A New Season

WELCOME BACK!

The 2017-2018 season is right around the corner.

If you have any questions about the upcoming season, see Mrs. O'Donnell in PA 30.

Nationals 2017

BIRMINGHAM NATIONALS 2017

Sophia Skwarchuk received a gorgeous trophy 

in recognition of being a 

FOUR-TIME QUALIFIER

• Noah Love placed 7th in the nation out of 256 LD Debaters! He automatically qualifies to return to nationals next year in Florida.

• Tristan Phillips made it to the top 25 (out of 333) in Informative speaking, just missing semi-finals and auto-qualification.

Flathead had another incredible showing this year.

In addition to this year's accolades, FHS has had a DUO finish 11th in the nation, auto-qualifying for the following year (Wyatt Dykhuizen/Parker Kouns), and two 6th place finalists in Impromptu speaking (Wyatt McGillen & Sophia Skwarchuk), all within the last three years. Way to go, team!

Food & Fun

PLEASE HELP SEND

5 Flathead High School Students

to the 

National Speech and Debate Tournament

June 17-24, 2017 - Birmingham, Alabama

LAST FUNDRAISING EVENT:

Wednesday, May 31         
Buffalo Wild Wings                                20% of sales, including alcoholic beverages from redeemed coupons donated 
Must print coupon and take it with you 

LET'S EAT!  

                                            

To make donations directly please make checks payable to: 

      

FHS Speech and Debate Parent Group

Flathead High School

644 4^th Avenue West 

Kalispell, MT  59901

* Or visit our GoFundMe site at: *

https://www.gofundme.com/flathead-speech-and-debate

2017 Awards Night!

Our annual FULL TEAM awards banquet

will be in the commons on 

Tuesday, March 7th, from 6:30-8:30 PM.
 

We'll be announcing all annual 
JV & varsity awards, 

the Murphy Debate Scholarship, 
and varsity letter winners.
 

Please dress in competition clothing 
and bring your families.

NSDA Results

2017 National Qualifiers

June 18-23, 2017

Sophia Skwarchuk-IX, Noah Love-LD, Rebecca Vance-Original Oratory, Tristan Phillips-Informative

We also earned 6 alternates:
Rebecca Vance & Conrad Hedinger - Duo
Tanis Hadwin - Informative
America Mason - Oratory
Nikki Sauter - POI
Carolina Sierra - International Extemp

NSDA TEAM AWARDS

The Leading Chapter Award is given in recognition of outstanding accomplishment. According to the NSDA: 

"This coveted honor, based on student participation, is the highest level of recognition you can receive from the Association.  Only one school in each district earns this designation each year, and each school must wait at least five years before being eligible again. Out of more than 3,000 member schools nationwide, your school is one of only 110 to receive the ​Leading Chapter Award."

Congratulations, Team! 

Great falls Info

Travel Info for Great Falls
NSDA National Qualifying Tournament

Transportation:                    

The bus will leave from FHS on Friday morning 7:00 AM sharp. DON’T BE LATE.Our expected return is sometime between 12:00-1:00 AM on Saturday—we’ll have the kids call when we reach Lakeside.

Accommodations:               

We will be staying at the Comfort Inn

Coaches Attending:

Mrs. O’Donnell, Mr. Antley, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Mason, Mr. Guthrie

Tourney Schedule:    

Debate Events—Policy, PF, LD 

Friday, February 10th                                                          

4pm	RD 1	All Debate
6pm	RD 2	All Debate
8pm	RD 3	All Debate

Saturday, February 11th

8am	RD 4	All Debate
10am	RD 5	All Debate
12pm	RD 6	All Debate
2pm	RD 7	All Debate
3:30pm	RD 8	All Debate
5pm	RD 9	All Debate

           

Congress 

Saturday, February 11th Only

8:00 AM	Re-Register
8:45 AM	Org. Meeting
9:00 AM	Session 1
1:00 PM	Session 2

                                                                                

Speech Events—DUO, HI, DI, OO, POI, INF

Friday, February 10th      

4:00 PM	RD 1	All Speech
6:00 PM	RD 2	All Speech
8:00 PM	RD 3	No Inf, OO, POI, Duo

 Saturday, February 11th

9:00 AM	RD 4	All Speech Events except IX & DX
11:00 AM	RD 5	All Speech Events
2:00 PM	Semis	All Speech Events
4:00 PM	Finals	All Speech Events

