SJS Forensics: FINALS – Saturday, 3/5/2011 and ALL-STARS – Saturday, 3/12/2011 – Butler Catholic

Dear Parents – 

Next weekend is FINALS (3/5) and the following weekend is ALL-STARS (3/12) at Butler Catholic High School in Butler, PA (directions).  The tournaments start at 9:00am, so we will be meeting as usual in the SJS parking lot at 8:00am to carpool and caravan.

Here are the students who are participating in FINALS (3/5/2011)…

JOSEPH AUTH

MARIN AUTH

ALEXANDER MICHALENKO

COLIN HILL

CARLYLE MACDONALD

CHARLIE VEECK

ROBBY MONKS

ELIZABETH MICHALENKO

HEIDI LANGHORST

EMMA CULLO

RYAN MCNELIS

DYLAN OSHEKA

CATIE CONRY

ROCHELLE PORTER

… and in ALL-STARS (3/12/2011):

HANNAH FELDHUES

VIVIAN CIRILANO

COLIN HILL

CHARLIE VEECK

ELIZABETH MICHALENKO

EMMA CULLO

RYAN MCNELIS

DYLAN OSHEKA

CATIE CONRY

ROCHELLE PORTER

We have prioritized participation in FINALS by seniority and ALL-STARS by how students scored in previous tournaments (participation and seniority as the tie-breakers when needed).

Please let me know ASAP if you have any issues with your student participating.  We have a smaller number of students we are allowed to commit to these tournaments, so each and every slot is important.

Thanks!

Mr Veeck and Mrs Michalenko

 

Congrats St James!

Our SJS Forensics team did a great job last Saturday at their tournament at St Maurice.  Congratulations to all who participated!

Here are the results across two rounds:

Marin Auth (Prose) – 2nd Place, 2nd Place

Joseph Auth (Prose) – no place, 3rd Place

Alexander Michalenko (Declamation) – 3rd Place, 3rd Place

Colin Hill (Declamation) – 1st Place, 1st Place

Anthony Guy (Declamation) – 2nd Place, 2nd Place

Carlyle MacDonald (Drama) – 3rd Place, 2nd Place

Charlie Veeck (Drama) – 1st Place, 1st Place

Robby Monks (Drama) – 1st Place, no place

Elizabeth Michalenko (Impromptu) – 2nd Place, 2nd Place

Luke Travis (Impromptu) – 2nd Place, 3rd Place

Heidi Langhorst (Impromptu) – 2nd Place, 1st Place

Emma Cullo, Ryan McNelis, Dylan Osheka, Catie Conry, Rochelle Porter (Multiple Reading) – 2nd Place, 3rd Place

Thanks to everyone for your dedication!  See you soon –

Mr Veeck & Mrs Michalenko

Second Tournament 2010-11: St Maurice, Forest Hills, 1/15/2011

Dear Parents,

We are four days deep  into SJS Forensics Week, and the results have been fantastic!  Mrs Michalenko and I have really enjoyed spending some more in-depth time working with your kids, and I really think we have been able to fine-tune many of the performances.  Thanks for your participation!

Our second tournament of the 2010-2011 season will be next Saturday at St Maurice in Forest Hills – direction to the school can be found in by clicking here.  As a reminder, you can also find this “Frequently Asked Questions” post from last year that should answer most of the questions you have about the tournament format.  If you have any additional questions, please don’t hesitate to ask – you can email  us at sjsforensics@gmail.com.

As usual, for anyone interested, we will be meeting in the St James School parking lot at 7:45am sharp to arrange for carpooling or caravaning.  If you are taking part in the caravan or carpool, PLEASE BE ON TIME.

The tournament should be over no later than 12:30 – 1:00pm, and we will get everyone back to  the St James School parking lot.

Here is the lineup of our students who will be competing in this first tournament:

Poetry:  ALEC LANDER (backups Hannah Feldhues and Molly DeFilippo)

Prose: JOSEPH AUTH, MARIN AUTH, CAMARA BEY (backups Vivian Cirilano and Clotilde Cirilano)

Declamation:  ALEXANDER MICHALENKO, COLIN HILL, ANTHONY GUY

Drama:  CARLYLE MACDONALD, ROBBY MONKS, CHARLIE VEECK

Impromptu:  ELIZABETH MICHALENKO, LUKE TRAVIS, HEIDI LANGHORST

Multiple Reading:  EMMA CULLO, RYAN MCNELIS, DYLAN OSHEKA, CATIE CONRY, ROCHELLE PORTER (backup Victoria Michalenko)

If it looks like you won’t be able to make it, PLEASE LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! And please, PLEASE remember to have your student dress nicely and remember their reading.

Thanks – God Bless,

Mr Veeck and Mrs Michalenko

First Tournament Results

Dear Parents,

Sorry this email is so long in coming – here are the results from our first Forensics Tournament held on Saturday, November 20th, at St Mary in Glenshaw.  Our team did a good job!

The results indicate student place across each of two rounds.

