On Nov. 12th, 2016, half of our Kudos debaters received awards at Riverside STEM School Public Forum Classic Tournament! Forty students from six schools attended the Riverside STEM Middle School Public Forum Classic at Riverside STEM Academy in Riverside.

The tournament awarded trophies to the top eight teams. William Chang and Benny Tong received third place. All Kudos teams finished with 3-3 records or better.

(Benny and William receiving trophies)

Just missing out on a trophy on tiebreakers were Elise Kwon and Margaret Li, who finished in sixth place. Lydia Fraser and Emma Chen finished in eighth place, Grace Jin and Abigail Fang finished in ninth place, and Nathan Chu and Ivan Lin finished in eleventh place.

(Nathan and Ivan)

(Nathan, Ivan and Coach Wheeler)

The tournament recognized the top ten speakers with medals and half (!) of Kudos students in attendance were recognized. Lydia was fourth speaker, Benny sixth speaker, Emma seventh speaker, Grace eighth speaker, and Abigail ninth speaker.

(Abigail receiving her medal)

Congratulations to all Kudos students who participated!