Saturday was a day of victory and defeat, a day that our Speechies fought hard in a long, hard battle of wits. The Tualatin tournament is over! Our team went against twenty-five other schools, the most so far this year. There were a total of 166 speakers all competing for bragging rights.
Here are the results, starting with the open division.
Caitlyn McLauchlin took home first place for both her humorous interpretation and her poetry! Her poetry focused on the common man, starting off with a poem that she herself had written. Her humorous interpretation was once again the hilarious “Anton in Show Business” by Jane Martin.
The dynamic Duo of Russel Hay and Kinzi Silburn obtained first place for their Dual interpretation entitled ” I Love You, Your Perfect, Now Change”. Kinzi also took first with her radio on “sexting”.
The duo of the talented Miss Desi Hall and Miss Chelsea Hill took second in the open round. These two are novices who held their own against more experienced competitors. Their selection was” Hairum Scarum” by Christina Hamlett.
Dante Haruna came in third place for Humorous interpretation (HI) with a selection from James in the Giant Peach. Dante’s humorous interpretation was originally a prose. But Dante loved it so much he simply had to change it into a HI.
The Novices worked very rigorous and here are the results.
The domineering Robin Hill walked away with second place for her dramatic interpretation and second place for her radio entitled “technology”. As always Robin presented fierce competition with her DI, which was once again “Prissy Thomas” written by Sarie Fischer Norval.
Chelsea Hill came sliding into third place with her prose called Junie B, First Grader, Toothless Wonder by Barbara Park.
Autumn Gritzbach took home first for her dramatic interpretation. Even though she had the shortest piece she still presented a fierce determination the rounds. Her piece was a cutting from Children of the Flames by Lucette Lagnado and Sheila Dekel. It was quite a macabre piece that captured the judges’ fascination and quite a bit of the competitors as well.
Everyone did great at the Tualatin tournament. Even though some didn’t place they still tried their hardest. And everyone had fun or at least looked like they did.
“One of the other coaches told his team earlier in the week that the awards are secondary to the education received in competitive speaking. I shared this with the team on the bus ride home, adding that making friends, giving encouragement and grace in all circumstances are qualities that set the Bandon High School speech team apart,” Coach Ellen Howard said with a smile.
Way to go speech team! Keep it up! Congratulations to all who placed! And congratulations to those who didn’t place for trying hard!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Speech Tournament This Friday!
What are those Speechies up to? Well, they will be traveling to Tualatin this Friday for the second speech tournament. That’s right! The speech team has been working on their speeches not only in preparation for Sweet Speeches but also for the dreaded Tualatin tournament.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The story of Samhain
For thousands of years the tradition of Halloween has been celebrated. Halloween was originally the sacred festival of Samhain, the Celtic festival of the dead. The Celts believed that the day of October 31, was the day that the dead returned to earth and wreaked havoc on the crops and the people. The Celts thought that the presence of their other worldly guests made it simpler for the Druids (you know those creepy guys who sacrificed people) could foretell the coming years harvest.
To people who were entirely dependent on the on the unpredictable natural world, these stories helped to qualm their fears.
To commemorate the event the Druid priests would light the Sacred Bonfire where the people would gather to burn sacrifices of crops and animals to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts would wear costumes (Hmm, this seems familiar. Don’t ya think?) that mainly consisted of animal heads and skins (ok that’s just weird) During the celebration the Celts would attempt to tell each other’s fortunes. After the festival they would relight their hearth fires with flame from the Sacred Bonfire to see them safely through the long, dark winter. When it was easy to join the lost souls and become one with the dead.
In A.D. 43 the Romans had conquered much of the Celtic territory. In the course of their four hundred year rule two of the Romans most important festivals merged with the ancient ritual of Samhain. The first festival that merged was Feralia, which was the day the Romans commemorated the passing of the dead. The second day was the day the Romans celebrated Pomona, the goddess of the fruit and trees. Oddly enough the only relic of this merging with the day of Pomona is bobbing for apples, which was the sacred symbol of Pomona.
Then by the 800’s Christianity had spread to the Celtic lands. During the seventh century Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints Day, a time to honor the saints and martyrs. It is now believed that Pope Boniface IV did this in an attempt to rid the world of the Celtic day of the dead. And so the night of Samhain came to be called All Hallows Eve.
