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Hello all! Some important dates are listed below. All members should encourage their parents and guardians to attend these Booster hosted events.

Booster Board Meeting
6:00pm
September 20
Room 104
Interested in helping out with the board? Have some great ideas for our team? Want to positively impact the future of RHS Speech and Debate? Consider joining the Booster Board! With a low time commitment, this organization is the reason why we are successful as a team and as a little family! We NEED you!

Parents Night
7:00pm
October 6
RHS Commons
Come meet our Booster Board, learn about the team, see a student performance, and hear some important announcements about our home tournament! All parents are encouraged to attend this short meeting.

Judges Training
7:00pm
October 20
RHS Commons
All students are required to provide a judge for every three tournaments that they attend. We will train parents, older siblings, family friends, grandparents, and more to be the best possible judge throughout the year. With contributions from both student competitors and other parents who have judged both virtually and in-person, this will allow you to be comfortable and confident throughout the tournament season. New, newer, and experienced judges are welcome to attend, as we will review the differences between virtual and in-person judging, as well as the basics.

As a reminder to all members, you must complete the following forms before attending your first tournament!

Parent Forms: https://forms.gle/KySG5EGmvK5pNCaaA

Student Forms: https://forms.gle/iKVDqx7Z5y6v2pFn8

Information on joining our Booster Club is located on the parent forms. As a special 2022-2023 deal, we are offering an early bird discount for parents who wish to join the booster club! It will only cost $100 if joined before the Parent Meeting on October 6th. After the 6th, it will be $120.

Hope you all are excited for an amazing season! Please see below for the official tournament calendar for the 2022-2023 season. This calendar may change but all edits will be communicated during our weekly practices OR on Microsoft Teams.

Click HERE for the calendar, or copy and paste this link into your browser: https://www.rhsforensics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Speech-Debate-Students-and-Parents-Schedule-22-23.pdf

Send Ms. Burke or Ms. Stern a message on Teams if you would like to be added to our group! Or, send an email to kburke@rtnj.org or mstern@rtnj.org.

Hello all! Some important dates are listed below. All members should encourage their parents and guardians to attend these Booster hosted events.

Parents Night
7:00pm
October 12
RHS Orchestra Room
Come meet our Booster Board, learn about the team, see a student performance, and hear some important announcements about our home tournament! All parents are encouraged to attend this short meeting.

Judges Training
7:00pm
October 26
RHS Commons
All students are required to provide a judge for every three tournaments that they attend. We will train parents, older siblings, family friends, grandparents, and more to be the best possible judge throughout the year. With contributions from both student competitors and other parents who have judged both virtually and in-person, this will allow you to be comfortable and confident throughout the tournament season. New, newer, and experienced judges are welcome to attend, as we will review the differences between virtual and in-person judging, as well as the basics.

Welcome to all of our new and returning members and parents! This year is going to be a great one, and it’s because of all of you. Your dedication is admirable!

A couple of announcements:

— Our intake forms are going to remain digital this year. Students, please fill out your form at THIS LINK. Please forward the parent form (at THIS LINK) to your parents/guardians. The parent form requires a document upload (with the link to those documents both on the form and located HERE). Please print these documents, and have your parents/guardians sign them. Then, either take a clear picture or scan them, so that you can upload them to the Parent Form

— The next Booster Parents meeting will be October 7 at 7:00pm. All parents are welcome to attend!

— Our Parent’s Welcome Night will be October 12 at 7:00pm at RHS.

— Our Judge’s Training will be October 26 at 7:00pm at RHS.

Student Forms 2021-2022

Parent Forms 2021-2022

Welcome to all our new and returning members and parents! I know that this year will look different than most, but we are a strong team and we continue to remain strong throughout this season. Our Parent Night and Judge Training dates are forthcoming, as well as other information about meetings during and after the school day. In the meantime, we do have some documentation that must be filled out for the year. Our intake forms are going to remain digital this year. Students, please fill out your form at the link below and forward the parent form to your parents/guardians. The parent form requires a document upload (with the link to those documents both on the form and located here). Please print these documents, and have your parents/guardians sign them. Then, either take a clear picture or scan them, so that you can upload them to the form.

Student Forms 2020-2021

Parent Forms 2020-2021

If you missed our first merch sale in the fall, you now have the opportunity to buy t-shirts only. This sale is open to anyone on the high school or middle school teams.

Ordering instructions:

1. Go to www.dezineline.com
2. Look on the home page, below the banners where it says in red, “Go To Online Stores”
3. From the list of stores, find yours and click to the right on the button that says “GO”
4. Once the store is closed the merchandise takes 2 weeks to produce and separate into individual orders.

These orders will be picked up by the store administrator and you will be notified when they are available for pickup.

The agenda for tonight’s Parent Meeting! Thanks for coming!

Interested in joining the team? Just fill out the form below and one of our team members will be in contact with you, if they haven’t been already. We will also add you to our contact lists and share with you important information about meetings and the start of the season.

2018-19 Speech & Debate Interest Form

Congratulations to all our team members who competed at the NJSDL State Championships and the NJ District Qualifying Tournament! Special congratulations to the following champions and qualifiers:

NJSDL State Champions

• Bryn Bennett – State Champion, Program Oral Interpretation
• Caitlyn Dempsey – State Champion, Oral Interpretation

NJ District Qualifiers

• Bryn Bennett – Program Oral Interpretation
• Katherine Hu – Original Oratory
• Mallika Ravi – Informative Speaking

Here is the full list of accomplishments for States and Districts:

NJ District Qualifying Tournament:

Sabrina Hu – semifinalist, Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Claudia Pietrus – semifinalist, Original Oratory
Kathryn Altman – semifinalist, Humorous Interpretation (2nd alternate)
Brenna McConnell – runner up, Big Questions Debate
Katherine Hu – qualifier in Original Oratory
Mallika Ravi – qualifier in Informative Speaking
Bryn Bennett – qualifier in Humorous Interpretation (declined) and Program Oral Interpretation (accepted)
Team Sweepstakes – 4th place Speech, 4th place Debate, 2nd place overall

NJSDL State Championships:

Claudia Pietrus – state semifinalist, Original Oratory
Simran Kakkar – state semifinalist, Junior Varsity Lincoln Douglas
Mallika Ravi – 2nd place, Informative Speaking
Caitlyn Dempsey – STATE CHAMPION IN ORAL INTERPRETATION
Bryn Bennett – state semifinalist, Humorous Interpretation & STATE CHAMPION, PROGRAM ORAL INTERPRETATION
Team Sweepstakes – 5th place Speech & 7th place overall