News Letter 2/28/10

Hey team!  I hope you all enjoyed the four day weekend as much as I did! -States are this Friday and Saturday which means we need judges!  We need 3 speech judges, 1 PF judge, and 4 LD judges.  Judges will be expected to be there both days.  However, if a judge can only be there one day, still let Maddy know in case there is a judge that can only be there for the other day. -If you are going to States, CHECK YOUR EMAIL MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY Upcoming Tournaments: March 20- CFL 6- DP, JVOI, VOI, DUO, OO, JVExtemp, VExtemp, JVPF, VPF, NLD, JVLD, VLD, Congress

News Letter 2/21/10

Hey team! I hope you all were able to enjoy the gorgeous weather we’ve been having this weekend. -Picture day has been rescheduled to THIS WEDNESDAY AFTER SCHOOL.  Wear team apparel.  Please make an effort to be there. -Sign-ups for this weekend’s CFL will be by EMAIL ONLY.  Email MADDY STEIN at mstein525@gmail.com if you would like to go.  Sign-ups end TUESDAY. The team would like to congratulate everyone who competed at Phillipsburg this weekend.  We would especially like to congratulate: Ami Park- 3rd place in Prose Upcoming Tournaments: February 27- CFL at Ridge- Events offered: DP, JVOI, VOI, DUO, JVEXTEMP, VExtemp, OO, NLD, JVLD, VLD, JVPF, VPF, Congress March 5/6- States at Ridge- Events offered: DI, HI, DUO, OO, Poetry, Prose, Impromptu, Improv, Congress, JVPF, VPF, NLD, JVLD, VLD

News Letter 2/14/10

Hey team!  I’m sorry the newsletter was a bit delayed this week.  That’s what happens when you go to 4 day national tournaments like Harvard.

-If you went to Harvard, please bring Mrs. Waite your ballots so she can look over them!
-Picture day has been rescheduled to next Wednesday AFTER SCHOOL during our meeting.  WEAR TEAM APPAREL!!!
-Speaking of team meetings, there was almost no one after school today…that should not be happening.  Please come to meetings
-We need judges for Phillipsburg this weekend.  Please email Maddy Stein at mstein525@gmail.com with judges..
-If you are interested in competing at States, please talk to your respective VP if you have not done so already.

The team would like to congratulate everyone who competed at Harvard this weekend.  The team would especially like to congratulate:
Maddy Stein- Semifinalist in Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Sohum Doshi- Octofinalst in Varsity Lincoln Douglas Debate
Rachel Matusewicz- Double Octofinalist in Dramatic Interpretation
Kevin Qiao- Octofinalist in Humorous Interpretation

Upcoming Tournaments:
February 27- CFL at Ridge- Events offered: DP, JVOI, VOI, DUO, JVEXTEMP, VExtemp, OO, NLD, JVLD, VLD, JVPF, VPF, Congress
March 5/6- States at Ridge- Events offered: DI, HI, DUO, OO, Poetry, Prose, Impromptu, Improv, Congress, JVPF, VPF, NLD, JVLD, VLD

News Letter 2/7/10

Hey team!  I hope you all are having a wonderful Superbowl Sunday!

-It is a good thing the CFL was canceled this weekend because we were short a judge.  I understand that parents may not love judging, but we they are necessary to go to tournaments.  If we can not find enough judges we will be forced to drop people.

-We have extra candy boxes!  If you want to sell another box, feel free.

-For those of you going to Harvard, the final cost will be sent out in an email tomorrow.  The checks will be dueWEDNESDAY! ONLY hand them to Lauren or to me so there is a less of a chance of your checks getting lost.

The team would like to congratulate everyone who competed at Newark and Scarsdale this weekend.  We would especially like to congratulate:

Patrick Clarke- Varsity LD quarterfinalist at Newark

Sohum Doshi- Varsity LD quarterfinals at Newark

Maddy Stein- Varsity LD octofinalist at Scarsdale

Upcoming tournaments:

February 20- Phillipsburg- Events offered: HI, DI, DUO, OO, Extemp, Poetry, Prose, Improv, Impromptu PF, NLD, JVLD, VLD

February 20- District Congress

February 27- CFL 3 at Ridge HS- Events offered: DP, VOI, JVOI, OO, DUO, JVExtemp, VExtemp, NLD, JVLD, VLD, JVPF, VPF, Congress

News Letter 1/31/10

Hey team, I hope you’re all surviving the cold!

