tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83142885898147189132012-02-16T01:06:42.361-06:00Liz Vieirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08338202786328820187noreply@blogger.comBlogger781100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314288589814718913.post-16795011770147298912009-01-15T14:34:00.000-06:002009-01-15T14:36:06.505-06:00

Here is the info sheet on camps that I handed out at the awards night.

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Awards night is tonight, January 7 at 7pm in the Lakeville South lecture hall.They should last about an hour and a half, then there will be ice cream.Students should plan to dress up and bring trophies so we can get team pictures. Guests are welcome to be casual.

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Awards Night for debate will be January 7 at 7 pm in the lecture hall at Lakeville South. Check back for more information soon!

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A worksheet is now available if a debater thinks s/he has qualified for a letter. Debaters should have received it in an e-mail. Please contact Liz if you did not.

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The application to be a captain for next season is now available. E-mail completed application to Liz by January 2nd.

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UPDATE:There will not be a bus because of lack of interest. If you would like to observe rounds, we are at the Hyatt Regency, 1300 Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis. Rounds tomorrow start at 8 and go all day.-----------------------------Mike and Abbie have set up a great opportunity for those of you not competing at Blake to come watch rounds. Debaters from across the country will be there, so it

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VERY quick Recap.VARSITYRound Robin- Champion and Top Speaker, Christian KeilTournament Champion and Top Speaker, Christian KeilSemi-finalist and 10th Speaker, Tom CarusoDouble-Octafinalist and 11th Speaker, Catherine EichmannDouble-Octafinalist, Wes BrandDouble-Octafinalist, Jayant TripathyNOVICECHAMPION and Second Speaker, Grace O'BrienOctafinalist, Sarah Lunkenheimer

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Our first and second year debaters had a strong end to their season this past weekend at the JV/ Novice State Tournament at Bloomington Jefferson High School.In the novice division, Kayla Dharampaul (sophomore, North) and Sarah Lunkenheimer (freshman, North) were both 4-1 and ended up placing 17th and 18th, respectively.Anselmo Shim (freshman, South) was in the top sixteen.Raffi Garnighian (

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As the season winds down for most of you, a few notes:1. LETTERING: A worksheet will be available soon. Fill it out if you have met the requirements to letter.2. CAPTAINS: There will be an application packet available on the website. Potential captains fill out the packet and coaches select the leadership.3. AWARDS NIGHT: Save the date! Wednesday, January 7 will be our awards night. More

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There will be several changes for practices the next few weeks because your coaches all have exams.Monday, 12/ 8: NO PRACTICE Tuesday, 12/9: North IMC 4-7Wednesday 12/10- North IMC 4-6Thursday 12/11: NO PRACTICEMonday 12/15: North IMC 4-?Tuesday 12/16: North IMC 4-?

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Friday and Saturday, December 5-6 at Bloomington Jefferson High School.FRIDAYSouth: You will be excused from school after 5th hour. Change and get on the bus by 1:50.North: You will be excused from class at 1:45. Check with your teachers to see if you need to go to the first few minutes of 6th hour. Change and be on the bus by 2 pm.Round 1: 3:30 (Note: LD and PF rounds will be flighted)Round

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Available here.

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We are all pretty tired. We had 4 rounds yesterday; Varsity has 3 more prelims today, JV and PF have 2.After yesterday, CK was 3-1, TC 2-2, EW 1-3. JVers haven't been getting disclosure, but all think they are at least 3-1.UPDATE: CK picked up round 5. Dylan picked up. Jayant thinks he picked up. The rest are still debating.UPDATE 2 pm: CK and Tom debated in round 6. Ck picked up. He is

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Debaters are in Round 2.Christian, Elisabeth, Wes and Dylan won their first rounds. Tom dropped. Jayant and Karen/ Steven are unsure.Round 2:JVPalo Alto MC v. Wes (Sam Abba)College Prep GC v. Jayant (Kaysha Wells)New Trier EW v. Dylan (Bruce Rosenberg)VarsityElisabeth v. Scarsdale MM (Fleeger)CK v. Northland Christian TC (Jo Russell)Iowa City West GT v. Tom (Taarini Vohra)

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Saturday ONLY. Bus will leave from the upper doors of LNHS at 7 am.Registration changes e-mailed to Liz by 3 pm on Monday, November 17. After 3 pm on November 17, you will be charged the $25 drop fee.Schedule:7:30 AM – Registration Opens8:30 AM – Round One of LD & Policy8:45 AM – Round One of PF11:15 AM to 12:00 PM – Lunch for all Divisions3:00 PM – Final Round LD & Public Forum4:00 PM –

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Lakeville South students will be excused at 2 pm-- go to the bus at the athletic doors by 2:15. Lakeville North students will be excused at 2:10-- be on the bus at the upper doors by 2:20.UPDATE: You do not need to change into suits for this tournament. You may wear your school clothes, but remember that your appearance is important to looking confident (jeans are fine, sweatpants are not).

