Register for Mission San Jose Elementary’s debate program by February 20th

Hello MSJE 4th an 5th Grade Families,

We’re excited to start FDA Mission San Jose Elementary’s first 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 Mission San Jose 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 Mission San Jose Elementary Debate sessions will be held on Wednesdays from 4:00pm to 5:30pm. There will be 8 classes for this program. The start date for the sessions will be February 26th in Room 13. Our last session will be on April 16th. Note: Parents are responsible for picking their children up promptly at 5:30 PM right after the session.

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.

Register for Mission San Jose Elementary’s debate program by February 20th using fremontdebateacademy.org/msje 

Feel free to direct any questions to our three FDA Mission San Jose Elementary Instructors:

Mr. Michael Tutty (mtutty@fusdk12.net)

Sophia Doan – sophiad@fremontdebateacademy.org