Halloween wasn’t really celebrated in America until the late 1800’s when the influx of immigrants was booming from Ireland and England. They brought the traditions of wearing costumes and going from house to house asking for food or money to the streets of America.
Today, Americans spend an estimated $6.9 billion dollars annually on Halloween, making it the second largest commercial holiday.
P.S. This reporter likes chocolate if you liked the article!
To people who were entirely dependent on the on the unpredictable natural world, these stories helped to qualm their fears.
To commemorate the event the Druid priests would light the Sacred Bonfire where the people would gather to burn sacrifices of crops and animals to the Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts would wear costumes (Hmm, this seems familiar. Don’t ya think?) that mainly consisted of animal heads and skins (ok that’s just weird) During the celebration the Celts would attempt to tell each other’s fortunes. After the festival they would relight their hearth fires with flame from the Sacred Bonfire to see them safely through the long, dark winter. When it was easy to join the lost souls and become one with the dead.
In A.D. 43 the Romans had conquered much of the Celtic territory. In the course of their four hundred year rule two of the Romans most important festivals merged with the ancient ritual of Samhain. The first festival that merged was Feralia, which was the day the Romans commemorated the passing of the dead. The second day was the day the Romans celebrated Pomona, the goddess of the fruit and trees. Oddly enough the only relic of this merging with the day of Pomona is bobbing for apples, which was the sacred symbol of Pomona.
Then by the 800’s Christianity had spread to the Celtic lands. During the seventh century Pope Boniface IV designated November 1 All Saints Day, a time to honor the saints and martyrs. It is now believed that Pope Boniface IV did this in an attempt to rid the world of the Celtic day of the dead. And so the night of Samhain came to be called All Hallows Eve.
Halloween wasn’t really celebrated in America until the late 1800’s when the influx of immigrants was booming from Ireland and England. They brought the traditions of wearing costumes and going from house to house asking for food or money to the streets of America.
Today, Americans spend an estimated $6.9 billion dollars annually on Halloween, making it the second largest commercial holiday.
P.S. This reporter likes chocolate if you liked the article!
Jack O'lantern the full story
What follows is a story that has been passed down from generation upon generation in my family it is the story of how the Jack O’Lantern came to be.
It all started in Ireland the place where my mother’s family (well half of it any way) with a man called Stingy Jack. The tale says that Stingy Jack had invited the devil to have a drink with him. And true to his name Jack didn’t want to pay for the drinks, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin to pay for the drinks. When the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and so put the coin in his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the devil from changing back into his original form. Well this made the Devil furious. Jack eventually freed the Devil under the condition that the Devil wouldn’t bother him for a year, and that should Jack die, he could not claim his soul.
The next year the Devil came looking for Jack. And conniving Stingy Jack tricked the Devil into climbing a tree to pick an apple. While Satan was still in the tree, Jack carved a cross into the bark of the tree so the Devil could not climb down. Jack then struck another deal with the Devil. Jack made the Devil promise that he would not bother Jack for ten more years.
Soon after the Devils promise, Jack died. And as the legend goes, God would not allow such an insalubrious figure into Heaven. And the Devil true to his word did not lay claim on his soul, refused to allow Jack into Hell. But the Devil was upset about being tricked sent Jack into the cold, dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the burning coal into a carved-out turnip.
People started carving their own lanterns to scare away the lost soul of Stingy Jack and other evil spirits. So remember the story of Stingy Jack, and no harm shall befall you.
It all started in Ireland the place where my mother’s family (well half of it any way) with a man called Stingy Jack. The tale says that Stingy Jack had invited the devil to have a drink with him. And true to his name Jack didn’t want to pay for the drinks, so he convinced the Devil to turn himself into a coin to pay for the drinks. When the Devil did so, Jack decided to keep the money and so put the coin in his pocket next to a silver cross, which prevented the devil from changing back into his original form. Well this made the Devil furious. Jack eventually freed the Devil under the condition that the Devil wouldn’t bother him for a year, and that should Jack die, he could not claim his soul.
The next year the Devil came looking for Jack. And conniving Stingy Jack tricked the Devil into climbing a tree to pick an apple. While Satan was still in the tree, Jack carved a cross into the bark of the tree so the Devil could not climb down. Jack then struck another deal with the Devil. Jack made the Devil promise that he would not bother Jack for ten more years.
