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Daewon Debate Championship (January 8-9, 2022) 20 Middle School debate teams, 7 teams from Leaders Academy, Half of the teams made the break.
Points of Instigation (Jane Hahn, Michelle Ko & Molly Lee) Semifinalists, Michelle #4 Best Speaker
JER (Justin Lee, Roy Song & Eric Kim) Top Breaking Team, Quarterfinalists, Roy #3 Best Speaker
Vaccinators (Jennifer Choi, Lina Park & Yehee Jung) Quarterfinalists, Yehee #5 Best Speaker
Spear (Chaehwan Kim, Heejun Suh & Eugene Choi) Quarterfinalists

Yonsei Model United Nation (January 14-16, 2022) Yonsei University hosts one of the two largest MUN events of the year.
Hanna Lee won the BEST DELEGATE Award (1st Place) and the Position Paper Award
Chaehwan Kim won the Outstanding Delegate Award (2nd Place)

Korea University Model United Nations (January 21-23, 2022) Korea University hosts one of the two largest MUN events of the year.
Yoochul Kim won the BEST DELEGATE Award (1st Place) and the Position Paper Award
Hanna Lee won the Honorable Mention Award

Asia Schools Open (January 22-23, 2022) 120 debaters, 60 teams, 20 teams from Leaders Academy
Office (Jane Hahn & Michelle Ko) were Top Breaking U16 & U16 FINALISTS.
Lady Beetle (Alvin Song & Eve Lee) were Top Breaking Team & GRAND FINALISTS. Alvin Song was the Top Speaker
Carrot (Chaehwan Kim & Heejun Sir) and Bell (Jason Lee & Kaitlyn Song) were Quarterfinalists
Medal (Harry Jang & Chelsea Ji) and Coat (Daniel Nam & Hyunsik Jo) were U14 FINALISTS

CABP East Asia BP 2022 (January 29-30, 2022) 64 teams from across Asia, 9 teams from Leaders Academy, 8 teams advanced to elims.
Chadwick Chatterers (Jane Hahn & Melinda Kim) Top Breaking Junior team & JUNIOR CHAMPIONS.
SIS Socialists (Henry Hatridge & Jason Lee) GRAND FINALISTS, 3rd Breaking. Qualified to Cambridge. Henry & Jason tie for 6th Best Speaker. Jason is the Top Junior Speaker.
Busan (Antonio Navarro & Christina Oh) Semifinalists
Dwight for your right to party (Claire Ohk & Aaron Lee) Quarterfinalists, Claire Oh is the 5th Best Junior Speaker.
KIS Killjoys (Sean Kim & Arthur Park) Quarterfinalists. Arthur is the 6th Best Speaker.
Daegu (Annie Cho & Lewis Kim) Junior Semifinalists
NLCS ICYMI (Andy Zhang & Roy Song) Junior Semifinalists.
YISS Queens (Brooke Lai & Jaewon Choi) Junior Semifinalists.

YTN ES 2022 (February 12-13, 2022) 72 teams, 12 Leaders Academy teams. 96% success rate (1 loss) on day 2 against non-Leaders teams.
ARCHIVE (Sunny Hwang, Suri Kim, William Jo & Yoon Kim) Superb Team award (GRAND CHAMPIONS)
Agree to Disagree (Jion Choi, Jun Kim, Summer Lee & Yul Kim) Excellent (teams with just 1 loss on day 2) General team award
ArguMentals (Dana Moon, Diane Lim, Estelle Song, Lindsay Baik) Excellent General team, Estelle Best Speaker, Lindsay 5th Best Speaker
Deluminators Excellent (teams with just 1 loss on day 2) General team award
JAM (Brayden Jang, Grace Moon, Joahn Baek & Sian Jang) Excellent (teams with just 1 loss on day 2) EFL team awards,
Lumen (Daniel Kwon, Jason Jeong, Lucy Lee & Sanarae Kang) Excellent (teams with just 1 loss on day 2) General team award
The Miraculous (Chloe Kim, Jaehoon Jung, Josephine Kim & Sian Yoon) Excellent (teams with just 1 loss on day 2) General team award
Feasichampility (Daniel Choi, Paige Lee, Ricky Kim & Tommy Shin) Exceptional (team with 2 losing on day 2) EFL team award
Parliament (Daniel Nam, Hyunsik Jo, Jake Shin & Juhan Kim) Exceptional (team with 2 losing on day 2) General team award

