Date

Saturday or Sunday, June 20 - August 29
(No class on the 3rd and 4th of July)

Times

• Advanced: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
• Beginner: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
• Intermediate: 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
• Beginner: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tuition: $550 for weekly Sunday classes
Use code SUMMERELEM21 for a $75 discount on the tuition. Good through 11:59 PM June 13.

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Eligibility: Rising 4th graders through 6th grader, meaning students must have completed at least 3rd grade as of Spring 2021.

Pre-requisites: No experience required to join our beginner program but if you are seeking to join our intermediate or advanced classes, we will ask for writing samples and prior coaching feedback to ensure you are placed in the right experience level.

Description: Our weekend Saturday or Sunday classes are suitable for students who are seeking to join our classes’ long term in the school year or are seeking more of a challenge in learning new skills. This class will focus on introducing students to original speech formats like oratory and debate formats like congress where students will take the duration of the summer to research, write and present/deliver their speeches and debates for an end of the semester mock competition in their respective classes.

This class will allow students to advance to our weekend program during the school year which will focus on either continuing to help students gain their confidence in writing and speaking their own words or those who are ready for a challenge, go and compete!

Note: If you are looking to compete or start the fall semester at a higher level, you should sign up for the weekly class on Saturday or Sunday. Students in our current elementary program are encouraged to continue in the weekend program to continue advancing.

If you were in our elementary program at BIF prior to the start of this academic year, please contact us in order to receive the appropriate recommendation for experience level for the summer.

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Note: No rising 5th or 6th graders in this program. Please sign up for our elementary program or the educational based programs instead.

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Description:

• Daily guided lectures for their respective speech and events.
• NSDA & CHSSA approved speech events will be offered: IMP (Impromptu Speaking) OI (Oratorical Interpretation)
• Tournament-style Showcase on the final day of camp. All parents and family members are highly encouraged to attend.
• Will be presented a series of lectures on the debate format and structure of argumentation within the format.

Pre-Requisites: This camp is designed for students with little to no experience in speech, but who are preparing to compete at tournaments during the school year. If your child is not planning on competing during the academic school year, please sign up for the educational program instead as this program is more rigorous and faster paced than our educational program which is more suited for students with no plans or interests in competing in speech and debate.

NOTE: Students taking this camp to join our competitive program during the school year must show a basic mastery of the material learned over the summer during the first week of class in the Fall.

Date

June 28 - August 28

Students enrolled in the competitive program will be required to take two classes (one speech and one debate) per week for the duration of the summer (28 June - 28 August)

Students seeking to focus on speech or just debate will not be accepted in this program. No exceptions. Note: No rising 5th or 6th graders in this program. Please sign up for our elementary program or the educational based programs instead.

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Description:

• Daily guided lectures for their respective speech and events.
• NSDA & CHSSA approved speech events will be offered: IMP (Impromptu Speaking) OI (Oratorical Interpretation)
• Tournament-style Showcase on the final day of camp. All parents and family members are highly encouraged to attend.
• Will be presented a series of lectures on the debate format and structure of argumentation within the format.

Pre-Requisites: This camp is designed for students with little to no experience in speech, but who are preparing to compete at tournaments during the school year. If your child is not planning on competing during the academic school year, please sign up for the educational program instead as this program is more rigorous and faster paced than our educational program which is more suited for students with no plans or interests in competing in speech and debate.

NOTE: Students taking this camp to join our competitive program during the school year must show a basic mastery of the material learned over the summer during the first week of class in the Fall.

$100 OFF early bird discount through June 13
To avail, use code SUMMERWEEKLY21

One Week Camps

Price: $875 per week
$125 off early bird through June 13.
Use code EXP21ONE for $125 off one-week speech camp.

*All classes are full day (8:30 AM - 4:30 PM)

Note: Students may select between speech and debate or do both. We will also accept students in two different speech sessions if they are planning on working on two speech events. We will not accept students doing one debate event and then the other event nor someone requesting to do one week of debate only.

POI/Platform allowed in two week advanced speech sessions.
Doing one interp event? Please select from the one week options above which coincide with the advanced speech dates above.

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Two Week Camps

Price: Speech: $1325; Debate: $1400
$200 off early bird through June 13
Use code EXP21TWO for $200 off two-week camps
Use code EXP21THREE for $325 off three-week camps (this could be a combination of speech and debate or all speech).

