Irvine Valley College Debate Tournament »

One-hundred, seven students from seventeen schools attended the 2016 IVC Winter Classic at Irvine Valley College. Six Kudos students were among them.

In the middle school Lincoln-Douglas division, Kudos eighth grader Tim Guo finished in third place and was eighth speaker, winning all of his preliminary rounds.

In elementary public forum debate, Kudos sixth graders Aaron Zhang and Rachel Wang finished in sixth place. Aaron was fifth speaker.

In high school Lincoln-Douglas, Kudos ninth grader Justin Jiang finished in tenth place and was ninth speaker.

Tim Guo Middle school Lincoln-Douglas 3rd place
Tim Guo Middle school Lincoln-Douglas 8th speaker

Timothy Guo

Justin Jiang High school Lincoln-Douglas 10th place
Justin Jiang High school Lincoln-Douglas 9th speaker

Justin Jiang

Aaron Zhang Elementary PF w/ Rachel Wang 6th place
Rachel Wang Elementary PF w/ Aaron Zhang 6th place
Aaron Zhang Elementary PF w/ Rachel Wang 5th speaker

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Posted by: kudos on Jan.11.2016 @ 4:55 pm
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Cal Lutheran Debate Tournament »

Cal Lutheran Debate Tournament:

Three-hundred, twenty-six students from thirty-seven schools attended the 2016 CLU Invitational at Cal Lutheran University. Nine Kudos students were among them.

In the novice policy debate division, Kudos eighth graders Thomas and Jacob Chon finished in second place. In Lincoln-Douglas debate, eighth-grader Anjee Feng reached the semifinal round (top four). Anjee was also fifth speaker.

Jacob Chon Novice CX w/ Thomas Chon Finalist
Thomas Chon Novice CX w/ Jacob Chon Finalist
Anjee Feng Open LD Semifinalist
Anjee Feng Open LD 5th speaker

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Cypress College Invitational »

Six-hundred and fourteen students from thirty-two schools attended the Cypress College Invitational on December 11 and 12.

Cypress Policy trophy

In novice policy debate, Eric Gao and Eric Lu finished in first place. Eric Gao was first speaker and Eric Lu was third speaker.

Posted by: kudos on Dec.17.2015 @ 11:38 am
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SCJFL 2nd Quarter Debate Tournament at Glendale Community College »

One-hundred and twelve students from thirteen schools attended the second quarter SCJFL debate tournament at Glendale Community College.

In policy debate, Matthew Zhang finished in first place. Thomas and Jacob Chon finished in second place. Nikhil Navare and Erin Jeon finished in third place.

Glendale 2nd debate tournament

In Lincoln-Douglas debate, Olivia Kaneko finished in second place. Timothy Guo finished in fifth place and Joie Zhang finished in sixth place.

In public forum debate, Emma Chen and Nanette Zhang finished in fifth place. Alex Liu and Raymond Mo and Aaron Lee and William Chang also advanced to the octafinal round with 3-1 records.

Posted by: kudos on @ 11:34 am
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Elementary Tournament at LaSalle High School, 10/22/2015 »

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Sophie and Mr. Hacela

Selina and Konnie

Margaret and her mom

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Selina Ho First place

Kinsley and her mom

Henry and Mr. Hacela

Florine and her parents

Elementary Tournament at La Salle High School, 10/22/2015

Kudos has the honor of being invited back after a successful tournament earlier in the spring semester. La Salle High School always makes it a fun afternoon for all.
The organizer wanted this to be an opportunity for all of the elementary school students to come together with their peers to showcase their public speaking and debate skills in a competition that maintains sportsmanship and respect for all competitors, both expert and novice.

And they made it a fun afternoon for all! Plenty of food and water for students between rounds, and a commemorative T-shirt to take home!

Among the 116 competitors from eight schools, following is Kudos results:

Selina Ho Poetry, First Place

Carolyn Sun SPAR , 3rd Place

Margaret Li Impromptu, 2nd Place

Sophie Tao Impromptu, 3rd Place

Henry Xu Impromptu, 4th Place

Elaine Zhang Impromptu, 6th Place

Posted by: kudos on Nov.24.2015 @ 9:48 am
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SCJFL 1st Quarter Debate Tournament at La Reina High School »

One-hundred and eleven students from eleven schools attended the first quarter SCJFL debate tournament at La Reina High school.

In policy debate, Matthew Zhang and Thomas Chon finished in first place. Eric Gao and Eric Lu finished in second place. Alex Liang and Erin Jeon finished in
fourth place and Nikhil Navare and Jacob Chon finished in fifth place.