Alec Lander (Poetry) – 2nd place, 2nd place

Hannah Feldhues (Poetry) – 1st place, 1st place

Molly DeFilippo (Poetry) – 3rd place

Vivian Cirilano (Prose) – 2nd place, 1st place

Alexander Michalenko (Declamation) – 3rd place

Colin Hill (Declamation) – 1st place, 2nd place

Anthony Guy (Declamation) – 2nd place, 2nd place

Carlyle MacDonald (Drama) – 3rd place, 1st place

Charlie Veeck (Drama) – 1st place, 1st place

Elizabeth Michalenko (Impromptu) – 2nd place, 2nd place

Emma Cullo, Ryan McNelis, Dylan Osheka, Rochelle Porter, Victoria Michalenko (Multiple Reading) – 2nd place, 2nd place

Congratulations to everyone!  And many thanks to the parents who helped to drive, judge, and support our team!

Our next tournament will be held on Saturday, January 15th, at St Maurice in Forest Hills.  Please let us know ASAP if you don’t think your student will be able to make it.

Also, please stay tuned for details in a future email/post about FORENSICS WEEK, scheduled for the first week of January 2011.

Thanks – God Bless,

Mr Veeck and Mrs Michalenko

First Tournament – St Mary in Glenshaw, Saturday 11-20-2010

Dear Parents,

Our first tournament of the 2010-2011 year will be this upcoming Saturday at St Mary in Glenshaw – direction to the school will follow in a separate post immediately following this one.  I will also re-post a “Frequently Asked Questions” post from last year that should answer most of the questions you have about the tournament format.  If you have any additional questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.

As usual, for anyone interested, we will be meeting in the St James School parking lot at 8:00am to arrange for carpooling or caravaning.  If you are taking part in the caravan or carpool, PLEASE BE ON TIME.

The tournament should be over no later than 12:30 – 1:00pm, and we will get everyone back to  the St James School parking lot.

Here is the lineup of our students who will be competing in this first tournament:

ALEC LANDER

PATIENCE SMITH

HANNAH FELDHUES

MOLLY DEFILIPPO

VIVIAN CIRILANO

ALEXANDER MICHALENKO

COLIN HILL

ANTHONY GUY

CARLYLE MACDONALD

CHARLIE VEECK

ELIZABETH MICHALENKO

LUKE TRAVIS

HEIDI LANGHORST

MICARAH YOUNG, EMMA CULLO, RYAN MCNELIS, DYLAN OSHEKA, CATIE CONRY

If it looks like you won’t be able to make it, PLEASE LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!  And please, PLEASE remember to have your student dress nicely and remember their reading.

Thanks – God Bless,

Mr Veeck and Mrs Michalenko

Our Tournament Schedule for 2010-2011

Dear SJS Forensics Team and Parents –

We have the dates for our tournaments for the next year:

November 20, 2010 – St Mary, Glenshaw

January 15, 2011 – St Maurice

February 12, 2011 – Assumption

March 5, 2011 – Butler Catholic

March 12, 2011 – Butler Catholic

March 19, 2011 – St Ursula

All tournaments are on Saturday mornings, and you can drive on your own or join our caravan of cars that will leave from SJS parking lot at 8:00am for each tournament.

We will provide more information about the upcoming first tournament on 11/20 – such as who will be performing (we have such a large team that not all students will be able to perform in every tournament) driving directions, how the tournaments work, and what your student needs to bring.

If you  know for certain that you cannot make a specific date, PLEASE LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

Thank you – God Bless,

Mr Veeck and Mrs Michalenko

End of the Season – and Congratulations to our Novices!

Dear Parents,

I just wanted to let everyone know that our 2009-10 SJS Forensics season has officially come to an end – there will be no more Thursday practices until we resume next year.  To all our 8th grade graduating students – THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESSES!  WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU!

To all our students who will be returning, we look forward to working with you next year.

Our novices performed very well last week (results are across two rounds):

Colin Hill, Poetry – 2nd place, 2nd place

Ryan McNelis, Prose – 2nd place, 2nd place

Victoria Michalenko, Prose – 3rd place, 2nd place

Alec Lander, Declamation – 3rd place, 2nd place

Charlie Veeck, Drama – 1st place, 3rd place

Catie Conry, Drama – 3rd place, 1st place

Congratulations to everyone, and I look forward to working with you all next year!

Mr Veeck

Results – and our Next Tournaments

Thanks to everyone who participated in our last tournament on Saturday at Holy Trinity; we had a good time and saw some great individual performances, even though as a team we scored pretty low (67 points versus 85 points at the previous tournament).  Results are at the bottom of this post.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, we are heading into the home stretch of the year for our tournaments!  Below you will find the students who will be participating in FINALS (March 6th) and ALL-STARS (March 13th), along with the backups.  If your student cannot make it, please let me know ASAP.

You can find directions here to Butler Catholic High School in Butler, PA.  The tournament registration starts at 9:00am, and it takes about 45 minutes to get up there from SJS.  If you are interested in carpooling, we will be meeting at the SJS parking lot at 8:00am SHARP to depart.  Please let me know if your student needs a ride.

