Updates

Hi everyone,

 

Lots to cover in this email so I'll get to it:

 

1) November 15th and 16th is the Sedro Woolley tournament. Please reserve your spot by Friday November 8th. It takes me time to line up transportation, judges and registration so please don't delay! Here's the link to the invite: http://www.forensicstournament.net/tournamentdocs/1141-2014WoolleyInvite.pdf

 

We'll want to avoid the congestion of buses/cars so we'll leave at 2:30 from Sehome and Bellingham HS. Sehome students + Sam, meet Laura in the Sehome teacher lot (same as last meeting place). Bellingham students, meet me (Aly) at BHS where the district vans are parked, next to the baseball field.

 

I can only predict that we'll get back around 10:30pm on Friday. We'll need to leave again at 7am on Saturday. We will all depart Saturday from Bellingham HS.

 

Please be sure to pay your November $35 dues to your ASB in order to attend the tournament. Bring flow paper, food/money for concessions, pens, and professional clothing.

 

2) Our fundraiser and tournament is quickly coming up on December 14th. WWU debate team kindly hosts it for us. We will need parents and students to all participate in order to make this a success. Things we will need volunteers for: donating/preparing food for judges/coaches, judging, and outreach to school admin/teachers. We had 100% participation from parents last year and it was a great tournament. Come learn about volunteer positions on Tuesday, November 19th, from 8pm-8:30pm. We'll just use the last half hour of practice. We meet in room 109 at Sehome (our regular practice room). Hope you can attend!

 

3) Finally, results from the Snohomish Tournament this past weekend. First off, please be sure to thank Laura, our wonderful volunteer, for driving AND judging both days. Thank you thank you thank you!

 

Secondly, let's congratulate Sehome's Connor Carpenter and Felipe Rivera. They went 6-0 and won first place. Great start to the season!

 

Bellingham's Adele and Julia both jumped into open level policy debate in order to debate with Will. This was their second tournament and I am proud of them for challenging themselves. Will is a good mentor, too.

 

Duncan Ogg from Squalicum had the highest speaker points, averaging 28.5 (out of 30) each round. And Marina pulls ahead to have the most National Forensic League Points, earning Special Distinction.

 

Great job everyone. I look forward to another good showing at Sedro Woolley.