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A school-sponsored SIS clubSeoul International School
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Debate Society

About

Rooted at SIS. Open to what students can build together.

Rooted at SIS, our work brings students from different schools together to learn, compete, and create opportunities.

Develop students

Help students research, think critically, construct arguments, speak confidently, listen carefully, and collaborate.

Open competitive pathways

Connect students with school, national, and international speech and debate opportunities, including pathways toward Korea's national speech and debate teams.

Create opportunities

Organize events and work with students from other schools to turn their ideas into activities that people can actually join.

Our developing schoolwide role

A unified home for speech and debate at SIS.

We are building a unified home for speech and debate at SIS, bringing training, team formation, event organization, and access to national and international circuits into one coordinated program.

We are a school-sponsored club at Seoul International School.

We are working toward becoming SIS's unified, exclusive coordinating outlet for access to speech and debate competitive circuits, and exploring potential integration with KAIAC Forensics. This is a direction in development, not an approved designation. Coordination concerns how the school takes part in competitions. Membership and learning stay open and welcoming.

SIS club membership is for SIS students. Students from other schools can take part in eligible public events and cross-school collaboration.

Competition teams

Two teams. A shared competitive ambition.

Our Debate Competition Team and Speech Competition Team are for students interested in pursuing competitive tournaments.

Debate Competition Team

For students interested in pursuing competitive debate tournaments.

Captain · Jacob Sung

Speech Competition Team

For students interested in pursuing competitive speech tournaments.

Captain · Jiwoo Kim

Founders

Founded in 2026 by Joseph Kang and Hannah Park.

Co-founder Joseph Kang was a KWSDC B Team member and one of the top 8 debaters in Korea in 2025. He served as convenor for the society’s first two events, Korea Worlds Invitational (KWI) and KWSDC, and serves as captain of the KAIAC Forensics Varsity Parliamentary Team.

2026–2027 leadership

Faculty advisor

Ms. Natasha Restrepo

Ms. Natasha Restrepo is the faculty advisor for the SIS Speech & Debate Society and the SIS KAIAC Forensics Varsity Parliamentary Debate team.

She also helped re-establish the school’s Public Forum and Lincoln–Douglas teams. A highly dedicated and supportive figure, she supports students as they develop their voices and pursue competitive speech and debate.