Kudos News for March 2013 三月 南加初中演講辯論賽 Kudos持續稱霸
This March featured our third middle school league tournaments of the year. Debate was held at Sierra Vista Prep in Orange County, on Saturday the 22nd. The tournament offered Public Forum debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, and Policy Debate. Public forum saw a large field of 40 entries (80 speakers), and LD was quite well attended too, drawing almost 30 entries. And while few teams entered policy, the level of the debate was quite high.
The Kudos squad in all events entered the tournament confident in both their abilities and level of preparation. The results affirmed that confidence.
Here we see 6 of our 8 PF student winners. From left to right, we have Nora and Raymond, Caty and Victor, and Jack and Jenny. The fifth and seventh place teams from other schools are also pictured here.
In Public Forum, Kudos achieved remarkable results, taking 6 of the 8 trophy winning spots: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 8th. The complete list of Kudos PF winners follows:
| Jerry Wang (w/ Joey) | 1st place | Trophy (1st of 80 in speaker points) |
| Joseph Kiang (w/ Jerry) | 1st place | Trophy |
| Jax Rounds (w/ Alex) | 2nd place | Trophy (6th of 80 in speaker points) |
| Alex Zhao (w/ Jax) | 2nd place | Trophy (3rd of 80 in speaker points) |
| Cicily Deng (w/ Kelly) | 3rd place | Trophy |
| Kelly Wong (w/ Cecily) | 3rd place | Trophy |
| Raymond Cu (w/ Nora) | 4th place | Trophy |
| Nora Sharp (w/ Raym.) | 4th place | Trophy |
| Caty Szeto (w/ Victor) | 6th place | Trophy |
| Victor Luo (w/ Caty) | 6th place | Trophy |
| Jack Li (w/ Jenny) | 8th place | Trophy (4th of 80 in speaker points) |
| Jenny Li (w/ Jack) | 8th place | Trophy (10th of 80 in speaker points) |
Kudos teams take down the top four spots! Shown here, from left to right: Jerry and Joey, Alex and Jax, Kelly and Cicily, and Nora and Raymond.
In Lincoln Douglas debate, earned 3 of the 8 trophy winning spots, including 4th, 5th, and 6th place:
Audrey Lam
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4th place | Trophy (5th of 29 in speaker points) |
| Stanley Yu | 5th place | Trophy (3rd of 29 in speaker points) |
| Victor Qin | 6th place | Trophy (8th of 29 in speaker points) |
Victor, Stanley, and Audrey stand proudly with their hardware.
In Policy debate, Kudos teams took home all of the trophies, winning 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places:
| Kirk Wu (w/ Eric) | 1st place | Trophy |
| Eric Choi (w/ Kirk) | 1st place | Trophy |
| Melinda Wang (w/ Sally) | 2nd place | Trophy |
| Sally Kang (w/ Melinda) | 2nd place | Trophy |
| Natalie Wang (w/ Ben) | 3rd place | Trophy |
| Benjamin Yeh (w/ Nat) | 3rd place | Trophy |
Kirk, Natalie, Melinda, and Sally are all shown here celebrating their success in Policy debate.
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Later that week, our speech competitors traveled to Nicolas to participate in the league Early Spring 2013 speech tournament.
Here we see Jessica delivering an impromptu speech
We brought a fairly small team to this event, but our kids proved up to the challenge, as Kudos earned three trophies:
Jessica Lin – 3rd place – Impromptu Speaking
Joey Kiang – 2nd place – Impromptu Speaking
Melinda Guo – 2nd place – Humorous Interpretation
Melinda proudly holds her 2nd place trophy for HI.
Joey and Jessica are pleased by their success in impromptu.
Noble Kudos warriors!