China World Schools Debating Championship (February 18-20, 2022) 68 teams from across Asia, including 2 from Leaders Academy, both outperforming WSDC Korea A
Korea Emily & Friends (Emily Kim, Arthur Park & Taehoon Kim) broke 6th, Quarterfinalists
Leaders Academy Bundang (Ansu Lee, Claire Ohk, Christina Song, Jason Lee & Eve Lee) broke 9th, Pre-quarterfinalists

Korea School Debate Open (February 19-20, 2022) Hosted by KMLA students for MS debates, the Grand Finals was another Leaders v Leaders
Sheesh (Alvin Song, Jason Lee & Kaitlyn Song) CHAMPIONS. Top Speakers: #1 Jason Lee, #2 Alvin Song, #3 Kaitlyn Song
Debate Nons (Elliot Suh, Joseph Kang & Sean Chung) GRAND FINALISTS

International Parliamentary Debate Competition (February 19-20, 2022) 36 ES teams, 31 MS teams, 17 HS teams, 9 of 11 Leaders Academy teams advanced to elims
UP25 (Rowen Lee & Ryan Cho) 5th Breaking Novice & Novice Quarterfinalists
UP26 (Jeeyoo Kim & Sua Bae) 3rd Breaking Advanced & ADVANCED FINALISTS. Sua Bae won #1 ES Speaker
UP27 (Sian Jang & William Jo) 4th Breaking Novice & Novice Semifinalists
UP28 (Jion Choi & Summer Lee) 3rd Breaking Novice, Novice CHAMPIONS (ES)
MS27 (Alex Park & Chaehwan Kim) 1st Breaking Advanced & Advanced Quarterfinalists. Chaehwan Kim won #1 MS Speaker
MS29 (Irene Park & Yechan Jun) 3rd Breaking Novice & Novice CHAMPIONS (MS). Irene Park #5 MS speaker
MS30 (Chanseo Lee & Grace Jin) 4th Breaking Novice & Novice Semifinalists
HS15 (Abe Shin & Eve Lee) 2nd Breaking Advanced & ADVANCED FINALISTS (MS), Abe Shin #2 HS Speaker
HS16 (Kristina Kim & Eddie Choi) 2nd Breaking Novice & Novice CHAMPIONS (HS) Eddie Choi #2 HS Speaker

Oxford Schools East Asia (February 25-26, 2022) BP Tournament, 32 teams, 15 teams from Leaders Academy.
Chadwick Truce (Shirley Park & Yoojin Lee): 2nd breaking, CHAMPIONS. Shirley Park won the Top Speaker, Yoojin Lee #2 Speaker
APIS Hawks (Elliot Suh & Justin Suh) 4th Breaking & FINALISTS. Elliot was #6 U15 Speaker, Justin was #6 Speaker.
SIS Socialists (Henry Hatridge & Jason Lee) were #1 breaking team & Semifinalists. Jason and Henry tied for #6 Speakers
KIS JCCK (Christina Kim & Jayden Choe) 7th breaking & Semifinalists. Jayden was #3 Speaker.
Dulwich Cuties (Andrea Kim & Christina Song) 6th breaking & Semifinalists
Chadwick Chatterers (Jane Hahn & Melinda Kim) 10th breaking & Pre-Semifinalists. Jane & Melinda tied for #8 U15 Speakers
YISS Blue (Brooke Lai & Jaewon Choi) 9th breaking & Pre-Semifinalists. Brooke was #2 U15 Speaker & #6 overall. Jaewon was #6 U15 Speaker
Dwight Schrute (Jihoon Shin & Eric Kim) 12th breaking & Pre-Semifinalists
KIS Blue (Chris Lee & David Park) U15 5th breaking & U15 CHAMPIONS. Chris Lee was #3 U15 Speaker, David Park was #8 U15 Speaker
YMS Tempest (Heejun Sir & Kevin Ahn) U15 1st breaking, U15 FINALISTS, TOP ESL TEAM. Heejun #2 ESL Speaker
SIS Debate Nons (Joseph Kang & Sean Sangmyung Chung) U15 FINALISTS. Sean was the Top U15 Speaker, Joseph was #3 U15 Speaker.
Seocho Pioneers (Alex Park & Harry Jang) U15 4th breaking & U15 Pre-Finalists

