Fremont Debate Academy Summer Camp 2024
Registration coming 1st week of May!
Now entering our eighth year of summer camps, Fremont Debate Academy (FDA) is excited to be hosting our 2023 Summer Debate Camp!
This year's Summer Camp will have both a virtual option and an in-person option. (in Fremont, CA). The in-person camp will have limited capacity, so register soon! The camp will provide 17+ hours of instruction, including lecture sessions (timings in section below), synchronous & asynchronous practices debates / office hours, and will culminate in an intra-camp tournament. Please reach out through our contact form with any questions.
97% of parents & students from previous FDA Summer Debate Camps would recommend the program to a friend! This camp offers a variety of divisions based on students’ skill levels. FDA’s internal studies have found that students participating in FDA’s debate & civics programs saw a:
39.1% improvement in their self-confidence & public speaking skills.
45.9% improvement in their knowledge about the world & research skills.
90% of students said participating in FDA’s debate & civics programs has had a positive impact on their academic performance.
Students participating in programs for 3+ years tend to do 11-13% better than first-time students.
If your student or family qualifies for a school lunch waiver program, SNAP, EBT, or other similar financial assistance programs, we would be happy to waive the cost for this program. Please fill out this form rather than pressing ‘Register’ above if this is the case.
Summer Camp 2023
Summer Camp 2023 Information and Logistics
Introducing Fremont Debate Academy's eighth annual summer camp! This debate camp will be taught during 8 synchronous sessions, asynchronous practice debates, and office hours. In total, there will be 17+ hours of offered instruction, culminating in an intra-camp tournament! Students will be placed into Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Mastery sections based on previous experience. We will be teaching the nationally recognized Middle School Public Debate format, gearing students toward competition in the future. Apart from lecture based instruction about argumentation, public speaking, Economics & Politics, and current events, the camp will include practice debates, competitive experiences, and more! Our instructors feature nationally ranked debaters from across the country, graduates and college students from UC Berkeley, Oxford, and more. Our instructors have been able to push FDA’s debate programs to place Top 10 at National Tournaments, and be awarded #1 in the South Bay Debate League. FDA alumni and current students have qualified to elimination rounds or won tournaments in prestigious high school invitationals over 400 times, and include the youngest qualifiers to the National Tournament of Champions in Irvington Debate history. This camp is for only incoming 4th to 9th graders.
Full list of 8 required session dates:
In Person (Limited Capacity!): 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3. All 8 in-person sessions will be on Thursdays from 5:30-7:00 PM Pacific Time at the Centerville Community Center.
Virtual: 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 8/2. All 8 virtual sessions will be on Wednesdays from 4:30-6:00 PM Pacific Time held over Zoom call.
Summer Camp 2022
Students
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Cities
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Schools
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Testimonials
“Fremont Debate Academy has helped us become the advanced and well-rounded debaters we are today. We attribute our success to our roots in FDA, because it is what introduced us to argumentative discourse and cemented our foundations in debate. It was very formative in our journeys as debaters and speakers, and we are truly grateful for all the doors it opened for us. FDA helped us, along with the majority of our peers, learn essential skills such as networking, public speaking, researching, organization, and argumentation. We’re also glad that the program gave us the opportunity to give back to the community via volunteering at future sessions, local tournaments, and also creating new lesson plans or curriculums. We were fortunate to be a part of FDA, and highly recommend the program to every individual who wants to hone their skills or learn the basics of middle-school debate.”
FDA Alumni & Youngest Tournament of Champions Qualifiers in Irvington Debate History
“Fremont Debate Academy's instructors not only are highly accomplished in the Debate space, but also understand younger students from their perspective, which all leads to a much more effective teaching style. The mentorship and guidance that the instructors provided to my son allowed him to be successful in Horner Debate and develop a deep passion for competitive debate.”
Ansh Kharbanda (son) is the former President of FDA Horner, Harvey Green Lead, and ranked top 10 in Parliamentary High School Debate in the nation.