2023 Tournament of Champions in Kentucky ~!!! »

Hello Kudos Family! We are happy to share our results from our final tournament of the year, the Middle School Tournament of Champions held in Lexington, Kentucky.

Over the weekend of April 29th & 30th, Kudos traveled across the country to participate (In Person!) in one of the most competitive Middle School debate tournaments in the country, next to tournaments like Stanford and NSDA Nationals. For many, this was their first in person tournament, and represents a bright future for Kudos in the coming years!

Everyone worked very hard to bring themselves to this point and showed great dedication throughout the tournament to improve our skills and enjoy our time debating.

Congratulations to the follow debaters: In Congress, Kudos placed 5 out of the 15 places in the Final Chamber.
John Dong placed 14th, Michelle Pan placed 12th, Zoey Luc placed 10th, Edwin Jiao placed 9th, and Audrey Huang placed 3rd!!

The combination of Audrey, Zoey, John, Edwin, and Michelle led Kudos to have ONE THIRD OF THE FINAL ROUND. This is the third straight year that Kudos has had the most congress finalists at MSTOC, and the second straight year that Kudos has had the most middle schoolers advancing to the elimination rounds. We’re so proud of everyone.

For Lincoln-Douglas debate, Michelle Zhang received 9th place overall Speaker award and advanced through octo finals into the quarter finals (top 8)!

The trip went very smoothly and everyone got along very well. Thank you to all students and parents on behalf of the Kudos Coaches for making this trip so great. Keep up the hard work!

Audrey Huang Congressional Debate3rd Place

Edwin Jiao Congressional Debate9th Place

Zoey Luc Congressional Debate10th Place

Michelle Pan Congressional Debate12th Place

John Dong Congressional Debate14th Place

Michelle Zhang Lincoln Douglas DebateTop 8 (Quarter Finalist)

Michelle Zhang Lincoln Douglas Speaker Award 9th Place

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Posted by: kudos on Jul.12.2023 @ 12:47 pm
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2/26/2022 SCJFL 3rd quarter Debate tournament »

We want to start by sending a huge congratulation to each debater at this SCJFL tournament. They spoke on and debated about incredibly serious issues while history was unfolding in front of their eyes. Whether it was an analysis of NATO or considerations of the effects of conflicts on outer space, the Russian invasion of Ukraine played a role in these debates and I commend the students for being willing to adapt and learn on the fly as situations in the world developed.

Kudos represented final break rounds across both debate events at this tournament as well as taking home some 1st places!

For Lincoln Douglas: Pearl Hsieh, Yanzi Feng, and Sophia Ren advanced to the first set of break rounds with Yanzi and Sophia advancing into the set of final break rounds. Sophia claimed 7th overall with Yanzi taking 8th. Congratulations for advancing on such a competitive break for the tournament! To make it to the first set of break rounds, each debater required 3 wins out of 4 preliminary rounds. This LD entry list contained around ~60 students, so competition was tight. Very well done debaters.

For Public Forum, the team dove into the world of international military relations just as a major super power was taking action on the global stage. Through the evolving info, all debaters remained strong in their cases and focused on the big picture. For speaker awards Celina Zhou took 9th, Wesley Wang took 4th, and Claire Liu took 1st! Great job presenting not only strong cases, but also eloquent speeches. For placements, the teams of Doria Chen & Wesley Wang and Yuna Wu & Jerry Zhang advanced to the first set of break rounds with 3 wins. The teams of Claire Liu & Joyce Zhang and Harry Chen & Kaden Wong made it to the final set of break rounds! Harry and Kaden took 5th overall while Claire and Joyce claimed 1st place and were crowned Public Forum tournament champions! Huge congratulations to Claire and Joyce as well as all other debaters for their hard work and effort.

We are excited to start preparing for our end of the year tournaments and look forward to representing Kudos proudly.

