Friday, March 18th Email:
Hi Everyone,
Thanks for the great volunteering and help from everyone!
Trophies, food, supplies and great energy are on hand, ready to make this a completely enjoyable tournament.
If your printer is up to the task, please print 4 copies of the attached school map, staple and bring with you. We only
printed 60 copies to hand out so we could use extras and this will spread the work out a bit
See you tomorrow!
- Terry
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Shift_1:
7AM -
10 AM
Leader:
Furman -
confirmed |
Shift_2:
10AM -
1PM
Leader:
Jacobson- confirmed |
Shift_3:
1PM -
4PM
Leader:
Kaiser - confirmed |
Shift_4: 4PM -
7PM
Leader:
Goldberg -
confirmed |
Food and Drink Assignment |
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Gallagher - confirmed |
Levitt - confirmed |
Wright - confirmed |
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One Dozen sliced plain bagels & 24 pack of 500ml water |
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Waida/Kramer - confirmed |
Distler -confirmed |
Rubin - confirmed |
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One Dozen sliced plain bagels & 24 pack of 500ml water |
| Amy Gerber -confirmed |
Chamoun - confirmed |
McKay - confirmed |
Yadav - confirmed |
Lerner |
One Dozen sliced plain bagels & 24 pack of 500ml water |
| Alan Isssokson - confirmed |
Wei/Yu - confirmed |
Chi |
Lancaster - confirmed |
Swack - confirmed |
One Dozen Donuts & 24 pack of 500ml water |
| Terry Furman - confirmed |
Goldstein - confirmed |
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Arsenault |
Christenson - confirmed |
One Dozen Donuts & 24 pack of 500ml water |
| Sanjeev Kumar - confirmed |
Wong/Lee - confirmed |
Grosberg |
Keller |
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Regular Coca-Cola |
| Jill Leibowitz - confirmed |
Redston - confirmed |
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Longley - confirmed |
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Regular Coca-Cola |
| Michael Litchman - confirmed |
Grebber - confirmed |
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Shneyder - confirmed |
Baked Goods & 12 pack of Diet Coca-Cola |
| Doug MacFadden - confirmed |
Korostoff/Larsson - confirmed |
Tillotson - confirmed |
Walsh |
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Diet Coca-Cola |
| Jim Mahalik - confirmed |
Libbey |
Gotwals |
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Simon |
Baked Goods & 12 pack of Diet Coca-Cola |
| Tim McCleary - confirmed |
Smith |
Reidy - confirmed |
Segel |
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Regular Sprite |
| Jack McCormick - confirmed |
Leclair |
Warner |
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Regular Sprite |
| Susan Wexler - confirmed |
Newhard |
Xu/Zhang |
Megar - confirmed |
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Diet Sprite |
| Robin Miller - confirmed |
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Smith |
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Fanta |
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O'Donnell - confirmed |
Kaufman |
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Fanta |
| Kollol Pal - confirmed |
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Sheng |
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Baked Goods & 24 pack of 500ml water |
| Henry Pasternack - confirmed |
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Sweeney |
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Baked Goods & 24 pack of 500ml water |
| Carol Hwang - confirmed |
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Baked Goods & 24 pack of 500ml water |
| Jaya Goyal - confirmed |
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Baked Goods & 24 pack of 500ml water |
Wednesday, March 16th Update:
Hi Everyone,
We are meeting at 7PM today (Wednesday, March 16th) in Mr. Wexler's classroom to complete our planning for the tournament. Thanks for the great suggestions/help so far!
The trophies have arrived and are being inspected/sorted. Thanks Don and Karen Jacobson!
Our coaches and students are well organized and ready to make this a great tournament!
Some of you have asked to change assignments -- this is fine. Check the assignment table and let me know if your slot/assignment works for you.
As a reminder, please find your food and drink assignment by reading across the table. The food and drink is assignment by row, so everyone on the same row should bring the same food and drink.
Some details:
1. Judges:
- please arrive in time for the 8:30AM Judge's meeting.
- If you have judged debate in the past, you will judge debate events on Saturday.
- If you have judged speech events, you will judge speech events on Saturday. I
- if you have never judged before, you will judge speech events on Saturday.
- there will be training sessions for judges starting at 8:30AM.
- please bring a timer and reading material to occupy yourself during your free time
2. Work Assignments during your shift: please speak to the shift leader when you arrive to sign up for specfic duties.
3. Baked Goods:
- please do not use nuts in your baked goods. If you are purchasing your baked goods, look for nut-free products.
- bring 2 dozen cookies or 1 dozen brownies or equivalent, packages in baggies with 2 cookies or 1 brownie per bag. We sell each bag for 50 cents.
4. Bagels
- sliced plain bagels
- individually wrapped in plastic wrap
Sunday, March 13th Update:
Home Tournament Status: Thanks for the great responses so far. Please check the chart to verify I recorded your responses correctley. Some of you requested different shifts -- that's why you see blanks in the chart. Please send RSVPs to tfurman@rcn.com. Judges, please send RSVPs to tfurman@rcn.com and amy@tel-affinity.com .
Our final planning meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 16th at 7PM.
As a reminder, please bring baked goods in baggies - 2 cookies or 1 brownie per baggie for 50 cents. Equivalent pricing for other types of baked goods is fine, too.
For those bringing sliced bagels, please bing them in wrapped in plastic wrap so they don't dry out and are easy to handle.
Sunday, March 6th Update:
Dear Speech and Debate Families and Coaches,
Thanks for the great RSVPs from many of you, along with offers to help. We really appreciate this!
