4/15/2023 The Last SCJFL Speech Tournament

The last In-Person Speech Tournament was held at Jefferson Midle School in San Gabriel on Friday, April 15. Six Kudos students competed in Open Impromptu. After a solid five hours and three rounds, Betty Chen, Kaylee Lu, and Paxton Kim-Tang broke into Finals.

In the final placements, Kaylee Lu won Fourth Place, Paxton Kim-Tang won Third Place, and Betty Chen won Second Place.

Huge congrats and applause to all of them for their hard work work throughout the year. The Speech Team coach, Mrs. Kalmus, was extremely proud of their growth and willingness to aim high, not giving up, and, most importantly, appreciated parental support.

This April tournament also conluded this year’s training season and we look forward to seeing them back again in the Fall.

Here are some behind-the-scenes winner’s photos and bloopers!

4/8/2023 是本學年第四次也是最後一次的校際辯論比賽, 教練與學生全部嚴陣以待, 教練不斷訓話,
叮嚀一定要努力到最後一刻, 豪不鬆懈!

由於這周比完賽後就開始放暑假了, 所以每位學生把握最後一次參賽機會盼得獎, 為一整年的訓練
畫下一個美好的句點, 比賽4回合下來, 加上兩個半準決賽與決賽, 到晚間7點鐘, 比賽結果終於出驢:
以下為完整得獎名單~

恭喜Karina Yue and Katherine Duan 獲得比次比賽公共論壇項目冠軍!!

Audrey Huang 獲得國會辯論冠軍!!

Karina and Katherine已是老搭檔, 兩人默契十足, 一舉拿下大會冠軍

這次比賽成績亮眼, 讓家長們都直呼感動與得來不易, 平日訓練相當辛苦, 時間與投入的心血相當多
, 也有一些第一次到前10名的學生像是6年級的Matthew Lee 和一樣是6年級的Alexander Lee更是難
得.

另外像是LD項目的Lacie Zhou母親和校長分享這一年Lacie的成長進步相當大, 在Kudos所學習的理性
思考與做Research的能力, 特別是理性思考這塊, 真的是幫助學校課業許多

特別一提來自北加州的Michelle Zhang 今年每次比賽都進前3名並時常獲得個人演說獎, 整體比賽
成績相當一致, 是位難得一見沉穩又認真的學生, 相當期待她明年的表現!

Phil Historian Results 2023

Even though it was Kudos’ spring break, the congressional debate team spent extra time last week to compete at the Philhisorian Middle School and High School Championships. Six students went to an extra practice and spent time competing at this tournament hosted by Santa Clara University. This tournament was unique in that they divided middle school congress into two divisions: varsity, and novice. Our competitors came out victorious, with five of our six students advancing to the final round.

All of our students deserve praise for earning a 1st place ranking from at least one judge during the tournament. Special shoutouts to Joshua Qiu for his first 1st of the year. Additionally, all six students ranked top five in prelims on the ballot from their parliamentarian. This is particularly special, because parliamentarians give rankings on all three rounds combined, rather than just one individual round. Ethan Li, John Dong and Michelle Pan also should be applauded for getting a 1st place ranking from at least HALF of the ten judges who saw their debates. Michelle did particularly well, by almost picket fencing (where a student gets all 1st place ranks) in prelims (her only non-1st was a 2nd place ranking. Congratulations are due for John, Michelle Cheng, and Michelle Pan, who AVERAGED a rank of 2nd place amongst the ten judges that evaluated their performances (including finals). Both Michelles’, Ethan, John and Edwin Jiao also were ranked top five by every of the seven judges that saw them in the preliminary rounds. John and the Michelle’s continued this trend even throughout their final round.

Of the 60 ballots that our students received at this tournament, a whopping 90% (54) of those ballots ranked our students inside the top eight. Cheers to John and Michelle Cheng for breaking at a non-league tournament for the very first time. They both were top three in their division, with John being named tournament champion. Kudos was the only school in their division to have two students in the top eight, let alone the top three. In the varsity division, Kudos had the 2nd most finalists with Ethan taking 11th, Edwin taking 9th and Michelle Pan being named the runner up champion. Great Job Kudos!!

