As promised, here is a link to the photos of the full team and sections team that were taken at Eloquence. Price is included in the link. If you wish to purchase, do it directly from the vendor using the link below.

Poster Purchase

1) This weekend’s tournament is at Lakeville North High School. Here is an information sheet you should use to find the information you will need to get there prepared and on time.

Lakeville North Information

2) The party this weekend is at Lauren H.’s house. You can pick up extra invitations near room 108.

3) We have officially begun the Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser. Try to sign up for a spot on the speech board to volunteer on April 11th. In addition, each student needs to sell a minimum of three tickets. More tickets sold = more money opportunities for YOU. Sell this and make it a success!

Here is the information sheet for the Eastview Tournament. Since this is an in-district tournament, transportation is NOT provided and students should meet directly at Eastview High School.

Eastview Info

1) The tournament this weekend is at Lakeville South. Here is an information sheet.

Lakeville South Info

2) Because there is no school on Friday or Monday, you should be in contact with coaches to see if there are any changes to your practice schedule. Also, the Friday meeting will be held TOMORROW at 2:30 in room 124, and pep tags will be available outside room 107 tomorrow morning.

3) Here’s a great way for you to help contribute to the National Forensics League - and it’s easy! Pepsi is giving away $250,000 in FREE grant money to an organization. The only catch: they have to be voted for. The NFL is one of those organizations in the running. The best part - it’s EASY and you can vote ONCE PER DAY! Here’s how to do it:

1) Go to www.refresheverything.com/nfl.

On your first visit to the site, you will have to register your information for an account on the bottom (make sure you remember your email and password you use to register).

2) On each additional visit each day, you will have the opportunity to re-vote for the NFL.

This is HUGE. The NFL makes lots of opportunities available for lots of schools, and Apple Valley High School has certainly benefited from its programs. Repay the favor! Vote early and vote often!

Here are the results for the FRMS site of the Minneapple Speech Tournament. We are having some issues with the files for novice Great Speeches, Drama, and Storytelling but will try to get them up soon.

Varsity Discussion
Novice Creative Expression
Novice Discussion
Novice Duo
Novice Extemporaneous Reading
Novice Humorous
Novice Informative
Novice Oratory
Novice Poetry
Novice Poetry

Here are the results for the AVHS site of the Minneapple Speech Tournament.

Novice Extemporaneous Speaking
Varsity Creative Expression
Varsity Duo
Varsity Extemporaneous Reading
Varsity Extemporaneous Speaking
Varsity Great Speeches
Varsity Humorous
Varsity Informative
Varsity Oratory
Varsity Poetry
Varsity Prose
Varsity Drama
Varsity Storytelling

Here is the information sheet for our second invitational tournament. Good luck to the entire team this weekend whether they be in Atlanta or Eden Prairie!

Eden Prairie Speech Information

Congratulations to the Apple Valley Speech Team for a Championship performance this weekend at Chanhassen, the first speech invitational of the season. Despite facing top competition from programs in the metro area, Apple Valley claimed both the Varsity and the Novice Sweepstakes Championships. The team total for Sweeps was 304 for AV, Lakeville North had 178, and Roseville had 172. Congrats to the team for these two prestigious accomplishments!

Apple Valley had a number of significant individual accomplishments. Junior Connor Haugen was named the champion in varsity Creative Expression and runner-up in varsity Prose. In addition, freshman Max Courtright won the novice championship in Creative Expression, and also received 5th place in the varsity division.

Other individual champions included Abbie Gotter (varsity Oratory), Miriam Kelberg (novice Oratory), Alexis Reeves (novice Poetry), Georgia Schmitt (novice Informative), Kelly Fix (novice Prose), and Kellie Metzger (novice Extemporaneous Reading).

Runners-up include Lauren Ham (varsity Drama), Szumei Leow (varsity Great Speeches), Courtney Aronson (varsity Storytelling), Paige Coulter (varsity Informative), Jacob Shawback (novice Informative), Diann Persaud (novice Poetry), and Mallory Lammers (novice Extemporaneous Reading).

Third place winners include Jesse Carlson (varsity Creative Expression), Kyla Koboski (varsity Discussion), Taylor Anne Barriuso (varsity Extemporaneous Reading), Mia Owen (varsity Extemporaneous Speaking), and Kirby Hermansen (varsity Informative).

Other finalists included: Mariah Lynum (novice Creative Expression), Sean Cheren (varsity Discussion), Mei Houth (varsity Discussion), Bryan Porter (varsity Drama), Dominique Herskind (novice Drama), Katie Brellenthin (varsity Extemporaneous Reading), Emily Hattouni (novice Extemporaneous Reading), Luke Stuttgen (varsity Extemporaneous Speaking), Hogan McDonald (novice Extemporaneous Speaking), Joanna Lin (varsity Great Speeches), Kassia Tomlinson (varsity Great Speeches), Rand Silvers (novice Great Speeches), Jordan Kuchera (varsity Humorous), Rachel Robinson (varsity Informative), Ashley Tanberg (varsity Oratory), Leah Plasek (novice Poetry), and Emilee Engler (varsity Prose).

Congratulations to Apple Valley to an impressive start to what is certain to be a competitive Speech season!

Results from the 2010 Chanhassen Invitational.

Here’s the information sheet for the first speech tournament of the 2009-2010 speech season.

Chanhassen Information

Here is the logistics for the Novice/JV State Tournament. Please note that while a bus will be available to take students to Eagan High School, debaters need to arrange for their own transportation back home on Friday night and both to and from Eagan on Saturday.

Novice/JV State Info Sheet

Congratulations to the Apple Valley Debate Team on its recent successes at invitational tournaments.

At the Henry Sibley Invitational on October 31, the Eagles took home a substantial amount of hardware. In the varsity LD division, Apple Valley took three of the top five slots, with junior Sean Cheren, sophomore John Granlund, and junior Jon Slater respectively taking 3rd, 4th, and 5th place honors. Debaters in the novice division had a strong showing as well, with freshmen Miriam Kelberg and Brenna Smith finishing 2nd and 4th.

AVHS then hosted the Minneapple Debate Tournament on November 6-7, which featured top competition from over 65 different schools, all hailing from 16 different states. Although varsity debaters do not compete at this tournament due to the rules of the Tournament of Champions (TOC) at which the Minneapple is a qualifier, Apple Valley’s JV and novice debaters still had outstanding performances. In JV LD, sophomore Luke Stuttgen reached the quarterfinal round, placing in the top eight of approximately 60 competitors. In novice, three freshmen debaters made it to the octafinal round; Georgia Schmitt was an octafinalist (top sixteen), Nader Helmy was a quarterfinalist (top eight), and Miriam Kelberg was a semifinalist (top four), all placing in a field of over 70 competitors. Congratulations to these four individuals for winning Apples, and congratulations to the entire Apple Valley speech and debate program for hosting a great tournament!