Bailey & Oliver Speech Competition

The Bailey & Oliver Speech Competition for students from Rogers High School, Rogers Heritage High School, and Bentonville High School will be on Saturday, February 23, 2013.  The winner of the competition will win $300!

The topic for this years competition is: 

Is the US currently falling behind in education? If so, what needs to be done?

I have uploaded a version of the rubric that the judges will use during the competition.  You can access that document by clicking this link.

Debate I Final Exam Rubric

This link will lead you the final exam rubric.

NLRHS Tournament Results!

I'm very excited to recap our tournament at North Little Rock High School on November 30-December 1, 2012.  We had a great trip with our fantastic driver, Tom. 

On Friday night, our three teams competed against some of the best debaters in Arkansas.  Both novice teams, Kirk/Garlock and Stacy/Graham, were undefeated at this tournament.  Our Champ team went head to head with some powerful teams, and they had high speaker points in their final round of the night.  This is quite the accomplishment after debating for 4.5 hours non stop.

On Saturday, our two novice teams advanced to Quarterfinals; they were seeded 2nd and 3rd.  They both advanced to Semifinals; due to the bracket, K/G and S/G met in this round, meaning that they would not debate each other, and the team with the higher speaker points from the night before would advance to finals.  By only two points, K/G advanced to meet a successful team from Fayetteville, against whom the team competed at the Bentonville tournament months before.

While all of the debating was going on, some debaters competed in more traditional forensics events including Extemp and Oratory.  Masen Kuppler advanced to Semifinals in Extemp, and he was a finalist in Oratory!  This is a huge accomplishment, and it was Masen's first attempt at Oratory.

The results at a glance:
Extemporaneous Speaking
Masen Kuppler - Semifinals

Oratory
Masen Kuppler - Finalist

Novice Debate
Taylor Stacy/Brianna Graham - 3rd place
Jenni Kirk/Josh Garlock - 1st place

Josh Garlock - 4th place speaker
Brianna Graham - 3rd place speaker

Sweepstakes Small School
Rogers High School 2nd place

What a great weekend!  I'm so proud of all of our fantastic competitors.  I'm so proud to work with you and be known as your coach.

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Here are some pictures from the weekend!

 Eating at Park Plaza after a three hour bus ride

 Celebrating our team's accomplishments back at the hotel

 Novice and Champ Breaks

Waiting on the awards to start.  Congrats to all the competitors: Sadaf, Brianna, Taylor, Masen, Megan, Isaac, Jenni, and Josh!!

Taylor with her debate and the sweeps trophies!

RHHS Tournament!

I'm so happy to post the results from the Heritage War Eagle tournament. 

Please help me in congratulating the RHS Debate and Forensics team on an amazing performance this weekend.  They competed at Rogers Heritage, and they proudly represented RHS with their talent and humility.

Poetry
Bre Hudson broke of semi finals!
Annie Kate Lipscomb won first place!

Student Congress
Taylor Stacy broke to Super Congress!
Brianna Graham won first place!

Novice Debate
Jenni Kirk and Josh Garlock advanced to semi finals, and they won third place!
Jenni Kirk won 5th place speaker!

Varsity Debate
Megan McPherson won first place speaker!

 Here is Megan with her partner, Tyler Hudock, from 2011-2012.

 Here are some debaters (and their supporters) before they are off to another round!

Above are some forensicans (and a supporter) on Saturday morning.

Again, here are some forensicans (and a supporter) on Saturday morning, plus one more!

Novice Quarters! Way to go, Jenni and Josh!

 We had several students in Student Congress at this tournament!

I'm super proud of you all, 

ld

Student Congress

Debate Class (3 and 5): Student Congress Procedures

On November 5-6, I traveled with 6 members of the RHS Debate team to LR for Student Congress.  We were super excited for the opportunity to compete and represent the Mounties in a fun, competitive, and supportive atmosphere.  

Soon, we will begin in-class Student Congress sessions.  Below are instructions for my Debate students.

Congratulations to our representatives: Blakely Mayhall, Dillon Keeth, Megan McPherson, Taylor Stacy, Brianna Graham, and Masen Kuppler!

Excellence in Caucus
Dillon Keeth

Superior in Committee
Brianna Graham
Blakely Mayhall
Masen Kuppler
Megan McPherson

Excellence in Floor Debate

Dillon Keeth
Megan McPherson
Brianna Graham

Excellence in Parliamentary Procedures
Dillon Keeth
Masen Kuppler

Superior  in Parliamentary Procedures
Megan McPherson

Best School Delegate
Dillon Keeth

In class on Monday and Tuesday, you will be creating your bill, finding research, and preparing for your bill speech (authorship). 

I have provided a link to the PDF with the guidelines and an example of a completed bill.  For the bill template, please follow these instructions:

1. Create a gmail account, then log in to gmail.
2. Click on this link.
3. Under File, select Make a Copy. Make sure that you are signed in to gmail.
4. Now, this is your file to write on.
5. "Share" the file with me by click on the Share button in the top right corner.  Add my email address (RHS.OCFD@gmail.com) to the list of collaborators. 
6. Continue to work on this project throughout the class on Monday and Tuesday.