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For those of you not traveling to Chicago this weekend there will be an additional opportunity to debate this Friday at Eastview High School. I know there had been some confusion about whether or not we would be competing, but the final decision is that yes, we are indeed going to send debaters to Eastview. Registration: 3:00-3:15 PM PF & LD Schedule: Round 1

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Lakeville Debaters competed against students from Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, California, Nevada, Texas, Florida and Alabama this past weekend. The team had an excellent showing, proving just how competitive the team is this year.The collective performance of Lakeville South students resulted in Lakeville South receiving the third place

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The following students are registered for the Dowling tournament in Iowa December 12-14, 2008:Vanessa Johnston Novice SouthDylan Slinger Varsity SouthGrace O’Brien Novice SouthWes Brand Varsity South Christian Keil Varsity SouthHayden Rutan/ Sam Amodeo Public Forum SouthAustin Bock Varsity NorthAlex Ryan Varsity NorthSarah Lunkenheimer Novice NorthJayant Tripathy Varsity NorthCatherine Eichmann

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There will be NO PRACTICE TODAY (11/10/08).Megan will be available on TUESDAY (4-6, room 309 at North). You should plan to do rebuttal redos from Saturday.There is no tournament this upcoming weekend (sleep in!).

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Easy access if you need to Mapquest:VARSITY (and JV, Novice pick-up Saturday)Apple Valley High School14450 Hayes Rd.Apple Valley, MN 55124JUNIOR VARSITY (Pick Up Friday, Drop off Saturday)Valley Middle School900 Gardenview Dr.Apple Valley, MN 55124NOVICE (Pick Up Friday and Drop Off Saturday)Falcon Ridge Middle School12900 Johnny Cake Ridge Rd.Apple Valley, MN 55124PUBLIC FORUM (Pick Up Friday,

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Lakeville Debate had another successful weekend at the Eagan Wildcat Invitational. Next week we go to Apple Valley, where we will be competing against students from across the U.S. for highly coveted marble apples.At Eagan, Varsity students had an excellent showing and received four of the top five places. Second went to Christian Keil (LSHS '09), third to Wes Brand (LSHS '11), Fourth to

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Information about Apple ValleyALL students need to complete the student transportation form at the end of the document. It needs to be turned in THURSDAY.There will be a bus from LNHS at 12:45. See the previous document for other transportation considerations.If you are not taking the team bus to Apple Valley, you need to be at Apple Valley High School (14450 Hayes Road, Apple Valley MN) by 1:

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If students are leaving a tournament via any form of transportation other than the bus, they must turn in the following form (signed by a parent). Regardless of whether they are being transported in a personal vehicle or with their own parents, this form must be turned in.Transportation Clearance Form

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Reminder:If you want to go to Dowling in December, you need to commit today and bring a $75 deposit to practice TODAY.All debaters have their second case due tonight. THIS INCLUDES NOVICE, JV, VARSITY AND PUBLIC FORUM. In accordance with team policy, you need to have both a printed copy and an e-mail copy to a coach prior to practice starting.If you were at Bronx, you need to have your Eagan

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See post below for who is competing.The tournament is November 7-8. You don't have school on Friday. Everyonecompetes on both days.TransportationOn Friday, we will take a bus (time later, but probably around 1) from Lakeville North to Apple Valley. (If getting a ride from home to North is the only reason you couldn't otherwise go, we will find a ride for you).Friday, we will go to four

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Treat today at practice to anyone who EITHER:A. emails Liz before 5:30 with an argument on the new topic that is not listed on the topic analysis. If you are in PF, send an argument on health care; if you are in LD, send an argument about felon disenfranchisement. It can be an argument for either side, but it must be a complete argument with a claim, warrant and impact.ORB. Prove you attended

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If you go to North and are interested in trying out for the speech team (which you should be as it's a great way to keep up with debate and get more NFL points and it's awesome and Liz is a coach), there is a meeting TOMORROW (MONDAY, OCTOBER 27) at 3 pm in Room 309.Contact Coach Baese or Liz for more information.