Soon after the Devils promise, Jack died. And as the legend goes, God would not allow such an insalubrious figure into Heaven. And the Devil true to his word did not lay claim on his soul, refused to allow Jack into Hell. But the Devil was upset about being tricked sent Jack into the cold, dark night with only a burning coal to light his way. Jack put the burning coal into a carved-out turnip.
People started carving their own lanterns to scare away the lost soul of Stingy Jack and other evil spirits. So remember the story of Stingy Jack, and no harm shall befall you.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
First speech tournament!
Quite a few of the speech team really weren’t prepared for this tournament, namely the novice speakers. Friday, October 9, 2009 was the first speech competition of the year.
There are two main categories for the tournaments. First year speakers only compete against other first year speakers from other schools. Open rounds are for the second and above year speakers. Then there are the patterns. All tournaments have two patterns. The Marshfield invitational’s patterns were pattern A which consisted of expository, radio commentary, debate and oratory. Pattern B consisted of prose which is a ten minute story read from a book, poetry which is a collection of poems with a common theme (read from a book), humorous interpretations, dramatic interpretations and the always fun dual interpretations.
Novice DI only consisted of 3 contestants. Novice Robin Hill said “Well at least we know Bandon is sure to place first in novice”. Robin did a powerful dramatic interpretation titled Prissy Thomas which was an astonishing piece about a supportive mother who helps her daughter through a crisis. Robin received first place. The other novice was Autumn Gritzbach with Children of the Flames. Autumn received second place.
There were two open dramatic interpretations. Russel Hay came away with first place with his piece Extremely loud and Incredibly Close which was a narrative of a nine year old boy whose father is tragically killed during 9/11. And Dakota Bouher received second place for her piece titled Frozen which was about a mom dealing with the death of her ten year old daughter.
For the humorous interpretations, the talented Caitlyn McLauchlin received second place for the hilarious Anton in Show Business which was an absolute mastery of Caity’s talents. Kinzi Silburn received third for her piece entitled Miss Nelson is Missing.
The Speech students involved in prose were Chelsea, Dante and Desi. Even though Desi didn’t place she still tried with a dynamic piece about a girl who loses her mom to breast cancer. Chelsea Hill came away with first place in the novice round with Junie B, First Grader, Toothless Wonder by Barbara Park. And Dante Haruna came prowling into first place for the open prose round with a selection from James and the Giant Peach, a timely favorite.
Kacy Crook came away with third place in Lincoln-Douglas debate in the open round! Kacy did great for a first-year debater. So not only did she take third, she held her own against the big, bad debaters from the other fourteen schools.
Kinzi Silburn took first place with a radio commentary about sexting, a very captivating topic. Caitlyn McLauchlin came away with second place in oratory with “Individuality versus the Group Mentality.” Needless to say, all the speech students did great. Keep it up!
There are two main categories for the tournaments. First year speakers only compete against other first year speakers from other schools. Open rounds are for the second and above year speakers. Then there are the patterns. All tournaments have two patterns. The Marshfield invitational’s patterns were pattern A which consisted of expository, radio commentary, debate and oratory. Pattern B consisted of prose which is a ten minute story read from a book, poetry which is a collection of poems with a common theme (read from a book), humorous interpretations, dramatic interpretations and the always fun dual interpretations.
Novice DI only consisted of 3 contestants. Novice Robin Hill said “Well at least we know Bandon is sure to place first in novice”. Robin did a powerful dramatic interpretation titled Prissy Thomas which was an astonishing piece about a supportive mother who helps her daughter through a crisis. Robin received first place. The other novice was Autumn Gritzbach with Children of the Flames. Autumn received second place.
There were two open dramatic interpretations. Russel Hay came away with first place with his piece Extremely loud and Incredibly Close which was a narrative of a nine year old boy whose father is tragically killed during 9/11. And Dakota Bouher received second place for her piece titled Frozen which was about a mom dealing with the death of her ten year old daughter.
For the humorous interpretations, the talented Caitlyn McLauchlin received second place for the hilarious Anton in Show Business which was an absolute mastery of Caity’s talents. Kinzi Silburn received third for her piece entitled Miss Nelson is Missing.
The Speech students involved in prose were Chelsea, Dante and Desi. Even though Desi didn’t place she still tried with a dynamic piece about a girl who loses her mom to breast cancer. Chelsea Hill came away with first place in the novice round with Junie B, First Grader, Toothless Wonder by Barbara Park. And Dante Haruna came prowling into first place for the open prose round with a selection from James and the Giant Peach, a timely favorite.
