Neuqua Valley Speech Team

Lots of important messages:

• Here is the rehearsal schematic for next week (PDF). If there’s a 1 next to your name, it means you have one 30-minute block next week. If there’s a 2 next to your name, it means you have two 30-minute blocks next week. For anyone meeting with adult coaches, you can sign up on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m.
• Monday’s team meeting will take place in D219 (not in our usual classroom). Everyone needs to be there!
• Did you turn in your health form and activity fee? If not, you *better* have a good explanation… Ms. La Scola needs those immediately.

Hello All:

This is Ms. La Scola with a reminder that the due date for your forms and activity fee is this Friday, Oct. 22.

With that said, I have still not received these items from many of you. Please drop that off at  B100 or hand your forms to one of the adult coaches (Blanchard, La Scola, Lietz, Metha) today or tomorrow. 

You CANNOT compete without the activity fee paid and the forms submitted.

Thanks,
Ms. La Scola

Any member of the team not working with a varsity team member will be signing up for time slots Sunday morning at 9:00.

All the information will be on the site. Remember to sign up with the right coach — see this posting for more information!

Some of you have been asking me how many rehearsals you should be having or which coach you should be meeting with next week.

Here is the rehearsal schematic for next week (PDF). If there’s a 1 next to your name, it means you have one 30-minute block next week. If there’s a 2 next to your name, it means you have two 30-minute blocks next week.

If you’re a novice, you should be meeting with your Category Leader.

Varsity members will be signing up on the website Sunday morning.

• Congratulations on making the team!
• You must read this packet (PDF). It explains the activity fee and contains a sheet you must turn in. Ms. La Scola must have the signed-form and the activity fee by Friday, Oct 22^nd.
• You must turn in a health form. Don’t have one? See Ms. La Scola in B100. We must have these in by Friday, Oct 22^nd.
• Have you met your Category Leader yet? The lower two novice strings in our roster (PDF) will be working with them exclusively and it’s up to your CL to figure out when that will be. By this weekend, everyone should know exactly what to research or how to find a piece. By next week, you should be working on your pieces!
• For the top 3 strings, rehearsal sign-ups with coaches will take place Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. on this site. If you’ve commented already, you’re good to go!
• Look at the Google Calendar in the sidebar! There are important dates to be found — make sure you have them written down somewhere. Arrange your schedule as necessary so you are available. The first non-regular meeting will be Monday night, November 1^st — everyone must be ready to go at 5:00 p.m. More information will be forthcoming.

The team has been posted here!

Nearly 100 students tried out and we had to whittle that number down by quite a bit. Congratulations to everyone who made it and many thanks to everyone 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.

Our first meeting will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 2:45 in B104. This meeting is mandatory — if there are any problems with attending, you *must* contact Mr. Mehta.

In the meantime, if you are on the team, 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, “I can’t wait to practice,” and I’ll approve you ASAP.

Thanks for your cooperation and congratulations!