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Eagan is Saturday ONLY. The bus leaves from the upper doors of North at 8:15 am (sleep in!). We should be back around 6 pm.Rounds are not flighted, so there are 6 of them for LD and 5 for PF. Since they aren't flighted, you guys need to pay attention to schedules because rounds occur quickly after each other. It will be good practice for AV. Lincoln-DouglasRound 1

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In novice, Leema John was in quarterfinals (top 8), Yaphet Getachew was in semi-finals. Jacqueline Schmitt was in finals and earned Second on a 2-1 decision. Yaphet was the top speaker, Leema was third speaker and Jacqueline was fifth.In the open division, Tom Caruso was a semi-finalist. Christian Keil won the final round on a 5-0 decision and was the tournament champion for the second week in

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The tournament is November 7-8. You don't have school on Friday. Everyonecompetes on both days.On Friday, we will take a bus (time later, but probably around 1) from Lakeville North to Apple Valley. (If getting a ride from home to North is the only reason you couldn't otherwise go, we will find a ride for you).Friday, we will go to four different schools (Varsity is at Apple Valley HS, JV at

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The debate team had another successful tournament at the University ofMinnesota this weekend. We are gearing up for Hopkins next week.*Christian Keil*, Varsity Lincoln-Douglas Debate CHAMPION and Second-placespeaker*Sarah Lund* was 4-1 in Varsity LD and missed quarterfinals on atie-breaker.*Jacqueline Schmitt, Leema John* and *Vanessa Johnston* were all 3-1 inNovice LD. *Vanessa Johnston *and *

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Changes by 3 pm, Monday October 20.All levels of LD compete on BOTH DAYS. Public Forum will compete on Saturday only.Friday: South students excused at 1:50. Meet bus at Activities Doors at 2:00.North students excused at 2:00. Meet bus at Upper Doors by 2:15.We should return around 10.If you are sick the day of the tournament and will not be on the bus, CALL (don't e-mail) Liz. Phone number is

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5:30 pm TODAY: Changes to Hopkins RegistrationThursday 10/16: Bronx Payment of $175.Friday 10/17: Changes to Apple Valley RegistrationMonday 10/20: Changes to Sibley registration

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There is no school Friday. Meet bus at Upper doors of North by NOON on Friday. We should return about 10 pm.Saturday: Meet bus at Upper Doors of North at 7 am. We should return around 5?This list current as of 10:30 am Tuesday.Everyone will compete both Friday and SaturdaySchedule:Friday, October 17th, 2008Registration All Events 12:00pm-1:00pm· Round 1: Policy 1:30

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Because McCain is speaking at South on Friday, we need to move the bus meeting location from the Athletic doors. Everything else stays the same. South students are excused at 1:35, change promptly and meet at 1:45. The bus will be in the "Bus Loading Zone" where buses normally pick up and drop off students (I don't know where this is, I'm assuming those of you who attend the school do).I have

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Information and Updated RegistrationREGISTRATION LIST UPDATED AS OF 11:30 pm, TUESDAY.FRIDAYLeave 1:45 pm from South. Students at South will be released after 5th hour at 1:35—change into suits and meet bus in bus loading zone by 1:45. Leave 2 pm at NorthStudents at North will be excused at 1:50—change and meet by upper doors at 2:00. North students MUST attend the first 10 minutes of 6th hour

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We had a small group compete at Jefferson yesterday. It's always a tough tournament because it is the first one and it's homecoming for many of you, but we had an outstanding showing.Congratulations!In our FIRST EVER Public Forum tournament, Steven Elliott received 2nd Speaker and the team of Steven Elliott and Karen Zhou earned Fifth Place.In Novice LD:Yaphet Getachew, Fourth Place,

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Here she is! Crazy to think we'll have to start thinking about this so soon...2008 November/December Topic, presented by Lincoln Financial Group Resolved: In a democratic society, felons ought to retain the right to vote.

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Two notes:1. There is not a separate JV division at this tournament. Varsity and JV will compete in one open division.2. LD Novices are only competing on Saturday. Debaters in the open division will compete on both Friday and Saturday. Novices have the option of observing on Friday and there will be a sign-up for that. PF is only on Saturday.CHANGES TO THIS LIST SHOULD BE E-MAILED TO LIZ BY

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Saturday, October 4thPlease meet at the upper doors of Lakeville North at 7:15 AM for check-in. Do not be late. This is the meeting place for both Lakeville North and Lakeville South competitors. The bus departs promptly at 7:30 AM from Lakeville North. We will leave without you. Registration: 7 – 8:15 AMPublic Forum: Round 1: 9 AM Round 2: 10:15 AM Round 3: 1:15 PM Round 4: 2:15 PMLincoln

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The following debaters will compete at the Bloomington Jefferson Tournament on Saturday, October 4th. If you need need to leave early, you need to have your parents fill out the Transportation Clearance Form. This form works for both North and South students.Details regarding the bus and tournament schedule shall be posted shortly.North Varsity LD:Catherine EichmannJayant TripathyNorth JV LD:

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Tom dropped on 2-1 in his double round, but it was a very close round-I watched. Christian picked up his doubles round on a 3-0 and is now waiting for his octafinal round.Lake Highland GB (side locked aff) vs LS CK

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Congratulations to Valley-ers for a great job this weekend. For many of them it was their first time debating varsity and the results are something to be proud of. In double octas we have Christian and Tom.LS CK vs Edina AJLN TC Glenbrook North PDBoth flip for sides.

