Neuqua Valley Speech Team

Hi everyone! Looking forward to our category rehearsals this week.

All novices should be prepared for the tournament on Saturday! That means memorized, blocked, structured, etc.

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!
• Extemp: Bring a prepared question/speech!

Monday

2:45 – 3:15 Team Meeting
3:15 – 5:15

Tuesday

[No Rehearsals – Parent Night]

Wednesday

2:45 – 3:15 [Teacher Meeting]
3:00 – 5:00 Impromptu

Thursday

[No Rehearsals]

Friday

2:45 – 4:45 Extemp

Here are the details for Tuesday’s Novice Night and Parent Night:

• The event takes place from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 30^th in C202.
• 5:45 p.m. Varsity members should show up wearing I’m-competing-in-a-Tournament clothing. We need you to model the right things to wear!
• 6:00 p.m. All team members should be here at this time. (Novices should dress up in what they think are tournament clothes; that way we can fix you if we need to!)
• 7:00 p.m. 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!)
• 8:00 p.m. We will be finished!

Any questions? Please let a coach know!

I will meet with varsity this week immediately following your category meetings. I have posted the schedule below:

Monday 4:00 – OO

Slot 1 – 4PM:
Slot 2 – 4:30PM:
Slot 3 – 5PM:

Wednesday 4:00 – INF

Slot 1 – 4PM:
Slot 2 – 4:30PM:
Slot 3 – 5PM:

Thursday 4:00 – Poetry

Slot 1 – 4PM:
Slot 2 – 4:30PM:
Slot 3 – 5PM:

~ McVey

Yo. If you are the top two members of the HI, HDA, or OC categories, sign up for one of the slots this week. They are all after Crucible rehearsals. Sorry!

Tuesday
5:00
5:30

Wednesday
5:00
5:30

Friday
5:00
5:30

* I’m also available in the second half of 6th period and all of 7th if you have option at that time.

As discussed last week, I will meet with varsity this season immediately following your category meetings. We will QUICKLY address any category concerns and then get going. ONE EXCEPTION this week only – I have not had a chance to meet with OO as a category so we will meet at 3:30 on Monday and varsity rehearsal will follow. I have posted the schedule below:

Monday 3:30 (category) – OO varsity to follow from 4:15-5:45

Slot 1:
Slot 2:
Slot 3:

Wednesday 4:00 – INF (varsity) from 4-5:30

Slot 1:
Slot 2:
Slot 3:

Thursday 4:00 – Poetry (varsity) from 4- 5:30

Slot 1:
Slot 2:
Slot 3:

Thanks to everyone who has sent me their piece – if you haven’t, I can’t help you…..

~ McVey

Hi everyone! Looking forward to our practices this week.

I need to meet with…

Abhishek Nigam (ES/IS) – 2 (in a row)
Emily Perlstein (ES) – 2 (in a row)
Devashri Nagarkar (ES) – 1
Saumya Jain (ES) – 1
Avery Stephenson (OD) – 1
Avni Singh (OD) – 1
Robert Thomas (OD) – 1
Poorna Subramanian (OD) – 1
Sarah Kingsbury (IS) – 2 (in a row)
Anish Aggarwal (IS) – 1

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!
• Extemp: Bring a prepared question/speech!

Monday

2:45 – 3:15 Team Meeting
3:15 – 3:45 Abhishek Nigam (IS/ES)
3:45 – 4:15 Abhishek Nigam (IS/ES)
4:15 – 4:45 Anish Aggarwal (IS)
4:45 – 5:15

Tuesday

[No Rehearsals]

Wednesday

2:45 – 3:15 [Teacher Meeting]
3:00 – 3:30 Emily Perlstein (ES)
3:30 – 4:00 Emily Perlstein (ES)
4:00 – 4:30 Devashri Nagarkar (ES)
4:30 – 5:00 Avery Stephenson (OD)

Thursday

[No Rehearsals]

Friday

2:45 – 3:15 Poorna Subramanian (OD)
3:15 – 3:45 Saumya Jain (ES)
3:45 – 4:15 Sarah Kingsbury (IS)
4:15 – 4:45 Sarah Kingsbury (IS)
4:45 – 5:15 Avni Singh (OD)

We will meet as categories this week. I want to meet with each group for 30-40 minutes. I want to hear what you have ready to go, what you need help with and just basically how you are doing.

Please plan on meeting me in the D hallway – I am not sure which room, I will try to grab a conference room. I can meet during the following times – talk amongst yourselves and the category leaders should grab a slot and sign up for one of the times below:

See you all later this week!

Wednesday 4 – 4:45 – INFO
Thursday 4 – 4:45 –
Friday 3:30 – 4:15 – OO

If you need the packet, here is the first part (PDF)!

And here is the health form (PDF).

We need these or you can’t compete!