-Harvard forms are due TOMORROW!  Remember the COPIES of your insurance cards (we do not want the actual cards) and the $150 deposit.  If you are double entering, the check should be for $210.  ONLY hand it to Lauren or me.  Do not give it to Ben, Mrs. Waite, or anyone else.  We just want to keep it organized.

-Along with the Harvard forms, you should email Ben at benwohl424@gmail.com with 1) your name 2) your cell phone number 3) your parent/guardian’s name 4) their home/cell number (please indicate which is which)

-Sign up to show your pieces to Mrs. Waite.  If you are a debater, you can just give her your cases.

-Bring your most recent ballots to workshops with you so you can review them with your mentors.

-We have extra boxes of candy.  So if you would like to do a HUGE favor for the team, bring in a check for $58 and sell another box.

Mrs. Waite, Mrs. Wigg, and the rest of the team would like to congratulate everyone on the team who competed at the Ridge Invitational over the weekend and helping us get SECOND PLACE!!!!!  They would especially to congratulate:

Rachel Matusewicz- 2nd prose interpretation

Rachel Matusewicz- 5th dramatic interpretation

Namita Dwarakanath- tournament champion improvisational speaking

Ami Park- 3rd prose interpretation

Kevin Palermo- 3rd poetry interpretation

Alyssa Fox- 4th poetry interpretation

Annamarie Fernandes- 5th poetry interpretation

Jessica Rauchberg- 4th congress

Kevin Palermo- 5th humorous interpretation

Sarah Levy- top nonadvancing novice humorous interpretation

Arjuna Iyer and Ben Wohl got 1st in Varsity PF at the Ridge Invitational

Maddy Stein Octofinaled in Varsity LD at Emory

Upcoming tournaments: February 27- CFL 3 at Ridge High School-Events offered- DP, JVOI, VOI, OO, DUO, JVExtemp, VExtemp, Congress, NLD, JVLD, VLD, JVPF, VPF

News Letter 1/24/10

Hey team!  Everybody can now breathe a huge sigh of relief now that midterms are finally over.  I hope they all went well.  To all my fellow seniors, welcome to our last semester of high school!

-Just because I send out weekly newsletters does not mean that you do not have to come to meetings anymore.  We expect all of you to be there.  We understand if you have an important conflict, but you should be there every other time.  If you are not there, you could miss important information and deadlines.  Not to mention the extremely helpful workshops afterwards.   Mrs. Waite, Mrs. Wigg, and the rest of the officers dedicate hours besides just those Wednesdays making sure the team runs smoothly so you can go to tournaments.  The least you could do is show up at meetings.  Something to keep in mind, when we are forced to drop people (because we do not have enough judges HINT HINT), figuring out spots for national tournaments, and figuring out who gets to go to States and Districts (the Nationals qualifying tournament), if you are consistently not at meetings you will not be highly considered to get to go to those tournaments.  We take dedication to the team into consideration.  Going to meetings is part of team dedication.

-To those of you who are going to Harvard, there are only about 3 weeks left so start perfecting your pieces and cases and get pumped!  Second, if you still have fundraising you promised to do, judges you promised you would provide, or tournaments you promised you would attend, GET IT DONE.

-If you ordered slicks, please come pick them up during lunch in Mrs. Waite’s room ASAP.  I am getting sick of carrying them around.  Keep in mind that you can not take your slicks unless you give me money.

-For those of you who enjoy competing (which I think would be everyone on the team) you need to keep providing judges even if you have fulfilled your requirements.  Paying for judges is expensive and we do not have the money to consistently pay for judges.  For those of you who are not going to Harvard and think you are exempt from judging requirements, think again.  You need to provide TWO judges as a team requirement.  A reminder to all!  Pieces must be performed at 2 tournaments in order to be Harvard qualified.

-I would like to remind people that in the “Upcoming Tournaments” section, I only put tournaments that you can still sign up for.