Kacy Crook came away with third place in Lincoln-Douglas debate in the open round! Kacy did great for a first-year debater. So not only did she take third, she held her own against the big, bad debaters from the other fourteen schools.
Kinzi Silburn took first place with a radio commentary about sexting, a very captivating topic. Caitlyn McLauchlin came away with second place in oratory with “Individuality versus the Group Mentality.” Needless to say, all the speech students did great. Keep it up!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
New and improved foreign exchange article
A foreign exchange student for the Ukraine? Are you serious? That’s so exciting! Her name is Diana Sekreta and boy is she interesting. She’s got the cutest accent even though it’s hard to understand at times. What else? She has a definite sense of humor all her own.
Wait she enjoys sports? Wondering what kind? Diana likes to play tennis (wow that’s odd) and soccer. The next question is why isn’t she on the soccer team? The team could use another good player. And tennis is another matter all together. Unfortunately there is no tennis team.
Diana is staying with Jordan Chandler. Under Jordan’s watchful gaze Diana has made plenty of friends. This is great because she loves to hang out with friends.
“I love Bandon because it’s a small town and everyone knows one another.” Diana laughed when asked what she thought of Bandon.
Diana has been in Bandon for two months and has managed to capture the hearts and imaginations of us all.
Wait she enjoys sports? Wondering what kind? Diana likes to play tennis (wow that’s odd) and soccer. The next question is why isn’t she on the soccer team? The team could use another good player. And tennis is another matter all together. Unfortunately there is no tennis team.
Diana is staying with Jordan Chandler. Under Jordan’s watchful gaze Diana has made plenty of friends. This is great because she loves to hang out with friends.
“I love Bandon because it’s a small town and everyone knows one another.” Diana laughed when asked what she thought of Bandon.
Diana has been in Bandon for two months and has managed to capture the hearts and imaginations of us all.
No school article
There will be no school this Friday due to district inservice. That means you can sleep in and not feel guilty about it. The reason for the inservice will make you squirm though; the one thing students fear the most, report cards. Cue evil laugh and scary music, please. That’s right the dreaded report cards are only days away. So hopefully there are some who won’t be planning funerals on Friday.
Hall decor article
The Friday before homecoming, students came in after hours to carry on the tradition of decorating the halls for Homecoming week. The juniors worked late into Monday evening to make sure their decorations were perfect. That’s not to exclude the other classes who all worked hard to at least beat the freshmen.
The freshmen had a “Paradise theme” which is pretty much the nice way to say a beach theme. According to sophomore Ben Taylor “Their hall decorations are deadly for giants” after he ran into their lights that had dangled down, twice. Other than that their décor was not murderous in any other way. Thankfully all the decorations were taken down on Monday. There you go Ben; it is once more a giant safe hall.
Sophomores decorated using an “Under the Sea” theme, also stating that the Bobcats would sleep with the fishes at the homecoming football game. Many of the upper classmen believed that the sophomores cheated, since they used the decorations from the 2008 prom. The sophomores were very hurt when they were accused of cheating. But common, if the stuff is available then use it. It after all it’s not a crime. Haley Nolan, upon her return, was scandalously caught saying that “the sophomores should have won.”
Juniors set up a “Jurassic Park” theme. Complete with a huge purple dinosaur (not Barney) and hanging vines FROM THE CEILING. They included a slogan stating “Bobcats are extinct!” Robin Hill was caught saying “It was difficult decorating the halls because only a few juniors volunteered. It was still really fun!” It was a great idea for a hall theme, and it was funny to see people stop and stare at Robin Hill’s master piece the non-Barney purple dinosaur. Way to go Robin, you put the school in awe of your ability to create not only a dinosaur but a purple dinosaur!
And the seniors represented the “streets”. Senior Una Schroeder’s closing statement about the hall decorations was “peace to the streets”. The senior hall was overly crowded what with the blocked off outline of a body and the cardboard pile (seriously what was that suppose to be?)
While every class worked hard to have the best decorations the juniors dominated the other classes taking home the points for the hall décor. Sophomores came stalking in at second place. Freshmen came sauntering in at third place and the seniors came limping in with a terrifying fourth place. They did not beat the freshmen, ouch! That’s a major slap in the face.
In the scandalous judging of the halls both the sophomores and the freshmen were prohibited from winning first because of their décor choices. Like how the sophomores used the prom decorations from 2008 and the freshmen used their decorations from their eighth grade gradutation.
