Virginia Debate Academy

Virginia Debate Academy is Open for Registration!
Unlock your child's potential this summer with a program that builds confidence, critical thinking, and leadership skills!

Why Choose VDA?
Students participate in games, lectures, mock debates, workshops, and other public speaking activities to learn and practice competitive debate. Debaters master these core skills:
✔️ Argumentation
✔️ Critical Thinking
✔️ Collaboration
✔️ Communication
✔️ Public Speaking
✔️ Research

🏆 Our Track Record of Success:

- VDA students have championed WACFL Metro Finals, the Virginia High School League State Tournament, the Middle School National Championship, and achieved success at national invitational tournaments.

- Our debaters thrive as team leaders and gain admission to top colleges like Duke, Harvard, Princeton, UVA, W&M, and more!

- VDA's curriculum is developed by accomplished instructors with over a decade of coaching experience, who have collectively won 7 Virginia State Championships and excelled at national tournaments. They also apply their professional background in public policy, law, and research to the curriculum and classroom, ensuring students gain real-world insights.

📅 Program Details:
- What: Introductory Debate Courses
- When: July 14–18, 2025; July 21–25, 2025
- Where: Chantilly, Virginia
- Who: Students in Grades 7–12 (No prior debate experience needed!)
💻 Register: Visit our website for more information and registration instructions: https://www.virginiadebate.com
🚨 Secure your spot today! https://www.virginiadebate.com/camps

CAMPS | Virginia Debate Located in Chantilly, Va, our camps teach students research, critical thinking, public speaking, case construction, and other techniques necessary to excel in competitive debate and public speaking. VDA's low teacher-student ratio provides students ample time and resources to improve their craft a...

Virginia Debate Academy is open for registration!

Students participate in games, lectures, mock debates, workshops, and other public speaking activities to learn and practice competitive debate. Students develop these core skills:

- Argumentation
- Critical Thinking
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Public Speaking
- Research

VDA students have championed WACFL Metro Finals, the Virginia High School League State tournament, the Middle School National Championship, and reached elimination rounds at or won invitational tournaments across the nation. Our students regularly gain leadership positions on their debate teams and admission to top colleges, such as the College of William & Mary, Duke University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, and more.

We still have space for students in our introductory course, running on July 15-19, in Chantilly, Virginia. This class is open to students in grades 7-12, who are new to competitive debate. Please use the link at the bottom to find more information, including registration instructions:

https://www.virginiadebate.com/camps

Create your success story today!

CAMPS | Virginia Debate Located in Chantilly, Va, our camps teach students research, critical thinking, public speaking, case construction, and other techniques necessary to excel in competitive debate and public speaking. VDA's low teacher-student ratio provides students ample time and resources to improve their craft a...

Virginia Debate Academy is excited to launch our online spring camp!

This interactive course will occur once per week, on Saturdays, 1-3 PM, running February 6th through April 24th. Students are expected to have experience in debate, such as previous camp or current circuit experience. Debaters will participate in Socratic seminars, workshops, and mock debates to strengthen their debate and speaking skills, while also preparing for upcoming tournaments.

Students have the flexibility to register for whichever classes they wish to attend each month. At the beginning of each month, we will send out a class schedule, which will include the topics covered.

Monthly tuition fees are based on the number of courses a student attends. Class fees are $60 per class or a discounted flat rate of $200 for all four classes per month.

Please use the following link to register for February:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeoRRjiCkr1gQ3csDc3qcEAFdMSTdIQQeiZhsMIwUfJK_12WA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please contact us with any questions!

Virginia Debate Academy Spring Debate Camp Sign up, February 6, 13, 20, 27

Parents and Debaters,

Registration for our Online Winter Break Debate Camp is now open!

Students will participate in Socratic seminars, workshops, mock speeches and debates, and lectures to enhance their debate skills. Our classes are for students that have attended previous camps or are currently competing on the local and national circuit. Students will work with the December/January topics during class, providing them a great opportunity to receive additional help on their preparation for upcoming tournaments.

We have a unique class schedule to accommodate the Holiday season. Classes are 10AM-2:30PM with a 30-minute lunch break included. Please use the following link to register:

https://www.virginiadebate.com/camps

Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Best regards

CAMPS | Virginia Debate  Our camps teach students research, critical thinking, case construction, and other techniques necessary to excel in competitive debate and public speaking and improve their persuasion capabilities. VDA's low teacher-student ratio provides students ample time and resources to improve their cr...