2023 Summer Speech & Debate Classes / Camps

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8% off if registered before 3/31!

Summer Semester Classes

  • Here are 18 classes across nine weeks of instruction in the summer 2023 semester (online).
  • Dates:
    • Our spring 2023 classes end on May 22, 2023.
    • Starting date: June 12, 2023 (Monday). Our Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) and Congress Nationals Team (6th-12th) classes start on June 20th (Tuesday).
    • No class: Students have June 19, 2023 (Monday, Juneteeth) off and July 4, 2023 (Tuesday, Independence Day). We will have a makeup day for students who missed their June 19 class on June 23 (Friday). We will have a makeup day for students who missed their July 4 class on July 7 (Friday).
    • Ending date: August 11, 2023 (Friday).
  • Locations:
    • All our online classes are held over Zoom. You’ll receive a Zoom link after registering.

Elementary School Division

  • Monday and Wednesday
    • 9:45am-11:45am | Speech and Debate Comprehensive A (3rd-5th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Debate Comprehensive A (3rd-5th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Creative Writing A (4th-6th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Elementary Nationals Team (3rd-5th)
    • 3:15pm-4:45pm | Littles Speech A (1st-2nd)
    • 5:30pm-7pm | Littles Speech B (1st-2nd)
    • 5:30pm-7:30pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive B (3rd-5th)
  • Tuesday and Thursday
    • 10am-12pm | Billionaire’s Club (3rd-5th) [This is a hybrid class; students can take it online and Zoom into our in-person Tustin course]
    • 1:15pm-2:45pm | Littles Speech C (1st-2nd)
    • 1pm-3pm | Creative Writing B (4th-6th)
    • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive C (3rd-5th)
    • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Congress and Extemp (5th-8th)
    • 5:30pm-7:30pm | Debate Comprehensive B (3rd-5th)

Middle School Division

  • Monday and Wednesday
    • 9:45am-11:45am | Speech and Debate Comprehensive A (6th-8th)
    • 9:45am-11:45am | Congress Nationals Team A [Prerequisite: Coach
    • Approval/Interview] (6th-12th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Returning Lincoln-Douglas Debate (7th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview; this is a hybrid class]
    • 1pm-3pm | Debate Comprehensive A (6th-8th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Creative Writing A (4th-6th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Mock Trial A (7th-12th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Congress Nationals Team B [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview] (6th-12th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Economics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship (Level I) (6th-12th) [Hybrid class]
    • 3:30pm-5:30pm | Economics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship (Level II) (6th-12th) [Hybrid class]
    • 5:30pm-7:30pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive B (6th-8th)
  • Tuesday and Thursday
    • 9:45am-11:45am | Congress Nationals Team C [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview] (6th-12th)
    • 9:45am-11:45am | Speech and Debate Comprehensive C (6th-8th)
    • 9:45am-11:45am | Intro to Policy Debate (6th-9th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Creative Writing B (4th-6th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Screenwriting (6th-10th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Model United Nations A (7th-12th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Intro to Lincoln-Douglas Debate (7th-12th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Public Forum Nationals Team (6th-8th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview] 3:15-5:15pm | Congress and Extemp (5th-8th)
    • 3:15-5:15pm | Public Forum Debate (6th-8th)
    • 3:15-5:15pm | Mock Trial B (7th-12th)
    • 5:30-7:30 | Debate Comprehensive B (6th-8th)
    • 5:30-7:30 | Model United Nations B (7th-12th)
  • Friday
    • 1pm-5:30pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th)

High School Division

  • Monday and Wednesday
    • 9:45am-11:45am | Congress Nationals Team A (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]
    • 1pm-3pm | Returning Lincoln-Douglas Debate (7th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview; Hybrid class]
    • 1pm-3pm | Mock Trial A (7th-12th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Congress Nationals Team B (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]
    • 1pm-3pm | Economics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship (Level I) (6th-12th) [Hybrid class]
    • 3:30pm-5:30pm | Economics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship (Level II) (6th-12th) [Hybrid class]
  • Tuesday and Thursday
    • 9:45am-11:45am | Congress Nationals Team C (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]
    • 9:45am-11:45am | Intro to Policy Debate (6th-9th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Screenwriting (6th-10th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Model United Nations A (7th-12th)
    • 1pm-3pm | Intro to Lincoln-Douglas Debate (7th-12th)
    • 3:15-5:15pm | Mock Trial B (7th-12th)
    • 5:30-7:30 | Model United Nations B (7th-12th)
  • Friday
    • 1pm-5:30pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th)

Intensive Weekly Camps

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We have deals and discounts.

  1. If payment and registration are completed before 3/31/23 (for all non-Nationals Team and non-Policy/non-Lincoln-Douglas classes), you get a 8% early bird discount . This does not apply to the one-week intensives.
  2. If payment and registration are completed before 4/15/23 (for all non-Nationals Team and non-Policy/non-Lincoln-Douglas classes), you get a 4% early bird discount. This does not apply to the one-week intensives.
  3. If payment and registration are completed before 5/1/23, you get a 3% early bird discount (automatically reflected in the sales link below). This DOES apply to the one-week intensives, Nationals Team, and Policy/Lincoln-Douglas classes.
  4. If two students register from the same household during the same semester, the second student gets a 10% discountThe discount applies to the less expensive of the two classes. [This discount does not apply to any Nationals Team class or private lessons. The discount applies to the less expensive of the two classes.]
  5.  If the same student registers for two classes during the same semester, they get a 20% discount for the second class. [This discount does not apply to any Nationals Team class or private lessons. The discount applies to the less expensive of the two classes.]
  6.  All of our classes are discounted if students join after the start of the semester. This discount roughly matches the prorated value of the class in addition to (1) the time a teacher must take to update a student on the class’s expectations and (2) access to the lesson material they missed. Join any time!
  7. PLEASE NOTE: All scheduled events are subject to change. By signing up, you understand that no fees will be refunded or transferred unless a child is unable to participate due to an accident or illness per physician orders. You acknowledge ModernBrain does not offer refunds after class begins; in such an instance, any funds you distribute to ModernBrain may be reallocated towards class credit for a future term. If unforeseen circumstances occur (including but not limited to a coach’s car breaking down an hour before an in-person class or an outbreak at an in-person site), We reserves the right to move up to two classes per semester from an in-person to an online class. We will alert the impacted families to the change ASAP.