*All classes are full day (8:30 AM - 4:30 PM)

Note: We will accept no more than 2 - 4 Platform/POI per advanced session.

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Description: Students in our advanced sessions for speech and debate will walk away ready to compete at the highest level of competitions. Students will have one or more speech events ready for competitions by the end of their session(s) with us and in debate, students will have arguments and a basic understanding of the topic and what to expect at tournaments during the first two months of the semester. Students will be introduced to new ideas or concepts that students at their level should know about including any new ideas introduced in the prior year of competition. Debate camp will be heavy on lecture, research along with skillset exercises/activities and almost a full week of practice rounds with our staff.

Students must be accepted into this session, upon coaches’ review of past experience (for current GSA/BIF students, this includes reviewing your last semester progress report). If not accepted, students will be recommended to register for the beginning or intermediate competition session.

Returning students should consult their coaches and/or their last semester recommendation if unsure of your level for the summer. Students who are not a part of our organization should expect to turn in material including competition resume and judge feedback for review.

NOTE: If you plan to join us during the school year, simply taking this camp does not place you in our advanced classes, as with our semester, there will be basic requirements and observations we will make to write up a final placement recommendation as well as general commentary and feedback for parents and students to review at the end of camp. This also does not exempt you from any other requirements including taking both speech and debate during the school year.

Events Offered: HI, DI, DUO*, Platform, POI, EXT, LD, PF

Pre-Requisites:

• Minimum 1 year or 2 semesters of competitive experience in speech--either from their respective schools, GSA, or other programs.
• Attended a minimum of 3 tournaments. One should be a post-season tournament (State or National Championships) though we can make exceptions depending on experience and total tournament participation.
• Students must submit a resume of past competitive successes and programs participated in.

Date

June 28, 2021 - August 28, 2021, twice a week. 8 students max per class.

• Intermediate Lincoln Douglas Debate: Tuesday and Thursday @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Advanced Public Forum Debate: Tuesday and Thursday @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Intermediate Public Forum Debate: Monday and Wednesday @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Advanced Lincoln Douglas Debate: Monday and Wednesday @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Intermediate/Advanced Interp: Tuesday and Thursday @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Intermediate/Advanced Platform: Monday and Wednesday @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Intermediate/Advanced Platform: Tuesday and Thursday @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Intermediate/Advanced Extemp: Monday and Wednesday @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Intermediate/Advanced Extemp: Tuesday and Thursday @ 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Price: $825
$100 OFF early bird discount through June 13.
To avail, use code SUMMERWEEKLY21 at checkout.

Students will be required to take two sessions per week for the duration of the class. There are no exceptions. (28 June 2021 - 28 August 2021)

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Description: Students in intermediate sessions will walk away with either one or more speech events ready for competition and/or debate ready arguments for one of the two possible topics that will be used for competition during the first two months of the school year. Students would be ready to compete in either the JV or Varsity level of competition if the work required is properly completed. Camps in debate will be lecture based with various activities and skill exercises introduced and practiced through the course of the camp. There will be a major emphasis on practice debates throughout the last week of camp including a mock practice tournament at the end of the camp.

Students in our advanced sessions for speech and debate will walk away ready to compete at the highest level of competitions. Students will have one or more speech events ready for competitions by the end of their session(s) with us and in debate, students will have arguments and a basic understanding of the topic and what to expect at tournaments during the first two months of the semester. Students will be introduced to new ideas or concepts that students at their level should know about including any new ideas introduced in the prior year of competition. Debate camp will be heavy on lecture, research along with skillset exercises/activities and almost a full week of practice rounds with our staff.

Students must be accepted into this session, upon coaches’ review of past experience (for current GSA/BIF students, this includes reviewing your last semester progress report). If not accepted, students will be recommended to register for the beginning or intermediate competition session.

Returning students should consult their coaches and/or their last semester recommendation if unsure of your level for the summer. Students who are not a part of our organization should expect to turn in material including competition resume and judge feedback for review.

NOTE: If you plan to join us during the school year, simply taking this camp does not place you in our intermediate/advanced classes, as with our semester, there will be basic requirements and observations we will make to write up a final placement recommendation as well as general commentary and feedback for parents and students to review at the end of camp. This also does not exempt you from any other requirements including taking both speech and debate during the school year.