Neuqua Valley Speech Team

[NOTE TO STUDENTS]

I need to meet with…

SOS and OC

Everyone sign up for one slot, please.

Please don’t sign up for a later time unless all the slots before it are full.

• Bring your pieces (AND A SEPARATE SCRIPT FOR ME) ready to go!

Monday

2:45 – 3:15 Team Meeting
3:30 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:30
4:30 – 5:00
Tuesday

3:30 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:30
4:30 – 5:00
Wednesday

2:45 – 3:15 [Teacher Meeting]
3:30 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:30
4:30 – 5:00
Thursday Halloween!

3:30 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:30
Friday

3:30 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:30

Week 2 – Novices need to be ready to go for this Saturday’s meet at DGN. It’s always a scary and nerve-racking day for the novices, so all varsity— please be sure that you try and calm anxieties and help the novices as much as possible; you were all there once too and know that an encouraging work helps! To all novices —- PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE! You will be great.

PLEASE NOTE: For this season, I am trying to see the same category people all on the same day. I realize that may not always be possible (especially for HI), but try and sign up accordingly.

This week I will need to see the following peeps:

Avery (1)
Avni (1)
Philip (1)
Ariana (1)
Meghan (1) and Catherine (1) (possibly together? If together, two slots back-to-back. If alone, whatever works for your schedules)
Monika and Marissa (two slots totaling one hour together)

Monday, Oct. 28 (we will leave the meeting early to start at 3:00)
2:45 – 3:00 – Team Meeting
3:00 – 3:30 –
3:30 – 4:00 –

Tuesday, Oct. 29
2:45 – 3:15 –
3:15 – 3:45 –
3:45 – 4:15 –

Wednesday, Oct. 30
No Rehearsals

Thursday, Oct. 31
2:45 – 3:15 –
3:15 – 3:45 –
3:45 – 4:15 –

Friday, Nov. 1
No rehearsals

I need to meet with…

Poetry (1 hour)
OO (1 hour)
Imp (1.5 hours)
Ext (1.5 hours)
Info (1.5 hours)
Radio (1 hour)

• The focus this week is on novices, but we’ll meet as categories!

Monday

2:45 – 3:15 [Team Meeting]
3:15 – 3:45 Extemp
3:45 – 4:15 Extemp
4:15 – 4:45 Extemp
4:45 – 5:15

Tuesday

2:45 – 3:15 Info/Radio
3:15 – 3:45 Info/Radio
3:45 – 4:15 Info/Radio
4:15 – 4:45

Wednesday

2:45 – 2:55 [Teacher Meeting]
3:00 – 3:30 Oratory
3:30 – 4:00 Oratory

Thursday (HALLOWEEN)

2:45 – 3:15 Poetry
3:15 – 3:45 Poetry

Friday

2:45 – 3:15 Impromptu
3:15 – 3:45 Impromptu
3:45 – 4:15 Impromptu
4:15 – 4:45 Radio
4:45 – 5:15 Radio
5:15 – 5:45

Here are the details for Tuesday’s Novice Night and Parent Night. Remember: Varsity team members are *not* required to attend the meeting this year.

• The event takes place from 6:00 – 8:00p on Tuesday, October 29^th in C202 (the Main Forum Room).
• 5:45p All Novice team members should show up wearing I’m-competing-in-a-Tournament clothing. This will allow us to make sure you’re properly dressed for competition! We’ll begin around 6:00p
• 7:00p Parents should arrive and join us in C202. (Varsity members’ parents are not required to attend but they are welcome to join us if they’d like to learn more about Speech Team!)
• 8:00p We will be finished!

Any questions? Please let a coach know!

I need to meet with…

Sarah Kingsbury (IS) – 2 slots (together)
Kathryn Speckels (IS) – 1 slot
Aiah Elassawy (IS) – 1 slot
Saurav Patnaik (OO) – 1 slot
Andrew Heitzman (OO) – 1 slot
Jeffrey Chen (OO) – 1 slot
Rebekah Covington (Poe) – 2 slots (together)
Tiffany Jeung (Poe) – 1 slot
Meghedi Tamazian (Poe) – 1 slot
Kirin Kane (Poe) – 1 slot

• OO and Poetry: You MUST have a draft of your piece uploaded to Google Docs and shared with me before we meet!

Monday

2:45 – 3:15 Team Meeting
3:15 – 3:45 Meghedi Tamazian (Poe)
3:45 – 4:15

Tuesday

2:45 – 3:15 Tiffany Jeung (Poe)
3:15 – 3:45 Andrew Heitzman (OO)

Wednesday

2:45 – 3:15 [Teacher Meeting]
3:15 – 3:45 Kathryn Speckels (Imp)
3:45 – 4:15 Jeffrey Chen (OO)

Thursday

2:45 – 3:15 Sarah Kingsbury (Imp)
3:15 – 3:45 Sarah Kingsbury (Imp)

Friday

3:45 – 4:15 Rebekah Covington (Poe)
4:15 – 4:45 Rebekah Covington (Poe)
4:45 – 5:15 Saurav Patnaik (OO)
5:15 – 5:45 Aiah Elassawy (Imp)

Hello All:

Welcome to a new speech season. This week, I will meet with full categories so that I know what everyone is planning for the season. Category Leaders: Please signup for a timeslot and make sure the entire category knows to be there at the designated time you select. Everyone must bring to the meeting scripts and notes about what you will be doing with this script. I should not hear “I don’t have a script yet” as that is not an acceptable response.

FYI, all the acting categories (and maybe Prose) need to keep Friday, Nov, 8th from 4-6:30pm free. We will be have an acting workshop that day. You need to attend. More information to come from Mason and/or Pontarelli. Thanks!

Categories:
Prose
DEC
HI

Monday, 10/21
2:45 – 3:15 – Team Meeting
3:15 – 4:00 –

Tuesday, 10/22
2:45 – 3:30 –
3:30 – 4:15 –

Wednesday, 10/23
NONE

Thursday, 10/24
NONE

Friday, 10/25
NONE

October 18 has now come and gone, and too many people have not submitted insurance forms and/or activity fees.

Effective Monday, Oct. 21, if you do not have your forms and fee handed in directly to La Scola at the team meeting, you will be unable to participate in further rehearsals until which time you have paid and submitted the forms. This goes for Category Leaders as well. As Leaders on this team, it is expected that you behave as Leaders, which includes paying your fees and filling out the insurance forms. This ban will carry over to the meet on Nov. 2 if no paperwork or activity fees are received.

This is your last warning.

The Coaches

Our next meeting will be Tuesday after school! (Monday is a holiday.)

Remember: Tuesday, October 29th will be Novice Night and Parent Night! Keep that evening open on your calendars!

We have a meeting on Monday after school! See you then 🙂

The team has been posted here (PDF)!

Congratulations to everyone who made it and many thanks to the more-than-125 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.

To those who made it, four things:

1) Our first meeting is Monday afternoon at 2:45p in D219. This meeting is mandatory — if there are any problems with attending, you *must* contact Mr. Mehta.

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!

4) If you are a Category Leader, please make plans to stay after the Monday meeting until about 3:45!

Thanks for your cooperation and congratulations to everyone!