Neuqua Valley Speech Team

ATTENTION:

This week we will be meeting on Tuesday to go over our material. I will be out of town on Monday or else we would be meeting both days.

As previously discussed my expectations are that the pieces are fully memorized and blocked out. If you need a prompter any later than this upcoming Tuesday it is going to be impossible to move forward with your piece. Our time together is precious and we shall not waste it.

Due to the upcoming visit to DGN, those who are competing will have first priority; otherwise you will be working amongst yourselves and via mine and the category leaders instructions. With that being said here is who I need to see:

3:45-4:25 Shreya Sridhara (POE)

4:30-5:10 Sydney and Chloe (DDA)

5:15-5:45 Alex Warner (POE)

5:45-6:15 Apurva and Bryson (DDA)

Thank you all very much!

Please make sure to email me for any further questions and make sure to CC the category leader.

TJE

ATTENTION –
There is a full team meeting Monday in the Speech room, located in the D-wing at Main. Please be on time and attentive to what your captains and coaches are saying.

It was exciting to see the new faces and hear the new Impromptu and Radio speakers perform last week. Well done, category leaders (Surbhi and Hailey) and team members for helping prepare the novices the NV Speech way!

This week, since none of the varsity members (except Brody) are performing at DGN, I am going to combine some rehearsal times. We will meet in D205.

Also, I know that Mehta has posted this, but please remember if you are planning on rehearsing on Thursday, Nov. 5, you must do so out of school as it is Parent/Teacher conference night. Also, on Friday, Nov. 6, you cannot get into the building until 3:00 for the same reason.

Who I need to see:
Surbhi (1)
Brody (1)
Roshni and Janelle (1 together)
Hailey (1)
Anjali and Devin (1 together)

Monday
2:45 – 3:15 [Team meeting]
No rehearsals

Tuesday
2:45 – 3:15
3:15 – 3:45
3:45 – 4:15
4:15 – 4:45
4:45 – 5:15

Wednesday
No rehearsals

Thursday
No rehearsals (at school) for anyone

Friday
No rehearsals

ATTENTION –
There is a full team meeting Monday in the Speech room, located in the D-wing at Main. Please be on time and attentive to what your captains and coaches are saying.

This close to our first tournament, I am expecting full memorization.  Bring me a clean, unmarked copy of your current script.

I need to see the following people this week.

Janelle Finch and Benji Varghese (1 slot)

Julian Celentano (1 slot)

Ani Sivaraman (1 slot)

Mackenzie Sammath and Evan Morales (1 slot)

Quinn Brewer and Dillon Tartaglia (1 slot)

Marissa Bruner (1 slot)

Zach Honer (1 slot)

Monday

2:45 – 3:15 [Team meeting]
3:15 – 3:45
3:45 – 4:15
4:15 – 4:45
4:45 – 5:15

Friday

3:15 – 3:45
3:45 – 4:15
4:15 – 4:45

I need to see the following people this week!

(Heads up: If I have a baby, all of these rehearsals will be canceled.)

Archit Dhar (Info – 1 slot)
Alex Shura (Info – 1 slot)
Michaela Molnar (Dec – 1 slot)
Antaraa Anandan (Dec – 1 slot)
Flannery Brewster (Dec – 1 slot)
Sheev Modi (Dec – 1 slot)
Lily Nwanesi (Dec – 1 slot)
Alex Shura (Ext – 2 slots in a row)
Rishi Pandey (Ext – 2 slots in a row)
Varsha Anand (Ext – 2 slots in a row)
Jonathan Kim (Ext – 2 slots in a row)
Andrew Prozorovsky (Ext – 2 slots in a row)

Monday

2:45 – 3:15 [Team meeting]
3:15 – 3:45 Archit Dhar (Info)
3:45 – 4:15
4:15 – 4:45
4:45 – 5:15

Tuesday

2:45 – 3:15 Varsha Anand (Ext)
3:15 – 3:45 Varsha Anand (Ext)
3:45 – 4:15 Jonathan Kim (Ext)
4:15 – 4:45 Jonathan Kim (Ext)

Wednesday

3:00 – 3:30 Alex Shura (Ext)
3:30 – 4:00 Alex Shura (Ext)
4:00 – 4:30 Rishi Pandey (Ext)
4:30 – 5:00 Rishi Pandey (Ext)

Thursday

2:45 – 3:15 Antaraa Anandan (Dec)
3:15 – 3:45
3:45 – 4:15 Andrew Prozorovsky (Ext)
4:15 – 4:45 Andrew Prozorovsky (Ext)

Friday

2:45 – 3:15 Sheev Modi (Dec)
3:15 – 3:45 Alex Shura (Info)
3:45 – 4:15 Michaela Molnar (Dec)
4:15 – 4:45

Hello-Hello-Hello…

…and welcome to the “official” official start to the 2015-16 speech season. As you already know, I will be coaching Radio and Impromptu categories this season.

