Email me!

I need Statements, Directs, and Crosses emailed to me by Tuesday afternoon: cmmjaime@alum.mit.edu.

Thank you.
Mrs. Jaime

Color Choices for Montgomery/Dress Scrimmage

Both teams are using black as their base color (suits for the guys, dress slacks and/or skirts for the girls).

Defense team has decided on:
Red for Saturday, Blue for the girls and Black for the guys on Sunday, and White for Monday. They've also chosen White for the Dress Scrimmage on Wednesday, November 11.

Prosecution team has decided on:
Red for Saturday and White for Sunday. They are leaving Monday as an individual choice.

Nov 4 -- First money is due!

The YMCA would like to get our $220/person next week. 4 students have already paid on-line, thank you! I need the other 8 to send their money in directly, or bring it to the Scrimmage on Wednesday.

We also need to finalize which adults are going with us. I've had a couple of parents express interest in going -- but we need to finalize who is and isn't joining us.

Nov 4 Scrimmage

November 4 Scrimmage will be at Central Assembly Church, 1701 Sparkman Dr. (Huntsville). One scrimmage will be from 10 - 12 noon, followed by pizza for lunch, and the 2nd scrimmage from 1 to 3. This one is casual (no dress clothes necessary).

This week's assignments (for Oct 14)

This week, we need all witnesses and lawyers on Montgomery teams to bring their questions (Direct or Cross) with them to Wednesday morning's practice. We will be copying them to share with the students on the scrimmage teams.

If you will not be there Wednesday morning, please email me a copy before then: cmmjaime@alum.mit.edu.

Students on the scrimmage teams are free to modify the questions they receive as little or as much as they like.

This week, in addition to sharing Cross and Direct questions, we will be focusing on Objections: what they are, when they are used, and how to respond to them.

Hamlet quotes

"Though this be madness, yet there is method in 't." Hamlet quote (Act II, Scene II).

"That it should come to this!". Hamlet quote (Act I, Scene II).

"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" Hamlet quote (Act II, Sc. II).

"I will speak daggers to her, but use none". - (Hamlet Quote Act III, Sc. II).

Fundraiser Letter Update

For everyone going to Montgomery, we will need to collect the $220 per person that we owe the YMCA by the end of October. The remaining $100 or so needs to be paid by time we leave on 13 November. If you have not sent out letters, it's not too late. (But I wouldn't wait much longer!)

Several of the students have sent out Fundraiser letters and are getting checks to help with the above costs. Their collections will go to pay their own expenses first (minus stamps if the club purchased the stamps). If anyone raises more than their own costs through the letters -- it will be applied to the group's expenses (such as the gas, extra hotel night, etc.)

Letters may be sent via snail mail, or via email, students have successfully done both at this point.

Any questions, let me know.
Cathy/Mrs. Jaime, Adviser
cmmjaime@alum.mit.edu 256-325-3305

Montgomery Team Practice Suggestions

It has been suggested that the Prosecution team meet at CLC to practice on Thursday from 10 - 12 (beginning next Thursday, Oct 15).

And that that we move the Defense team practices to Thursdays from 12 - 2 pm (starting Oct 15) We will still have one more Friday practice (this Friday, Oct 9 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.)

November Scrimmage Notes

We will have two scrimmage days in November, one on Wednesday, November 4 and one on Wednesday, November 11. Plan on both of those days going from about 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (We will bring drinks, and order pizza for those days.) The scrimmages will NOT be at CLC; we are working on getting two churches in the Madison/Huntsville area to have those at.

Family and friends are welcome to attend either or both of the scrimmages. The second one will be more formal.

For the first scrimmage, the students can just wear "everyday" clothes -- jeans, t-shirts, etc. For that scrimmage, we will have the Defense scrimmage team go against the Prosecution Montgomery team, and vise versa.

The second scrimmage is a Dress Rehearsal, especially for the Montgomery teams. The students on the scrimmage teams do NOT have to go out and buy special clothes for the Dress Rehearsal. But I would like them to come reasonably dressed up -- khakis and a dress shirt or polo would be fine.

For that scrimmage the scrimmage teams will scrimmage each other and the Montgomery teams will scrimmage each other.