Summer 2025 Programs

☻ Learn in-person or from the comfort of your home, your choice! ☻

☻ Two-week beginner camps available between 9 June 2025 and 1 August 2025 ☻
☻ Weekly beginner classes available from 9 June 2025 to 8 August 2025 ☻
☻ Experienced programs available between 9 June 2025 and 1 August 2025 ☻

☻ Rising 6th to 12th graders welcome to the competitive programs! ☻
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​For elementary students, we will open a separate page soon so stay tuned!
NOTE: Some promotions will not apply to certain programs. Please visit the pages for the Ohlone College programs for more details including any promotional discounts available.

Introduction/Beginner

Introduction/Fundamentals of Speech and Debate

Introduction to Competitive Speech and Debate

Are you...
✔ NEW TO OUR ACADEMY?
✔ HAVE LITTLE TO NO EXPERIENCE IN SPEECH AND DEBATE?
✔ LOOKING TO IMPROVE YOUR CONFIDENCE, PUBLIC SPEAKING, AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS?
✔ EXCITED TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW THIS SUMMER?

If you tick all of the boxes above, you should sign up for our beginner classes by clicking the button below! Students in this program will be introduced to elements of public speaking and argumentation. Students will work on how to give informative and persuasive spontaneous speeches in class while learning about working on their public speaking skills like body language, facial expression, diction, volume, tone, voice inflection, pace of delivery and eye contact. 

non-competitive fundamentals REgistration

Intro programs at ohlone college REgistration

​(Elementary students please click here too)

Are you....
​✔Looking to compete in speech and debate next school year as a part of your school team or our program?
✔ Wanting to learn Lincoln Douglas Debate or Public Forum?
✔ Wanting to learn the basics of competitive speech via introduction to Oratorical Interpretation 
✔ Wanting to learn to think and speak on your feet via impromptu?

Sign up for our competition focused program below. In this program you will walk away with a basic understanding of how to debate either in Lincoln Douglas or Public Forum and learn the basics of impromptu while being introduced to Oratorical Interpretation. The goal is to get some understanding of competition and how it works including but not limited to the process to prepare material, the rules of each format. Students will walk away having a basic understanding of how to give a full 5 minute impromptu speech and have the introduction to their Oratorical interpretation memorized and ready to perform. Students will get to practice in class but will also do a mock round/tournament at the end of each week with prizes and awards for our top performers!

Students in this program are recommended to continue in our new beginner competitive program during the school year where students will learn more deeply about the basics of each event to be ready for the competition season​

Beginner Competitive CAMP Registration

Beginner Competitive weekly class Registration

Experienced/Advanced

Speech & Debate Programs for Experienced Competitors

Are you...
✔ A RETURNING STUDENT AND/OR HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN SPEECH AND DEBATE?
✔ PLANNING ON COMPETING IN TOURNAMENTS THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC YEAR?
✔ EXCITED TO ADVANCE EVEN FURTHER IN SPEECH AND DEBATE?

​If you tick all of the boxes above, you should sign up for our experienced classes by clicking the button below! Choose one of our many one week options to work with our coaches on your speech material to get it ready for competition. In debate, please be ready for a skills focused program where students will practice debating and receive detailed feedback to help students improve on their critical thinking/decision making skills in debate. We will have lectures and introductions to new styles of argumentation with students scrimmaging at the end of the camp against their peers. If students are expecting work on the Sept/Oct topic should consider our later sessions.

Experienced Speech and Debate Registration