FDA x Parkmont Debate

Register for FDA Parkmont’s 4th annual program for 4th & 5th graders here!

We’re excited to start FDA Parkmont’s 4th annual debate program this year! This program is only for 4th - 5th graders and is running as part of an official partnership with Fremont Unified School District. Due to the popular nature of the program, it will be open to first time participants only. 

Students who have previously participated in the FDA Parkmont Program are invited to be peer tutors and/or student guest judges for practice rounds and may apply as such. For those previous FDA Parkmont students interested in being peer tutors and/or student guest judges, please fill out the form normally and for the question "Have you participated in a Fremont Debate Academy program before", please answer the question with a YES. This will be your application to be a peer tutor / student guest judge. Please be honest - we can double check this.

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 Parkmont. 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 Parkmont Debate sessions will be held on Wednesdays from 1:20 to 2:50pm. There will be 8 classes for this program. The start date for the sessions will be March 19 in P7. Our last session will be on 5/21. 4/23 will be excluded for Spring Break and 5/7 will be excluded due to a conflict. Note: Parents are responsible for picking their children up promptly at 2:50 pm right after the session.

The final list of dates are: 3/19, 3/26, 4/2, 4/9, 4/16, 4/30, 5/14, 5/21.

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 Parkmont Teacher                       

Mrs. Marin Huff - mhuff@fusdk12.net