Asian Online Debating Championship (March 4-6, 2022) 79 teams from across Asia, 2 from Leaders Academy & both advanced.
Kritik (Bill Cho, Chaehwan Kim & Heejun Sir) 2nd breaking Junior & Junior Semifinalist.
Dokdo (Donnie Han, Jason Shin & Roy Song) 8th breaking Junior & Junior Quarterfinalist.

East Asia Round Robin (March 19, 2022) Middle School teams from China, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam competed. 3 Leaders teams
Leaders Academy Busan (Annie Cho, Antonio Navarro & Christina Oh) CHAMPIONS. Christina was Top Speaker, Annie was #3 Speaker and Antoniao was #4 Speaker.
Leaders Academy Bundang (Chanseo Lee, Grace Jin, Irene Park & Yechan Jun) undefeated in preliminary rounds, Grace was #2 Speaker.
Leaders Academy Daechi (Alex Park, Chaehwan Kim, Eugene Choi & Heejun Sir) undefeated in preliminary rounds

International Competition for Young Debaters East Asia (March 26-27, 2022) 44 Teams, 5 teams from Leaders Academy, 2 of which qualified to compete at Oxford.
YISS Queens (Jaewon Choi & Brooke Lai) GRAND CHAMPIONS, Brooke Lai is the best speaker in the final
KIS Phoenix (Chris Lee & David Park): 6th breaking, Semifinalists, Qualified to compete at Oxford for ICYD
Chadwick Chatterers (Jane Hanh & Melinda Kim) 4th breaking, Quarterfinalists, Qualified to compete at Oxford for ICYD
SIS Jasons (Jason Shinheng Lee & Jason Shin) & Chadwick Dolphins (Jennifer & Yoonjin Lee) Quarterfinalists

Prague Spring (April 9-12, 2022) 81 teams, many of which were WSDC team and 3 teams from Leaders Academy,
Eastern Aggression (Brooke Lai, Christina Kim, Jayden Choe & Michelle Ko) Octofinalists

World Individuals Debating & Public Speaking Championship (April 9-10 & 16-17, 2022) Hundreds of students from around the globe compete in three speaking events and debate
Ansu Lee & Arthur Park were AFTER DINNER FINALISTS.

International Competition for Young Debaters (April 23-24, 2022) 52 teams (104 speakers) from across the globe competed at Oxford & online, 2 Leaders teams
KIS Phoenix (Chris Lee & David Park): Top Team from Korea, # 7 Newcomer team

Korea Nationals Debate Championship (April 23-24, 2022) 22 teams with all five Leaders teams advancing and comprising 2/3 of the top 20 speakers.
Chocolate Bar (Alvin Song, Jason Shinheng Lee & Yoojin Lee) had a rocky prelims, but perfect elims as GRAND CHAMPIONS
Paperclip (Brooke Lai, Jaewon Choi & Michelle Ko) Semifinalists. Brooke was Top Speaker & Top MS Speaker, Michelle was #5 Speaker & #3 MS, Jaewon was #10 Speaker & #7 MS
Performing Arts (Avy Lee, Connie Han & Eric Kim) Semifinalists. Avy & Eric tied for 6th best speaker & 4th best MS speaker. Connie was 10th best speaker & 7th best MS speaker.
Backpack (Hanna Lee, Judy Kim & Kaiden Shin) and Ant (David Park, Jaewon Shin & Mandy Shin) were Quarterfinalists.

