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spring 2025

☻ 1 February 2025 - 16 May 2025 ☻

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​​Elementary School Program
GRADES 3-5


Holidays:
We will have a Spring Break on 10-16 March 2025, so please mark your calendars. NO CLASS on that week.

Tuition (before discounts if applicable):
Online - $750
​In-person - $875

Location:
In person - Fremont, Cupertino, San Jose Aborn, Dublin

Tournament Participation:
Not required, but encouraged

Discounts:

Returning Discount of $25 off per student that has previously been enrolled with us.
​To learn more about the classes and schedule we offer, please click on the button that is relevant to your child's expectations.

Below are our offerings for in-house weekend schedules:
INTRO TO PUBLIC SPEAKING
​Grades 3-5
This class will focus on spontaneous forms of speaking like impromptu speaking and spar debate to allow students to work on structure and general presentation and delivery skills. This is a great class for students who are still working on their writing skills as this focus more on general speaking and not prepared speech or debate formats.

SEE Class availability
PREPARED SPEECH & DEBATE
Grades 4-5
(returning 3rd graders welcome)

In this class students will now take the structure they have learned in impromptu and spar debate and apply in a prepared format. Students will either write an informative or persuasive speech and for debate, will be introduced to congressional debate where they will research and write arguments in favor of legislation that they can understand and relate to.

see class availability
INTRO TO INTERPRETATION SPEECH & TEAM DEBATE
Grades 4-5
Students in this class will learn about storytelling an interpretation event that will challenge students to work on tone, facial expression and general storytelling along with public forum, a team based debate event that will have students researching and debating topics from our current events.

see class availability​

We would love to have you visit soon at one of our open houses.
Check our home page for the schedule!


School year Hours

M-F: 3:45 pm - 8:30 pm 
Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Telephone

510-270-8480
510-470-0531

Email (preferred)

For more info email us at: [email protected]

Locations

Fremont: 200 Brown Rd #201, Fremont, CA 94539

Cupertino: 20432 Silverado Avenue Suite 211, Cupertino, CA 95014

Aborn Institute: 2804 Riedel Road, San Jose, CA 95135 

​​​​Dublin: Loving Tree Academy, 6693 Owens Dr, Pleasanton, CA 94588​​
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