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Intro to Junior Speech Advanced Junior Speech Intro to Senior Speech Intro to Senior Speech and Team Policy Debate Intermediate Senior Team Policy Debate Advanced Senior Team Policy Debate
Speech and Debate

Intro to Junior Speech

  • Timings - Saturday afternoon 2-3 PM
  • Prerequisite - Students from the 2-day Intro to Junior Speech 2026 summer camp
  • Tuition - early bird $799 / regular $1199

Students in this age category (10-11 year olds) will build upon the basic tenets of Speech for both Platform and Interpretation categories.

They will learn about different types of speeches, verbal and nonverbal skills, and ways to avoid the common mistakes that impact credibility. Students will learn how to express emotion and to match their delivery tone with the appropriate emotion being projected in their speeches. In addition to the vocal delivery, we will teach physical delivery to give them a holistic learning of a good speaker. We will be working on overcoming nerves and their fear of public speaking while being taught various facets of this art of communication.

We will keep their different ages in mind and ensure that each is challenged appropriately and according to their ages.

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Speaking Classes for Adults Public Speaking Classes for Adults Debate Summer Camp

Advanced Junior Speech

  • Class timings for new students (2026 summer camp) - Saturday afternoon 3-4 PM
  • Tuition - early bird $899 / regular $1299
  • Class timings for returning students (from last 2025-2026  academic year clubs) - Saturday afternoon 1-2 PM - class full

Students will build upon the previous year's Junior Speech classes/summer camp material and learn 2 new forms of Speech – a limited preparation Impromptu category, and a Digital Expository category.

These two new speech types will allow our students to become holistic speakers who will be able to adapt to different environments at school, competitions, or social settings, and speak with poise and clarity.

Coaches will teach similarities between impromptu and platform, how to formulate and structure the points, and how to think as they go. Digital Expository will help students build presentations and delivery skills using digital tools and students will learn tools for making them visually appealing and aesthetic.

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Speech and Debate Class Debate Camp Summer 2024 Speech Academy

Intro to Senior Speech

  • Timings - Saturday afternoon 12-1 PM
  • Prerequisite - Returning students from 2025-2026 Advanced Junior academic year club
  • Tuition - early bird $999 / regular $1199

Students will build further upon the basics of Speech for both Platform and Limited Prep categories; students will learn original content writing, organization, research, and analysis for each category with a focus on the 5 tenets of speech. Students will learn both the written and delivery skills necessary to give a great speech.

They will learn about various templates of speech, about verbal and nonverbal skills, and ways to avoid the common mistakes which impact one’s credibility . Students will learn how to emote with the right tone and articulate well from their own original speeches. In addition to the vocal delivery, we will teach eye contact, modulation, and physical presence while giving a speech. 

Our aim is to make our students holistic, articulate, and powerful speakers.

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Debate Academy Speech and Debate Summer Camp

Intro to Senior Speech and Team Policy Debate

  • Timings - Saturday Afternoon in-person 1-3 PM and alternating Wednesdays 7-8:30 PM online
  • Prerequisite - 2026 Intro to Senior Speech & Debate 4-day summer camp
  • Tuition - early bird $1699 / regular $2399

Students will build upon the basics of Speech for both Platform and Limited Prep categories; students will learn content organization and analysis for each category with a focus on the 5 tenets of speech. Students will learn both the written and delivery skills necessary to give a great speech.

The debate portion will focus on understanding the evidence, writing the affirmative construct, issues and flowing the argument. Students will be introduced to cross-examination, writing the negative brief, refutation of the opponents points, voting issues, presentation and delivery in more depth.

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Speech Classes for Adults

Intermediate Senior Team Policy Debate

  • Timings - Saturday Afternoon in-person 3-5 PM and alternating Wednesdays 7-8:30 PM online
  • Prerequisite - Returning students from 2025-26 Intro to Senior Speech & Debate academic year club
  • Tuition - early bird $1499 / regular $1899

The intermediate debate club will delve deeper into the new resolution, building the affirmative case, advanced structures and hit sheets. Students will build upon from last year with enhanced research, cross-examination and negative brainstorming skills. The all important evidence-less debate round along with enhanced voting issues and flowing will also be taught. To help our returning debaters have a well rounded understanding of the world around them both at home and overseas, we will also teach current affairs and cover geopolitical issues focused on Europe and Asia, the growing influence of the Arab nations, trade, war and peace and domestic issues like inflation, education, and civil rights. Knowledge of domestic and international issues will provide added tools for the debaters to lean in to support the broader base of debate cases. 

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Public Speaking Class Speech and Debate Club Debate Camp

Advanced Senior Team Policy Debate

  • Timings - Saturday Afternoons 4-5 PM and alternating Wednesdays 7-8:30 PM online
  • Prerequisite - Returning students from 2025-26 Intermediate Senior Speech & Debate academic year club
  • Tuition - early bird $1399 / regular $1799

This club will transition our students into being entirely self-supporting in debate, to build upon the learned material from before and in mastering a specific skill set and/or gaining competency in a specific area. In this Advanced Debate curriculum, we will be teaching students to interact with argumentative objectives in a nuanced and comprehensive way. We will work on developing an understanding of emotional persuasion and to utilize personal viewpoints to one’s advantage. We will seek to further the debater’s ability to write in a rhetorically persuasive manner. We will teach students to analyze complex issues, and approach data with unique interpretations that extend beyond surface-level understanding. As we prepare our students for life beyond Zenith, we will also introduce skills like resume writing and college application essay. 

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