Junior National Championship (April 30-May 1, 2022) 22 teams, 7 from Leaders. The sponsor was announced the night before the event, SNT. Shady.
Thermometer (Jion Choi, Jun Kim & Yul Kim) were U10 CHAMPIONS
Potato (Estelle Song, Sian Chang & Summer Lee) were FINALISTS, Estelle Song was Top Speaker, Sian Chang & Summer Lee tied for #3 Speaker
Corn (Hailey Kim, Josephine Lee & Sua Bae) were Quarterfinals

Shanghai Public Speaking and Debate Championship (May 21-22, 2022) 17 teams from across Asia, 6 teams from Leaders Academy. The Finals was Leaders vs Leaders.
Leaders Queens (Brooke Lai, Eve Lee & Michelle Ko) were GRAND CHAMPIONS
Leaders Kings (Kaiden Shin, Heejun Sir & Elliot Suh) were first breaking and GRAND FINALISTS

World Scholar’s Cup (June 1, 2022) Teams from across Korea competed in this event to qualify to compete overseas.
NLCS Stars (Jay Jung, Sharon Jung & Lynn Kim) 1st Debate, 1st Writing, 1st Scholar’s Challenge & SEOUL ROUND OVERALL CHAMPIONS. Qualified to Global Championship
Jay Jung: Debating Champion (1st Place) Writing Champion (1st Place) Scholar’s Challenge Special Areas Champion (1st Place) Overall Student

Australasia Interschool Debating Championship (June 4-5, 2022) 28 teams from across Australasia, 6 teams from Leaders Academy, with 5 of them advancing
Leaders Ace (Arthus Park & Sean Kim) 4th breaking & FINALISTS. Arthur Park tied for #10 Speaker
Leaders Queens (Brooke Lai & Jaewon Choi) 1st breaking & Semifinalists. Brooke Lai & Jaewon Choi tied for #2 Speaker
Leaders Jacks (Henry Hatridge & Jason Lee) 5th breaking & Semifinalists. Jason Lee tied for #10 Speaker
Leaders Kings (Heejun Sir & Chaehwan Kim) 6th breaking & Semifinals. Heejun Sir tied for #10 Speaker
Leaders Tens (Christina Kim & Jayden Choe) 10th breaking & Pre-Semifinalists. Jayden Choi tied for #10 Speaker

Red Dot Open Online Debate Championship (June 10-12, 2022) 49 teams included WSDC team, 6 teams from Leaders Academy, 4 in the top half
Leaders Nutmeg (Henry Hatridge, Shirley Park & Yoojin Lee) 8th breaking & Semifinalists. #8 Henry Hatridge, #19 Yoojin Lee,
Leaders Chili (Alvin Song Jason Shinheng Lee, Kaitlyn Song & Alvin Song): Quarterfinalists
Other Top 20 speakers: #3 Claire Oh, #17 Michelle Ko, #20 Jaewon Choi
Red Dot Junior Tournament of Championship (July 2-3, 2022) Elementary teams from China, Korea and Singapore competed, 2 teams from Leaders Academy
Leaders Academy Daechi (Estelle Song, Sian Chang & Jacob Seong) were GRAND CHAMPIONS. Jacob Seong Top Speaker, Estelle Song & Sian Chang tied for #2 Speaker
Leaders Academy Bundang (Jaehoon Jung, Sean Lee & Suri Kim) were Semifinalists. Sean Lee tied for #2 Speaker, Jaehoon Jung was #5 Speaker & Suri Kim was #6 Speaker

Asia World Schools (July 2-3, 2022) 94 teams (58 qualified as U16), 4 from Leaders Academy. 273 debaters, 12 from Leaders Academy
Leaders Queens (Jane Hahn, Michelle Ko & Molly Lee) were top-breaking U16 & U16 CHAMPIONS. Michelle Ko was the U16 Finals Best Speaker.
Leaders Aces (Alex Yang, Kevin Kim & Shayla Hwang) were Octofinalists.

Australasian Elementary Round Robin Open (July 17, 2022) Teams from Australia, China and Korea (2 from Leaders) competed in this elementary school event
Leaders Presidents (Aiden Lee, Claire Na & Jaehoon Jung) undefeated in prelims and GRAND CHAMPIONS.

Asia Junior Debate Championships (July 23-24, 2022) 34 elementary teams from across Asia, 5 teams from Leaders Academy
Plug (Diane Lim, Jaehoon Jung & Sean Lee) were Quarterfinalists. Jaehoon Jung & Sean Lee tied for #10 Speaker. Diane Lim was #20 Speaker.
Unicorn (Daniel Kwon, Erin Kim & Sua Bae) broke first in prelims and were Quarterfinalists. Sua Bae was the Top Speaker. Erin Kim #4 Speaker & Daniel Kwon #8 Speaker.

