CATEGORIES WITH SCRIPTS must have complete, updated scripts to me by Friday, April 3rd. If you don't, you will not be going to sections. Make sure all changes are made, and that your name and school are listed on the top.

Leah, Caitlin, and Anselmo were absent from this meeting, so the three of you need to stop by and see me so I know you have this information.

SWEATSHIRTS ARE HERE!

Pick up ASAP :-)

Northfield Results, etc.

CONGRATULATIONS to the whole team for taking FIRST PLACE at Northfield! What a great way to end the invitational season. Sections and State don't stand a chance against you :-). To those whose season is over, we'll see you at the banquet on Monday, May 4th in the commons (more info to come). If you're coming to sections, please attend a brief meeting in A109 this Wednesday after school for a quick discussion. 2:45-3. Quick and painless.

Here are our MANY award winners from Northfield:
Adam Kunkel- OO Champion, Creative Champion (woo-hoo!)
Madeline Gore- Creative- 2nd
Abbie Barrett- OO-4th, Prose-4th
Melissa Sweere- OO, 6th
Taylor Vivant- OO, Honorable Mention
Kelly Cole- Prose, Honorable Mention
Jeff Steinkamp- Humor-2nd
Michael Slutsky- Humor-Honorable Mention
Maddy Peton- Drama- Honorable Mention
Logan Halliday- Storytelling Champion
Ashley Schilz- Storytelling- Honorable Mention
Meron Zeru- Disco- Honorable Mention
Kanchan Hulasare- Disco- Honorable Mention
Hannah Heintze- Disco- Honorable Mention
Michelle Heintze- Disco- 3rd
Ashley Branch- Ext. Spk.- 7th
Leema John- Ext. Spk.-6th
Raffi Garnighian- Ext. Spk.- 5th
Anselmo Shim- Ext. Spk.- 4th
Dylan Slinger- Ext. Spk.- 3rd
Caitlin Drogemuller- Info- Honorable Mention
Emily Healy- Info- Honorable Mention
Grace O'Brien- Great Speeches- 4th
Sarah Rosenthal- Poetry- 2nd; Great Speeches- 2nd

Well done, everyone!

SHIRTS AND PANTS!!!

The t-shirts and sweatpants are here!!!! Those at practice on Thursday picked them up, so we're going to wear our t-shirts on Friday. So, pick them up in the morning before school on Friday to put them on for the day. The sweatshirts are supposed to be here on Tuesday.

Northfield Info

All but 3 people are coming to this final tournament of the season (except for sections, see previous post). Let's make it a great day! The buses will leave from the upper doors at 7:10 AM. Be on time! The rosters (by bus) are listed below. See me ASAP if there is a mistake. See you at team practice either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday!

NORTHFIELD ROSTER—BUS #1
CREATIVE, OO, PROSE, HUMORE, DRAMA, STORYTELLING, EX. RDG., DUO
MARCH 21, 2009

STUDENTS
1. Adam Kunkel
2. Madeline Gore
3. Abbie Barrett
4. Joe Shim
5. Ruthie Nelson
6. Melissa Sweere
7. Taylor Vivant
8. Kelly Cole
9. Jeff Steinkamp
10. Mike Cole
11. Hayden Rutan
12. Michael Slutsky
13. Tye Gundel
14. Maddy Peton
15. Logan Halliday
16. Kaya Petersen
17. Dani Johnson
18. Jeff Larson
19. Ashley Schilz
20. Gap Seniwong
21. Kate Vold
22. Ashley Larson
23. Chelsea Brundrett
24. Shannon Armstrong
25. Maddy Longley
26. Shelby Roles
27. Madison Roles
(27 Students)

COACH
Emily Heinis

NORTHFIELD ROSTER—BUS #2
DISCUSSION, EXT. SPEAKING, INFO, GREAT SPEECHES, POETRY
MARCH 21, 2009

STUDENTS
1. Meron Zeru
2. Kallie Radford
3. Ryan Longley
4. Starla Rajavuori
5. Joan Keller
6. Kanchan Hulasare
7. Hannah Heintze
8. Michelle Heintze
9. Ashley Branch
10. Leema John
11. Raffi Garnighian
12. Anselmo Shim
13. Dylan Slinger
14. Caitlin Drogemuller
15. Megan Johnston
16. Emily Healy
17. Lisa Sweere
18. Brianna Egge
19. Grace O’Brien
20. Sarah Rosenthal
21. Megan Lavallee
22. Brittany Ebeling
23. Anna Goude

(23 Students)

COACH
Joe Lawrence

Sections 2009

Sections selection was not very difficult for most categories this year, simply because SO many of you are going on Spring Break. Of our 54 team members, only 25 are going to sections. Boo. In the categories that selection WAS necessary, please refer to your handbook for the criteria. If you were not selected, you are more than welcome to come to cheer your teammates on :-). If you are not going to sections, this week is your last week. Again, boo. The season has gone quickly. If you're not going to sections or Northfield this Saturday, then you don't need to practice this week, since you will no longer be competing. See you at the banquet (details on the banquet to be determined...stay tuned).

