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2010-2011 (May 2011) On Friday, May 6, Newspaper, Broadcasting and Yearbook students traveled to Eastern Illinois University for the IHSA State Journalism Finals, where the team finished in 1st Place! The following students placed in their event at the competition: (May 2011) English Teacher Janine Stroemer was recognized with a 1st Diamond Degree by the National Forensic League for excellence in coaching speech activities. Each Diamond degree represents more than 2,000 speech performances or debates over five or more years. On June 17, she will receive special recognition at the Lincoln Financial Group/NFL National Speech & Debate Tournament in Dallas. Congratulations, Janine! (April 2011) More incredible news from the H-F Debate Team! The weekend of April 30, H-F Debate achieved a true milestone in the history of the team. For the first time ever, HF advanced a team to the elimination rounds of the 40th Annual National Tournament of Champions (TOC), the most prestigious event in the entire activity, held every May at the University of Kentucky. The team of Juniors Donald Grasse and Margaret Strong compiled a preliminary record of 5-2, making them the 13th seed (in a field of 71). "It is difficult to convey the immensity of this achievement except to say that this is the single biggest and most important award ever won in the history of the team," said Coach Josh Brown. Of those 72 teams from around the country that qualify for this national tournament, only 16 advance to the elimination rounds! Grasse and Strong attended the tournament with two other students: Junior Rufus Coates-Welsh and Senior Laura River, who as a pair finished with a very respectable record of 3-4. Also, Grasse was recognized as the 16th speaker out of a field of 142 of the best high-school debaters in the country! The students were joined by Coach Brown and Assistant Coaches Anthony DiLorenzo and Aaron Davis. Team H-F was also assisted by Joe Upton, Sam Brown & Jacob Schoeneman. Great job, Vikings! (April 2011) The weekend of April 16 H-F Debate was represented at the National Debate Coaches Association National Championships at the University of Scranton by Juniors Donald Grasse and Margaret Strong. In the field of 74 teams from around the country, H-F finished 18th overall with a record of 4-3, defeating teams from the Woodward Academy (GA), Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart (FL), Lexington (MA) and Greenhill (TX). Grasse was recognized as the 15th speaker out of 148 students! Our team's head coach, Joshua Brown, was one of five people nominated for the NDCA Educator of the Year Award! Congratulations, coach and team! (March 2011) English teacher Alana Drude's proposal — Writing Authentic Persuasive Speeches: Addressing the Needs of an Ever-changing Audience — has been selected as a presentation for the annual convention of the National Council of Teachers of English to be held in November. It will be a part of the Secondary section, High School Matters. 2009-2010
(April 2010)
On
Sat. April 24, students from the Voyager Newspaper and Odin Yearbook Staff
went to the University of Illinois to compete in the IHSA Sectionals. The
following students (half of the team) made it to the State competition, which
will take place Fri. April 30: (March 2010) The regional round of the August Wilson Monologue Competition-sponsored by the Goodman Theatre, The League of Chicago Theatres and The University of Illinois in Chicago-was held on Mon. March 22 where high school students from around the Chicago area competed. Ten participants were selected from the first round to compete again at the Chicago Finals on March 29. Of those ten, three were H-F students: Phallon Boyd, Aeriel Williams and Christopher Martin. From the finals, three students were selected as the winners of the Chicago competition and two were H-F students! Aeriel Williams-senior and Phallon Boyd-junior will both be competing in New York City at the final round of the National Competition in May. We wish these ladies the best of luck in May! (March 2010) Both of H-F's productions placed at the IHSA State Drama and Group Interpretation Competition, which was held at The University of Illinois in Springfield March 25-27. The Group Interpretation production of “Ordinary People” placed 2nd and the Contest Play Production of “Doubt placed” 4th. In addition, five H-F students were named to the All-State Casts. Marlon Hulett, Kanoa Mulling and Bree Schmidt were named to the Group Interpretation Cast, and Courtney Green and Rachel Newman were named to the Drama Cast. Congratulations to the directors of these successful productions: Janine Stroemer and Jill Bonavia- Group Interpretation and J.R. Rose-Contest Play; Kevin Wall - scenic designer and technical director for both productions. (March 2010) The