This IS the debate camp you are looking for...
Step into the world of intellectual combat and hone your skills in our immersive debate camp that is designed to sharpen your mind and skills to new levels of mastery
Registration is open - click on the camp below to sign up today!
WHO
Students with at least one full year of debate experience
Homeschooled students in CC and other programs who want to hone their forensics skills
Parents are encouraged to attend at no additional cost
Students in Lincoln Douglas Debate AND students in Team Policy Debate
WHAT
Develop critical thinking skills and learn to see an issue from both sides
Grow as a community, working together to develop each other as communicators
Hone research skills to grow a solid understanding of this year’s resolutions
Practice rhetorical skills in friendly combat
WHEN & WHERE
Salt & Light Speech & Debate Club
August 5-7, 2024
Spokane Valley, WA
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM DEBATE WARS
Debate Wars is a three-day summer camp experience for debate students between the ages of 13 to 18 who are looking to hone their research and debate skills. In Debate Wars, we go beyond the technical communication skills and sharpen students' abilities in thinking critically and learning how to defend the claims they make.
Students will learn the different structures of debate cases, will identify and develop their individual research style, and examine other methods of research. Breakout workshops throughout camp will give students a head start on the debate year via focused and integrated sessions on both sides of the resolution. Philosophical discussions about the ethical and moral dilemmas of the debate topics will be a facet of Debate Wars as well.
Time will be spent on resolutional analyses of the 2024 NCFCA Team Policy and Lincoln-Douglas debate resolutions. If you're ready to challenge your mind and prepare for mastery as you enter the competition year, Debate Wars is for you!
As with all our camps, parent participation is not required at Debate Wars but it is strongly encouraged. Parents, your presence and engagement in each session will help you and your student gain mutual knowledge and understanding. Taking the time to be at camp will better equip you to see the big picture of how debate fits into your student’s education and the important role you play. There is no fee for parent participation.
“Both camps that our kids attended last summer were a wonderful and worthwhile investment! The camps were engaging and filled with great tips and wisdom to aid them as grow in their skills as debaters. As a parent, the true gift to our family was the way Mrs. Crosby and her children cast a vision for how the kids were learning real world communication that would serve them their whole lives. I highly recommend these camps and that parents also try to make the time to attend. You won’t be disappointed!”
-Parent
"I have been to a few debate camps over my 5 years in NCFCA but no one has made a debate camp as fun and exciting as this one. It wasn't all about learning the resolution or a specific topic for hours and hours on end, but instead it helped better our communication abilities through team work and competition...If someone asked me to define Mrs Crosby's debate camp in one word I would say that it was a "invaluable" experience."
-Student