Please read! This is the information for the last tournaments of the season:
Feb 5/6 Kamiak HS, Mukilteo WA: Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, Jan 27
Feb 23 (Tuesday) Edmonds Home School Resource Center, Edmonds WA: Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, Feb 3rd. Anyone can attend as long as their grades are in good standing, have paid all dues, and have not already received a bid to state at Mt Vernon or Kamiak tournaments. We will depart school at 1:45pm.
March 4/5 National Qualifier Tournament, Mukilteo WA: Deadline to sign up is Wednesday, Feb 24th. You must be an NFL member with 25 points before the tournament. This is an elimination tournament. If you are out on Thursday, you will not return to Friday's tournament. We will depart at 2pm Thursday, March 4th.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Mount Vernon Pics
Congrats to 1st place Champ CX'ers Gordon Friedman and Mitsu Gunsolus. Gordon was also first place speaker, and Mitsu was second. They now have a bid to state. Our Squalicum sophomore Oscar Aguirre was 4th place speaker in Novice LD, and would have broken to semis had it not been for the Bye. Here are the pics from this weekend. Also, keep checking back here for Final Round pics taken by Chris McCool at Mt. Vernon: http://www.cgrantmccool.com/debate/
The agenda for this week
Hi all,
This week we will work on the following:
Tuesday 1/26- Rebuttal re-dos! Bring all flows and you will get your ballots back
Wednesday 1/26- LD: 1AR strategies. CX: Nietsche Kritik- and answers to
WEDNESDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR KAMIAK TOURNAMENT.
Priority is given to students who have fundraised, attended all practices, and have seniority.
Pictures from Mt. Vernon to follow.
This week we will work on the following:
Tuesday 1/26- Rebuttal re-dos! Bring all flows and you will get your ballots back
Wednesday 1/26- LD: 1AR strategies. CX: Nietsche Kritik- and answers to
WEDNESDAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SIGN UP FOR KAMIAK TOURNAMENT.
Priority is given to students who have fundraised, attended all practices, and have seniority.
Pictures from Mt. Vernon to follow.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Practice and other news for Jan 2010
Hello everyone and Happy New Year,
Welcome back from break. Tomorrow we will resume practice for debate, as Sehome High School computer lab from 3:15-4:30pm.
A couple of announcements...
-Please check your Fundbunch site to see if any fundraising has come your way. Keep sending the URL to people who might be interested in donating.
-For Mt. Vernon, they MAY collapse JV and Novice category OR the JV and Open category. So be prepared.
-For Novices: Please note that there are no restrictions to kritiks OR counterplans now. Novices can run ANY kritik, any CP.
-Parents/guardians: We will depart at 2:30pm on the 22nd (Friday) and return that evening, leaving again at 8:20AM on the 23rd.
Friday- Aly, Jim, Lisa McShane
Saturday- Aly, Jim, Becky, Jo Kaas
Here is who I have signed up for attending the Mt. Vernon Tournament. If I've forgotten anyone, please let me know because I don't have my list in front of me:
SQHS: (SQHS students will leave at 7:00AM on Jan 23rd from SQHS due to I.E.'s)
Iman Hafiz OPEN Impromptu/Duo
Sarah Yeend OPEN impromptu/Duo
Ben Kaas OPEN
Oscar Aguirre JV
BHS:
Gordon Friedman/Mitsu Gonsolus OPEN
Katy Hagin/Alex Reed JV/OPEN
Max Monehan STUDENT CONGRESS
Nate Cancilla OPEN
Emiliana Morales NOVICE
SHS:
Kylie Behmer/Hae Bin Jeon JV
Will McShane/Conner Helms OPEN
Rose Osborne OPEN
Amy Han/Nicolle Stewart NOVICE
Millie Mulka/Lee Bartlett NOVICE
Lastly, CX students should post one piece of tagged evidence on our google groups page by Tuesday. Remember we will be doing this each week.
For 1/5/10: LDers continue to work with Grant on new topic. CX- mini Topicality debate. Please bring any or all T-Shells with you.
For 1/6/10: mini-CP debate (bring any CP with you that you will need to work on); LDers continue with new topic with Grant
Thank you,
Aly Hoover
Welcome back from break. Tomorrow we will resume practice for debate, as Sehome High School computer lab from 3:15-4:30pm.
A couple of announcements...
-Please check your Fundbunch site to see if any fundraising has come your way. Keep sending the URL to people who might be interested in donating.
-For Mt. Vernon, they MAY collapse JV and Novice category OR the JV and Open category. So be prepared.