Extemp – IX, USX

Friday, February 11th 

USX			IX
4:00 PM	RD 1	Draw 3:30 PM
			5:00 PM	RD 2	Draw 4:30 PM
6:00 PM	RD 2	Draw 5:30 PM
			7:00 PM	RD 2	Draw 6:30 PM
8:00 PM	RD 3	Draw 7:30 PM
			9:00 PM	RD 3	Draw 8:30 PM

 Saturday, February 12th

USX			IX
9:00 AM	RD 4	Draw 8:30
			10:00 AM	RD 4	Draw 9:30 AM
11:00 AM	Semis	Draw 10:30AM
			1:00 PM	Semis	Draw 12:30 PM
2:00 PM	Finals	Draw 1:30 PM
			4:00 PM	Finals	Draw 3:30 PM

Awards Ceremony Immediately following rounds 

in the Great Falls High Auditorium

2017 State Results

STATE TOURNAMENT  BOZEMAN

SWEEPS 

Bozeman 157.5

Glacier 149.5

Flathead 87.5

   

STATE ROSTER & RESULTS

ORIGINAL ORATORY

America Mason (10) 2nd Place (All-State)

Rebecca Vance (11) 3rd Place (All-State)

Emma Thompson (10) 6th Place

INFORMATIVE

Tristan Phillips  (11) 3rd Place (All-State)

Sienna Riley (11) 4th Place (All-State)

Julia Wynne (09) 5th Place

IMPROMPTU

Grace Cady (11) STATE CHAMPION

Sophia Skwarchuk (12) 4th Place (All-State)

Carolina Sierra (12) 6th Place

EXTEMPORANEOUS

Sophia Skwarchuk (12) 3rd Place (All-State)

Carolina Sierra (12) 7th Place

Reed Miller (10) 8th Place

SERIOUS INTERP

Kayli Burback (12) 7th Place

DUO INTERP

Anne Burtsfield (10) & Toby Diegel (10) 8th Place

LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATE

Sierra Dilworth (10) 4th Place (All-State)

PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE

Annabelle Pukas (10) & Josh Wolf (12) 5th Place

*ALTERNATES:

Kaitlyn Dittmer (10)

Morgan Kelly (10)

Sidney Frandsen (10)

STATE PRIDE AWARDS:

Noah Love

Sophia Skwarchuk

Tristan Phillips

Kayli Burback

State Travel Info

TIME. . . FOR. . . STATE!

Transportation:                    

The bus will leave from FHS on Thursday afternoon at 3:30 PM sharp. DON’T BE LATE. Our expected return is sometime between 2:00-3:00 AM on Saturday—we’ll have the kids call when we reach Lakeside.

Accommodations:               

We will be staying at Mountain View Hotel

# 522-8686

Coaches Attending:

Mrs. O’Donnell, Mr. O’Donnell, Mr. Antley, Mrs. Dilworth, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Dykhuizen, Ms. Hirsch

Tourney Schedule:              

Friday, Speech & Legi                                   Saturday

Round I        4:30pm                   Round IV (all)                  8:30 am

Round II       6:30 pm                 Round V (all)                    10:30am

Round III     8:30pm                  Octas Debate           12:00 pm

                                                  Semis Speech                   1:00 pm

Friday, Debate                       Debate Quarters        2:00 pm

Round I        4:00pm                  Speech Finals                    3:30 pm

           Round II     6:00 pm                   Debate Semis            4:00pm

           Round III     8:00pm                  Debate Finals            6:00 pm

Extemp draw will be held 30 minutes before each round

Awards ceremony will be held in the Hawk Gym after debate finals

Butte Results

Butte

RESULTS

Flathead finished 3rd

We had a total of 14 finalists:

INFORMATIVE:  Tristan Phillips (3rd), Julia Wynne (5th) 

ORATORY:  America Mason (1st), Rebecca Vance (4th), Emma Thompson (5th)

MPA: Tayler Jakeway (6th), Morgan Kelly (8th)

DI:  Moriah Schutt (7th)

Duo: Korbyn Howe/Connor Waggneer (5th)

Impromptu: Sophia Skwarchuk (3rd)

 

Extemp: Sophia Skwarchuk (3rd)

Public Forum: Annabelle Pukas/Josh Wolf (8th)

Pride Award Winners: Annabelle Pukas & Moriah Schutt