Communication Track

Today’s businesses are complex entities. However, one fundamental principle of success remains constant – the need for communication.  Our communication track has been designed to develop speech fluency and confidence and are easily adaptable to groups of all ages and skill levels: from beginners to advanced, both in middle school and high school.

As James Humes, a speechwriter for five Presidents, once said, “The art of communication is the language of leadership.” 

MS Public Speaking I
(6th -8th)

This is aimed at students who have some exposure to public speaking and wish to refine their skills further.

HS Public Speaking I
(8th+)

This is the Introduction of public speaking class aimed for high school students who have never been any public speaking class before and wish to refine train their public speaking skills and feel more comfortable and relaxed when speaking in front of a crowd.

HS Speech II
(8th+)

This is an intermediate speech program targeted for students who are currently in high school speech team and wish to refine their speech skills,; or who will try audition for speech team in the fall.  This class will learn about various types of speech team events and Congressional Debate event.

​MS Art of Writing I
(6th+)

This class will introduce the joy of creative writing to students who like writing stories, poetry, essays and plays, or who are willing to explore the fun of writing.  It will cover the fundamentals of writing such as style and grammar, as well as various types.  The students are encouraged to share their ideas, let their imagination soar and write with pleasure.  The instructor will discuss character development, plot, tone and all other aspects of short stories, drama, and more.

HS Essay Writing
​(8th+)

This class will introduce the basic techniques of essay writing to high school students and help them write different kind of essay including college application essays.  This class will be challenging and require students to read multiple books and write 4 different kind of high quality essays during the 7 weeks period.

MS Debate I

 This course will introduce the basic skills required for debate program. The curriculum will include how to debate, knowledge about the resolution and general areas of knowledge such as history, economics, international politics, philosophy, government and more. It will also provide the opportunities for students to bring the theory into practice through on some simple debatable topics to help them become comfortable, confident and powerful presenters and persuaders.

HS Debate I

​Students would be taught basic public speaking skills to alleviate stage fright and make them more confident and comfortable speakers.  As congress is the best event in which to learn these skills, this would be the first event taught.  Students would be instructed on how to a) make a case for or against a resolution, b) refute opposing arguments, c) rebuild their own arguments that have been attacked (called rebutting in debate), d) summarize the floor debate, and e) ask and answers questions while on the floor.  Congress is a non-confrontational form of debate where students indirectly compete against each other (compare it to golf or swimming or track and field).

HS Debate II
(8th+)

This is an intermediate debate program targeted for students who are currently in high school debate team and wish to refine their debate skills,; or who will try to audition for debate team in the fall.  This class will learn about Congressional Debate event.
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