FDA x Walters Debate 25-26
Register for Fremont Debate Academy’s donation based debate program for Walters students’ 5th annual program here. Register by February March 18th! First come first serve for 30 students. This program is for students attending Walters.
Fremont Debate Academy (FDA), a 501 © (3) non-profit organization, will be running its annual Debate program for Walters students for the 5th consecutive year! It will be led by debaters from Kennedy Debate, and will put an emphasis on the Middle School Public Debate format. Register here by March 18th - fremontdebateacademy.org/walters. Registration will be based on a first come first serve basis and the program will be limited to ~30 students. This program is only for students attending Walters.
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! We will be splitting up students into a Novice and Advanced section. The Advanced offering will specifically be geared towards students who have participated in a Fremont Debate Academy program before and the Novice section will be for those who are participating in a FDA program for the first time!
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!
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. Students participating in FDA’s debate & civics programs saw a 45.9% improvement in their knowledge about the world & research skills. 90% of students said participating in FDA’s debate & civics programs has had a positive impact on their academic performance.
FDA Walters Debate sessions will be held on Fridays from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. There will be 8 classes for this program. The start date for the sessions will be March 27th in the Irvington Community Center. Our last session will be on May 15th. Note: Parents are responsible for picking their children up promptly at 7:30 pm right after the session.
There will be an expected (but not mandatory) donation of $50 to cover costs related to renting out the Irvington Community Center. This program is not officially associated with Walters Middle School due to the lack of a faculty advisor.*
Feel free to direct any questions to our four FDA Walters Leads:
Krrish Anand - krrish@fremontdebateacademy.org
Lochan Polisetty - lochan@fremontdebateacademy.org
Aditya Misra - aditya@fremontdebateacademy.org
Vrishank Arun - vrishank@fremontdebateacademy.org
