November 9th Tournament

Hey y'all! The first tournament of the year is on the 9th of November and registration has just opened! If you are familiar with registering, go ahead (link is below.) If you're not, don't worry, we'll cover that tomorrow in Tourney Time! If you have still questions about events or how to register, talk to myself or Mrs. Millhouse tomorrow after club. The tournament information and a note from Mrs. Millhouse are below, please read!

See y'all tomorrow!

Rachel

Vector families, our first tournament is coming up soon!  Debbie Snyder, our Tournament Director, is asking our club to support with providing Tournament Tab & Judging/Recruiting Judges. To register as a student competitor or as a parent judge click on the link below. Students, this is a great opportunity to get your feet wet. Don't worry, we are going to work hard in club to get you ready! Parents, this is a great opportunity to see how a tournament works, and enjoy the fun and fellowship! 

Mrs. Millhouse

             Eukarya Kick-off Speech Tournament

                          Limited Prep Tournament

When:  Saturday, November 9th 

Where:  Agape Church, 199 Agape Way, Stephens City, VA 22655

Who: Competitors must be 12 by January 1st, 2014. (Younger children are welcome to watch and learn; they can be quickly taught to time speeches during the competition rounds).

Sign up TODAY to compete and/or judge.  

Click on link below for all necessary information for both.

https://eukaryakickoff.homeschooldebate.net

 

Students can compete in one or more events.  Newer competitors usually concentrate on one event only.  Those students who just want to watch and/or time are welcome too. Everyone is welcome.

Tournament Events: Extemporaneous, Apologetics, Storytelling, Duo Impromptu, Mars Hill Impromptu. Rules and ballots can be accessed at Stoausa.org

Contact: Debbie Snyder  

debbievirginia@gmail.com  540-723-0125 (h)  540-535-8539 (c)

Vector T-shirt Design Contest!

If you would like to put your design skills to the task, we are calling for designs for the Vector Club T-shirt.  All designs should include our club verse, Isaiah 43:10: 

“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord,
    “and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me
    and understand that I am He.

If you would like to contribute a design to be considered, please email your design to Mrs. Donna Hammond, at donnakh@comcast.net, by October 1st.

We will vote by secret ballot the following week. Thank you Mrs. Hammond for organizing our T-shirts this year!

Interps and Platform Scripts

Hi Vector Students!

For those of you planning on doing an Interpretation, I hope you have had a chance to take a look at the literature lists links on the Vector website, or have taken a trip to the Library.  Our first prepared speech tournament (Platforms & Interps) is scheduled for November 22. I hope you will set your sights on making that a practice tournament--remember, competing in tournaments is the best practice there is!

When choosing your piece for your Interp remember to choose a book or play (or scene from a book or play) that contains a clear beginning, middle, and end (a plot is essential!).  Also, look for pieces which have more dialogue than narration (some narration is fine however).  Find a piece that you like and preferably one which has a message you can highlight. Remember, children's books can make great interps.

With the Nov 22 tournament date, a good goal would be to choose a piece in the next week or two, and try to have your script finished by the last week of October.  That will give you a full month to memorize and block your piece!  And don't worry if you need help with your script, we'll have time dedicated in club in November to make sure you know what it should look like.

If you are planning on writing a Platform Speech, begin outlining your speech now, and then start gathering your research and examples.  A good goal would be to have your Platform script written by the first week of November, which will allow you a couple of weeks to memorize you script.  (Memorizing a speech can take anywhere from 2 days to a week, to two weeks, depending on how much time you devote to it.)

This week in club we will cover "Cutting Your Interp Piece", doing some Impromptu practice, and, of course, we will work in some games!  Rachel Bell will also be there to do a short "Tourney Time" to cover tournament registration and attire.

See you Thursday!
Mrs. Millhouse

Orientation Prezi

Hey everyone!

We had a fantastic orientation meeting and a great start to our year! (Thanks, Mr. and Mrs. Millhouse!)

Some of you asked if the Prezi could be posted online for future reference: here it is! You may need an account to view, but its fairly simple and they don't spam you with emails (so far in my experience!)

We hope to see everyone back next week in business casual ready for fun!


Don't be afraid to email anyone with questions! We're so excited you decided to join in this wonderful experience!

1st Vector Club Meeting this Thursday, Sept 12th!

Hi Everyone!

The Vector Leadership is looking forward to seeing you all at the Orientation Meeting this Thursday! We will begin sharply at 4:00 pm, so please come early.  This is an all-encompassing meeting, so ALL Speech and Debate students must attend this meeting with at least one parent. Debate students will continue with the Debate Orientation at 6:00. However, I want to encourage all 'Speech Only' students to stay for the debate orientation if possible, as it will be a great introductory lesson for anyone interested in finding what debate is all about.

Please feel free to join us at Tropical Smoothie Cafe for dinner, or if you would like to bring a brown-bagged dinner, the church kitchen is available for our use during the break.

We have a lot of new information to cover, and we are excited to share with you the plans we have in the works for a successful speech and debate year. We hope you are as excited about Vector Club this year as we are; we have seen God go before us in many ways to prepare rich opportunities for the students to grow.

See you soon!

Many blessings,
Kim Millhouse