1. WELCOME!
JM Speech Team Meeting

2. Getting Started Information & Paperwork Warm Up
Pizza Ranch –TBD
Congrats to all – placed 2nd at Red Wing!
Paperwork
Registration – O-Town, Northfield
Sign in for Monday meetings
Practice Sheets – Get signed & then turn in yellow ones today
Rate/Rank Forms – keep filling these in after each meet
Brought to you by Coach Adam!

3. O-Town Meet Info. Be here at 6:50 a.m. Bus leaves at 7 a.m.
3 Rounds and Finals
No Novice divisions (sorry)
Bring a lunch or money for lunch
Home around 4:30 – 5:00
Everyone should try to be “off script” (this means your speech is fully memorized)
Continue to dress professionally

4. O-Town Meet, Cont.
Draw categories: you will draw from ALL stories and/or topics – you will draw for EACH round
Discussion: you’ll focus on Section III from the outline – Adult/Professional
Awards: 3:00 (approximately) – Auditorium
Stay dressed up until after awards
CLEAN UP! Please clean up our area in the cafeteria and auditorium when we visit schools

5. O-Town: Schedule 7:45-8:15 a.m. Team Registration
8:45 a.m. All Draws Begin
8:50 a.m. Judges Meeting
9:15 a.m. Round I begins, all events
10:30 a.m. Round II begins, all events
11:45 a.m. Round III begins, all events
1:30ish p.m. Final Rounds begin
3:00 p.m. Awards in auditorium

6. Bus Breakfasts
Thanks to those who’ve supplied bus breakfasts so far! Yummy!
There are still meets that need people.
We really need 3-4 people on each Saturday since there so many of us.
Please do your part to contribute.

7. Points Sheets
Be sure to get your necessary signatures for Red Wing (today, if possible)
Make sure your name is at the top!
TURN IN THIS WEEK (today, ideally)
The last day we will take these is March 7.
Pick up the NEW BLUE sheet.

8. How to order T-shirts

9. Starts Today, Monday, Feb. 29th
Coach Swap!
Starts Today, Monday, Feb. 29th
You will practice the same time and same day, give or take 20 minutes
DOUBLE CHECK THE NEW SCHEDULE!
We do this to provide you with new feedback and new challenges to help you grow
And, selfishly, we want to see more speakers!

10. Begins TODAY, February 29th
New Schedule
Begins TODAY, February 29th

11. March 5th: No Meet We take this coming Saturday off!
Sleep in, catch up on homework, reintroduce yourself to your friends and family.
Be sure to go over your speech at least once on that day.
Enjoy your weekend!

12. Thank You Extravaganza!
Add this to your calendar:
On Tuesday, March 22nd, we will be writing Thank You notes to our Donor’s Choose donors.
Room (Sweep’s classroom / where coach Lyke does her coaching)
3:15 until we’re done (4:00 at the latest)

13. Goal Setting Check-in
Take out your Goal Setting form, review it, then turn it over. Lost your sheet? Grab a blank sheet of paper.

14. Goal Setting Check-in Take a few minutes to answer these questions:
Have you reached your mid-season goal yet?
What specifically did you do (in attempt) to reach this goal?
Could you have done things differently to actually achieve this goal (if you’ve not yet obtained it) or, if you already achieved it, to have achieved it sooner?
Keeping in mind your answer to #1, do you need to change/tweak your goal for the 2nd half of the season? If so, what is your new goal?
Will you need to measure it differently from your first goal? If so, how will you measure it?
What steps will you take to achieve it?
Is it realistic? Can you achieve it by the end of the season?

15. If time, Go Practice! Category(ies) Where Storytelling
Science area, this floor, nook by the elevators
Ex. Reading
Benches just outside the art area
O.O. + Great Speeches
Science area, this floor, end of hall (by windows)
Poetry
Room (Mr. Sweep’s Room)
Humor + Whetstone Duo
Across the hall, front of the art area
Informative
Across the hall, middle of the art area
Ex. Speaking + Discussion
Across the hall, back of the art area
Prose + Ellen/Zibby Duo
In here
Drama
Creative
Don’t forget: a coach or senior captain will sign your BLUE sheet sometime after 4:00.