Fremont Debate Academy x Warwick

Register for FDA Warwick’s 1st annual program for 4th & 5th graders here. Register by March 7th!

We’re excited to start FDA Warwick Elementary’s annual debate program for 4th & 5th graders this year! Students will be admitted on a first come, first serve basis up to 24-30 students. The rest of the students will be put on a waitlist.

Over the past 10 years, Fremont Debate Academy has impacted over 5000 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 have qualified for elimination rounds or won prestigious tournaments over 400 times over the past few years! 

This year, we’re running an 8 week long competitive debate program focusing on the Middle School Public Debate Format at Warwick 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 an FDA international tournament!

FDA Warwick Debate sessions will be held on Thursdays from 3:15 pm to 4:45 pm. There will be 8 classes for this program. The start date for the sessions will be March 13th in Mr. Spencer’s classroom. Our last session will be on May 8th. The program will be in Room 17. Students can stay in Mr. Spencer's classroom until the session starts. 

The full dates for the program on Thursdays are: 3/13, 3/20, 3/27, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 5/1, and 5/8.

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 Warwick Elementary Instructors:

Mr. Steven Spencer  (sspencer@fusdk12.net) 

Shreeram Saravanan -  shreeram@fremontdebateacademy.org 

Shantilata Sahu - shantilata@fremontdebateacademy.org