theatre department’s Group Interpretation production, “Ordinary People” and Contest Play production, “Doubt” both earned second place at sectionals on March 20 at Thornridge High School and are advancing to the IHSA State Competition next weekend. In addition, these students were named to the All-Sectional Casts: Group Interpretation: Kanoa Mulling, Bree Schmidt and Marlon Hulett; Contest Play: Courtney Green and Rachel Newman. Congratulations to all involved! (March 2010) The weekend of March 19, H-F Debate attended the Illinois High School Association’s Debate State Finals, and finished with the best results in three years, and won the most awards since the 1970's! Donald Grasse and Astead Herndon finished the preliminary debates with a record of 7-3. Donald Grasse was also the only sophomore to reach the elimination rounds this year from any high school. Also, two members of the team were named to the IHSA All-State Debate Team. Congratulations! (March 2010) Congratulations to the H-F Debate Team for a strong second place finish at this year's State Finals! (March 2010) EDDA was recently named a finalist for a Pacemaker Award given by the National Scholastic Press Association. Winners will be announced in April. Congratulations! (March 2010) Congratulations to our theatre students who participated in the SWSC Festival on March 12-13. The students finished the weekend with GREAT results! (March 2010) Congratulations to the Varsity Scholastic Bowl team that won the IHSA Regional on March 8! The team was led by senior Manny Morone and junior Pete Weber, and defeated Providence Catholic 200-194 in the finals, winning the match on the final question answered by Nick Connolly. The team moves on to Sectionals on Saturday at Bradley-Bourbonnais to attempt to qualify for the final 8 at State. Good luck!
(March 2010)
On
March 6, the H-F Debate Team attended the National Forensics League
(NFL) Illini District National Qualifying Event at Downers Grove South High
School. Two H-F teams will be going to the NFL Nationals for the first time in
at least 15 years! Juniors Emily Carroll and Laura River, both of whom qualified
for Nationals as sophomores last year, qualified again this year. Sophomores
Donald Grasse and Margaret Strong also qualified. Both teams will head to Kansas
City, Missouri, from June 13 to June 19.
(March 2010)
Congratulations to the Performance in the Round speech team students that
took first at state! The group members are: Evy Courter, Rashida Curtis,
Rudy Johnson, Chris Martin, Robert Roberts, Bree Schmidt, Jonathan Shaffer,
Amaris Smith, Avery Smith, Ariel Williams, Christine Williams and Nick Williams.
(Feb. 2010) Congratulations to the Varsity Scholastic Bowl team for winning the conference tournament on Feb. 24. The team defeated Andrew, Lincoln-Way North and Bradley-Bourbonnais. The team was led by Jake Bergal, Bryan Ulrich, Pete Weber and Manny Morone. The Scholastic Bowl competes at IHSA Regionals on March 8. (Feb. 2010) H-F Journalism students participated in the SWSC Conference at H-F on Feb. 19, and were very successful in almost all competition categories! Congratulations! (Feb. 2010) The Speech Team will travel to the Peoria Civic Center to compete in the IHSA State tournament Feb. 19-20. The four individual qualifiers are: Grant Rios-Special Occasion Speaking, Hillary Sigale-- Informative Speaking, Kanoa Mulling --Radio Speaking and Alex Schultz-- Original Comedy. The Performance in the round "the Ugliest Pilgrim" is ready to defend its first place finish from last year. The group members are Evy Courter, Rashida Curtis, Rudy Johnson, Chris Martin,Robert Roberts, Bree Schmidt, Jonathan Schaffer, Amaris Smith, Avery Smith, Aeriel Williams, Christine Williams and Nick Williams. (Feb. 2010) Senior Hannah Grasse will be representing H-F in the Poetry Out Loud competition on Feb. 16. Regional finals for Suburban Chicagoland Schools will take place at the Sulzer Regional Library. The event is supported by the National Endowment of the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. (Dec. 2009) Congratulations to the Debate Team for impressive finishes in a recent tournament Dec. 4-5. (Dec. 2009) Congratulations to the Speech Team for another successful tournament. The results are here. (Nov. 2009) Congratulations to the Theatre Department! The Leaders in Theatre Ensemble (LITE) group's production of "Prelude to a Kiss" was selected to be performed at the 2010 Illinois High School Theatre Festival. This is the fifth H-F production in a row selected for the festival. (Nov. 2009) The Debate Team had a very successful weekend! Congratulations! (Nov. 2009) Congratulations to the Speech Team for great finishes in two tournaments this past weekend! (Nov. 2009) Congratulations to the H-F Speech Team for another successful tournament weekend. The results can be found here.
