Dr. Michael Farris to Speak this Thursday, April 3!

This Thursday is our LAST CLUB MEETING of the year!  ALL Speech and Debate students and parents please come for this special treat.  Please don't miss it (even if you haven't been to club in a while).

Dr. Michael Farris* will speak at 4:45 pm

Dr. Michael Farris will speak on the benefits of forensics and how it can develop important skills. Please invite your friends who are interested in Vector Speech and Debate to come hear our special guest speaker. 

Following Dr. Farris’ talk the leadership of Vector Speech and Debate Club will host an Orientation and Q & A session for families interested in participating in our club during the 2014-15 school year.

When: THIS Thursday, April 3rd. Guest Speaker: 4:45 - 5:30 p.m. Q & A Session: 5:30 – 6:15 p.m.

Where: Ketoctin Presbyterian Church, 441 East Main Street, Purcellville

For questions or more information, contact Kimberly Millhouse at pkmillhouse@gmail.com.

*Dr. Michael Farris, Chancellor of Patrick Henry College and Chairman and General Counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association, has influenced people and policy the world over. He has used his communication skills to defend parental rights, argue before the Supreme Court, found Patrick Henry College, write over fifteen novels, textbooks, and other books, provide a nationwide radio program, and pastor a church._.___

REGISTRATION CLOSES TONIGHT!!!!!

Everyone!!! If you want to squeeze in one last check mark to bump your ratings on speechranks, get your final checkmark to NITOC, enjoy the company of good friends, or just want to fine tune your speeches... your last chance ends tonight!!!


Registration for April 4 & 5 Speech and Debate

Click here to register: https://spring.homeschooldebate.net/

Friday, April 4 - Team Policy & Lincoln Douglas Debate
Saturday, April 5 - ALL Speech Events

Please remember to:
1) Register each student for each event
2) Register parent judges
3) Sign up to bring FOOD!
4) Pay for your registration online

If you have any questions, please contact the C4 Tournament Director: Alison Koehnke at c4debatecoach@gmail.com .

Registration for the Parli Tournament:
https://marchberryvilleparli.homeschooldebate.net/

Tournament Director: Debbie Snyder
Phone Number: 540-535-8539

Parent Meeting Next Week, March 27th, 6pm

2014-15 Vector Planning is underway!   

Next Thursday, March 27th, 6 - 7PM, is a mandatory parents' meeting for all families that plan to participate in next year's Vector club.  We have several important club roles that will vacate after this year, and we are looking to involve all of our parents to help fill these roles.

Many of you have communicated your enthusiasm about what your students are doing this year in Vector and at the tournaments. The club needs your investment and participation to continue to develop these important skills in our students next year. We are excited to diversify club responsibilities to make the most of all the gifts and talents that each family brings.  

Please RSVP to pkmillhouse@gmail.com to let us know you're coming.

See you on March 27th at 6PM!

Blessings,

Paul and Kimberly Millhouse

NITOC Hotel Accomodations!

If you are planning on attending NITOC, or even thinking about, it check out the information regarding Hotel blocks and rates.  I encourage you to make your reservations soon as these hotel blocks (especially the cheaper ones) will fill up fast.  Click Here for the NITOC Hotel Accomodations Page

Information regarding Campus Housing will also be posted soon-- this could potentially be substantially cheaper than a hotel, and as past Vector families have discovered it is super-convenient to be right on campus.  With the Tournament lasting 6 days, it is very desirable to be close! In addition, the hosting college usually extends privileges to enjoy the campus facilities like the gym and pool without charge to those housed there!

March Parli Tournament Registration OPEN

Hey everyone! We hope to see you at the March 29th Parli Tournament in Berryville!!

I know you have SO many questions... most importantly where do I sign up?

Sign up here: click here


Information is on the website!!!!! Sign up!!!!!

More exclamation points!!!!


More information if you don't want to go to the website:

Welcome to the March Berryville Parli Tournament

When - March 29th, 2014
Where - Crum's United Methodist Church
2832 Crum's Church Road Berryville, Virginia 22611

Fees: $15/ debate competitor.
If competitor drops after registration closes there will incur a $15/event drop fee as drops cause problems for the tab volunteers.

