FDA x Warm Springs Debate

Register for FDA Warm Springs’ 9th annual program here (in partnership with the PTA) by March 1st!

DISCLAIMER: Because of limited resources, we will be capping this year’s program at 50 students. Students will be admitted on a first come, first serve basis, with the rest of the students being put on a waitlist.

Fremont Debate Academy (FDA), a 501 © (3) non-profit organization, will be running its annual Warm Springs Elementary Debate program for the 8th consecutive year for 4th - 5th graders. It will be led by debaters from Irvington Debate, and will put an emphasis on the Middle School Public Debate format.

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. The final goal will be to give students a head-start into the highly selective FDA Debate program for students attending Horner. 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. 

FDA Warm Springs Elementary Debate sessions will be held on Mondays from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. There will be 8 classes for this program. The start date for the sessions will be March 11th. Our last session will be on May 6th. April 1st will be excluded due to spring break. Note: Parents are responsible for picking their children up promptly at 7:00 pm right after the session.  

The final list of dates are: 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6.

Feel free to direct any questions to our FDA Warm Springs leads:                            
Divya Raghuraman - divyar@fremontdebateacademy.org      
Advika Anand - advika@fremontdebateacademy.org

Krishna Arvind - krishna@fremontdebateacademy.org