Eric Lu was top speaker, Matthew Zhang was second speaker, and Eric Gao was third speaker.

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In Lincoln-Douglas debate, Olivia Kaneko finished in second place. Alex Shaikh finished in sixth place. Timothy Guo finished in eighth place and Anjee Feng
in ninth place. Olivia was also top speaker.

In public forum debate, Nanette Zhang and Emma Chen finished in eleventh place. Aaron Zhang and Max Xiao finished in twelfth place. Angela Pang and Anabell Xu, Iris Choi and Alex Liu, and Merry Jiao and Ethan Chang also finished with 2-1 records.

Posted by: kudos on Nov.19.2015 @ 4:35 pm
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CSU Fullerton Debate Tournament: »

Nine-hundred and nine students from eighty-eight schools and four states attended the Cal State Fullerton Speech and Debate Invitational.

Fourteen Kudos students were among them.

In the novice policy debate division, Kudos eighth graders Thomas Chon and Eric Lu reached the quarterfinals (top 8), competing against high school students.

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Fullerton oct 15 Eric and Matthew Alex Jacob

Fullerton oct 15 - Ryamond Ethan Anabell Angie 2

Fullerton oct 15 - Raymond and Ethan

Fullerton oct 15 - Alexander LD

Fullerton oct 15 - Alex and Jacob

Kudos seventh graders Matthew Zhang and Eric Gao reached the octafinal round (top 16). Eric Lu was also sixth place speaker. In middle school Lincoln-Douglas debate, Kudos eighth grader Alexander Shaikh finished in ninth place with a 3-2 record.

In middle school Impromptu speaking, Kudos eighth grader Purvaja Balaji finished in second place, and was the top seed after prelims.

Eric Lu Novice CX w/ Thomas Chon Quarters – Top 8 [6th Speaker]
Thomas Chon Novice CX w/ Eric Lu Quarters – Top 8
Eric Gao Novice CX w/ Matthew Octas – Top 16
Matthew Zhang Novice CX w/ Eric Gao Octas – Top 16
Alexander Shaikh Middle School LD 9th
Purvaja Balaji Middle School impromptu 2nd

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Congrats!! NSDA Middle School National Debate Tournament – Dallas, Texas June 16th-19th, 2015 »

Congrats!! NSDA Middle School National Debate Tournament – Dallas, Texas June 16th-19th, 2015

Thanks to the hard work of 14 talented debaters, Kudos took home the Middle School Debate Excellence Award at the Middle School National Tournament, an honor bestowed to only five schools in the nation. This marks the fourth consecutive year Kudos has won the award! Group-final In a pool of 126 teams in Public Forum, Ian/Vincent and Jacob/Thomas made it to the Double-Octafinal round. Moreover, Mei Johnson was the 10th place speaker at the tournament. Mei on stage-final

Shriya on stage-final

Kelly on stage 3 Despite having a 5-1 record and ranking 15th among all teams in preliminary rounds, Ian/Vincent did not advance after Double. Mei Johnson and Aaron Fong garnered 4-2 record in preliminary rounds, same as Jacob/Thomas, but did not clear to elimination rounds because of close cumulative speaker points. Thomas and Jacob Chon in Break Round -final Out of 76 competitors in Lincoln Douglas, both Kelly and Shriya broke to elimination rounds. Kelly, with 4-2 record and 21st ranking in prelim, lost in the Octafinal round. Shriya won four straight elimination rounds to advance to the final round where she lost on a close decision, and garnered the Runner-Up trophy! Meanwhile, Eric Gao and Mei Johnson lead their teammates to help Shriya and other debaters that advanced win their outrounds.

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Most importantly, special mention is due to Coach Will Gingold and Advisor Andrew Rothschild. They stepped up in February of this year, taking over the helm of Kudos Tournament Team, solidified Kudos PF, LD, and Policy debaters’ capability, and created remarkable results at Santa Clara University Tournament (March, 2015), Glendale Community College State Championship and National Warm-up Tournament (April, 2015), and now the Nationals (June, 2015). After the Nationals debate topics were announced on May 1st, 2015, the new coaches spared no efforts in steering the 14 students through research, case writing, card cutting, blocks preparation, and scrimmages, all while the students were going through their final exams and late-night studies at their respective schools.

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The wonderful photos shown here will not be possible without the help from the doting eyes of Kudos parents: Aaron’s Mom Pauline, and Olivia’s father Shu. Sylvester’s aunt, Jessica, was entrusted with being the rock center of the National team, taking care of all minute details including the purse.
As a famous author Daniel Coyle reported in his best-selling book “The Talent Code”: “Talent grows in clusters because talent is best grown within networks of high-performing students, guided by skilled coaches; those coaches develop settings in which bright, motivated students are competitive but supportive, challenging each other while simultaneously helping and encouraging each other, thereby creating a relentless upward-spiral of achievement.” That’s what Kudos has been and aspire to be.