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Prelims are just concluding, here are pairings for rounds 5 and 6Round 5LS CK vs Lake Highland GBEdina JM vs LN JTLS DS Ankeny LBLos Altos DM vs LN TCSLP TT vs LN CELS WB vs Lake Highland TADowling Catholic BA vs LN EWRound 6Rosemount TG vs LS CKLN JT vs West GTLN TC vs Barrington NTLN CE vs Hopkins JOThomas Kelly NZ vs LN WBEdina JR vs LS DSLN EW vs Eagan WCIt'll probably be another hour or so

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Hello all,We are back in the hotel for the night and still working on debate. Thanks a ton to Tammi Brandt for the delicious cookies. Here are the pairings for rounds three and four.Round 3LN JT vs Hopkins SLLS WB vs Barrington KMNew Trier ChCo vs LS DSMeadows AS vs LN TCEagan ND vs LS CKLN EW vs Glenbrook North PDLN CE vs Los Altos JWRound 4Lake Highland SK vs LN JTAV JS vs LS WBLos Altos DM vs

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Good morning from sunny Des Moines. It's already been quite the eventful first day of the tournament, one of the boys rooms didn't wake up on time but we are all on the tournament and in rounds now. Never a dull moment. Here are the postings for the first two rounds.Round OneEdina SS vs Lakeville South WBNew Trier ChCo vs Lakevile South CKLakeville North JT vs Wayzata FPLakeville North TC vs

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Please turn in all forms and fees by MONDAY. All t-shirt orders need to be in by this time. Students who do not have everything turned in by Monday run the risk of not being entered for the first tournament.To the Activities Office:MSHSL Parent Permission FormMSHSL Emergency Form$110 Activity FeeTo a coach:Contact formPre-Season Registration form (preseasonreg.doc)Fees (debatepaymentform.pub)If

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Public Forum Debate will meet on both Mondays and Thursdays from 6:30-8.

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Thanks for attending the parent meeting tonight.The power point from the meeting and all of the other documents have now been loaded to the drop site:lakevilledebate.pptx (Powerpoint)Lakevilledebaterulesandpolicies.docx (team handbook)

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Christian Keil is in Dallas, TX this weekend competing at the Greenhill Fall Classic.He was one of only sixteen debaters in the country to be invited to compete at the Greenhill Round Robin. He debated seven rounds over the past two days and that tournament ended late last night.This morning he begins competing in the regular tournament. I will let you know updates as I hear them.

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We will no longer be using the list-serv because it is difficult to manage and I lost administrative access. There is a Google Group that will serve the same function. Students should have received an e-mail inviting them to the group.If students did not receive that e-mail, they should visit the group site and request access.

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Megan is available on TUESDAY from 4-6 at NORTH in room 309 for extra help and review of cases, rebuttals or other skills. This practice is optional, but highly encouraged.Please take advantage of this opportunity to get some more work time with a coach.

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Reminder that there is practice this Thursday at South.Novice LD debaters: 5:30-7:30.Returning LD Debaters: 5:30-8All Public Forum Debaters: 6:30-8Thursday is the absolute final day for any new novices to join the team. Any student who wishes to debate must attend Thursday or will not be allowed to compete this year.Experienced debaters: Bring a copy of your case PRINTED to practice and also

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I just posted a document called preseasonreg.doc to the Drop site. If you do not have a password, please contact a coach.This form indicates which tournaments you plan on attending. You may change your registration between now and the deadline I give you on the tournament registration list, usually abut 10 days before the tournament. Use this to indicate those tournaments which you now know

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It is important that debaters consistently attend practice. We have unique material to cover every day and missing practice makes it difficult to keep track of who is missing what information. Starting next Thursday, September 4, practices are regularly scheduled on Mondays and Thursdays. The schedule is consistent from week to week to allow planning for other events and activities, but

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Novices (first year) LD Debaters will have a 1 hour practice at 5:30 in the South IMC.Public Forum and JV/ Varsity LD will NOT have practice on Thursday.NO PRACTICE for ALL DEBATERS on Monday, Sept 1 (Labor Day).Normal schedule resumes on Thursday, Sept 4. The normal schedule can be found on the right side of the website.