The team would like to wish a special congratulations to Maddy Stein who Quarterfinaled in Varsity LD and Cheyenne Reisner who Octofinaled in Varsity LD this weekend at Columbia!

Upcoming tournaments:

February 6- CFL 5- Events offered: DP, JVOI, VOI, OO, JVExtemp, VExtemp, Duo, Dec, JVLD, VLD, PF, Congress

27- CFL 3- Events offered: DP, JVOI, VOI, OO, JVExtemp, VExtemp, Duo, Dec, JVLD, VLD, PF, Congress

News Letter 1/17/10

Hey team! I hope you all are studying like crazy for your midterms! -If you have not handed in or emailed us your Harvard application, it is too late. -There is NOT a meeting this week due to midterms! -This is the time of year when most people have fulfilled their judging requirements and as a result we start running out of judges.  Please please please please please keep in mind that if we do not have enough judges for a tournament, we will be forced to drop people.  This has consequences beyond just that tournament.  The less people we have competing means we do not earn as many points.  Consequently, Randolph does not get as many spots at our National Qualifier Tournament AND New Jersey as a whole gets less spots at Nationals.  So please do not stop providing judges just because you have fulfilled your requirement. The team would like to congratulate everyone who competed at this weekend’s CFL.  We would like to wish a special congratulations to: Ming Luo- 4th place JVLD Scott Levinson- Tournament ChampionJVLD Rachel Matusewicz- 4th place DP Kevin Qiao- Tournament Champion DP Namita Dwarakanath/Lauren McNulty- 5th place Duo Kevin Palermo/Michelle Bennett- 4th Place Duo The entire team- third place overall Upcoming tournaments: January 30- Ridge High School- Events offered: HI, DI, Poetry, Prose, OO, Duo, Dec, Improv, Impromptu, Extemp, NPF, VPF, NLD, JVLD, VLD, Congress Ridge signups are going up next week and WILL ONLY be up next week.  So find some time during midterm week to signup, it takes 2 seconds.  If there is a serious problem where you cant do that, email me BEFORE friday. February 6- CFL 5- DP, VOI, JVOI, OO, Dec, Duo, JVExtemp, VExtemp, NLD, JVLD, VLD, PF, Congress

News Letter 1/10

Hey team!  Start getting geared up for midterms.  And to my fellow seniors, only one week until we are officially second semester seniors!!!!

-Harvard is only about a month away.  So if you are planning on going, get your requirements done.
-If you wish to leave a tournament early or to not take the bus home to or from the tournament, you MUST have a signed note from a parent or guardian. This is only so that we know where you are and in case something happens to you, the team can not be sued since we are legally responsible for you.
-If you want to go to the CFL this weekend, the sign ups are being taken down TOMORROW.  Do NOT email Maddy asking to sign up afterward.  Also keep in mind that you can not hire judges at CFLs, so we need judges or people will be dropped.
-If you need a binder, please email Rachel at rjmatuse@optonline.net.  Even if you do not need one now, but think you may want to in the future, this would be a good time to order one.

The team would like to congratulate everybody who competed at Hanover Park 2 this weekend.  Almost everyone who went was competing in an event they had never competed in before, and that is very admirable and we are very proud of them.  We would especially like to congratulate:
-Sohum Doshi/ Ben Wohl- 4th Place Public Forum Debate
-Sarah Levy- Top non-advancing novice Improvisational Speaking

Upcoming tournaments:
-January 16-CFL 4 at Seton Hall Prep HS- Events offered: DP, JVOI, VOI, OO, Duo, JVExtemp, VExtemp, NLD, JVLD, VLD, PF
-January 30-Ridge- Events offered: HI, DI, DUO, OO, Improv, Impromptu, Dec, Poetry, Prose, NLD, JVLD, VLD, PF, Extemp, Congress