-For Novices: Please note that there are no restrictions to kritiks OR counterplans now. Novices can run ANY kritik, any CP.
-Parents/guardians: We will depart at 2:30pm on the 22nd (Friday) and return that evening, leaving again at 8:20AM on the 23rd.
Friday- Aly, Jim, Lisa McShane
Saturday- Aly, Jim, Becky, Jo Kaas
Here is who I have signed up for attending the Mt. Vernon Tournament. If I've forgotten anyone, please let me know because I don't have my list in front of me:
SQHS: (SQHS students will leave at 7:00AM on Jan 23rd from SQHS due to I.E.'s)
Iman Hafiz OPEN Impromptu/Duo
Sarah Yeend OPEN impromptu/Duo
Ben Kaas OPEN
Oscar Aguirre JV
BHS:
Gordon Friedman/Mitsu Gonsolus OPEN
Katy Hagin/Alex Reed JV/OPEN
Max Monehan STUDENT CONGRESS
Nate Cancilla OPEN
Emiliana Morales NOVICE
SHS:
Kylie Behmer/Hae Bin Jeon JV
Will McShane/Conner Helms OPEN
Rose Osborne OPEN
Amy Han/Nicolle Stewart NOVICE
Millie Mulka/Lee Bartlett NOVICE
Lastly, CX students should post one piece of tagged evidence on our google groups page by Tuesday. Remember we will be doing this each week.
For 1/5/10: LDers continue to work with Grant on new topic. CX- mini Topicality debate. Please bring any or all T-Shells with you.
For 1/6/10: mini-CP debate (bring any CP with you that you will need to work on); LDers continue with new topic with Grant
Thank you,
Aly Hoover
Monday, December 14, 2009
2010-2111 Policy Topics
Hello-
We've been asked to vote on the policy topic for next year. We'll do a vote in practice tomorrow, since we get one vote per school. Think it over. Here are the choices:
NFHS BALLOT FOR TOPIC SELECTION
Proposed Topic Areas and Resolutions for 2010-11
Mark only the topic and resolution you prefer. The area that receives the most votes will be the 2010-11 debate topic and resolution.
_____ CHINA
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic engagement with the People’s Republic of China on one or more of the following issues: trade, economy, environment.
_____ MILITARY DEPLOYMENT
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its military and/or police presence in one or more of the following: South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey.
We've been asked to vote on the policy topic for next year. We'll do a vote in practice tomorrow, since we get one vote per school. Think it over. Here are the choices:
NFHS BALLOT FOR TOPIC SELECTION
Proposed Topic Areas and Resolutions for 2010-11
Mark only the topic and resolution you prefer. The area that receives the most votes will be the 2010-11 debate topic and resolution.
_____ CHINA
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its economic engagement with the People’s Republic of China on one or more of the following issues: trade, economy, environment.
_____ MILITARY DEPLOYMENT
Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially reduce its military and/or police presence in one or more of the following: South Korea, Japan, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Turkey.
Mt. Vernon Invite
Here is the info for our Mt. Vernon Tournament, the 22nd-23rd of January. Please sign up with me early! The schedule is at the bottom. We will depart BHS/SQHS/SHS at 2:30pm, so no one will miss classes- yeah!
See you Tuesday. We will be learning to cut evidence (policy) while LD works on new topic. Wednesday we will continue on cutting evidence/writing cases and wrap up with a holiday party. Parents/Guardians are welcome to join us, Wednesday at 4pm at SHS computer lab.
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December 12, 2009
Dear Coach,
The Mount Vernon Debate team is pleased to invite you to the eleventh annual Mount Vernon Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament, January 22-23, 2010. We encourage your attendance for a great weekend of competition.
EVENTS: We will continue to offer the eight Washington State Individual Events in both open and novice divisions, open and novice Student Congress and Public Forum, and three divisions of LD and CX. All debaters will have six rounds of competition, then a final round in all divisions; three rounds and finals in IE’s; two sessions of Student Congress.
REGISTRATION: Registration this year will occur through the website http://www.forensictournament.net. Please do not email or fax registrations unless you absolutely cannot access the website. Problems? Questions? E-mail Charlie Potter at chazpotter@yahoo.com or contact by phone (cell) 360-223-3148.
Deadline for entries is Tuesday, January 19th (which is the day after MLK day, so please plan ahead) and tournament fees will be set at 4:00 p.m. that day. Drops after this time will not be deducted from the entry fee. Please make sure your entries are correct by reviewing them at forensictournament.net. Once the web site is closed, changes can be made via e-mail at chazpotter@yahoo.com until 2pm the day of the tournament; after 2pm make changes at registration. Please try to avoid last minutes changes as this slows down the start of the first round.