The freshmen had a “Paradise theme” which is pretty much the nice way to say a beach theme. According to sophomore Ben Taylor “Their hall decorations are deadly for giants” after he ran into their lights that had dangled down, twice. Other than that their décor was not murderous in any other way. Thankfully all the decorations were taken down on Monday. There you go Ben; it is once more a giant safe hall.
Sophomores decorated using an “Under the Sea” theme, also stating that the Bobcats would sleep with the fishes at the homecoming football game. Many of the upper classmen believed that the sophomores cheated, since they used the decorations from the 2008 prom. The sophomores were very hurt when they were accused of cheating. But common, if the stuff is available then use it. It after all it’s not a crime. Haley Nolan, upon her return, was scandalously caught saying that “the sophomores should have won.”
Juniors set up a “Jurassic Park” theme. Complete with a huge purple dinosaur (not Barney) and hanging vines FROM THE CEILING. They included a slogan stating “Bobcats are extinct!” Robin Hill was caught saying “It was difficult decorating the halls because only a few juniors volunteered. It was still really fun!” It was a great idea for a hall theme, and it was funny to see people stop and stare at Robin Hill’s master piece the non-Barney purple dinosaur. Way to go Robin, you put the school in awe of your ability to create not only a dinosaur but a purple dinosaur!
And the seniors represented the “streets”. Senior Una Schroeder’s closing statement about the hall decorations was “peace to the streets”. The senior hall was overly crowded what with the blocked off outline of a body and the cardboard pile (seriously what was that suppose to be?)
While every class worked hard to have the best decorations the juniors dominated the other classes taking home the points for the hall décor. Sophomores came stalking in at second place. Freshmen came sauntering in at third place and the seniors came limping in with a terrifying fourth place. They did not beat the freshmen, ouch! That’s a major slap in the face.
In the scandalous judging of the halls both the sophomores and the freshmen were prohibited from winning first because of their décor choices. Like how the sophomores used the prom decorations from 2008 and the freshmen used their decorations from their eighth grade gradutation.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Weeks worth of activities
Monday was pajama day and crazy hair day. Possible one of the greatest days of spirit week! The activities of Monday were the three legged race during adviser which the senior class received 50 points. The activity during lunch was the grab bag which brought the class points to seniors at a staggering 5o points, the juniors with 30 points, the incredible sophomores at 20 points and the lowly freshmen at 40 points.
Tuesday was neon/ funky fresh day. Possibly the worst dress up day ever invented. Seriously how many people rush out to buy something neon just for this day? The activities of Tuesday were Grid Iron during advisor for which the senior class took first. And the lunch event which was the log walk, the junior class brought it in at first receiving 50 points. Seniors took second with 40 points, followed by the sophomore class with30 points, and last but not least the freshmen class with 20 points.
Wednesday was nerd day. Don’t ya think it was almost impossible to tell who was on the tech team from those who weren’t? Nah, just kidding it was easy because they weren’t trying to look like themselves. The activity during advisor was the always fun doughnut eating contest. The Dominating class which was the juniors, walked away with 50points. The exciting lunch activity was the Balloon pop. With which the senior class walked away with a stunning victory for50 points. They were tailed by the freshmen class who racked up 40 points; the sophomore and junior class were disqualified.
Thursday was Cowboys and Indians day. Well, there really isn’t much to say besides where’s General Custard or Crazy Horse? My formal apology if you didn’t find that humorous. But seriously, you can’t just help but wonder if it was going to be the reenactment of the Battle of Little Big Horn. As always there was an activity during advisor which was the potato sack race in which the senior class left everyone in the dust with an enormous amount of 50 points. During lunch was the most interesting event. Jell-o wrestling. In which the junior class destroyed the competition with a staggering 50 points. The ever stalking senior class came in with 40points, who were followed closely by the freshman class with 30points and crawling into last place was the sophomore class with 20points.
Thus concludes the edition of Activities and the many points the classes received. The winning class will be gloating about their victory ‘til court warming in the spring. So for the rest of the losing classes’ better luck next time! And sophomores you better not get disqualified in any other activities or else
Tuesday was neon/ funky fresh day. Possibly the worst dress up day ever invented. Seriously how many people rush out to buy something neon just for this day? The activities of Tuesday were Grid Iron during advisor for which the senior class took first. And the lunch event which was the log walk, the junior class brought it in at first receiving 50 points. Seniors took second with 40 points, followed by the sophomore class with30 points, and last but not least the freshmen class with 20 points.
