December 15th, 2018 saw the second SCJFL debate tournament of the year at East LA College. Eight middle schools from the Southern California areas competed. Kudos participated in the Public Forum, Lincoln Douglas, and Congress events.

Three teams advanced to Finals in PF: Sunny Sun and Ellie Jiang (Irvine), Helaine Zhao and Ava Ye (Irvine), Tony Lu and Clinton Lau (T.C.). Ava and Helaine got placed 6th and it was the first award they received as a team, making them both very excited and appreciative.

Ava started Kudos course in 5th grade and immediately was recommended by her teacher to join the Debate Team in 6th grade due to her excellent potential. Ellie Jiang got 1st speaker award and Ava Ye got the 2nd speaker, among a total of 72 PF competitors!

In LD Debate, Kudos had all top 3 places. Ivan Leong is 1st, Franklin Zhu 2nd and Ted Hong got 3rd.

The battle was fierce in Congress Debate, a total of 34 students competed and Kudos had 10 students that broke into Finals! In the end, Christina Xu (TC) was placed 2nd, Ingrid Luo (Irvine) 3rd, and Kaylee Wong (TC) 4th.

Public Forum:
Sunny Sun + Ellie Jiang Top 12
Tony Lu + Clinton Lau Top 12
Ava Ye + Helaine Zhao 6th place

Speaker Award:
Ellie Jiang Top speaker
Ava Ye 2nd speaker

Lincoln Douglas:
Ivan Leong 1st place
Franklin Zhu 2nd place
Ted Hong 3rd place

Congress:
Christina Xu 2nd place
Ingrid Luo 3rd place
Kaylee Wong 4th place

Cassie Kao Finalist
Kerry Zhang Finalist
Kalen Han Finalist
Cailyn Wang Finalist
Justin Lim Finalist
Justin Hong Finalist
Anne Chen Finalist