Creative
1. Adam Kunkel
2. Madeline Gore

Discussion
1. Hannah Heintze
2. Kanchan Hulasare
3. Meron Zeru

Drama
1. Maddy Peton

Duo
No entries

Ext. Reading
No entries

Ext. Speaking
1. Dylan Slinger
2. Leema John
3. Anselmo Shim

Great Speeches
No entries

Humorous
1. Hayden Rutan
2. Mike Cole
3. Michael Slutsky

Informative
1. Caitlin Drogemuller
2. Megan Johnston
3. Lisa Sweere

OO
1. Abbie Barrett
2. Ruthie Nelson
3. Taylor Vivant

Poetry
1. Anna Goude

Prose
1. Kelly Cole
2. Leah Putz

Storytelling
1. Logan Halliday
2. Jeff Larson
3. Ashley Schilz

NFL and Eagan Results

A very big congratulations to Dylan Slinger, who is headed to the national speech tournament in Birmingham, Alabama this June! Dylan took 2nd place in Domestic Extemp Speaking, and 5th in International.

More congratulations to Ashley Branch and Meron Zeru who were semi-finalists in extemp speaking at the NFL tournament. Great job, girls!

At the Eagan Invitational on Saturday, many more congratulations are in order:

Adam Kunkel-Creative-3rd place; OO-4th place honors
Abbie Barrett-OO-6th place
Jeff Steinkamp-Humor-7th Honors
Kanchan Hulasare-Disco-7th Honors
Leema John-Ext. Spk.-2nd Honors
Anselmo Shim-Ext. Spk.-3rd place
Sarah Rosenthal-Great Speeches-3rd place

Great job, everyone!

Practice Next week (March 16-20)

Next week is the final week of practice for anyone not attending sections. Let's make it a fun week. We'll be having group practices INSTEAD of OR in ADDITION to (depending on your coach's request) regular practices. Everyone is expected to attend one of the three possible days EXCEPT discussion, who have no speeches to present (Disco, you MAY come watch, though, but no need to sign up; we'll practice MONDAY instead of Tuesday next week). You must sign up outside my classroom (A109) for one of the following days:
Tuesday, March 17
Wednesday, March 18
Thursday, March 19

All practices will run 3:00 to 5:30. You must be there the whole time (going first and leaving really isn't fair). Each day can have a possible 16 people. Do NOT add more spaces to the sign-up sheet. Once a day is full, it's full. Sign up early if you have a preference.

See you on Saturday (or Friday, for you NFLers)!!!

Tournaments this week

Yes, tournaments, as in plural. We have a Friday AND Saturday tournament this week. If you are going to Friday's, you have already been notified. If you haven't been notified, you're not going :-). (See Mrs. Heinis if you want to know how selections were made.) The information for both tournaments is listed below. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.

National Forensic League National Tournament Qualifier, Friday, March 13th
Centennial High School, Circle Pines, MN

This tournament is usually in Eagan, but this year had to be moved. To get to Circle Pines by 8:00, we need to leave South at 6:15 AM Friday morning. We will be going straight up 35W through rush hour. Awesome. There are only 13 going, but we still need to bus. This tournament will run ALL DAY. Do not expect to be home before 10:30 PM. Make sure you get homework from your teachers BEFORE Friday. They have already been notified of your absence. BRING this homework with you, as the rounds are flighted, meaning you will have an hour between each round. YOU WILL GET BORED WITH NOTHING TO DO.

ROSTER
Barrett, Abbie
Branch, Ashley
Cole, Kelly
Garnighian, Raffi
John, Leema
Kunkel, Adam
Rosenthal, Sarah
Rutan, Hayden
Shim, Anselmo
Shim, Joe
Slinger, Dylan
Steinkamp, Jeff
Zeru, Meron

Eagan Wildcat Invitational, Saturday, March 14th
Eagan High School

This is a regular invitational, with honors finals and varsity finals. The second half of the NFL Qual tournament will also take place at Eagan on Saturday. If you make semi-finals for NFLs, you will be dropped from the Eagan tournament at no charge to you or the team. Awards for both tournaments will be held together at the end of the day. For Eagan, we will again take two buses. The rosters by bus are listed below. We will leave at 7:00 AM.