World Schools Debate Open (July 30-31, 2022) 67 teams (19 were WSDC teams), 5 teams were from Leaders Academy
Leaders Queens (Eve Lee, Jane Hahn, Michelle Ko & Molly Lee) broke 6th and were Semifinalists
Leaders Rooks (Alvin Park, Isabella Park & Kaitlyn Song) broke 16th and were Quarterfinalists
Leaders Bishops (Connie Han, Gunhee Lee, Hanna Lee & Melinda Kim) broke 4th and were Octofinalists
Leaders Kings (Chaehwan Kim, Heejun Sir & Sean Chung) broke 9th and were Octofinalists
Leaders Knights (Abe Shin, Ansu Lee, Arthur Park, Claire Ohk & Sean Kim) broke 11th and were Octofinalists
  
International Scholastic Debating Championship (August 6-7, 2022) 24 Senior teams, 3 teams from Leaders Academy; 25 Junior teams, 5 teams from Leaders Academy
Leaders Education (Jion Choi, Sua Bae & Summer Lee) were JUNIOR CHAMPIONS.
Leaders Life (Bertilla Kim, Eunice Lee & Jiah Hwang) were Quarterfinalists

Sichuan Online Public Speaking Competition (August 7, 2022) Students from across Asia (5 from Leaders Academy) performed speeches in a variety of formats
Sia Yun: 1st Place Oratory
Judy Kim: 1st Place Storytelling

YTN-HUFS MS Championship (August 20-21, 2022) 45 General Teams & 19 EFL Teams competed in Korea’s largest Middle School Debate Tournament
Spiciest Mala flavor (Amy Kim, Evie Lee & Junwoo Lim) were GRAND FINALISTS
SheEeesh (Alvin Song, Jason Lee & Kaitlyn Song) were Quarterfinalists
YISS Queens (Brooke Lai, Jaewon Choi & Michelle Ko) were Octofinalists
CNS (Claire Lee, Derrick Kim & Kevin Kim, Claire Lee) were Octofinalists
Majority of Top Five Speakers: Top Speaker Heejun Sir, #3 Speaker Chaehwan Kim, #4 Speaker Amy Kim

Asia Schools Open (August 27-28, 2022) 92 teams (184 debaters) and 4 teams were from Leaders Academy
Food Ute (Brooke Lai & Jaewon Choi) were U15 CHAMPIONS. Brooke Lai was the Top U13 Speaker.
House (Connie Han & Heejun Sir) were GRAND FINALISTS
Supervillain (Michelle Ko, Jane Hahn) were Quarterfinalists. Michelle Ko was the Top Korean Speaker & #9 Speaker overall.

Asia Schools Debating Championship (August 27-28 & September 3-4, 2022) 51 teams, 2 teams from Leaders Academy, a tournament so big that it took up two weekends
Leaders Laugh Last (Claire Lee, Estelle Park, Roy Song) were Semifinalists

Korea Nationals-BP (September 24-25, 2022) 20 Teams competed from across Korea in this BP event, all eight Leaders teams advanced.
Peace Dove (Jane Hahn & Michelle Ko) broke 1st in Main and were TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS. Jane Hahn & Michelle Ko tied for 7th best speaker.
Cool Square (Jion Choi & Summer Lee) broke 2nd in U14 and were U14 CHAMPIONS.
Broken Heart (Connie Han & Jaewon Choi) broke 2nd in Main and were FINALISTS. Connie Han was the Top Speaker. Jaewon Choi was #6.
Mantelpiece (Clare Park & Paul Kim) broke 3rd in U16 and were U16 FINALISTS.
Doughnut (Colin Choi & Ian Cho) broke 1st in U14 and were U14 FINALISTS.
Cosplay (Mandy Shin & Noah Kim) broke 4th in U14 and were U14 FINALISTS.
Plug (Yechan Jeon & Yoon Kim) broke 6th in Main and were Semifinalists.
Hear No Evil (Jay Yoo & Sean Lee) broke 8th in Main and were Semifinalists.