Philhistorian Results

Hello Kudos family!

Kudos found great success this weekend at the SCJFL Tournament 3 across three debate events.

In Congress Edwin Jiao placed 14th, Annie Zhao placed 13th, John Dong placed 10th, Michelle Pan placed 7th, Ethan Li placed 6th, Sanjana Chanumalla placed 5th, Audrey Huang placed 4th, and Haylee Fung placed 1st!

In Lincoln-Douglas speaker awards: Yuna Wu took 8th place, Arvin Xia took 6th place, William Lin took 5th place, Michelle Zhang took 4th place, Joyce Zhang took 3rd place, and Kaden Wong took first place!

For overall Lincoln-Douglas placements: Harry Chen took 6th place, Joyce Zhang took 5th place, Claire Chen took 3rd place, and Kaden Wong placed 1st!

In Public Forum speaker awards: Steven Wang placed 10th, Emma Chen placed 9th, Claire Xuan placed 8th, Howard Ying placed 7th, Melissa Yu placed 5th, and Evans Chen placed 1st!

For overall Public Forum placements: Kathleen Chen and Madeline Wong placed 7th and Eugene Dai and Steven Wang placed 4th!

Thank you to all students for your hard work and to all parents for your continued support!

3/10/2023
Kudos所有來自San Marino, Walnut, Irvine中學進階班的學生們參加了南加州演講辯論聯盟的比賽, 這些中學進階班的學生們是第一次正式參賽, 每位學生在集合時間都整裝完畢, , 準備將課堂所學發揮在比賽中, 由課堂教練帶領每一班完成每回合的賽事, 經過了5個小時, 3個回合的初賽, 終於來到了準決賽的名單:
恭喜以下所有得獎的學生們:

Open Impromptu:
5th place: Betty Chen – Speech team
13th place: Kaylee Lu – Speech team
15th place: Brandon Xu – Irvine level 2 student

Open Spar:
6th place: Angela Unayan – Walnut level 2 student
12th place: Rebecca Ho – San Marino level 2 student

Kudos辯論選手在史丹福大學邀請賽大放光芒!
在 2 月 11 日至 13 日的周末，Kudos 參加了全國最大型的中學演講和辯論賽之一，即第
37 屆年度史丹福大學演講和辯論邀請賽。比賽的特色是選手來自全美，甚至世界各地的
學生，今年包括中國大陸、台灣、加拿大、新加坡、印度、澳洲，都有代表參賽。這場比
賽在線上舉行，6 至 12 年級的學生參加了多個項目的比賽。Kudos在三種主要辯論項目
均獲得成功!

在初中林肯道格拉斯辯論賽中，Kudos 北加矽谷學生Michelle Zhang 在 55 名參賽者中晉
級八強賽（前 16 名），然後進入四強賽（前 8 名）。她還獲得了總個人演說獎第二名！
表現傑出。

在中學公共論壇辯論中，Kudos聖馬利諾校區二人組Kathleen Chen 和 Madeline Wong
從競爭激烈的 170隊 (340人) 參賽者中脫穎而出，晉級Triple Octo finals（前 50 名
）、double Octo finals（前 32 名）和八強賽（獲前 16 名）！在 340 名參賽者中，Kudos
爾灣校區的Steven Wang 勇奪個人演說獎第40名，Madeline 第43名、Kathleen第62名，他
們的努力成果令人印象深刻!

