Nine-hundred, sixty-eight students from seventy schools attended the Santa Clara University Philalethic Invitational during the last weekend in March.

Ten Kudos students were among them—most were middle school students competing in fields of nearly exclusively high school students.

Despite this, Kudos students managed to earn recognition. In varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, Nikhil Navare reached the doubles round (top 32), and Braden Wong won Championship in congressional debate.

Nikhil Navare Varsity LD Doubles (top 32)
Braden Wong Congressional Debate Championship

3月10號，所有小學進階班的學生一致參與了位於Haddon 小學所舉辦的小學演講辯論邀請賽， 共有60位選手同台競賽，而來自核桃市和爾灣校區的學生家長更是熱烈出席，不只全程陪伴每位學生，更一起體驗了這次比賽的激烈。

在即席辯論的部分，參賽者眾， 競爭十分激烈與漫長。但爾灣校區四年級的Zhian Xu， 憑著清晰邏輯與機智反應，比賽過程充分利用事實與數據，加上大方的態度，因此第一次比賽就奪冠，讓指導老師與家長均喜出望外。
同班同學Ava Ye與核桃校區的Franklin Zhu則並列第二。
Franklin Zhu於去年第一次比賽也是奪冠，這次繼續保持前三名的好成績，相當難得。

即席辯論排名如下:
第一名:Zhian Xu
第二名:Ava Ye 和 Franklin Zhu
第四名:Alisha Zhao
第六名:Vivian Lu
第八名:Victoria Fang
第九名:Sidney Tsai

在即席演講這項目，每位學生在比賽前三分鐘才得知題目， 並得在有限的準備時間內迅速整理思緒，並立刻上台做演說，因此可謂是所有演講辯論的項目裡面難度最高的。
來自天普市的Katelyn Gan 人小志氣高， 雖才四年級，但完全不怯場，儀態大方， 說話振振有詞， 連續三回合都奪得評審青睞，最後抱走第一名獎盃。

即席演講排名如下:
第二名:Justin Chen
第三名:Bryan Gao
第四名:Kameron Pham
第五名:Ethan Wang
第六名:Nicole Wang
第七名:Lorraine Wu

讓我們一起祝賀所有入圍得獎的學生，更感謝每位家長對 Kudos 教學的肯定，相信這次比賽已提供孩子一次非常好的觀摩機會與學習經驗，讓我們鼓勵孩子繼續學習，繼續成長，朝未來的領袖之路邁進。

One-hundred, thirty-six students from eleven schools attended the third quarter SCJFL debate tournament at La Salle High school.

In policy debate, Matthew Zhang and George Zhang and Caleb Lee and Eric Gao were tournament co-champions. Both had perfect 4-0 records. Eric was top speaker, with George receiving second speaker and Caleb third.

In public forum debate, Margaret Li and Nathan Chu were named one of five finalists by virtue of having a 4-1 record. Emma Chen and Nanette Zhang and Lydia Fraser and William Chang were among the ten teams to clear to round five.

William received 4th speaker, Emma 8th speaker, and Lydia 10th.

In Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate, Aaron Zhang was named a finalist by virtue of having a 4-1 record. He was also 7th speaker.

Caleb Lee CX w/ Eric 1st
Eric Gao CX w/ Caleb 1st
George Zhang CX w/ Matthew 1st
Matthew Zhang CX w/ George 1st
Eric Gao CX 1st speaker
George Zhang CX 2nd speaker
Caleb Lee CX 3rd speaker
Margaret Li PF w/ Nathan Finalist (top 6)
Nathan Chu PF w/ Margaret Finalist (top 6)
Emma Chen PF w/ Nanette Broke to r5 (top 10)
Nanette Zhang PF w/ Emma Broke to r5 (top 10)
Lydia Fraser PF w/ William Broke to r5 (top 10)
William Chang PF w/ Lydia Broke to r5 (top 10)
Lydia Fraser PF 10th speaker
Emma Chen PF 8th speaker
William Chang PF 4th speaker
Aaron Zhang LD Finalist (top 8)
Aaron Zhang LD 7th speaker

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One-hundred, fifty-five students from forty-five schools and five states attended the USC Damus Spring Trojan Championships at USC this past weekend.

Thirteen Kudos students were among them—most were middle school students competing in fields of nearly exclusively high school students.

Despite this, Kudos students managed to earn recognition.

In junior varsity Lincoln-Douglas debate, Ethan Chang reached the semifinal round (top 4), and Raymond Mo reached the partial quarterfinal round (top 5). Five other Kudos students finished with three wins or more.

In varsity policy debate, Caleb Lee was ninth place speaker and Eric Gao was tenth place speaker, in a very competitive field.

Ethan Chang Junior Varsity LD Semifinalist (top 4)
Raymond Mo Junior Varsity LD Partial quarters (top 5)
Caleb Lee Varsity CX 9th Speaker
Eric Gao Varsity CX 10th Speaker

Just after one year’s training in a speech and debate overview course in Kudos Communication Pro class, Jannelle Liu decided to follow her passion in Speech, joined Kudos Speech Team, and went full force into competition in September of 2016.

As a ninth-grader she is now also a member of her high school Speech Club where she got opportunities to hone her skills, too. Before the holiday season came along, she had already won three awards: Second Place in Novice Expository at Cypress College Invitational, Third Place in Novice Informative at Cal State Fullerton fall tournament, and a Finalist trophy from 2016 Bargain Belt in Expository Speaking.

Great showing, Jannelle, keep it up! (Jannelle posed with her proud Kudos teacher, Ms. Green.)

220 debaters from thirty schools competed on December 10th at the 2016 Cypress College High School Invitational Tournament.

Twenty-seven Kudos students were among them. Coaches Mr.Perez and Mr. R were present to support our students.

In novice Lincoln-Douglas (LD) debate, ninth grader Jiwon Chae reached the semifinal round (top 4), and seventh grader Ethan Chang reached the quarterfinal round (top 8). Ethan was also fourth speaker. In novice Public Forum (PF) debate, the sixth grade team of Margaret Li and Nathan Chu and the eighth grade team of Emma Chen and Nanette Zhang both reached the quarterfinal round (top 8). Nanette was also sixth speaker. Also receiving speaker awards from Kudos were Elise Kwon and Ivan Lin.

This was a very impressive showing for Kudos considering they were competing against high school students.

Congratulations to all Kudos students!

Ethan Chang Novice LD Quarters – Top 8
Ethan Chang Novice LD 4th Speaker
Jiwon Chae Novice LD Semis – Top 4
Margaret Li Novice PF (with Nathan) Quarters – Top 8
Nathan Chu Novice PF (with Margaret) Quarters – Top 8
Elise Kwon Novice PF 9th Speaker
Ivan Lin Novice PF 10th Speaker
Nanette Zhang Novice PF (with Emma) Quarters – Top 8
Emma Chen Novice PF (with Nanette) Quarters – Top 8
Nanette Zhang Novice PF 6th Speaker