Team Newsletter 1/3/10

Hey team!  I hope everyone had a wonderful break!  I know we all don’t go back to school.  However, there is good news: going back to school means tournaments to go to!  And now onto the actual information. -There is a limited time until Harvard.  If you want to go, you must meet your Harvard requirements.  For those of you who have forgotten what they are: -2 boxes of candy, 10 entertainment books, or 1 box of candy+5 entertainment books -Attendance at 5 tournaments -3 judges provided -Worked at the Randolph Tournament (unless you spoke to Ben about it BEFOREHAND) -If you have any of Mrs. Waite’s scripts, please return them when break ends. -If you want to order slicks, please email Annamarie Fernandes at code.af@hotmail.com.  The more we order at once, the less expensive they will be. -Debaters who want to go to Newark, please email Maddy ASAP at mstein525@gmail.com Upcoming Tournaments: -January 16- CFL 4 at Seton Hall Prep (the high school, not the college)- Events offered: DP, JVOI, VOI, DUO, JVExtemp, Extemp, OO, Dec, NLD, JVLD, LD, PF -January 30- Ridge Invitational- Events offered: DI, HI, DUO, OO, Poetry, Prose, Extemp, Congress, NLD, JVLD, VLD, PF, Improv, Impromptu, Dec Alyssa Fox Randolph HS Forensics Secretary of Communications Home: 973-442-0254 Cell: 973-970-5358

Team News Letter 12/20/09

Hey team!  I hope everyone had a wonderful break!  I know we all don’t go back to school.  However, there is good news: going back to school means tournaments to go to!  And now onto the actual information. -There is a limited time until Harvard.  If you want to go, you must meet your Harvard requirements.  For those of you who have forgotten what they are: -2 boxes of candy, 10 entertainment books, or 1 box of candy+5 entertainment books -Attendance at 5 tournaments -3 judges provided -Worked at the Randolph Tournament (unless you spoke to Ben about it BEFOREHAND) -If you have any of Mrs. Waite’s scripts, please return them when break ends. -If you want to order slicks, please email Annamarie Fernandes at code.af@hotmail.com.  The more we order at once, the less expensive they will be. -Debaters who want to go to Newark, please email Maddy ASAP at mstein525@gmail.com Upcoming Tournaments: -January 16- CFL 4 at Seton Hall Prep (the high school, not the college)- Events offered: DP, JVOI, VOI, DUO, JVExtemp, Extemp, OO, Dec, NLD, JVLD, LD, PF -January 23- Ridge Invitational- Events offered: DI, HI, DUO, OO, Poetry, Prose, Extemp, Congress, NLD, JVLD, VLD, PF, Improv, Impromptu, Dec Alyssa Fox Randolph HS Forensics Secretary of Communications Home: 973-442-0254 Cell: 973-970-5358

Hi guys!  Just a few things.

-If you want slicks, please email Anna Fernandes at code.af@hotmail.com.  The more we buy at once, the cheaper they will be.  So even if you do not need them now but will need them in the future, this would be a good time to buy slicks!

-If you went to GMU or Princeton, please email Mrs. Waite with your ranks.

-Everyone must check nflonline to make sure their points are correct.  If they are not, please email Mrs. Waite with the corrections.  This includes points from a tournament that has already been posted.  For those of you who do not know how to check points, here is the link to our school:http://www.nflonline.org/points_application/schoolprofile.php?id=3520

Team News Letter 12/13/09

Hey team!

-If you haven’t gotten candy yet, you should do that.

-CFL 3 Signups are up!  However, they will be only be up until Tuesday. After that, you can NOT sign up.  Even if you email Maddy.  Please try to provide a judge!  We can not hire judges for CFLs, so if judges can not be provided, we will have to drop people…and we really do not want to do that.

The team would like to congratulate everybody who competed at Morristown this weekend!  We would especially like to congratulate:

-Rachel Matusewicz- Improvisational Speaking Tournament Champion and 4th place in Prose Interpretation

-Kevin Palermo- Poetry Interpretation Tournament Champion

-Kevin Qiao- 5th place in Humorous Interpretation

-Zak Bickel and Matt Sussis- 2nd place in JV Public Forum Debate

-Everybody who went- 5th place Sweepstakes

The team would also like to congratulate everybody who competed at the Ridge Debates this weekend!  We would especially like to congratulate:

-Scott Levinson- quarterfinals in Novice Lincoln Doulglas Debate

-Neal Shah- octofinals in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate

Upcoming tournaments:

-December 19- CFL 3 at Ridge High School- DP, JVOI, OI, JVExtemp, Extemp, DUO, NLD, JVLD, VLD, PF, OO, Dec

Team News Letter 11/30/09

Hey team!  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and four day weekend!  Only 3 more weeks until winter break.

