FDA x Kamiakin Middle School
Register for FDA Kamiakin’s 1st annual program for 6th - 8th graders here!
TLDR: Register for Fremont Debate Academy's (FDA) Kamiakin debate program run by nationally ranked debaters from Lake Washington High School!
We’re looking forward to starting FDA's first annualdebate program this year at Kamiakin Middle School! DISCLAIMER: Because of limited bandwidth, we will be capping this year’s program at ~24-30 6th - 8th 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 5-6 weeklong competitive debate program focusing on the Middle School Public Debate Program Format at Kamiakin 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 program, we plan to have an internal competition and all students are eligible to participate in Fremont Debate Academy’s international tournament. We plan to host this in Ms. Tabor-Dunn's room, aka. Room 125!
FDA Debate sessions will be held on Tuesdays after school, from 2:30pm to 3:45pm. The start date is May 12th. Note: Parents are responsible for picking their children up after the session ASAP.
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 Fremont Debate Academy directors:
Karan Khanolkar - karank@fremontdebateacademy.org
Vincent Fan - vincentf@fremontdebateacademy.org
