Kudos News for June 2012 – Public Forum National Champions!!
June 2012:
June brought the Kudos middle school team its biggest challenge yet, as our noble warriors traveled to Indianapolis to compete against the best teams in the country at the NJFL National Tournament. At a tournament like this, where 69 schools attend, and each event has nearly 100 entries, even a single finalist is quite an accomplishment. Kudos students achieved beyond even our most optimistic hopes. Joanna Hua and Natham Lam won the National Championship in Public Forum Debate. Additionally,our team earned 2 top 6 finishes (finalists) in Original Oratory and Congressional Debate, 2 additional semi-finalist awards in Original Oratory, 1 octafinalist award in Public Forum Debate, and a quarterfinalist in Prose. All this resulted in Kudos earning one of only three coveted Overall School of Excellence awards. The other two schools so awarded were both large private schools with big teams and long pedigrees of success.
● Overall School of Excellence Trophy (Awarded to the best three schools at the 2012 NFL National Speech & Debate Tournament).
● Public Forum National Champions – 1st place Nathan Lam and Joanna Hua
● Original Oratory – 5th place Melinda Guo
● Original Oratory – Semi-Finalists Victor Li and Jerry Wang
● Congressional Debate – 6th Place Nathan Lam, and Semi-Finalist Philip Chen
● Public Forum – Octafinalists Kirk Wu and Jerry Wang
● Prose – Quarterfinalist Melinda Guo
Photo: Kudos College of Youth Leadership participated in 2012 U.S. National Junior Forensic League Speech and Debate Tournament. Twelve contestants and the coach stood behind eleven trophies and plaques. They are: (back row from left) Jerry Wang, Philip Chen, Jeffery Jen, George Hou, Scott Wheeler (coach), Nathan Lam, Johnson Li, Kevin Huang, Kirk Wu, Victor Li, (front row, from left) Caty Szeto, Joanna Hua, and Melinda Guo.
