FDA x Vallejo Mill Debate
Register for FDA Vallejo Mill’s 4th annual program for 4th & 5th graders here (in partnership with the PTA)! Register by March 15th!
We’re excited to start FDA Vallejo Mill Elementary’s fourth annualdebate 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 Vallejo Mill 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 Vallejo Mill Elementary Debate sessions will be held on Thursdays from 3:30pm to 5:00pm. There will be 8 classes for this program. The start date for the sessions will be March 26th in Room 17. Our last session will be on May 21th; April 16th will be excluded.
Note: Parents are responsible for picking their children up promptly at 5:00 PM right after the session. Students will be supervised by Mrs. Ulis from until 2:40 - 3:30 in Room 17, and the program will start at 3:30 to allow for high school volunteers to come. Parents are allowed to pick up students at 2:40 and drop them off at 3:30 for program start if they wish to do so.
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 three FDA Vallejo Mill Elementary Instructors:
Ms. Therese Ulis (tulis@fusdk12.net) - Faculty Instructor
Sarah Tsun (sarah@fremontdebateacademy.org) - HS Lead
Ashvi Verma (ashvi@fremontdebateacademy.org) - HS Lead
Misha Jha (mishaj@fremontdebateacademy.org) - HS Lead
