Congratulations to our 2021-2022 tournament teams on a year well done!

The weekend of April 16th saw our students compete in their final online league tournament for the competitive year.
All debaters have battled difficult topics, strong opponents, and late nights of research throughout the year and every one should be proud of the efforts they put in.
Speech and Debate is an incredibly difficult and advanced activity to be involved in at a young age.
I encourage all debaters to continue on their personal speaking journey with the same strength and effort they put in this year.

We attended the 4th Quarter National Online Forensics League tournament that saw participation from high school, middle school, and elementary school divisions.
In Lincoln Douglas, Yanzi Feng broke to the final rounds and received a Silver Medal. Well done! For Public Forum, Celina Zhou received 1st place speaker award! Congratulations!
In Congress, Evelyn, Sanju, Tim, Serena, Anne and Larry made it to final and placed in Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively.

For placements, Jerry Zhang & Ethan Dong and Claire Liu & Joyce Zhang received Silver Medals.
Finally, Celina Zhou & Belle Huang and Yuna Wu & Claire Chen were awarded Gold Medals! Huge Congratulations!
All debaters tackled difficult and advanced topics, developing their skills as researchers and speakers. Everyone should feel proud of making it through all the tournaments this year.

Finally, Kudos would like to thank all the parents for your continued support of your children! They couldn’t do it without you. For all debaters going to TOC, continue to get rest and we will work hard over the coming weeks. To all debaters, have a great summer!

*Places for this tournament were measured in Silver/Gold medal, Gold indicated being in a top room/won finals, Silver indicating a break into the final round.*