Tournament plans are moving forward steadily. I have highlighted the confirmations I've received. Please confirmed your work assignment to tfurman@rcn.com. Confirm judging assignments to tfurman@rcn.com and amy@tel-affinity.com.
Please note that all families have been assigned both Food and Drinks to bring.
For "Baked Goods", please bring cookies/brownies individually packaged in plastic bags, to sell for 50 cents per bag. This is typically 2 cookies or 1 brownie, the same as baked goods provided for team bake sales.
Please bring your food and drinks to the high school cafeteria as early as possible. If you have an afternoon shift, please bring your food and drinks by 10AM.
Our next planning meeting will be Wednesday, March 9th at 7PM in Mr. Wexler's classroom. We will be walking through tournament locations to identify sign placement and consider tournament logistics.
Warmest regards,
The Tournament Committee
Fred Cromp - Tab Room
Terry Furman - Debate Judge Assignments and Training
Amy Gerber - Speech Judge Assignments and Training
Don and Karen Jacobson - Trophies
Ursula Kaiser and Mark Goldberg - Logistics
Sharon Levy - Tab Room
Carol Lintz - Finance and Food Planning
Carole Marin - Food Planning
Monday, March 1st Initial Assignment Email
To all the parents of Needham High:
We took them to practice
We got their outfits ready
We made breakfast at the crack of dawn
We drove to Yale, Manchester, Shrewsbury, and Natick
We even found parking in Cambridge
Now it’s time for…
The Needham High Speech and Debate Tournament!
The Needham High School Speech and Debate tournament will be held on Saturday, March 19. Our teams have been very successful this year - we will be sending a record number of students to national tournaments. The March 19th Tournament is our major fundraiser and every family is now called upon to make this year a success!
Every family is asked to donate three things: food, drinks, and time as follows:
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Judges/Tab Room
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Shift 1: 7AM - 10 AM
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Shift 2: 10 AM - 1PM
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Shift 3: 1PM - 4PM
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Shift 4: 4PM - 7PM
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Food and Drink Assignment
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Nassib Chamoun
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Shift Leader: Jacobson
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Shift Leader: Levy
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Shift Leader: Cromp
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One Dozen sliced plain bagels & 24 pack of 500ml water
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Terry Furman
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Gallagher
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Levitt
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Wright
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Samet/Maram
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One Dozen sliced plain bagels & 24 pack of 500ml water
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Amy Gerber
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Chen
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Chi
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Kaufman
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Goyal
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One Dozen sliced plain bagels & 24 pack of 500ml water
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Alan Isssokson
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Waida
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McQuivey
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Sheng
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Lerner
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One Dozen Donuts & 24 pack of 500ml water
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Ursula Kaiser and Mark Goldberg
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Libbey
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Smith
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Sweeney
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Shmulevich
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One Dozen Donuts & 24 pack of 500ml water
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Sanjeev Kumar
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Smith
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Christenson
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Arsenault
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Wong/Lee
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Regular Coca-Cola
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Jill Leibowitz
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Baker/Cusack
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Grosberg
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Keller
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Freundlich
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Regular Coca-Cola
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Michael Litchman
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Grebber
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Lipman
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Longley
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Lancaster
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Diet Coca-Cola
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Doug MacFadden
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Leclair
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Oetheimer
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Rubin
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Mertz
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Diet Coca-Cola
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Jim Mahalik
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Newhard
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Tillotson
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Walsh
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Shneyder
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Diet Coca-Cola
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Tim McCleary
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Wei
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Gotwals
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Yadav
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Distler
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Regular Sprite
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Jack McCormick
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Goldstein
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Reidy
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Segel
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Korostoff/Larsson
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Regular Sprite
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Tracy McKay
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Petronio
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Warner
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Weiss
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Simon
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Diet Sprite
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Robin Miller
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Xu/Zhang
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Megar
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Wexler
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Fanta
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Tony O'Donnell
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Baked Goods & 12 pack of Fanta
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Kollol Pal
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Baked Goods & 24 pack of 500ml water
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Henry Pasternack
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Baked Goods & 24 pack of 500ml water
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Mark Redston
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Baked Goods & 24 pack of 500ml water
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Work Shifts: Please RSVP for your shift to tfurman@rcn.com. I will move you to a different shift if you can't work the shift shown above. Only once parent per family is required. Both are welcome to participate!
During your shift, please sign in with the shift leader, and sign up for one of the available jobs: 3 cashiers, 7 food servers, 1 pizza deliverer, 2 coffee and beverage servers, 1 or more building monitors (check for unsupervised students in classrooms; students must stay out classrooms until judges arrive).
Judging: Please RSVP for judging to tfurman@rcn.com and amy@tel-affinity.com We need as many judges as possible to run this tournament. If you judged this year, you have been assigned to judge at the home tournament. If you have not judged this year and would like to judge instead of working your assigned shift, please email tfurman@rcn.com and amy@tel-affinity.com .
Food and Drinks: Please bring your food and drinks to the High School cafeteria as early as possible on March 19th, starting at 7 AM.
Planning Meetings: There will be meeting this Thursday, March 3rd, and the following two Wednesdays, March 9th and 16th at 7PM in Mr. Wexler's classroom to review tournament plans. Please join us!
Warmest regards,
The Tournament Committee
Fred Cromp - Tab Room
Terry Furman - Debate Judge Assignments and Training
Amy Gerber - Speech Judge Assignments and Training
Don and Karen Jacobson - Trophies
Ursula Kaiser and Mark Goldberg - Logistics
Sharon Levy - Tab Room
Carol Lintz - Finance and Food Planning
Carole Marin - Food Planning
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