最後，總共52人參賽的國會辯論，選出參與決賽的12名之中，Kudos選手就佔了一半! 在
緊張與興奮的氣氛中，Kudos爾灣校區的Michelle Pan 獲得第 2 名，Audrey Huang 獲得
第 5 名，聖馬利諾校區的Zoey Luc 獲得第 6 名，遠從Fontana來聖馬利諾校區上課之
Hayley Fung獲第 8 名，爾灣Sanjana Chanumalla 第 10 名，Rancho Cucamonga 校區的Ethan Li
第 11 名! 涵括所有Kudos南加校區的六座國會辯論決賽獎，讓教練及隊友們都歡欣鼓舞！

這是一場為期多天的漫長體力賽，匯集了來自全美及亞澳各地的最佳選手。我們的許多其
他辯手也都已升至晉級邊緣，我們為所有在史丹福參加比賽的Kudos學生感到非常自豪。
期待在即將到來的肯塔基大學現場全國錦標賽中，以強勁的實力，完美結束本學年。

12/10/2022 Kudos Competed in the 2022 SCJFL Quarter 2 Middle School Debate Only Competition – Online
Here’s the result and ranking for this tournament.

​ Kudos青少年領袖才能專校 年度第一賽 再奪佳績
十月22日的週末 (兩週前) 是2022-23學年度, 由SCJFL (Southern California Junior Forensics League, 南加州初中演講辯論聯盟) 主辦之本學年度第一次線上辯論比賽, 共有14 個學校127位選手參賽!

雖然這個Kudos已是會員十二年的聯盟是南加州最大的演辯聯盟, 這兩年亦有北加州公私立學校慕名而來, 共襄盛舉, 使比賽更加激烈! 例如本次比賽的14 個學校中, 就有四家來自北加, 分佈於 Fremont, San Francisco, Dublin, 及Castro Valley. Kudos遇強則強, 整體成績非常亮眼, 在三大辯論項目中不但均進入決賽, 且有前三名的佳績!

國會辯論, Kudos可說是橫掃千軍, 包辦了前五名: Audrey Huang 獲得冠軍殊榮, Sanju Chanumalla 亞軍, Linda Jiang季軍, Edwin Jiao 第四, Michelle Cheng 第五. 另外, Ethan Li, Hayley Fung, 以及 Annie Zhao也進入決賽, 排名第八至第十. 值得欣喜的是Kudos新校區Rancho Cucamonga 自2018 年開辦以來已經看到開花結果, Edwin 與Ethan歷經基礎課、進階班進入辯論隊鍛鍊, 此次進入決賽, 未來更多佳績可期!

公共論壇辯論, 個人表現獎項大放光彩, 在58 位參賽學生中Karina Yue 獲得亞軍, Madeline Wong第六, Katherine Duan第七, Kathleen Chen第九! Kudos並有兩隊進入到決賽, 最後Katherine Duan and Karina Yue 獲得第六名, Kathleen Chen & Madeline Wong 獲得第九名.

林肯道格拉斯辯論不遑多讓，在個人表現與辯論項目都有耀眼的成績. Michelle Zhang在四十一位選手中，勇奪個人表現第一名, Yuna Wu 第七名! 辯論方面Yuna Wu 和 Jerry Zhang 均拿下六戰五勝的記錄，晉級決賽，最後Jerry Zhang 抱走第五名, Yuna Wu榮獲第九名!

Yuna and Jerry 去年都是公共論壇的老手，今年挑戰林肯辯論隊，是一個相當大的考驗。 兩位媽媽反饋孩子們今年做的準備更多，花的時間更長，但表現也大幅提升，十分欣慰！ 住在北加州矽谷頂尖學區Palo Alto 的 Michelle Zhang, 前兩學年專心致志於國會辯論，今年在林道辯論初試啼聲就奪冠，是Kudos 矽谷校區之光!

本學年第一場戰役成果，再次維持了Kudos青少年領袖才能專校十二年來，全美辯論前五名、南加最專業品牌的榮譽. Kudos致力於培養中小學生不可或缺的溝通與邏輯思考能力. 在南加州天普、爾灣、核桃、庫卡牧場四校區同時開課。歡迎家長諮詢: 626-286-6889.