Problem with registration? Email chazpotter@yahoo.com. Problems with the e-mail? phone Charlie Potter by cell, 360-223-3148, at school, 360-428-6104/ext. 2198, or phone at home, 360-752-0041.
Housing: We are only an hour north of Seattle, but if you are coming from farther away, many hotels in our area are reasonably priced (see list p. 3). Please let me know if you would like us to provide housing in student homes (on a limited basis, so contact us early).
We look forward to a fun and exciting weekend of competition. See you soon,
Charlie Potter, Head Coach Andrew Oommen, Assistant Coach
To view this invite online go to http://www.forensicstournament.net
Entry Limitation: There are none until the tournament reaches room capacity. Enter as many debate teams, congress participants, or individual events as you wish.
Judging:
Each judge covers 6 IE entries and either 2 CX/PF entries or 3 LD entries. Experienced team members (not competing) may judge in the novice division. Adult judges are required for junior and open divisions. You must bring enough judges to cover all of your entries. We do not have judges for you to hire (unless you are traveling from outside the Puget Sound area – please contact us no later than Thursday January 14th). Uncovered entries may be dropped, starting with open division entries, or additional fees incurred.
Public Forum: Coaches or adults may judge: College debaters who are not coaches may not. Bring qualified judges!
Student Congress: For teams with five or more entries, provide an adult who can act as parliamentarian and/or scorer. They cannot also cover Pattern B IE’s.
Divisions:
CX/LD Debate: Novice, Junior, and Open
Public Forum Debate: Novice and Open
IE’s: Novice and Open
Student Congress: Novice and Open chambers
(Note: we reserve the right to collapse divisions or houses if justified by total entries)
LD: We will be using the NFL Lincoln-Douglas topic for Jan./Feb.: “Resolved: Economic sanctions ought not be used to achieve foreign policy objectives.”
Times are 6-3-7-3-4-6-3, with 4 minutes of prep.
CX: Times are 8-3-5, with 6 minutes of prep time. Novice teams no longer have any of the traditional limitations (the 5 limited case areas adopted by the WSFA and limitations on counterplans and kritiks ended in December). This means we could collapse the Open and Junior divisions or collapse the Novice and Junior divisions together!
PF: Conflicts with other debate events. We will be using the NFL PF topic for January: “Resolved: President Obama's plan for increasing troops in Afghanistan is in the United States' best interest.” We will use the official NFL ballots.
Student Congress: Two sessions of Student Congress will be offered Saturday which conflicts with Pattern B of Individual Events. We will use the bills collected in the WSFA 2009 Spring Student Congress Legislative Packet found online at http://www.wiaa.com/subcontent.aspx?SecID=327 (the “forensics” page, see left side of page for the STUDENT CONGRESS LEGISLATION PACKET). If you have trouble with this, email chazpotter@yahoo.com for a congress packet.
IE’s: It is suggested students enter one event per pattern, but double entering is allowed.
Conflict Pattern A: Extemp, Expos, DI, and Duo
Conflict Pattern B: Impromptu, Oratory, HI and IR (Pattern B conflicts with Student Congress)
Times: 10 minutes (no grace) for DI, DUO, Oratory, and HI
8 minutes (:30 sec. grace) for Expos and IR
7 minutes for Extemp and 6 minutes for IMP
See the state rules, which apply in all events: http://www.wiaa.com/ConDocs/Con277/Forensics%20Regs.pdf
State Qualification: This is a District One bid tournament, meaning that the top open-level District One competitor, not already qualified, who trophies in state speech events, LD, PF, CX, and the top three in Congress are automatically qualified for state in those events.
Fees: School registration fee is $20.00 ($20.00 more if you enter a second squad). $20.00 per CX team or PF team, $15.00 per LD entry, and $8.00 per IE or
Student Congress entry. Make checks payable to “Mount Vernon Debate”
Directions:
Mt. Vernon is on I-5, north of Seattle about an hour. If heading north on I-5, Exit #226/Kincaid, go right onto Kincaid, heading east, up the hill. Go left on 10th street, and proceed about 8 blocks until you run into the high school. The address is 314 N. 9th St., Mount Vernon, WA, 98273. Registration will be in the Cafeteria of New Main (walk between the Old Main and Fine Arts buildings and you’ll see New Main north across the courtyard.
Food: Numerous concessions will be sold at the tournament. There are fast food restaurants along Riverside Dr, but are a long walk, nearly 1 mile away from campus.
Awards:
LD/PF/CX Debate – 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, as well as top three speakers.
