Fremont Debate Academy x Chadbourne

Register for FDA Chadbourne’s 2nd annual free debate program here (in partnership with the CFFA)! Register by March 12th! This program will be held online.

We’re excited to start FDA Chadbourne Elementary’s second annual debate 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 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 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 Chadbourne 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 Chadbourne Elementary Debate sessions will be held on Mondays from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. There will be 8 classes for this program. The start date for the sessions will be March 17th, and it will be held online. Our last session will be on May 12th. There will be no class on 4/21 due to Spring Break.

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 Chadbourne Elementary Instructors:

Harshil Shah - harshils@fremontdebateacademy.org 

Michael Qin - michael@fremontdebateacademy.org 

Keisha Rajanish - keisha@fremontdebateacademy.org