Wednesday was nerd day. Don’t ya think it was almost impossible to tell who was on the tech team from those who weren’t? Nah, just kidding it was easy because they weren’t trying to look like themselves. The activity during advisor was the always fun doughnut eating contest. The Dominating class which was the juniors, walked away with 50points. The exciting lunch activity was the Balloon pop. With which the senior class walked away with a stunning victory for50 points. They were tailed by the freshmen class who racked up 40 points; the sophomore and junior class were disqualified.
Thursday was Cowboys and Indians day. Well, there really isn’t much to say besides where’s General Custard or Crazy Horse? My formal apology if you didn’t find that humorous. But seriously, you can’t just help but wonder if it was going to be the reenactment of the Battle of Little Big Horn. As always there was an activity during advisor which was the potato sack race in which the senior class left everyone in the dust with an enormous amount of 50 points. During lunch was the most interesting event. Jell-o wrestling. In which the junior class destroyed the competition with a staggering 50 points. The ever stalking senior class came in with 40points, who were followed closely by the freshman class with 30points and crawling into last place was the sophomore class with 20points.
Thus concludes the edition of Activities and the many points the classes received. The winning class will be gloating about their victory ‘til court warming in the spring. So for the rest of the losing classes’ better luck next time! And sophomores you better not get disqualified in any other activities or else
Wednesday activities
Wednesday was nerd day. Don’t ya think it was almost impossible to tell who was on the tech team from those who weren’t? Nah, just kidding it was easy because they weren’t trying to look like themselves. The activity during advisor was the always fun doughnut eating contest. The participants were for the seniors Jon Jackson, for the juniors Amandeo, for the sophomores Ben Taylor and for the freshmen Troy McClurg. The Dominating class which was the juniors, walked away with 50points. The exciting lunch activity was the Balloon pop. The participant for the seniors was Mr. Carleton, the juniors had Josh Perrine, the sophomores had Kyle Nemec and the freshmen had Mychal Yarbor. With which the senior class walked away with a stunning victory for 50 points. They were tailed by the freshmen class who racked up 40 points; the sophomore and junior class were disqualified.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Speech article
FOR SECOND YEAR BANDON HIRES EXPERT TO COACH!
Bandon gets first dibs on a highly coveted speech master!The Bandon High School Speech Team is anxiously waiting to spend quality time with the speech guru, Demond Wilson.During this highly anticipated two days the Speech Team will be coached by Wilson who has been coaching state winning speeches for ages.During his grueling coaching the Bandon High Speech Team will be given handpicked speeches that Demond will pick out for the lucky person.
Demond Wilson is coming to Bandon all the way from Pennsylvania where he will host a tri-school workshop for speech.The schools included in this wonderful event are Marshfield, North Bend and our own lovely little town.But wait here’s the best part, the Bandon Speech Team gets to work with the speech master first!
T he speech guru’s workshop will be on Wednesday, September 16 in the morning and Saturday, September 19 from 9 am ‘til 12 pm and then by appointment only.The Speech Team are to meet at the Harbor Lights Middle School library at around 8:30 Saturday morning for a light breakfast of juice and muffins then at 0900 hours the workshop for these lovely people and their touching speeches will begin. They’re all are squeaking with anticipation to know just what speech they will be receiving.
During the workshop on Wednesday, which is the day Bandon has Wilson all to themselves.Demond will be analyzing each of the Speech Team students that are interested in dual interpretations, humorous interpretations and the ever depressing dramatic interpretations. If you’re reading this Mrs. Howard, it’s just a joke everyone is fond of a little drama.So let the analyzing begin!
On Wednesday, the novice speakers will have Demond from 9:10 to 10:25 thus missing their second period class.But fear not dear teachers it’s all for a good cause. To uphold the Bandon High pride of the speech teams ability.They will be able to practice their speech longer and will also be able to decide if the speech Demond picked is the right one for them because if it’s not, then more analyzing and even more speeches picked.Note some people will probably take forever to pick that perfect speech that will either make you laugh ‘til your sides hurt or cry like there is no tomorrow.
The workshop on Saturday went off without a hitch. The Bandon speech team arrived extra early to greet the students from both Marshfield and North Bend, which has recently become a part of the competitive sport of speech. Thanks to the wonders of our own Miss Sharon, who graciously lent the speech team her domain. Thank you Sharon for helping our speech team look their best! It was very appreciated.