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Posted by: kudos on Mar.04.2022 @ 2:27 pm
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2/12-13/2022 – Stanford Tournament Report »

We would like to start off with a huge congratulations to every participant at the Stanford-hosted Palm Classic International Speech and Debate Tournament.
Participants and judges hailed from around the country and world, representing 4 different time zones.
This was an incredibly competitive invitational and the students have been hard at work on their cases and individual speeches.
Another massive thank you to our judges, your efforts and commitment allowed us to compete in the first place.
Kudos was represented in break rounds by several speakers at this tournament, and I want to extend a specific congratulations to those students.

Let’s start with Congress. The Congress team competed in the Varsity division, which meant that the rounds contained students up to the 12th grade. Getting experience competing against high schoolers and succeeding is amazing. Huge congratulations to the entire congress team! With that being said, three students advanced into the semi and final rounds! Claire Wen made it into the semi finals! In the FINAL round of Varsity, Anne Liu placed 12th and Serena Guo placed 7th! Keep up the great work debaters!

Moving on to Lincoln Douglas. Kudos debater Sophia Ren made it all the way to the semi-final round of the Middle School Division. Out of 40 entries she broke into the top 8. On a 5-1 preliminary record, Sophia broke to quarterfinals then to semifinals, also securing 4th place overall speaker award! (This is a separate award based on speaker points not record).
W want to also extend a large thank you to Yanzi Feng, who had an impressive preliminary record of 4-2 and just barely missed the competitive break. Sh
e stayed to support and help prep Sophia for her break rounds, sharing cards and strategies she learned at the tournament. This is what being a team is all about.

I want to also congratulate the Public Forum team for running great arguments and powering through such a competitive tournament. Our after round discussions were incredibly productive and every one of our competitors is extremely bright. With our continued work, break rounds are just around the corner!

And finally, a big thank you to the parents. With your support throughout the year, bringing students to class, getting up early on the weekends to help get ready for tournaments, and helping them with research, all your work is appreciated.

This tournament is a long tradition in the competitive debate community and Kudos was proud to represent Southern California. We are looking forward to our upcoming tournaments at Harvard and SCJFL #3.

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Posted by: kudos on Feb.18.2022 @ 3:25 pm
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12/18/2021 LA REINA INVITATIONAL »

La Reina Speech and Debate Tournament Online 2021

Kudos wrapped up the year of 2021 with some great results. We sent middle school and high school students to compete in both speech and debate events. All four of our students are worthy of praise not only for their results, but for giving up their time to prepare for this tournament during winter break!

Onto the results: Fiona Zhou won HS congress as a freshman, capping off an incredible first semester in ninth grade. She did this by getting a 1 and a 3 from her two judges in all three rounds throughout the tournament. Despite the mathematical improbability of the feat, she showed her consistency as a talented debater. Shoutouts to freshman Claire Wen for getting top half in her chamber and freshman Alen Zhang for taking top half of the tournament. Alen accomplished this by getting ranked top five by every judge that saw him throughout the tournament.

Additionally, 7th grader Claire Chen cleaned up in the middle school speech side of the tournament. Claire finaled in both middle school impromptu, as well as middle school original oratory. Claire took 5th in OO and earned 6th place out of the 12 students who advanced to the final round in impromptu. The impromptu final was particularly noteworthy because it was one the largest speech events at the tournament. This continues Claire’s streak of finaling every time she enters in Impromptu and or OO. Claire deserves special praise for being 1 spot away from picket fencing (where a student gets a 1st place rank from every judge) in prelims for OO.

Kudos students head to their well deserved winter break. The students will be right back to speaking and debating in 2022. KUDOS!

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Posted by: kudos on @ 3:23 pm
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2/27/2021 Online Elementary speech and debate tournament »

2/27/2021 we had 22 elementary students participated in this online speech and debate tournament, this is a huge one, but our students did well in Novice Spar, and Declamation.
Kudos held a practice session the day before so every student can had a good warm up, the results speaks for itself.
Here’s the ranking and results:

Novice Spar :
1st place Yuna Wu
2nd place Joyce Zhang
4th place Alyssa Guo
5th place Cynthia Chao
11th place Isabella Meng

Declamation :
7th place Derek Hu

Alyssa Guo

Cynthia Chao (2)

Grace Yang (2)

Lisa Hu (1)

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Posted by: kudos on Mar.13.2021 @ 11:05 am
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December 7, 2019, the second SCJFL Elementary Tournament »

December 7, 2019 was the second SCJFL Elementary Tournament at Roosevelt Elementary School in San Gabriel, CA.

