Fremont Debate Academy x Thornton Debate*
Register for Fremont Debate Academy’s 2nd annual program here by February 7th!
*Not officially associated with Thornton Junior High as the program is being held at Los Cerritos Community Center due to lack of faculty availability
DISCLAIMER: Because of limited bandwidth, we will be capping this year’s program at ~30-36 6th-8th students. Students will be admitted on a first come, first serve basis with limited priority given to students who participated in Thornton’s program last year. All students beyond capacity will be put on a waitlist.
*Not officially associated with Thornton Junior High School
We’re excited to start Fremont Debate Academy’s 2nd annual Speech and Debate Thornton program this year!
This year, we’re running a 15 week long competitive debate program focusing on various middle school speech / debate events at Los Cerritos Community Center. 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. The final goal will be to give students attending American a head-start into their high school debate careers!
Thornton Speech and Debate sessions will be held on Wednesdays from 3:30pm to 5:00pm. There will be 15 classes (11 in-person and 4 virtual) for this program. The start date for the in-person sessions will be February 12 in the Los Cerritos Community Center. Our last in-person session will be on April 30 and there is NO session on April 23. Our first virtual session on ZOOM will start May 7 and end May 28. Note: Parents are responsible for picking their children up promptly at 5:00 pm right after the session.
FDA has also developed programs in 19 states and 8 countries, including Oregon, Arkansas, Australia, India, and more impacting 5,000+ students. In addition, Fremont Debate Academy has trained 100+ teachers from institutions like Broward County & FUSD. Since 2014, our international team of over 200 volunteers has logged over 40,000+ hours, with several volunteers receiving certification for the gold level Presidential Volunteer Service Award from FDA.
To Register:
The deadline for registration is on [February 7th]
Feel free to direct any questions to our Thorntonprogram lead:
[Vaania Kaul - vaania@fremontdebateacademy.org]