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Reminder: There is practice on Monday 5:30-7:30 (novice), 5:30-8 (JV/ Varsity) in the IMC at North.There is no practice for JV/ Varsity this Thursday, Novice practice is TBD with Abbie.No practice for Public Forum this week.

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The team handbook has been posted to the drop site (see link on side). E-mail Liz if you did not receive a password at practice.

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New team members,Please add yourself to the team listserv by entering your e-mail and name here.It says name is optional, but I need you to include it because I have to approve list membership.If you are receiving emails with [Lakeville Debate] (in brackets like that) in the subject line, you are subscribed to the list.It sends you a welcome e-mail once you are subscribed, so you will know you

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The rules, policies and procedures discussed yesterday will be online later today. I apologize for the delay.Parents should plan on attending a meeting with the students on Monday September 15, 7:30 in room 221A/B at North High School.

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Public Forum will not have practice again until Thursday, September 4. 6:30 at South.This ONLY applies to public forum debaters.

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Debate Bowling

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1. Thanks to everyone who went bowling, and especially to Captain Joe Shim for organizing the event! Look for more pictures posted in the next couple of days.2. All experienced debaters should have received an assignment via e-mail. Please complete it by Monday.3. Novice debaters: Remember to send Liz your e-mail address so she can add you to the team list!

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2008 September Public Forum Debate Topic: Resolved: That the United States should implement a military draft.2008 September/October LD Debate Topic: Resolved: It is morally permissible to kill one innocent person to save the lives of more innocent people.

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All information concerning the team will be posted on this website. We will try to minimize handing out paper handouts duplicating this information. Documents will be available via the links on the right.For information that we do not want accessible to the general public, documents will be published on a password protected site www.drop.io/lakevilledebate. If you need the password, contact a

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A lot of you have asked for more information about Public Forum Debate. Here are a couple helpful things I have found.PF GuidePF Overview

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All debaters need to turn in the activities forms and pay fees. Fees can be paid via check or online.Turn forms into the Activities Office at your high school. The forms are the same, but you need to be registered at the school you would like to letter at.Lakeville South Activities FormsLakeville North Activities Forms

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Join fellow debaters for Bowling this FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 at 7PM at LAKEVILLE BOWL.Free shoes and reduced price games... Please bring cash.E-mail captain Joe for details or if you need a ride.

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If you plan on joining debate this year but weren't able to make it to tonight's practice, plan on coming next MONDAY, AUGUST 18 at 5:30 in the NORTH IMC.We will go over what you missed this week so you are ready to go for the season.

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Dylan Slinger won the JV Final Round at the National Debate Forum in Boston.After two weeks of debate camp, Dylan placed as the top speaker in the tournament and won the JV division.Congratulations, Dylan!

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Welcome to Lakeville Debate.If you are interested in being on the team this year, please come to the first practice on Tuesday at 5:30 in the LNHS Media Center. We will meet the coaches, get to know some people on the team and give you more information about what debate is to help you decide if the activity is the right fit for you.Here is the informational brochure handed out at the Activity

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Debaters and their parents DO NOT need to attend the code meeting on Monday at 6. After looking over the agenda and discussing it with the AD's, we decided that it would be better to have an AD talk to debaters and their parents separately because most of Monday's meeting will concern only athletes.Byron Olson, the Athletic/ Activities Director at North, will be at the Debate pre-season meeting

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Tuesday August 12: 5:30-7:30, North LibraryThursday August 14: 5:30-7:30, South LibraryMonday August 18: 5:30-8, North LibraryThursday August 21: 5:30-8, South Library

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Congratulations to Christian on making it to the demo round of the Victory Briefs Week 3 tournament.See the VBD story here

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Because debate is interscholastic and competes under MSHSL rules, debaters need to fill out eligibility forms and pay the $110 activity fee. Forms are available on the school website and fees can be paid using a credit card. Please pay the fee to the school you attend (or for 8th graders, the school you plan to attend).Lakeville North ActivitiesLakeville South ActivitiesNOTE: Debaters do NOT need

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All students are welcome to join the debate team.The attached file contains information about what debate is and what the Lakeville Debate team is all about.If you would like to join the team, send us your information and plan on coming to practice on August 12 at 5:30 in the North Library.For further questions, contact coach Liz Vieira.08debateinfo.pdf

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The first practice of the 2008 season will be Tuesday, August 12 at 5:30 in the North Library.Students interested in joining the team should plan to attend.Experienced debaters, come ready to shake the dust off and get some important skills work in before the topic comes out August 15.

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