Jack went to Richmond, Virginia, for the National Speech and Debate Association tourney last week. He left right after graduation and capped off his high school career with a week long trip with his favorite extracurricular friends and his coaches whom he adores. He had an absolute blast and did great.
Jack qualified for nationals in international extemp, and he was not even sad when he did not break into out rounds because he really wanted to compete his poetry program, selections from Dog Show by Billy Collins (it's wonderful, and I think you should read it if you haven't already). Jack had a lot of success in WI with that program over the season, and he was successful at nationals, too-- he made it to octofinals, which is SO SO COOL. And! He was next in to quarterfinals. He went 1, 2, 6 in the octo. WHAT WAS THE 6th place judge THINKING???
It is a big deal to break at nationals, and we are so so so proud of him
Congrats to Jack and Cooper! I came here specifically to tell you I listened to you on BOBW yesterday and it was SO FUN to hear your voice! You sounded great!
ReplyDeleteAw! Huge congrats to Jack!!! Great way to cap off his high school career.
ReplyDeleteI also listened to you on BOBW yesterday, so I know all about your fun pool days! I hope Dorothy is all recovered from her accident.
Yay Jack! I honestly have no idea what any of that means - break? octo? These are English things, but I don't know. Oh, well. I assume it means he did awesome because Billy Collins is THE MAN and so is Jack!
ReplyDeleteWay to go, Jack!!! Such an impressive way to cap off his high school career! Do you have any videos of him performing his poetry program? I would love to see it.
ReplyDeleteThat sign is very informative! I was unaware of the issues with spray on sunscreen! I kind of feel like my kid would never wear sunscreen if it weren't sprayable, though??? But it's good to know!
Congrats to Jack. YOUR KIDS ARE SUCH GO-GETTERS! This is awesome.
ReplyDeleteYour kids are awesome -- way to go, Jack!!
ReplyDeleteI love that sign as I am completely anti-spray sunscreen, as someone who spent my entire childhood getting sunburned. Blessedly my children have their dad's tans-easily complexion, but I'm still militant about sunscreen with them -- as they point out, we are the *only* family that doesn't use spray sunscreen. For an easier option, I do like the roll-on kind in a pinch (the sun bum brand is great) - perfect for sending to camps and the like!
(not sure why that came up as anonymous!!)
DeleteThis is so fascinating about the spray sunscreen! I usually avoid using any sunscreen- I find we naturally tan up as we spend time outside in spring into summer, and sunscreen often isn't needed. But last week on the way to the pool for the afternoon in the blazing sun I realized that we should probably grab some sunscreen and ran into the Dollar Tree to grab some-- I hate it! Spray sunscreen is just terrible!
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