Lynbrook Speech & Debate
Summer Camp
Signups are currently CLOSED. Please check back in Summer 2024!
The camp is open to incoming 4th-9th graders, of ALL experience levels. Please fill out the form below and then pay on the same form once you submit it. If you are registering more than one child, please fill out the form once for each child and make two separate payments (one payment on each google form submitted).
Returning Students: $400
New Students: $450
Information
Week 1: Fundamentals of Debate
Week 2: Fundamentals of Speech
Students will develop their argumentation and public speaking skills by researching real world topics, such as a Universal Basic Income, as well as receive insight on the various aspects of competitive debate ranging from judge adaptation, note taking strategies, conducting a cross examination, and finding quality sources. On Friday, students will get the opportunity to compete in a debate tournament, judged by Lynbrook Speech and Debate competitors and alumni.
Students will learn the fundamentals of the speechwriting process, utilizing and incorporating personal experiences, developing one's self-confidence, as well as utilizing critical thinking or improvisational skills to come up with ideas on the spot. On Friday, campers will participate in a tournament to exercise their speaking skills and gain valuable feedback from instructors and peers.
Our student instructors are well-versed in the events that Speech and Debate has to offer. Lynbrook Speech and Debate students have qualified to nationally recognized tournaments, from the State Championships to competitions as large as the Tournament of Champions. That being said, we hope to pass on this knowledge and experience to our students. With Lynbrook’s seasoned high school speech and debaters guiding the students, we guarantee individualized feedback to help the students improve the most. Many of our experienced speakers and debaters have actually participated in Lynbrook's annual summer camp, so you never know when your child could become the next big thing in speech and debate! Moreover, instructors for the Camp have been accepted by many prestigious universities, including MIT, Duke, Stanford, Yale, UPenn, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Rice, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and more, and have extensive debate experience. Your children will have the amazing opportunity to work with all of these team members and many more during the summer. After 14 years of summer camps, we hope that this will be the most enjoyable for your students.
But don't hear it from us...hear it from past summer camp students!
"Debate camp is a fun, energetic and friendly way to spend a week of your summer vacation. And with very caring and encouraging teachers and assistant teachers as well as outgoing and supportive classmates, Lynbrook's debate camp is a definite way to have fun and most certainly to find your voice!"
Eric Chiang (8th grade)
"Through LSD summer camp I improved my skills in both speech and debate drastically. I was able to organize my speech and research in incredible ways that will help me in many aspects of my life in the years to come."
Raj Mehta (9th grade)
"The instructors at camp were really passionate. My teacher gave me high school advice, and we're even friends on Facebook now. I made new friends here, and it was more fun than I thought it'd be."
Rik Vendra (7th grade)
"I really enjoyed the debate summer camp because I learned about many topics I didn't know before like Arab Spring and the Cold War. Also I had a lot of fun in the contests and working with my group."
Nandita Iyer (6th grade)