(Nov. 2009)
The
Columbia Scholastic Press Association gave four Gold Circle Awards to
the staff of the 2009 EDDA to recognize superior work by student
journalists as individuals and as an entire staff. (Nov. 2009) The H-F Debate Team participated in another successful tournament Nov. 6-8. Read all of the exciting details and view photos here. (Nov. 2009) The results of this weekend's Downer's Grove North (DGN) Varsity-Novice Speech Mixer and the Warren Township Invitational exemplify H-F Novice & Varsity Team’s efforts. Varsity student Hannah Grasse took the tile in Original Oratory at DGN and six other students joined her in final round competition. Novice Valaria Duckworth was crowned the tournament champion in Extemporaneous Speaking. Seven other Novices also competed in their first final round. At the Warren Township tournament, Taylor King took the title in Poetry Reading. Five other students joined her as the top-rated speakers in their events. (Oct. 2009) Oct. 23-25, at the Cedar Rapids-Washington “Iowa Caucus,” the Debate Team earned awards in the Varsity division. Senior Astead Herndon and Junior Donald Grasse (pictured below) compiled a preliminary record of 4-2. This made them 11th seed overall (out of 75). Astead and Donald advanced to the octafinals (round of 16) but were defeated by St. Paul Central (MN) on a 2-1 decision. Also, Astead was 10th speaker (out of 150). Deserving honorable mention are Donald Grasse (11th speaker out of 150) and junior Laura River (20th speaker out of 150). (Oct. 2009) The Speech Team held the Viking Classic Novice Invitational here on Oct. 31, and began the year with a great H-F Novice Team start. Two students received first place rankings in all three rounds at the tournament and were named tournament champions in their respective events! These students are Valaria Duckworth, champion in Extemporaneous Speaking and Alex Schultz, winner of Original Comedy. Nine additional students at H-F finished in the top six in their respective events, including two students who placed in two events! (Oct. 2009) Congratulations to the Debate Team for yet another successful tournament. The exciting details can be found here. (Oct. 2009) Congratulations to the Debate Team for another successful tournament this past weekend at the Morgan Park "Mustang Round-Up." The team earned strong finishes from many team members. Read more here. (Sept. 2009) Congratulations to the H-F Speech and Debate Team for earning recognition by the National Forensic League (NFL). The H-F chapter is now placed in the top 5 percent of NFL chapters nationwide. (Sept. 2009) Congratulations to the EDDA 2009 edition for being awarded with first place with special merit from The American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA). Furthermore, the ASPA has given EDDA 2009 the title of Best High School Literacy Magazine in the USA for schools with 2500 students or more. (Sept. 2009) The 2008-09 edition of The Voyager earned a Gold Medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The staff earned All-Columbia honors in all four categories (coverage, writing/editing, graphics and business). They scored a 968 out of 1000. Congratulations to sponsor Glen Leyden and the students! (Sept. 2009) Congratulations to the Debate Team for its strong finishes in 2 tournaments recently. More about their individual awards here. (Sept. 2009) Congratulations to the EDDA 2009 edition for being awarded with first place with special merit from The American Scholastic Press Association (ASPA).Furthermore, the ASPA has given EDDA 2009 the title of Best High School Literacy Magazine in the USA for schools with 2500 students or more. |
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