-Candy boxes are in!  It is $58 per box.  Keep in mind that in order to go to Harvard it is required that you sell TWO boxes!  You must pay before you take the box (both cash and checks are accepted).  Make sure an officer or Mrs. Waite signs out the box for you.

If you do not wish to sell candy and would like an alternative, you can sell entertainment books!  It is 5 entertainment books per box of candy.  However, you can sell them just because you want to if that so pleases you.  It is $30 per book.  Please email our treasurer Arjuna Iyer if you are interested (NOT ME) at ajst07@gmail.com

THERE WILL BE NO MORE GENERAL MEETINGS DURING LUNCH! “Why,” you may ask?  Because the play is over. This means that speech is now able to have our workshops AFTERSCHOOL ON WEDNESDAYS!  Therefore, general meetings will be immediately after school on Wednesdays with both speech and debate workshops to follow.

-If you are going to Princeton, please get your money in!  It is now $131 and not $140.  If you paid $140, let Lauren or me know so we can tell Boosters to give you a check for $9.  And please don’t pester us for it.  We will give it to you when we have it.

Upcoming tournaments:

-December 12- *Morristown High School NJFL- Events offered: HI, DI, OO, Poetry, Prose, Duo, Extemp, Congress,Declamation, Impromptu, Improv, JV Public Forum, and Varsity Public Forum

December 11/12- The Ridge Debates- Varsity and Novice LD, Varsity and Novice Congress, and PF

-December 19- CFL 3 at Ridge High School- Events offered: DP, VOI, JVOI, OO, Duo, Dec, JV Extemp, Varsity Extemp, PF, NLD, JVLD, VLD, Congress

Team News Letter 11/23/09

Hey team!  I hope you all went to the amazing play this weekend!  Congratulations to the Director (our wonderful coach) Mrs. Waite and your teammates Michelle Bennet, Rachel Matusewicz, Kevin Palermo, and Kayla Weinerman!

-Candy boxes are in!  It is $58 per box.  Keep in mind that in order to go to Harvard it is required that you sell TWO boxes!  You must pay before you take the box (both cash and checks are accepted).  Make sure an officer or Mrs. Waite signs out the box for you.

-If you do not wish to sell candy and would like an alternative, you can sell entertainment books!  It is 5 entertainment books per box of candy.  However, you can sell them just because you want to if that so pleases you.  It is $30 per book.  Please email our treasurer Arjuna Iyer if you are interested (NOT ME) at ajst07@gmail.com

-THERE WILL BE NO MORE GENERAL MEETINGS DURING LUNCH! “Why,” you may ask?  Because the play is over. This means that speech is now able to have our workshops AFTERSCHOOL ON WEDNESDAYS!  Therefore, general meetings will be immediately after school on Wednesdays with both speech and debate workshops to follow.

~However, there will not be a meeting afterschool this Wednesday because of the half-day (which I am VERY excited about).

Our team did AMAZINGLY well this weekend at the Montville High School NJFL tournament!  We are all extremely proud of everyone who competed this weekend.  A special congratulations to:

Kevin Qiao- tournament champion in humorous interpretation

Sarah Levy- 4th place Improvisational Speaking

Namita Dwarakanath- 5th place Poetry Interpretation

Laura Mullaney- Top non-advancing novice Prose Interpretation

Ronak Kanwar- 2nd place in Novice Licoln Douglas Debate

Scott Levinson- 5th place in Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate

Jess Rauchberg- 6th place in Student Congress

Upcoming tournaments:

-December 12- *Morristown High School NJFL- Events offered: HI, DI, OO, Poetry, Prose, Duo, Extemp, Congress, Declamation, Impromptu, Improv, JV Public Forum, and Varsity Public Forum

-December 11/12- The Ridge Debates- Varsity and Novice LD, Varsity and Novice Congress, and PF

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Team News Letter 11/15/09

Hey team!  You all did a WONDERFUL job yesterday and I personally want to thank you so much for helping to keep it running smoothly.