NOTE:  The Novice Tournament, in which our 5th and 6th grade students will be performing (many for the first time!), has been moved from March 27th to APRIL 10th; it will still be held at St Ursula School (directions here).  I hope this move will not throw off too many schedules.  Please let me know if this changes your student’s ability to participate.

FINALS ROSTER (March 6, 2010 at Butler Catholic):

Sarah Cullo, Leo Hill, Lucas Peilert, Sydney McDaniel, Rachel Osheka, Annamae Bolen, Greg Strong, Zane Travis, Lauren Kunde, Multiple Reading Team (Luke Travis, Wyatt Travis, Heidi Langhorst, Robby Monks, Sarah Habazin).

Backups: Bradley Sullivan, Elizabeth Michalenko, Carlyle MacDonald, Alexander Michalenko

ALL-STARS ROSTER (March 13, 2010 at Butler Catholic):

Rachel Osheka, Bradley Sullivan, Lucas Peilert, Sarah Cullo, Emily Veeck, Multiple Reading Team (Luke Travis, Wyatt Travis, Heidi Langhorst, Robby Monks, Sarah Habazin).

Backups: Lauren Kunde, Dylan Osheka, Jack Matten, Annamae Bolen, Zane Travis.

NOVICE TOURNAMENT ROSTER (April 10, 2010 at St Ursula – more details to follow later):

Alec Lander, Colin Hill, Charlie Veeck, Emma Cullo, Ryan McNelis, Dylan Osheka, Marin Auth.

Thank you !

Mr Veeck

RESULTS FROM OUR LAST TOURNAMENT (from two rounds of competition):

Rachel Osheka – Poetry – 2nd place, 1st place

Lauren Kunde – Poetry – 3rd place, 2nd place

Leo Hill – Poetry – 3rd place, 2nd place

Alexander Michalenko – 3rd place, 3rd place

Carlyle MacDonald – Prose – 2nd place, no place

Jack Matten – Declamation – 2nd place, 2nd place

Elizabeth Michalenko – Declamation – 3rd place, 2nd place

Sarah Cullo – Drama – 1st place, 2nd place

Annamae Bolen – Drama – 3rd place, 2nd place

Sydney McDaniel – Drama – 3rd place, 3rd place

Zane Travis – Impromptu – 1st place, 3rd place

Greg Strong – Impromptu – 3rd place, 2nd place

Emily Veeck – Impromptu – 1st place, 1st place

Multiple Reading Team – Robby Monks, Luke Travis, Wyatt Travis, Heidi Langhorst, Sarah Habazin – 3rd place, 3rd place

AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO ALL THE JUDGES WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME!!

Our Next Tournament – Holy Trinity on February 20th!

Dear Parents –

Sorry that this date snuck up so fast, but with work and the weather, I fell a bit behind.

Our next tournament is scheduled for this Saturday, February 20, 2010, at Holy Trinity school in McKees Rocks.  You can find directions here, and as usual, we will be meeting at the Saint James School parking lot at 8:00am sharp to caravan/carpool together.  If your student needs a ride, please let me know ASAP!

As with our past tournaments, the team we are allowed to take is smaller than the number of students we have, so I am prioritizing by grade of the student and whether or not they have had a chance to perform in a past tournament.

Here are the students who will be performing:

POETRY – Rachel Osheka, Lauren Kunde, Leo Hill, Alexander Michalenko

PROSE – Carlyle MacDonald

DECLAMATION – Jack Matten, Elizabeth Michalenko

DRAMA – Sarah Cullo, Sydney McDaniel, Annamae Bolen

IMPROMPTU – Zane Travis, Greg Strong, Emily Veeck

MULTIPLE READING – Robby Monks, Heidi Langhorst, Sarah Habazin, Luke Travis, Wyatt Travis

Thank you!

Congratulations to the Team!

Our team did an OUTSTANDING job at our latest tournament this last Saturday at St Maurice!  We finished in FIFTH place overall (matching our placing from the last tournament), but notably received 34 more points this time (85 this time versus 51 previously).

Results (two rounds):

Sydney McDaniel (Drama) – 3rd place;2nd place

Annamae Bolen (Drama) – 2nd place; 1st place

Sarah Cullo (Drama) – 2nd place; 1st place

Rachel Osheka (Poetry) –  2nd place; 1st place

Lauren Kunde (Poetry) – 2nd place; 2nd place

Leo Hill (Poetry) – 2nd place; 2nd place

Bradley Sullivan (Prose) – 2nd place; 2nd place

Carlyle MacDonald (Prose) – 3rd place; 3rd place

Jack Matten (Declamation) – 2nd place; 3rd place

Luca Peilert (Declamation) – 2nd place; 1st place

Elizabeth Michalenko (Declamation) – 3rd place; 1st place

Zane Travis (Impromptu) – 2nd place; 1st place

Emily Veeck (Impromptu) – 1st place; 1st place

Luke Travis, Robby Monks, Heidi Langhorst, Sarah Habazin, Natalia Juliano (Multiple Reading) – 3rd place; no place (disqualified)

Our next tournament is coming up quickly – Saturday, February 20, 2010 – at Holy Trinity in Robinson.

Thank you!  God Bless –

Mr Veeck