Pay at the door.

Tournament Director: Debbie Snyder
Phone Number: 540-535-8539
E-mail Address: debbievirginia@gmail.com

Registration opens - March 1st and closes March 23rd, 2013
Space is limited, so register early to guarantee a place.

Parli Debate: Resolution changes each round.

Judge Requirement: Each competitor MUST provide a judge available to judge two rounds. There is a four round family cap. Please encourage community and alumni judges to sign up through the judge registration link. Because of the way that judges are assigned to rounds, YOU MUST BE THERE FOR THE TIMES FOR WHICH YOU HAVE REGISTERED.

Timers: Debate competitors are expected to self-time their rounds. Please bring a timing device.

Food: Tournament food will be potluck.
March 29th Food Signup

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN -- Virginia Spring Sendoff Speech & Debate April 4-5

Registration is now OPEN for the April Speech and Debate Tournament!
Register Early as space for certain events is limited. Registration CLOSES MARCH 21st. 

Click here to register: https://spring.homeschooldebate.net/

Friday, April 4 - Team Policy & Lincoln Douglas Debate
Saturday, April 5 - ALL Speech Events

Please remember to:
1) Register each student for each event
2) Register parent judges
3) Sign up to bring FOOD!
4) Pay for your registration online

If you have any questions, please contact the C4 Tournament Director: Alison Koehnke at c4debatecoach@gmail.com .

Debate Next Week [March 13th]

Parli debaters,

The next debate meeting [March 13th] will be parli. We'll be doing a practice round. I'd like to start promptly at 6pm, so please do try to be on time. As usual, email your partners and make sure they can come.  Parents, I greatly appreciate when you come to judge. Please come if you can.

See you all next week,

-CM

Judging and Jobs for March 29th and April 5th Tournaments

Dear Vector parents, 

VECTOR is responsible for the March 29th and April 5th tournaments.  Vector earns the profits (if there are any), but Vector members (parents and students + me) also have to do the lion share of the work.  Please help out.  If an area interests you, please sign up on the spreadsheet.  Job training is available for all jobs.

Please sign up on the provided links for tournament jobs.  All tournament jobs require filling judge slots here and there as well as fulfilling the tournament jobs.  Please be generous with your time as many hands make light work (but the opposite is also true.)

Sign up for March 29th Parli Tournament: here

Sign up for the April 5th Speech Tournament: here

It is SO important that you sign up to judge at these upcoming tournaments as much as possible.

The minimum is two judge slots per tournament, but we need a lot more judges for speech tournaments, so if parents can judge the "extra mile" that would be fantastic.  All day speech parents would be very helpful for both speech tournaments.

Debate tournaments are easier to fill (less slots), but speech tournaments need all hands on deck.  Please recruit your friends, neighbors, alumni, PHC students etc. E-mail invitations sometimes work.  A personal phone call works much better.  If every family recruited only one judge, our judge recruitment stress would be less.  There is a $25 reward for all families recruiting five judges or more.

March 14th: Speech/Annandale

   https://march.homeschooldebate.net/  Judge Registration Open  

 

March 15: Team Policy/Annandale  (location changed)

   https://march.homeschooldebate.net/  Judge Registration Open 

March 29th:  Parli Tournament/Berryville

   https://marchberryvilleparli.homeschooldebate.net  Judge Registration Open 

April 4th: Team Policy/Lincoln Douglas Tournament/Annandale/

https://spring.homeschooldebate.net/     Judge Registration Open

April 5th: Speech Tournament/Marshall/Fresta Valley Christian School/

https://spring.homeschooldebate.net/    Judge Registration Open

No Vector this week March 6th--Spring Break!

Enjoy the week off, but don't forget to spend time working on your speeches for the March 14th Tournament.  

Next week we will have a special guest, Emily Boyles, a Vector alumnus, presenting her persuasive speech which she competed with at NITOC 2012.  

See you next week!