前不久，启明星学生在纵横杯中文辩论赛满载而归，上周末，我们的孩子又从NHSDLC英文辩论比赛中脱颖而出！——
12月9日和10日，2023 NHSDLC（National High School Debate League of China）美式辩论联赛北京城市赛在启明星学校举行，这是在中国广受认可的英文辩论赛事。本次比赛有北京京西学校、北京市鼎石学校、北京市朝阳区世青学校、上海平和双语学校等约30所学校的73支队伍参加。
经过2天角逐，启明星学生在初中组和初中新手组均取得了闪亮的成绩：
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启明星学校获得初中组冠军。
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9年级学生许书凯获最佳辩手第一名，9年级黄吉瀚获最佳辩手第二名；且两人在第一天的4次小组赛全胜，以第一名的成绩直接晋级第二天的8强淘汰赛。
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此外，启明星成立仅2个月的新手组也表现亮眼：
第一天小组赛，6个新手组全部晋级到淘汰赛，其中2组更以4场全胜成绩成为种子队伍。最终，启明星新手组1组进入8强，3组进入16强，2组进入32强，4人获得最佳辩手！
8强
李澄宇（9年级）& 张博轩（9年级）
16强
蔡馨谊（6年级）& 张诗昀（6年级）
钟明希（6年级）& 李汀兰（6年级）
田佳睿（6年级）& 杨睿曦（6年级）
部分32强
奚若非（7年级）& 黄一澜（9年级）
虞茉希（6年级）& 赵若清（6年级）
最佳辩手
蔡馨谊（6年级）、虞茉希（6年级）、李澄宇（9年级）、田佳睿（6年级）
“孩子们太努力了！他们花了大量时间做辩题相关的调研，从非常多的角度思考和预备论据。另外，我们的教练也付出了大量时间和精力，他们在课内外大力支持孩子们参加的每一场线上和线下比赛！”启明星课后课总监、学术校队总协调人李冰说。
Jerry Tang是启明星特聘的英文辩论队资深教练，陪伴启明星小将们快2年了。谈到启明星学生为什么能在比赛中拥有出色的表现，他说：“别的学校的学生更多地把辩论当作游戏，但启明星学生会把辩题和日常的生活紧密地联系在一起，并且能迅速掌握一些高难度的概念。我想，这是因为他们善于独立思考，并且处于开放的学习环境中。”
启明星学生在中英文辩论赛中都能得心应手，背后原因还包括学校的课程设置。启明星拥有长达20年的中英双语教学传统，成熟的双语教学体系保障学生能够顺畅切换两种语言，实现两种文化体系知识的自由迁移。而辩论赛所考察的语言表达、思辨和逻辑分析能力、资料查询、统筹分析和研究学习能力，也渗透在启明星的日常教学当中。
在NHSDLC本赛季的线上赛阶段，启明星学生同样成绩出色，我们罗列在此，和孩子们共同庆祝：
线上赛第6轮
亚军
王康睿（10年级）& 林子朔（9年级）
袁思成（8年级）& 李青迈（8年级）
最佳辩手
王康睿（第一名）（10年级）、林子朔（9年级）（第二名）、袁思成（8年级）、李青迈（8年级）
线上赛第5轮
亚军
李澄宇（9年级）& 白杨（9年级）
8强
袁思成（8年级）& 李青迈（8年级）
线上赛第4轮
亚军
李澄宇（9年级）& 张博轩（9年级）
8强
王康睿（10年级）& 林子朔（9年级）
许书凯（9年级）& 黄吉瀚（9年级）
16强
蔡馨谊（6年级）& 张诗昀（6年级）
钟明希（6年级）& 李汀兰（6年级）
最佳辩手
黄吉瀚（9年级）、钟明希（6年级）、蔡馨谊（6年级）
线上赛第3轮
8强
许书凯（9年级）& 黄吉瀚（9年级）
李澄宇（9年级）& 张博轩（9年级）
最佳辩手
许书凯（9年级）、李澄宇（9年级）
再次祝贺我们的学生！
Not long ago, Daystar students accomplished champions in ZongHeng Cup Chinese Debate, and this past weekend, our students came out on top from the NHSDLC English Debate Tournament!