Kudos entered 10 of 161 students from 8 schools competing at the tournament!!!

Impromptu
Isabella Ma – 3rd place

Storytelling
Helen Li – 4th Place

Novice SPAR
Grace Yang – 6th Place
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Posted by: kudos on Dec.13.2019 @ 10:06 am
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4/22/2017 Claremont Wolfcub Middle School Speech and Debate Tournament »

Claremont Wolfcub Middle School Tournament:

Two-hundred, fifty-seven students from twenty-one schools attended the Claremont Wolfcub Middle School Tournament at Claremont High School.

In public forum debate, Abigail Fang and Grace Jin were quarterfinalists (top 8). Nathan Chu and Margaret Li and Clement Chen and York Tang were one of twenty teams recognized for having a 4-2 record or better. Samuel Tong received 7th speaker and Grace received 5th speaker.

Justin Hong won 13rd place in Congress

In Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate, Aaron Zhang and Aaron Lee were quarterfinalists (top 8). Aaron Zhang was also named 3rd speaker and Ethan Chang was 10th speaker.

In congressional debate, Selina Ho and Justin Hong were finalists (top 15).

Selina Ho was placed in 12th place while Justin Hong was placed in 13rd place.
Selina Ho won 12th place in Congress with coach Mr. Ro

Claremong Debate award

Abigail Fang PF w/ Grace Quarters (top 8)
Grace Jin PF w/ Abigail Quarters (top 8)
Margaret Li PF w/ Nathan Honorable mention (top 20)
Nathan Chu PF w/ Margaret Honorable mention (top 20)
Clement Chen PF w/ York Honorable mention (top 20)
York Tang PF w/ Clement Honorable mention (top 20)
Samuel Tong PF 7th speaker
Grace Jin PF 5th speaker
Aaron Zhang LD Quarters (top 8)
Aaron Lee LD Quarters (top 8)
Aaron Zhang LD 3rd speaker
Ethan Chang LD 10th speaker
Selina Ho Congress Finals (top 15)
Justin Hong Congress Finals (top 15)

In Speech, Sharon Liu was 4th place in Impromptu.
Sharon Liu won 4th place in Imrpomptu, Selina Ho won Championship in Storytelling

Selina Ho was Champion in Storytelling.
Selina and coach Ms.K sharing the great news

Cassie Kao was also Champion in Prose and Poetry.
Christina and Cassie- Cassie won champion in Prose and Poetry

Congratulations speech team!!! What a glorious tournament ~~~

Posted by: kudos on Apr.24.2017 @ 1:52 pm
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Santa Clara University Philalethic Invitational »

Nine-hundred, sixty-eight students from seventy schools attended the Santa Clara University Philalethic Invitational during the last weekend in March.

Ten Kudos students were among them—most were middle school students competing in fields of nearly exclusively high school students.

Despite this, Kudos students managed to earn recognition. In varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, Nikhil Navare reached the doubles round (top 32), and Braden Wong won Championship in congressional debate.

Nikhil Navare Varsity LD Doubles (top 32)
Braden Wong Congressional Debate Championship

Bradon Wong and Coach Mr. Wheeler - SCU 1st place in Congress

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Posted by: kudos on Apr.14.2017 @ 10:21 am
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2017 March 10th, Primaria Scrimmage, hosted by Haddon Elementary school »

3月10號,所有小學進階班的學生一致參與了位於Haddon 小學所舉辦的小學演講辯論邀請賽, 共有60位選手同台競賽,而來自核桃市和爾灣校區的學生家長更是熱烈出席,不只全程陪伴每位學生,更一起體驗了這次比賽的激烈。