Australasian Elementary Round Robin Open #2 (October 2, 2022) 6 elementary teams, 2 each from Australia, China & Korea competed in this quarterly event
Leaders Prime Ministers (Darby Chae, Serena Jung & Uchan Seo) were CHAMPIONS. Serena Jung was the Top Finals Speaker.
Leaders Presidents (Avery Nam, Juhan Kim & Suri Kim) finished in third place. Suri Kim was Top Korean Speaker.

EARR 5 (October 15, 2022) 11 teams, 3 teams from Leaders Academy, 33 debaters
Leaders Paper (Erin Kim, Minnie Kim & Noah Kim) broke 2nd and were FINALISTS.
Leaders Scissors (Dongyoon Kim, Claire Lee & Mandy Shin) broke 1st and were Semifinalists.
Majority of Top Five Speakers: #2 Speaker Minnie Kim, #3 Speakers Erin Kim & Bella Kim, #5 Speaker Claire Lee

International Debating Championship (Fall Fridays, 2022) There were Primary (ES), Junior (MS) & Senior (HS) divisions. 3 of 4 Leaders teams broke. Leaders Primary (Jion Choi, Jun Kim & Yul Kim) broke 1st as the only undefeated team & were PRIMARY CHAMPIONS. Top 20 ES Speakers: Jion 3rd, Yul 7th & Jun 10th.
Leaders Senior (Alberto Lee, Kaiden Shin & Melinda Kim) broke 2nd & were SENIOR GRAND FINALISTS. Top 20 HS speakers: Melinda 7th & Alberto 14th.
Leaders Phoenix (Aiden Ko, Ethan An & Jayden Cho) broke 6th & were Senior Quarterfinalists. Top 20 HS speakers: Ethan & Jayden tied for 14th.

World Schools Debate League (Fall Wednesdays, 2022) 38 teams from across Asia competed in this WSDC event
KIS (Chris Lee, Ethan An, Jayden Choe & Sean Kim) broke 5th & were Semifinalists.
YISS (Ansu Lee, Claire Lee, Jaewon Choi & Michelle Ko) broke 2nd & were Semifinalists.
NLCS Jeju (Alvin Song, Kevin Kim & Roy Song) were JUNIOR CHAMPIONS.
Top 20 Speakers: Jason Lee 8th, Shirley 10th, Michelle 13th, Ethan 18th, Yoojin 19th, & Chris 20th

Oxford Schools Korea (November 27, 2022) 20 Korean teams competed for a chance to attend Oxford Schools Finals 2023.
Chadwick Truce (Shirley Park & Yoojin Lee) broke 1st, were GRAND FINALISTS & qualified to Oxford Schools 2023. Yoojin 4th best speaker & Shirley 7th best speaker.
SIS Socialists (Jason Shinheng Lee & partner) broke 2nd, were Semifinalists & qualified to Oxford Schools 2023. Jason 3rd best U15 speaker & 4th best speaker overall.
YISS Queens (Michelle Ko & partner) broke 4th & Semifinalists. #2 U15 team. Michelle 13th best speaker.
KIS E Squared (Ethan An & partner) broke 6th & GRAND FINALISTS. Ethan 17th best speaker.
Dulwich Cuties (Clare Park & Connie Han) reserve break. Connie 7th best speaker.

Cambridge BP Northeast Asia (December 17-18, 2022) 36 BP teams from across Asia competed in the qualifier to Cambridge Schools Finals
SIS Socialists (Jason Shinheng Lee & partner) broke 2nd, qualified to Cambridge Schools & were Semifinalists. Jason was the 4th best speaker.
Chadwick Chatterers (Jane Hahn & Melinda Kim) broke 4th, qualified to Cambridge Schools & were GRAND FINALISTS. Jane was 2nd best speaker & Melinda was 3rd best speaker.

The Oxford Union Society

The Cambridge Union Society

Partner Organizations

KIDA (Korea Intervarsity Debate Association)

wsdc.korea

Korea Forensics League

Yale Debate Association (YDA)

ESU-korea

YTN·한국외대 청소년 영어토론대회

World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC)

PPF WORLD CHAMPION

World Scholar’s Cup (WSC)

IISPSC

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