IE’s – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Finalists.
Student Congress: Top three speakers and top presiding officer.
Supervision: WSFA/WIAA requires that there is a certificated coach/staff member from the school or school district supervising competitors at all times.
Mount Vernon Invitational - January 22-23, 2010
SCHEDULE
Friday, January 22nd
3:00 Registration - Cafeteria in New Main Bldg.
3:45 Round I LD/CX/PF
6:00 Round II LD/CX/PF
8:00 Round III LD/CX/PF
Saturday, January 23rd
7:15 IE Registration – Cafeteria in New Main Bldg.
8:00 Round I Pattern A (EXT Prep at 7:30 am, OM Auditorium, 2nd Floor)
9:00 Round II Pattern A (EXT Prep at 8:30 am, OM Auditorium, 2nd Floor))
9:45 Round IV LD/CX/PF
11:30 Round III Pattern A (EXT Prep at 11:00, OM Auditorium, 2nd Floor)
12:30 Round V LD/CX/PF
2:00 Session 1 Student Congress
2:30 Round I Pattern B
3:30 Round II Pattern B
4:00 Session II Student Congress
4:30 Round III Pattern B
5:45 Round VI LD/CX/PF (hidden semis)
7:15 Finals All IE’s (Ext prep at 6:45 pm, room OM 107 – Room change!)
8:30 Finals LD/CX/PF
9:00 Awards Auditorium, 2nd floor of Old Main
See you Tuesday. We will be learning to cut evidence (policy) while LD works on new topic. Wednesday we will continue on cutting evidence/writing cases and wrap up with a holiday party. Parents/Guardians are welcome to join us, Wednesday at 4pm at SHS computer lab.
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December 12, 2009
Dear Coach,
The Mount Vernon Debate team is pleased to invite you to the eleventh annual Mount Vernon Invitational Speech and Debate Tournament, January 22-23, 2010. We encourage your attendance for a great weekend of competition.
EVENTS: We will continue to offer the eight Washington State Individual Events in both open and novice divisions, open and novice Student Congress and Public Forum, and three divisions of LD and CX. All debaters will have six rounds of competition, then a final round in all divisions; three rounds and finals in IE’s; two sessions of Student Congress.
REGISTRATION: Registration this year will occur through the website http://www.forensictournament.net. Please do not email or fax registrations unless you absolutely cannot access the website. Problems? Questions? E-mail Charlie Potter at chazpotter@yahoo.com or contact by phone (cell) 360-223-3148.
Deadline for entries is Tuesday, January 19th (which is the day after MLK day, so please plan ahead) and tournament fees will be set at 4:00 p.m. that day. Drops after this time will not be deducted from the entry fee. Please make sure your entries are correct by reviewing them at forensictournament.net. Once the web site is closed, changes can be made via e-mail at chazpotter@yahoo.com until 2pm the day of the tournament; after 2pm make changes at registration. Please try to avoid last minutes changes as this slows down the start of the first round.
Problem with registration? Email chazpotter@yahoo.com. Problems with the e-mail? phone Charlie Potter by cell, 360-223-3148, at school, 360-428-6104/ext. 2198, or phone at home, 360-752-0041.
Housing: We are only an hour north of Seattle, but if you are coming from farther away, many hotels in our area are reasonably priced (see list p. 3). Please let me know if you would like us to provide housing in student homes (on a limited basis, so contact us early).
We look forward to a fun and exciting weekend of competition. See you soon,
Charlie Potter, Head Coach Andrew Oommen, Assistant Coach
To view this invite online go to http://www.forensicstournament.net
Entry Limitation: There are none until the tournament reaches room capacity. Enter as many debate teams, congress participants, or individual events as you wish.
Judging:
Each judge covers 6 IE entries and either 2 CX/PF entries or 3 LD entries. Experienced team members (not competing) may judge in the novice division. Adult judges are required for junior and open divisions. You must bring enough judges to cover all of your entries. We do not have judges for you to hire (unless you are traveling from outside the Puget Sound area – please contact us no later than Thursday January 14th). Uncovered entries may be dropped, starting with open division entries, or additional fees incurred.
Public Forum: Coaches or adults may judge: College debaters who are not coaches may not. Bring qualified judges!
Student Congress: For teams with five or more entries, provide an adult who can act as parliamentarian and/or scorer. They cannot also cover Pattern B IE’s.
Divisions:
CX/LD Debate: Novice, Junior, and Open
Public Forum Debate: Novice and Open
IE’s: Novice and Open
Student Congress: Novice and Open chambers
(Note: we reserve the right to collapse divisions or houses if justified by total entries)
LD: We will be using the NFL Lincoln-Douglas topic for Jan./Feb.: “Resolved: Economic sanctions ought not be used to achieve foreign policy objectives.”
