阿莎和乔丽是汤姆·贝恩斯学校九年级的学生，是不容小觑的力量。他们在整个赛季的辩论赛中一直处于榜首，在每场比赛中都表现出色。现在，他们代表阿尔伯塔省和卡尔加里教育局将于5月4日至6日参加在卡尔加里举行的加拿大全国辩论赛。

3月10日，阿莎和乔丽在西加拿大高中举行的阿尔伯塔省辩论赛上获得第一名。他们在所有三轮比赛中取得了胜利，并在决赛中战胜了来自埃德蒙顿的顶级团队。阿莎还获得了第三名演讲者荣誉，以及安·布拉德利奖，该奖项授予在辩论和演讲方面表现出最大热情和承诺的学生。

在这一年里，阿莎和乔丽不仅完善了自己在言辞说服和辩论方面的技巧，还指导了汤姆·贝恩斯学校的六十多名学生，并与我们的新晋辩手们分享了他们的智慧和策略。为庆祝汤姆·贝恩斯学校成立二十周年，阿莎和乔丽在组织一场以动物园为主题的辩论比赛中发挥了重要作用，以纪念已故的巴恩斯先生，他是卡尔加里动物园的第一名雇员，也是一位著名的策展人和教育家。

在比赛之前，乔丽说：“我们希望在省级比赛中让您和汤姆·贝恩斯学校的每个人都感到自豪。”无论他们最后名次如何，我们都会感到自豪。阿莎和乔丽是模范公民，充分体现了卡尔加里教育局有关公民权、品格和个人发展的成果政策。他们在全省获得第一名，并准备迎接来自全加拿大的团队参赛，这是非常了不起的成就。他们不仅是未来的领导者，而且是今天的领导者。而且......他们从未输过辩论。祝在全国比赛中好运！

​Asha and Jolie, Grade 9 students from Tom Baines School, are a force to be reckoned with.  They have been on the top of the debate circuit all season, dominating in every tournament they have competed in. Now, they are representing Alberta and the Calgary Board of Education at the Canadian Nationals on May 4-6 in Calgary.

On March 10, Asha and Jolie received first place at the Alberta Provincials, held at Western Canada High School.  They won all three of their rounds and were victorious against the top team from Edmonton in the finals.  Asha also won third place speaker honours, as well as the Ann Bradley Award, given to a student showing the most enthusiasm and commitment to both debate and speech.

Throughout the year, Asha and Jolie have not only fine-tuned their own skills in persuasive speaking and debate, but they have also mentored over sixty students at Tom Baines School, and have shared their wisdom and strategies with our up and coming debaters.  For the twentieth anniversary of Tom Baines School, Asha and Jolie were instrumental in organizing a ‘zoo–themed’ debate tournament in honour of the late Mr. Baines, the first employee of the Calgary Zoo and a renowned curator and educator.

Prior to the tournament, Jolie said, “We hope to make you and everyone else at Tom Baines proud at Provincials.”  No matter what place they finished in, we would have been proud.  Asha and Jolie are model citizens, who exemplify the CBE’s Results Policy on Citizenship, Character and Personal Development.  The fact that they placed first place in the province and are set to take on teams from all across Canada is such an accomplishment. They are not leaders of tomorrow; they are leaders of today.  And…there hasn’t been an argument they haven’t won.  Best of luck at Nationals!