First a message from our president, Ben Wohl
Hey team,

Everyone did an AMAZING job at the Randolph Tournament!!!! The only reason why the tournament was such a huge success (ending so early at 6:30 which is almost unheard of for a local tournament and is a new record for Randolph) was due to the hard work and dedication of each and every team member who worked at the tournament.

Special shouts are also due to Boosters as well as all parents who worked at the kitchens/judged at the tournament. They did a great job and really made all of our lives so much better (and tastier). So please thank your parents!

Go Randolph!!!!!!!!!!!,
Ben

Second, DEBATERS: I sent out an email earlier from our Debate VP, Sohum.  PLEASE READ IT!

Upcoming tourneys:
December 12, Morristown: Declamation, DI, HI, Duo, Extemp, Impromptu, Improv, JV PF, Varsity PF, OO, Poetry, and Prose

Team News Letter 11/7/09

Hey team, I hope you all enjoyed the long weekend.   I know I did.

First a message from our president, Ben Wohl:

Hey Team,

We have already talked about all of the team requirements/policies throughout this year. However, I just wanted everyone to have the actual documents containing our registration policies and team requirements. They are attached. Read away and I look forward to seeing all of you on Saturday for the Randolph Tournament! Wooo!

Team Registration Policies and Deadlines Tournament_Registration_Policies_and_Deadlines

RHS Forensics Team Requirements RHS_Forensics_Team_Requirements

Second, you MUST be at RHS on Saturday for our tournament!  It is a team requirement.  If there is a conflict, you should already have spoken to Ben.  If you have not, you need to do it ASAP…and it better be a dang good reason.

I will be sending out more emails throughout the week.  You need to check your email at least twice a day, if not more.

Please feel free to email the officers with any questions you have.  We want to make sure our tournament runs as smoothly as possible

Upcoming tournaments:

November 21- Montville High School NJFL-Events offered: HI, DI, Duo, Extemp, Poetry, Prose, Improv, Impromptu, NLD, JVLD, VLD, and PF

Team News Letter: 11/1/09

Hey team! I hope you all are looking forward to the upcoming 3 day week and 4 day weekend.  I know I am!

• Make sure you have Saturday, November 14^th marked in your calendars!  It is our tournament and you will be required to work there.  This is also a great tournament for your parents to judge because they do not have to travel to another town.  Please sign up your parents outside of Mrs. Waite’s room.
• Speech kids- If you ordered a binder and have not picked it up yet, please do so!

The team would like to congratulate everyone who competed at Hanover Park I this weekend.  We did really well, placing 6^th in overall sweepstakes!!  The team would especially like to congratulate:

Rachel Matusewicz: 4^th place Dramatic Interpretation, 5^th place poetry

Kevin Palermo: 3^rd place Humorous Interpretation

Ben Wohl and Patrick Clarke: 5^th place Public Forum

Ming Luo: 4^th place Novice LD

Ronak Kanwar: 2^nd place Novice LD

Upcoming Tournaments:

November 21^st- Montville High School:  Events offered: HI, DI, DUO, Extemp, Poetry, Prose, OO, DEC, Impromptu, Improv, Novice LD, JV LD, Varsity LD, and Public Forum

Team News Letter: 10/25/09

Hey guys!  I hope everyone had a blast during sprit week!

First I have a message from our President, Ben Wohl:

Hey Team,
With Hanover Park I, which is the first tournament for many of you, this week, your wonderful VPs have put together 2 quick guides to a forensics tournaments. They are attached.