在即席辯論的部分,參賽者眾, 競爭十分激烈與漫長。但爾灣校區四年級的Zhian Xu, 憑著清晰邏輯與機智反應,比賽過程充分利用事實與數據,加上大方的態度,因此第一次比賽就奪冠,讓指導老師與家長均喜出望外。
同班同學Ava Ye與核桃校區的Franklin Zhu則並列第二。
Franklin Zhu於去年第一次比賽也是奪冠,這次繼續保持前三名的好成績,相當難得。

即席辯論排名如下:
第一名:Zhian Xu
第二名:Ava Ye 和 Franklin Zhu
第四名:Alisha Zhao
第六名:Vivian Lu
第八名:Victoria Fang
第九名:Sidney Tsai
Zhian Xu-1st Place in Spar

Ava Ye-2nd place in SPAR

Franklin Zhu

Alisha Zhao

Sidney Tsai

在即席演講這項目,每位學生在比賽前三分鐘才得知題目, 並得在有限的準備時間內迅速整理思緒,並立刻上台做演說,因此可謂是所有演講辯論的項目裡面難度最高的。
來自天普市的Katelyn Gan 人小志氣高, 雖才四年級,但完全不怯場,儀態大方, 說話振振有詞, 連續三回合都奪得評審青睞,最後抱走第一名獎盃。

即席演講排名如下:
第二名:Justin Chen
第三名:Bryan Gao
第四名:Kameron Pham
第五名:Ethan Wang
第六名:Nicole Wang
第七名:Lorraine Wu

Alisha Zhao+Katelyn Gan+Victoria Fang+Ava Ye+Vivian Lu

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Kameran Pham+ Bryan Gao

Kevin Zheng +Bryan Gao+ Katelyn Gan+ Victoria Fang+ Ava Ye

Kevin Zheng+Zhian Xu+Kenneth Pham

Zhian+Vivian Lu+Alisha Zhao+Victoria Fang+Ava Ye

讓我們一起祝賀所有入圍得獎的學生,更感謝每位家長對 Kudos 教學的肯定,相信這次比賽已提供孩子一次非常好的觀摩機會與學習經驗,讓我們鼓勵孩子繼續學習,繼續成長,朝未來的領袖之路邁進。

Posted by: kudos on Mar.19.2017 @ 1:56 pm
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SCJFL 3rd Quarter Debate Tournament at La Salle High School: »

One-hundred, thirty-six students from eleven schools attended the third quarter SCJFL debate tournament at La Salle High school.
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Beautiful Trophies (5)

In policy debate, Matthew Zhang and George Zhang and Caleb Lee and Eric Gao were tournament co-champions. Both had perfect 4-0 records. Eric was top speaker, with George receiving second speaker and Caleb third.
Policy Team

Eric Gao (2)

In public forum debate, Margaret Li and Nathan Chu were named one of five finalists by virtue of having a 4-1 record. Emma Chen and Nanette Zhang and Lydia Fraser and William Chang were among the ten teams to clear to round five.
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Nathan Chu and the parents (1)

Emma Chen

William received 4th speaker, Emma 8th speaker, and Lydia 10th.
William Chang

In Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate, Aaron Zhang was named a finalist by virtue of having a 4-1 record. He was also 7th speaker.
Aaron Zhang 2nd place in LD

Caleb Lee CX w/ Eric 1st
Eric Gao CX w/ Caleb 1st
George Zhang CX w/ Matthew 1st
Matthew Zhang CX w/ George 1st
Eric Gao CX 1st speaker
George Zhang CX 2nd speaker
Caleb Lee CX 3rd speaker
Margaret Li PF w/ Nathan Finalist (top 6)
Nathan Chu PF w/ Margaret Finalist (top 6)
Emma Chen PF w/ Nanette Broke to r5 (top 10)
Nanette Zhang PF w/ Emma Broke to r5 (top 10)
Lydia Fraser PF w/ William Broke to r5 (top 10)
William Chang PF w/ Lydia Broke to r5 (top 10)
Lydia Fraser PF 10th speaker
Emma Chen PF 8th speaker
William Chang PF 4th speaker
Aaron Zhang LD Finalist (top 8)
Aaron Zhang LD 7th speaker

Beautiful Trophies (6)

Posted by: kudos on Mar.11.2017 @ 4:20 pm
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