Fremont Debate Academy x Durham Debate
Register for FDA Durham’s 3rd annual program for 4th & 5th grades here by March 20th!
We’re excited to start FDA Durham Elementary’s 3rd annual debate program this year!
DISCLAIMER: Because of limited bandwidth, we will be capping this year’s program at ~24-30 4th-5th grade students. Students will be admitted on a first come, first serve basis. The rest of the students will be put on a waitlist.
Over the past 11 years, Fremont Debate Academy has impacted over 7500+ w elementary and middle school students in 19 states & 8 countries, including thousands in FUSD through operations in 25 FUSD schools. Under our instruction, students and alumni internationally over the past few years have qualified to elimination rounds or won tournaments in prestigious tournaments over 400 times!
This year, we’re running an 8 week long competitive debate program focusing on the Middle School Public Debate Format at DurhamElementary School. Students will learn various structured forms of argumentation, and research techniques. Through practice sessions, drills, and mini-competitions, students’ public speaking skills will be vastly improved. At the end of the school year, there will be a FDA international tournament!
FDA Durham Elementary Debate sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 3:10pm to 4:40pm. There will be 8 classes for this program. The start date for the sessions will be March 24th in Room 30. Our last session will be on May 19th. Note: Parents are responsible for picking their children up promptly at 4:40 PM right after the session. Students may stay in Room 30 with Ms. Fowlks before the program officially starts at 3:10 PM.
Fremont Debate Academy’s studies about its programs exhibit strong results regarding student growth: 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, and 90% said that participating in FDA’s debate & civics programs has had a positive impact on their academic performance.
Feel free to direct any questions to our FDA Durham Instruction team
Shreya Mohapatra (HS Lead) - shreyam@fremontdebateacademy.org
Ms. Esther Fowlks (faculty instructor) - efowlks@fusdk12.net