For this week, I am looking to meet with the entire category to assess what has been happening since the team was selected and arrange scheduling for the season. With that said, I am also the Tuesday afternoon speech coach this season (or at least until January, after Baby Mehta’s arrival and Coach Mehta returns). If Varsity Radio or Impromptu members have Tuesday afternoon conflicts, you will need to rearrange that effective starting the week of Nov. 2 as Tuesday afternoons will be my only coaching day. Under extreme circumstances that may be tweaked, but this is the plan for the season I intend to follow — a Tuesday coaching schedule 99% of the time.

For this week, Radio team will meet at 3:30 in Conference Room D205 on Monday, 10/26; Impromptu team will meet at 3:30 in Conference Room D205 on Tuesday, 10/27. If the two categories would like to switch, that is fine by me.

Surbhi and Hailey — I need to hear and watch the novice members perform a radio broadcast as well as have the Impromptu speakers prep a topic and perform during this week’s rehearsals.

See you next week.

Monday
3:30-4:30-ish – Radio team

Tuesday
3:30-4:30-ish – Impromptu team

Just a reminder that we will have a team meeting after school on Monday, Oct. 26! Even though there is a staff meeting for teachers that afternoon, we will still begin at 2:45p.

Everyone should be there! We have a lot to discuss with a mock tournament and real tournament on the horizon…

Also, most Varsity members will be starting up their coaching sessions next week. Make sure you’re in touch with your coach and signing up for rehearsal times on Sunday morning at 10:00a.

To everyone who missed today’s meeting, here’s the big information you need:

1) Congrats on making the team! We’re so excited! If you realize you can’t handle the commitment, please talk to a coach ASAP.

2) You should all have scripts (acting/reading) or speech topics/outlines (writing) by the end of this week. By the end of next week, you should have a piece blocked (acting/reading) and a draft written (writing).

3) Our next team meeting will be on Monday, Oct. 26.

4) Please sign up for Remind101 in case we have to communicate on the day of an emergency! All you have to do is text “@2314” to the number 81010.

5) Important upcoming dates!

• Sat. Oct. 31, 1:00-4:00p Mock Tournament!
• Tues. Nov. 3, 6:00-7:00p Parent information night!
• Sat. Nov. 7, ALL DAY! First Tournament!

6) Make sure you talk to your category leader about when you’re meeting as a group and when you have your individual rehearsals!

7) If you didn’t give us your forms/check, please get them to Coach Pontarelli ASAP.

The team has been posted here!

Congratulations to everyone who made it and many thanks to the more-than-120 of you who tried out. It’s never easy choosing from so many of you, and if you didn’t make it, we hope you will consider trying out again next year. We unfortunately had to make a lot of difficult cuts!

To those who made it, four things:

1) Our first meeting is Monday afternoon at 2:30p in D219. This meeting is mandatory and will last about an hour — if there are any problems with attending, you *must* contact Mr. Mehta and your Category Leader.

2) We need to make sure you are registered on this website so you can eventually sign up for rehearsal times. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post using your real name and your regular email address. (You don’t need to fill in the website line.) Just leave the comment “Save the drama for the llama!” and I’ll approve you ASAP.

3) You and your parents must read this packet, sign the appropriate forms, and bring the Activity Fee check to the Monday meeting! You will not be allowed to enter the room on Monday without these items.

4) If you are a Category Leader, please make plans to stay after the Monday meeting for a few minutes! Also, Coach Mehta will meet with all members of writing events (Oratory, Info, SOS) right after the meeting.

Thanks for your cooperation and congratulations to everyone!

We’ll post the new roster on this site by Friday night around 8:00 p.m.

Stay tuned, and thank you to everyone who tried out!