FDA x Mattos

Register for FDA Mattos’ 3rd annual debate program - Register by February 20th!

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. All students beyond capacity will be put on a waitlist.

Fremont Debate Academy (FDA), a 501 © (3) non-profit organization, will be running its 3rd annual Mattos Debate program. It will be led by teacher Ms.Ghirmai & HS leads from Washington Debate. We’re running an 8 week long competitive debate program focusing on the Middle School Public Debate Format at John G. Mattos Elementary 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 Mattos Elementary Debate sessions will be held on Tuesdays from 2:50pm to 4:20pm. There will be 8 classes for this program. The start date for the sessions will be February 24th in Room 16. Our last session will be on April 28th. There will be no sessions over Spring Break nor on April 7th (4/7) for Open House. Note: Parents are responsible for picking their children up promptly at 4:20 PM right after the session. 

The full list of session dates are the following: 2/24, 3/3, 3/10, 3/24, 3/31, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28

Please go to the website below to register! The deadline for registration is on February 2nd. https://www.fremontdebateacademy.org/mattos. 

Feel free to direct any questions to our three FDA Mattos Elementary Instructors:

Ms. Natzanet Ghirmai (nghirmai@fusdk12.net)

Aadi Sharma - aadi@fremontdebateacademy.org  

Aaditi Koparde - aaditi@fremontdebateacademy.org