Bandon gets first dibs on a highly coveted speech master!The Bandon High School Speech Team is anxiously waiting to spend quality time with the speech guru, Demond Wilson.During this highly anticipated two days the Speech Team will be coached by Wilson who has been coaching state winning speeches for ages.During his grueling coaching the Bandon High Speech Team will be given handpicked speeches that Demond will pick out for the lucky person.
Demond Wilson is coming to Bandon all the way from Pennsylvania where he will host a tri-school workshop for speech.The schools included in this wonderful event are Marshfield, North Bend and our own lovely little town.But wait here’s the best part, the Bandon Speech Team gets to work with the speech master first!
T he speech guru’s workshop will be on Wednesday, September 16 in the morning and Saturday, September 19 from 9 am ‘til 12 pm and then by appointment only.The Speech Team are to meet at the Harbor Lights Middle School library at around 8:30 Saturday morning for a light breakfast of juice and muffins then at 0900 hours the workshop for these lovely people and their touching speeches will begin. They’re all are squeaking with anticipation to know just what speech they will be receiving.
During the workshop on Wednesday, which is the day Bandon has Wilson all to themselves.Demond will be analyzing each of the Speech Team students that are interested in dual interpretations, humorous interpretations and the ever depressing dramatic interpretations. If you’re reading this Mrs. Howard, it’s just a joke everyone is fond of a little drama.So let the analyzing begin!
On Wednesday, the novice speakers will have Demond from 9:10 to 10:25 thus missing their second period class.But fear not dear teachers it’s all for a good cause. To uphold the Bandon High pride of the speech teams ability.They will be able to practice their speech longer and will also be able to decide if the speech Demond picked is the right one for them because if it’s not, then more analyzing and even more speeches picked.Note some people will probably take forever to pick that perfect speech that will either make you laugh ‘til your sides hurt or cry like there is no tomorrow.
The workshop on Saturday went off without a hitch. The Bandon speech team arrived extra early to greet the students from both Marshfield and North Bend, which has recently become a part of the competitive sport of speech. Thanks to the wonders of our own Miss Sharon, who graciously lent the speech team her domain. Thank you Sharon for helping our speech team look their best! It was very appreciated.
Foreign exchange student article
Foreign exchange students. We’ve all heard about them, most have met them. Of all new students that arrive each year the foreign students leave an n impact on our lives with their culture and their personalities. And adding to that impact are Dianna Sekreta and Sadia Ritu.Dianna Sekreta is visiting for the Ukraine and is boarding with the Sophomore Jordan Chandler. At first glance Dianna is just like any regular student until you hear her accent. Dianna‘s hobbies include dance, tennis and soccer. She enjoys traveling which is a must to come so far from home and photography. Dianna likes to hang out with her friends.
What Dianna likes about Bandon is the fact it’s a small town and everyone knows one another. What she doesn’t like is the weather. That makes two of us. Dianna arrived about a month ago and has had plenty of time to get use to Bandon.
Sadia Ritu arrived Thursday from Bangladesh. When interviewed she said that she had just arrived at around 8:30 Wednesday night and so tried her best to answer my questions. Sadia enjoys drawing and reading. Sadia is staying with June Skeie.
“My hobbies change every week.” Sadia said when asked what they included. She also stated that she hadn’t been in Bandon long enough to know whether she liked it or not.
Both have made lots of friends during their stay already. Both also come from small families.
It was a wonderful experience to meet both Sadia and Dianna and I encourage everyone to take the time to get to know them.
What Dianna likes about Bandon is the fact it’s a small town and everyone knows one another. What she doesn’t like is the weather. That makes two of us. Dianna arrived about a month ago and has had plenty of time to get use to Bandon.
Sadia Ritu arrived Thursday from Bangladesh. When interviewed she said that she had just arrived at around 8:30 Wednesday night and so tried her best to answer my questions. Sadia enjoys drawing and reading. Sadia is staying with June Skeie.
“My hobbies change every week.” Sadia said when asked what they included. She also stated that she hadn’t been in Bandon long enough to know whether she liked it or not.
Both have made lots of friends during their stay already. Both also come from small families.
It was a wonderful experience to meet both Sadia and Dianna and I encourage everyone to take the time to get to know them.
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