Debate

Open To: 6th - 8th Grade
Start Date: Thursday, January 19th
Leader: Adler Roberts
Pick-Up Time: 4:45pm
Fee: $90

Debate is a valuable activity for students of all skill levels. It teaches useful skills for other academic pursuits and life more generally. Furthermore, debaters build confidence speaking in public and expressing their ideas eloquently. That comfort speaking in front of others is useful in so many areas of life, from interviews to school presentations to discussions in college seminars. Perhaps most important of all, debate is fun! You may have to persuade your son or daughter to do their schoolwork, but debate makes learning a game; students build their critical thinking and speaking skills without it ever feeling like work, giving students a rare opportunity to take ownership over their own intellectual development. Throughout the years of practice and competition, debate, more importantly, builds lifelong friendships and community, teaching teamwork as well.