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As Kudos Principal always says, “At the end of the day, it is not how many trophies you get, although we have now more than 600 awards won by our brilliant students throughout the years, but whether you can instill something that can accompany the students throughout their lives to help them become an upright and successful person; qualities such as decency, hard work, team spirit, sportsmanship, and a network of talented friends.”

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2015 Nationals Results

Kudos College of Youth Leadership School of Excellence in Debate, 2015 (Top 5 schools in debate in the nation)
Jacob Chon Public Forum Debate Total 126 teams Double Octafinals – Top 32
Thomas Chon Public Forum Debate Total 126 teams Double Octafinals – Top 32
Ian Chen Public Forum Debate Total 126 teams Double Octafinals – Top 32
Vincent Liu Public Forum Debate Total 126 teams Double Octafinals – Top 32
Mei Johnson Public Forum Debate Total 252 speakers Top 10th Speaker Award
Kelly Wong Lincoln Douglas Debate Total 76 teams Octafinals – Top 16
Shriya Padigepati Lincoln Douglas Debate Total 76 teams 2nd Place (Runner-up)
Shriya Padigepati Lincoln Douglas Debate Total 76 speakers 13th Speaker

 

Posted by: kudos on Jul.14.2015 @ 8:34 am
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April 23rd, 2015. Elementary Tournament at La Salle High School in Pasadena. »

Kudos Great Showing in both Speech and Debate

La Salle High School tournament was highly anticipated by all Kudos elementary tournament candidates. A beautiful campus, food and drink for all students, parents, and coaches! Each contestant also got a beautiful T-shirt. But most of all, the organization was impeccable! All parents and students were delighted!

Konnie Duan and Henry Xu Impromptu First place
Evan Zhang Impromptu 5th place
Selina Ho Poetry 3rd place
Jaden Zhang Spar 4th place
Oscar Wang Spar 5th place
Natalie and Colin Ng Public Forum 2nd place
Ethan Chang and Aileen Wang Public Forum 3rd place
Joie Zhang and Rachel Wang Public Forum 4th place
Audwin Chang and Jaden Ip Public Forum 6th place

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Posted by: kudos on @ 8:23 am
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2014 – 2015 Tournament Overview »

2014 November 8th

Principios Invitationals Tournament 

Storytelling:​

(3rd-12th grades)

1st: Joie Zhang

2nd : Selina Ho

6th : Katharine Lam

SPAR:

2nd : Konnie Duan

3rd : Joie Zhang

4th : Brian Feng

5th : Oscar Wang

6th : Mingyu Liu

Impromptu (6th-8th grade category)

2nd  Place Shriya Padegepati

 Congress (6th-8th grade category)

2nd  Place Shriya Padegepati

2014 December 4th

Roosevelt Elementary School  Tournament.

Public Forum

1st place  Natalie Wang and Colin Ng

3rd  place  Joie Zhang  and Katharine Lam

4th  place  Audwin Chang and Jaden Ip

5th  place  Konnie Duan and Rachel Wang

6th  place  Ethan Chang and Aileen Wan

 Public Forum TC team

(The Girls from Temple City Campus : Katharine Lam, Joie Zhang, Konnie Duan and Rachel Wang)

Public Forum on Stage

(Our Public Forum Warriors  : Natalie Wang and Colin Ng on stage)

Storytelling :

10th  Moses Lee

Poetry :

5th  Charleen Chen

Spar :

1st  place Aaron Zhang

2nd  place Jaden Zhang

3rd  place Mingyu Liu

4th  place Henry Xu

7th  place Oscar Wang

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2014, December 6th

La Reina SCJFL Holiday Debate

LD

3rd     Kelly Wong

4th    Shriya Padigepati

5th    Justin Jiang

10th   Courtney Chan

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(The Fearless team with Glorious trophies)

Public Forum :

2nd Michael Huang and Mei Johnson

3rd Christian Yang and Ryan Lee

5th Nanette Zhang and Emma Chen

8th Vincent Liu and Ian Chen

9th Merry Jiao and Aaron Fong

10th Thomas Chon and Sophie Lin

Speaker points (Among 64 competitive contestants)

3rd Speaker  Mei Johnson

9th Speaker   Eric Lu

10th Speaker Michael Huang

Posted by: kudos on Feb.23.2015 @ 5:05 pm
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