Join us again this Thanksgiving for a weekend celebrating debate and public speaking, all for a great cause. LearningLeaders is proud to announce a partnership with Vanke Bilingual Schools and Shanghai Healing Home to bring you another unforgettable experience. This year's Thanksgiving Debate Tournaments kicks off on Saturday, November 26th at 08:00 and ends Sunday, November 27th at 18:00.

The Theme of this year's debate is Crime & Punishment. The Resolution of this debate is Resolved: Rehabilitation should be prioritized over retribution in the criminal justice system. Click here for the research pack!

Register now as a team for your favorite events:

• Debate
  
• Open Public Forum (2/team, Open, Saturday & Sunday)
  
• Novice Public Forum (2/team, 8th grade and under, Saturday & Sunday)
• Impromptu Speaking (Individual Event, Open, Sunday only)
  
• Storytelling Competition (Individual Event, 6th grade and under, Sunday only)

Looking forward to seeing you all next month!

感恩节辩论比赛活动介绍

欢迎再次参加我们今年的感恩节辩论和演讲比赛，很高兴将和大家一起庆祝度过这个美好又特别的周末。 我们很开心也很骄傲的在这向大家介绍我们这次感恩节比赛的两大合作伙伴，他们是上海万科双语学校和上海生命之家。 我们将携手一起带给大家一次不一样和难忘的比赛经历。今年的感恩节比赛是从11月26日周六8：00am开始，连续进行两天，将于11月27日周日18:00pm结束。

今年的辩论主题是 ： 犯罪和惩罚。 辩题是： Resolved: Rehabilitation should be prioritized over retribution in the criminal justice system. 本辩论的研究书下载链接！

马上注册您们感兴趣的活动，成为我们其中的一员吧：

• 辩论
• PF辩论（ 两位辩手一组，开放，周六&周日）
• 初级PF辩论（两位辩手一组， 8年级以下， 周六&周日）
• 即兴演说 （个人，开放， 周日）
• 故事演说比赛（个人，6年级及6年级以下，周日）
  

期待下个月和大家们见面！

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LearningLeaders is proud to cooperate with Shanghai Vanke Bilingual School for this year's competition venue. Boasting a newly refurbished campus, the school has a convenient and easily navigable layout, plenty of large rooms, and an amazing vibe. We are as excited as ever for this year's Thanksgiving Debate Tournament!

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Shanghai Healing Home is a non-profit foster home providing pre- and post-surgical care to Chinese orphan babies born with surgically correctable deformities. The babies arrive at the Shanghai Healing Home at various ages, and they are taken care of by trained care givers and medical staff on-site.

Currently, there are over 600,000 orphans in China, many of them with mental and/or physical disabilities. This Thanksgiving Debate Tournament, the proceeds will be donated to Shanghai Healing Home to help them provide the best possible care that the babies deserve.

On Friday, November 25th, we will also be inviting the LearningLeaders community to join us for the LearningLeaders Day of Service, where the community will have the opportunity to attend an orientation session to learn more about the Shanghai Healing Home. Please reach out to info@learningleaders.com for more details.