CDS Qualifies Three Debaters for Worlds
For the 12th consecutive year, The Country Day School has qualified a debater for the World Championships held this year from April 11-17 at Branksome Hall in Toronto. There will be 14 students representing Canada, and for the first time three students will be from CDS.
Maeve Tebbutt ’19 was the first to qualify last fall at the International Independent Schools’ Public Speaking Competition (IISPSC). She finished 3rd, thereby winning a coveted spot at the 31st World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships. This will be her third year competing at this level.
Anaïs was the top speaker for the second year in a row, making it the 6th consecutive year for a CDS speaker to hold this honour. Although Anaïs could not qualify from the IISPSC tournament again, as she qualified last year, she moved on to compete at the National Public speaking Championships in Winnipeg held in February for another chance to qualify for Worlds. Following very closely behind Maeve, Anna finished 4th overall at the IISPSC and like Anaïs qualified to compete at Nationals.
At the Nationals, Anna finished 3rd overall, qualifying to compete in Worlds. Anais also excelled, securing a spot at Worlds for her second year. Students from independent schools in 16 countries will converge to compete within a global community in three out of four events: Impromptu Speaking, Parliamentary Debate, Interpretive Reading and either After Dinner or Persuasive Speaking.
“We are immensely proud of what all three girls were able to accomplish again this year at the IISPSC and Nationals,” said longtime debating coach Ms. Kerstin Wyndham-West. “We wish them well at the World Championships representing CDS on the world stage.”
“We are immensely proud of what all three girls were able to accomplish again this year at the IISPSC and Nationals,” said longtime debating coach Ms. Kerstin Wyndham-West. “We wish them well at the World Championships representing CDS on the world stage.”
CDS students to previously qualify for Worlds:
2018 – Anaïs Leiva von Bovet ’19 & Maeve Tebbutt ’19 -Cape Town, South Africa
2017 – Olivia Railton ’17 and Maeve Tebbutt ’19 - Sydney, Australia
2016 – Natalie Ganzhorn ’16 and Olivia Railton ’17 - Pittsburgh, PA
2015 – Natalie Ganzhorn ’16 and Olivia Railton ’17 - Hong Kong, China
2015 – Natalie Ganzhorn ’16 and Olivia Railton ’17 - Hong Kong, China
2014 – Natalie Ganzhorn ’16 - Druskininkai, Lithuania
2013 – Natalie Ganzhorn ’16 - Durban, South Africa
2012 – Reid Dobell ’12 (University of Toronto) - Brisbane, Australia
2011 – Lucas Regazzi ’12 (University of Toronto) - Brisbane, Australia
2010 – Victoria Sienczewski ’12 (Stanford University) - Druskininkai, Lithuania
2009 – Genevieve Laurier ’09 (Oxford University) - Reading, U.K.2011 – Lucas Regazzi ’12 (University of Toronto) - Brisbane, Australia
2010 – Victoria Sienczewski ’12 (Stanford University) - Druskininkai, Lithuania
2008 – Genevieve Laurier ’09 and Rachael Andrew ’09 - Winnenden, Germany
Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
13415 Dufferin Street King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
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Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