A NOTE ABOUT SADIES: Sadies is this day. You are already registered for this tournament. Sadies is NOT an excuse to get out of this tournament. If I find out you didn't attend this tournament, but DID attend Sadies, you will not letter or attend sections. If you ARE going to Sadies, and do NOT make finals, I will allow you to leave early. However, as stated in our handbook, you may ONLY leave with your OWN parent. Notes from parents to leave with someone else will NOT be accepted. The only window during which you might leave is between finals and awards, as I have to talk with your parent before you leave. If you do plan on leaving (only for Sadies, remember; not open to all), you need to let me know in the morning, so I can plan on meeting you by the door AFTER finals. This is non-negotiable. Your date will understand :-).

EAGAN ROSTER—BUS #1
CREATIVE, OO, PROSE, HUMOR, DRAMA, STORYTELLING, EXT. READING, DUO
MAR. 14, 2009

STUDENTS
1. Adam Kunkel
2. Madeline Gore
3. Abbie Barrett
4. Joe Shim
5. Ruthie Nelson
6. Melissa Sweere
7. Leah Putz
8. Kelly Cole (NFL only)
9. Hayden Rutan
10. Jeff Steinkamp
11. Tye Gundel
12. Maddy Peton
13. Melissa McMahon
14. Logan Halliday
15. Jeff Larson
16. Kaya Petersen
17. Ashley Schilz
18. Gap Seniwong
19. Ashley Larson
20. Shannon Armstrong
21. Maddy Longley
22. Chelsea Brundrett
23. Lauren Koch
24. Madison Roles
25. Shelby Roles

(25 Students)

COACH
Emily Heinis

EAGAN ROSTER—BUS #2
DISCUSSION, EXT. SPEAKING, INFO, GREAT SPEECHES, POETRY
MAR. 14, 2009

STUDENTS
1. Meron Zeru
2. Kallie Radford
3. Michelle Heintze
4. Hannah Heintze
5. Kanchan Hulasare
6. Starla Rajavuori
7. Ryan Longley
8. Ashley Branch
9. Dylan Slinger
10. Leema John
11. Raffi Garnighian
12. Anselmo Shim
13. Caitlin Drogemuller
14. Brianna Egge
15. Emily Healy
16. Lisa Sweere
17. Sarah Rosenthal
18. Grace O’Brien
19. Brittany Ebeling
20. Megan Lavallee

(20 Students)

COACH
Emily Shannon


***AS USUAL, LET ME KNOW ASAP IF THIS CONTAINS MISTAKES.***

Lakeville North Results

Tough, tough competition this week! We had two students advancing to semi-finals, and only one in finals. Congratulations to:

Kelly Cole, semifinalist in Prose
Dylan Slinger, 6th place in Ext. Speaking

SHIRTS!!!!!

You must have your order form and money in to Mrs. Heinis by the end of the day Thursday!!!!!

MSU Results

Last weekend was stellar! Many people received awards, and as a team, we took 2nd place! Well done, team. The following were honored:

Meron Zeru- Discussion Champion
Michelle Heintze- Discussion, 5th place
Kanchan Hulasare- Discussion, Top Novice
Ryan Longley- Discussion, Honors
Ashley Branch- Ext. Speaking, 4th place
Dylan Slinger- Ext. Speaking Champion
Leema John- Ext. Speaking, Honors
Raffi Garnighian-Ext. Speeaking, 2nd place
Anselmo Shim-Ext Speaking, 5th place
Brianna Egge- Informative, 3rd place Novice
Emily Healy- Informative, 2nd place Novice
Sarah Rosenthal- Poetry, 3rd place, Great Speeches Champion
Grace O'Brien- Great Speeches, Top Novice
Anna Goude- Poetry Novice Champion
Megan Lavallee- Poetry, 2nd place Novice
Adam Kunkel- Creative Ex, 2nd place, OO, 3rd place
Abbie Barrett-OO 2nd place, Prose, 5th place
Joe Shim- OO, Honors
Kelly Cole- Prose, Honors
Logan Halliday- Storytelling, 6th place
Chelsea Brundrett- Duo, Top Novice
Lauren Koch- Duo, Top Novice

Congratulations everyone!

Lakeville North Tourney INFO

This weekend's tournament is at North. This means there will be NO BUS. You must be at North by 7:30. Find us in the commons. You absolutely must check in with me. Draws begin at 8. Round One is at 8:30. This tournament has semi-finals, so we'll have the opportunity to have more rounds of competition and more awards. Awards are scheduled to begin at 5:00. I will be taking attendance again AFTER awards. You will not get credit for attending the tournament if you do not stay the entire time (we are a team; you stay to support your teammates). See me with questions.

Because nearly the entire team is attending, it is easier to post a list of the roster NOT going. The only two people NOT going are

Sarah Rosenthal
Melissa Sweere

Let me know if this is incorrect ASAP. Further drops will require payment as of Tuesday. Practice hard! See you Saturday!