2023 Spring Speech & Debate

There are 18 classes across 18 weeks of instruction in the spring 2023 semester (online and onsite).

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Onsite Schedule

Trial class is offered for following onsite classes:

  • Sun 12:15-2:15pm Speech & Debate Comprehensive 3rd-5th grade
  • Sun 9:30-11:30pm Speech & Debate Comprehensive 6th-8th grade
*No trial is offered for other onsite classes or online classes. Trial is paid and upon request and availability. Please fill out registration form and check trial. We will contact you soon.

Locations: 10885 S Blaney Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014

Dates:

  • 1/15(Sun)-5/21/2023(Sun).
  • No class on 4/16(Sun, Spring Break)

Discount: 

  • Sibling: the second student gets a 10% discount. The discount applies to the less expensive of the two classes.
  • Multiple classes: if the same student registers for two classes during the same semester, they get a 20% discount for the second class.
  • Discount not applicable to LD classes and national teams.

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Cupertino Onsite Classes

10885 S Blaney Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014
Tuition:
* 2 hour weekly class: $1462.5. All early bird, sibling discount and multiple classes enrollment discount apply.
* Elementary National Team: $1800.
* 2.5 hour weekly class for PF, Congress and Circuit LD National Team: $1933.
TimeSunSun
9:30am-11:30amSpeech & Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)Speech & Debate Comprehensive (6th-8th)
12:15pm-2:15pmSpeech & Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)Mock Trial(7th-12th)
2:30pm-4:30pmCongress Debate/Extemp Speaking (5th-8th)
2:30pm-5pmPublic Forum National Team
4:45pm-6:45pmElementary National Team (4th-5th)
5:15 PM-7:45 PMCircuit Debate(Policy+LD) National Team

  Online Schedule

Dates:

  • 1/9-5/22/2023
  • No class: 4/3-4/9,  Students have 1/16, 2023 (Monday, MLK Day) off; our Monday students will have their final class on 5/22, 2023. All other students will end by 5/21, 2023.
  • All our online classes are held over Zoom. You’ll receive a Zoom link before class starts.

Tuition:

  • 2 hour class/week $1462.5
  • 1.5 hour class/week $1098
  • JV LD and national teams, please contact us at yan@discovertalentedu.com for interviews.

Online Elementary School Classes (All Times PST)

Tuesday

  • 4pm-6pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)

Wednesday

  • 4pm-6pm | Elementary Nationals Team (4th-5th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 4:15pm-5:45pm | Littles Speech (1st-2nd)

Thursday

  • 4pm-6pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)
  • 4pm-6pm | Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)

Friday

  • 4:30pm-6:30pm | Intermediate Speech and Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th) [Prerequisite: Speech and Debate Comprehensive]
  • 6:15pm-7:45pm | Littles Speech (1st-2nd)
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)

Saturday

  • 9:45am-11:45am | Creative Writing (4th-6th)
  • 1pm-3pm | Acting and Impromptu (5th-8th)
  • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Billionaires Club (3rd-5th) [Hybrid]
  • 5pm-6:30pm | Littles Speech (1st-2nd)

Sunday

  • 1pm-3pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)
  • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Congress and Extemp (5th-8th)

Online Middle School Classes (All Times PST)

Monday

  • 4pm-6pm | Model United Nations for Kids (4th-6th)
  • 4pm-6pm | Public Forum Debate (6th-8th) [Prerequisite: Debate Comprehensive]
  • 4pm-6pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (6th-8th)
  • 4pm-6pm | Philosophy and Dungeons and Dragons (6th-12th)
  • [FULL] 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • [FULL] 6pm-8pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:15pm-8:45pm | Public Forum Nationals Team (6th-8th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • [FULL] 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]

Tuesday

  • [FULL] 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 4pm-6:30pm | Lincoln-Douglas Nationals Team (6th-8th) [Hybrid; Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Model United Nations (7th-12th)
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Screenwriting (6th-10th)
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Congress Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • [FULL] 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]

Wednesday

  • [FULL] 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Parliamentary Debate (7th-12th)
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Intro to Lincoln-Douglas Debate (7th-12th)
  • [FULL] 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]

Thursday

  • [FULL] 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • [FULL] 6pm-8pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • [FULL] 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Economics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship Level II (6th-12th) [Hybrid]

Friday

  • 4pm-6pm | Advanced Philosophy and Dungeons and Dragons (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Philosophy and Dungeons and Dragons]
  • 4pm-6pm | Mock Trial (7th-12th)
  • 4pm-6:30pm | Lincoln-Douglas Nationals Team (6th-8th) [Hybrid; Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Mock Trial Nationals Team (8th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview/Mock Trial]
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Debate Comprehensive (6th-8th)
  • [FULL] 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Congress Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]

Saturday

  • 9:45am-11:45am | Creative Writing (4th-6th)
  • 1pm-3pm | Acting and Impromptu (5th-8th)
  • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Speech Nationals Team Workshop (6th-12th) [Included with Speech Nationals Team registration]
  • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (6th-8th)

Sunday

  • 1pm-3pm | Mock Trial (7th-12th)
  • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Congress and Extemp (5th-8th)
  • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Speech Nationals Team Workshop (6th-12th) [Included with Speech Nationals Team registration]

Online High School Classes (All Times PST)

Monday

  • 4pm-6pm | Philosophy and Dungeons and Dragons (6th-12th)
  • [FULL] 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • [FULL] 6pm-8pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • [FULL] 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | College Writing Workshop (9th-12th)

Tuesday

  • [FULL] 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Model United Nations (7th-12th)
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Screenwriting (6th-10th)
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Congress Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • [FULL] 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:35pm-8:35pm | JV Lincoln-Douglas Debate (9th-12th) [Hybrid; Prerequisite: Interview]

Wednesday

  • [FULL] 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Parliamentary Debate (7th-12th)
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Intro to Lincoln-Douglas Debate (7th-12th)
  • [FULL] 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]

Thursday

  • 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • [FULL] 6pm-8pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • [FULL] 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Economics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship Level II (6th-12th) [Hybrid]

Friday

  • 4pm-6pm | Advanced Philosophy and Dungeons and Dragons (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Philosophy and Dungeons and Dragons]
  • 4pm-6pm | Mock Trial (7th-12th)
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Mock Trial Nationals Team (8th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview/Mock Trial]
  • [FULL] 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Congress Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Interview]
  • 6:35-8:35pm | Lincoln-Douglas Nationals Team (9th-12th) [Hybrid; Prerequisite: Interview.]

Saturday

  • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Speech Nationals Team Workshop (6th-12th) [Included with Speech Nationals Team registration]

Sunday

  • 1pm-3pm | Mock Trial (7th-12th)
  • 3:15pm-5:15pm | FBLA Competition Class (9th-12th)
  • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Speech Nationals Team Workshop (6th-12th) [Included with Speech Nationals Team registration]
  • [FULL] 3:15pm-5:15pm | AP Economics Intensive (9th-12th) [Hybrid; Prerequisite: Passing grade in Algebra I]

Refund Policy:
Tuition can be fully refunded with written notice 7 days before session starts. Cancellation after 7 days before session starts is non-refundable. PayPal processing fee will be non-refundable.