Times are 6-3-7-3-4-6-3, with 4 minutes of prep.
CX: Times are 8-3-5, with 6 minutes of prep time. Novice teams no longer have any of the traditional limitations (the 5 limited case areas adopted by the WSFA and limitations on counterplans and kritiks ended in December). This means we could collapse the Open and Junior divisions or collapse the Novice and Junior divisions together!
PF: Conflicts with other debate events. We will be using the NFL PF topic for January: “Resolved: President Obama's plan for increasing troops in Afghanistan is in the United States' best interest.” We will use the official NFL ballots.
Student Congress: Two sessions of Student Congress will be offered Saturday which conflicts with Pattern B of Individual Events. We will use the bills collected in the WSFA 2009 Spring Student Congress Legislative Packet found online at http://www.wiaa.com/subcontent.aspx?SecID=327 (the “forensics” page, see left side of page for the STUDENT CONGRESS LEGISLATION PACKET). If you have trouble with this, email chazpotter@yahoo.com for a congress packet.
IE’s: It is suggested students enter one event per pattern, but double entering is allowed.
Conflict Pattern A: Extemp, Expos, DI, and Duo
Conflict Pattern B: Impromptu, Oratory, HI and IR (Pattern B conflicts with Student Congress)
Times: 10 minutes (no grace) for DI, DUO, Oratory, and HI
8 minutes (:30 sec. grace) for Expos and IR
7 minutes for Extemp and 6 minutes for IMP
See the state rules, which apply in all events: http://www.wiaa.com/ConDocs/Con277/Forensics%20Regs.pdf
State Qualification: This is a District One bid tournament, meaning that the top open-level District One competitor, not already qualified, who trophies in state speech events, LD, PF, CX, and the top three in Congress are automatically qualified for state in those events.
Fees: School registration fee is $20.00 ($20.00 more if you enter a second squad). $20.00 per CX team or PF team, $15.00 per LD entry, and $8.00 per IE or
Student Congress entry. Make checks payable to “Mount Vernon Debate”
Directions:
Mt. Vernon is on I-5, north of Seattle about an hour. If heading north on I-5, Exit #226/Kincaid, go right onto Kincaid, heading east, up the hill. Go left on 10th street, and proceed about 8 blocks until you run into the high school. The address is 314 N. 9th St., Mount Vernon, WA, 98273. Registration will be in the Cafeteria of New Main (walk between the Old Main and Fine Arts buildings and you’ll see New Main north across the courtyard.
Food: Numerous concessions will be sold at the tournament. There are fast food restaurants along Riverside Dr, but are a long walk, nearly 1 mile away from campus.
Awards:
LD/PF/CX Debate – 1st, 2nd and 3rd place, as well as top three speakers.
IE’s – 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Finalists.
Student Congress: Top three speakers and top presiding officer.
Supervision: WSFA/WIAA requires that there is a certificated coach/staff member from the school or school district supervising competitors at all times.
Mount Vernon Invitational - January 22-23, 2010
SCHEDULE
Friday, January 22nd
3:00 Registration - Cafeteria in New Main Bldg.
3:45 Round I LD/CX/PF
6:00 Round II LD/CX/PF
8:00 Round III LD/CX/PF
Saturday, January 23rd
7:15 IE Registration – Cafeteria in New Main Bldg.
8:00 Round I Pattern A (EXT Prep at 7:30 am, OM Auditorium, 2nd Floor)
9:00 Round II Pattern A (EXT Prep at 8:30 am, OM Auditorium, 2nd Floor))
9:45 Round IV LD/CX/PF
11:30 Round III Pattern A (EXT Prep at 11:00, OM Auditorium, 2nd Floor)
12:30 Round V LD/CX/PF
2:00 Session 1 Student Congress
2:30 Round I Pattern B
3:30 Round II Pattern B
4:00 Session II Student Congress
4:30 Round III Pattern B
5:45 Round VI LD/CX/PF (hidden semis)
7:15 Finals All IE’s (Ext prep at 6:45 pm, room OM 107 – Room change!)
8:30 Finals LD/CX/PF
9:00 Awards Auditorium, 2nd floor of Old Main
Monday, December 7, 2009
Jan/Feb LD Topic
Resolved: Economic sanctions ought not be used to achieve foreign policy objectives.
Thoughts? Parents/Guardians are welcome to weigh-in!
Thoughts? Parents/Guardians are welcome to weigh-in!
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