Fremont Debate Academy x Hopkins Debate
Register for FDA Hopkins’ 7th annual program for 6th - 8th graders here. Register by March 17th!
DISCLAIMER: Because of limited bandwidth, we will be capping this year’s program at ~30-36 6th-8th grade students. Students will be admitted on a first come, first serve basis with some preference given to last year’s FDA Hopkins students. 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 Hopkins Middle 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 Hopkins Debate sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 3:30pm to 5:00pm. There will be 8 classes for this program. The start date for the sessions will be March 24th in Mrs. Das’ room (F101). Our last session will be on May 12th. Note: Parents are responsible for picking their children up promptly at 5:00 PM right after the session.
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 two FDA Hopkins Instructors:
Soujanya Sethuraman - soujanya@fremontdebateacademy.org
Michael Qin - michael@fremontdebateacademy.org
