The goal for our middle school day camps is to teach debate students the basics of argument and develop communication skills, problem solving abilities, critical thinking, and increased self-esteem. They are not as rigorous as our corresponding overnight academic camps, so they are the perfect opening for new debaters. Students can participate in two different debate workshops. The first week is the “Introduction to Debate,” which delineates the foundational principles of forensics. The second week is “Competitive Debate,” where students apply the principles and learn to implement them. Each debate workshop can be taken as a one week session, or they can be combined into a two week course.