On December 9th and 10th, the Beijing City Offline Tournament of the 2023 NHSDLC (National High School Debate League of China), a widely recognized English debate tournament in China, was held at Daystar Academy. The tournament was attended by 73 teams from about 30 schools, including WAB, Keystone Academy, BWYA, and Shanghai Pinghe Bilingual School.
After 2 days of competition, Daystar students achieved stunning results in both Middle School and Middle School Novice Division:
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Daystar won the Champion of Middle School Division.
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Evan Hsu (G9) won the First Place as the Top Speaker and Jihan Huang (G9) won the Second Place as the Top Speaker;both of them won all the 4 preliminary rounds on the first day and automatically advanced to the quarterfinal round on the second day as top seed of the middle school division.
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Daystar's 2-month-old novice team also performed well:on the first day of the group stage, all 6 novice teams advanced to the elimination round and 2 teams were seeded by winning all the 4 preliminary rounds. In the end, Daystar's Group 1 entered the Top 8, Group 3 entered the Top 16, Group 2 entered the Top 32, and 4 of the speakers won the Top Speakers!
Quarterfinalists
Chris Li (G9) & Jerry Zhang (G9)
Octofinalists
Camilla Cai (G6) & Rainbow Zhang (G6)
Woody Zhong (G6) & Cici Li (G6)
Zoe Yang (G6) & Rachel Tian (G6)
Partial Double Octofinalists
Ponyo Xi (G7) & Yilan Huang (G9)
Lily Yu (G6) & Leo Zhao (G6)
Top Speakers
Camilla Cai (G6), Lily Yu (G6), Chris Li (G6), Rachel Tian (G6)
"The students worked so hard! They spent a lot of time doing research and prepare evidences for the debate topic. Also, a lot of time and effort was put in by our coaches, who strongly supported the students inside and outside the classroom in every online and offline tournament they participated in!" said Catherine Li, Director of After School Programs at Daystar Academy and Chief Coordinator of the Academic School Teams.
Jerry Tang was specially hired by Daystar as a senior coach for the NHSDLC English debate team. He has worked with Daystar’s young debaters for almost 2 years and has personally witnessed the distinctiveness of Daystar’s students. “Students from other schools tend to view debate as a game, but our students connect it closely with their daily lives and are able to quickly and comprehensively grasp certain concepts. I think this is because they are good at independent thinking and are used to operating in an open learning environment.”
The reasons behind Daystar students' ability to excel in both English and Chinese debating competitions also include the school's curriculum.Daystar has a 20-year tradition of bilingual teaching, and the mature bilingual teaching system guarantees that students can smoothly switch between the two languages and realize the free transfer of knowledge between the two cultural systems. The language expression, critical thinking and logical analysis skills, data searching, overall analysis, and research and learning skills examined in the debate competitions are also reflected in Daystar daily teaching and learning.
In the online rounds of the NHSDLC season, Daystar students also had outstanding results, which we list here to celebrate with them:
Online Tournament VI
Runners-Up
Kerry Wang (G10) & Tony Lin (G9)
Carson Yuan (G8) & Maimai Li (G8)
Top Speakers
Kerry Wang (The Fisrst Place) (G10) , Tony Lin (The Second Place) (G9) , Carson Yuan (G8), Maimai Li (G8)
Online Tournament V
Runners-Up
Chris Li (G9) & Bayan Changizi (G9)
Quarterfinalists
Carson Yuan (G8) & Maimai Li (G8)
Online Tournament IV
Runners-Up
Chris Lin (G9) & Jerry Zhang (G9)
Quarterfinalists
Kerry Wang (G10) & Tony Lin (G9)
Evan Hsu (G9) & Jihan Huang (G9)
Octofinalists
Camilla Cai (G6) & Rainbow Zhang (G6)
Woody Zhong (G6) & Cici Li (G6)
Top Speakers
Jihan Huang (G9), Woody Zhong (G6), Camilla Cai (G6)
Online Tournament III
Quarterfinalists
Evan Hsu (G9) & Jihan Huang (G9)
Chris Li(G9) & Jerry Zhang(G9)
Top Speakers
Evan Hsu (G9), Chris Li (G9)
Congratulations again to our students!
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