Also, remember the Randolph Tournament is coming up! That means November 14th the whole team is required to be at the high school helping out.
-Ben

• If you are planning on attending the Patriot Games at George Mason University from Friday, December 4^th to Sunday, December 6^th, you MUST email Rachel with the events you want to do and any judges you can provide.  If you are competing in 4 or more events you will be required to provide a judge or the monetary equivalent.  Rachel’s email address is rjmatuse@optonline.net
• On a similar note, if I send out an email that tells you to email someone that is not me, Alyssa Fox, please do not just hit reply and email me.  Email the person you are supposed to email.  The correct address will always be included.
• There will be a forensics party this Friday, October 30 from 6-10:30 at Rachel Matusewicz’s house in anticipation of the new season!!!!!  The entire team is invited.  There will be food, fun, and workshops!  This is a great way to bond with your teammates and learn more about forensics as people will be performing and getting critiqued.  Both Speechers and Debaters are welcome to come.  Anyone who is coming must either bring food, drink (non-alcoholic, of course), or $5 to help pay for food.

Team News Letter: 10/21/09

Hey, guys!  Hope you all are enjoying Spirit Week ’09!

• The deadline for clothing is Wednesday October 21^st during lunch!  ONLY GIVE THE FORM TO LAUREN MCNULTY OR ALYSSA FOX (me). Do not expect to give in the form during the after school debate meeting—that is too late.  Please try to buy at least article of clothing.  You will be required to wear team apparel at the Randolph tournament on November 14 (which you should all mark in your calendars now).   If there is some sort of financial crisis where you can not afford to buy a $15 t-shirt, please talk to Mrs. Waite or Ben Wohl.
• A lot of people seem to be confused as to when meetings are.
  • General meetings are on WEDNESDAYS during LUNCH
  • Debate/PF/Congress workshops are WEDNESDAYS AFTER SCHOOL
  • Speech workshops are THURSDAYS AFTER SCHOOL

Upcoming tournaments:

• Hanover Park 1 at Hanover Park High School.  Events offered: HI, DI, Duo, Poetry, Prose, Extemp, Improv, Impromptu, Dec, Oratory, VLD, JVLD, NLD, PF, and maybe Congress

Team News Letter: 10/11/09

Hey guys!  I hope ya’ll are having a deeply fabulous 3-day weekend!

First, the team would like to welcome our new assistant coach, Mrs. Wigg!  We are extremely happy to have her and know that she will make amazing contributions to the team.

Now on to other news:

• I sent all of you the order forms for clothing last night. Please make sure you have those in by WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 21st!!!  Only give the money to Lauren McNulty or me.  The forms are also online.  (www.rhsforensics.org)
• Please mark SATURDAY NOVEMBER 14 in your calendars now!  We are hosting our tournament that day and we need all of you to be there.  It is also a Harvard requirement.
• Get your pieces/cases together!  We want ya’ll going to tournaments as soon as possible so we can show the other teams how much Randolph rocks!

Upcoming tournaments:

-October 24: CFL 1 at Union Catholic High School

-October 31: Hanover Park 1 at (duh) Hanover Park High School

Team News Letter: 10/10/09

Hey Team!

It is that time of the year when we need to order clothing for the Randolph Tournament that we are hosting NOVEMBER 14th, 2009!!! Mark your calendars, because everyone on the team must attend to help run the tournament. For those who are new to the team, everyone from Randolph wears Randolph Forensics Apparel, so our guests know who to ask for any questions, directions, etc. This year, we are ordering T-shirts, Long Sleeve Tee’s, and Sweatshirts. You may order one of each or just one of the articles of clothing- it doesn’t matter. I know some of the prices are a bit high, so if you would rather borrow a t-shirt from a previous year from a returning member, that is also an option. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

The order forms are attached to this email- to help save the school’s paper. If you could print out the form(s) of the clothing you are buying, that would be great. It says on the forms who to make the check out to, but I will also include it here. CHECKS ARE TO BE MADE OUT TO: RHS FORENSICS PARENT BOOSTERS ASSOCIATION. ALL FORMS AND CHECKS ARE TO BE HANDED TO ALYSSA OR LAUREN ONLY. If you hand your forms to anyone other than them, and your order doesn’t get placed, it will not be anyone’s fault but yours. Forms will be due on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21st. I will be ordering the clothes that night, so if your forms are not given to me by the end of that school day, there is a good chance you will be out of luck. Please have your forms in on time. You can find us in Mrs. Waite’s room during lunch, at the general meetings on Wednesdays during lunch, and after school on Thursdays. Please spread the word to anyone who is not receiving these e-mails, and we will print forms for them.