Our Mission
PLAY Foundation Speech and Debate was founded in 2019. The group is designed to create public speaking skills as well as build communication and critical thinking skills. This activity offers something for everyone. If you like acting, public speaking, reading, researching, writing, or even meeting new people, this group is for you. Students will use these skills in school and for the rest of their lives.
PLAY Foundation Speech and Debate was founded in 2019. The group is designed to create public speaking skills as well as build communication and critical thinking skills. This activity offers something for everyone. If you like acting, public speaking, reading, researching, writing, or even meeting new people, this group is for you. Students will use these skills in school and for the rest of their lives.
Upcoming Sessions
2024 Public Forum Debate Spring Session
We are excited to host this year's 2024 Public Forum Online Spring Session! We are offering this to students who are 4th grade and up. These classes will help students develop fundamental debate skills that will help them in the future. These classes offer a low student-to-staff ratio and will allow students to have the opportunity to practice debate and public speaking. The teachers have all had 5+ years of debate experience and received multiple awards at national competitions.
Date: 02/02-03/29
Class: Friday
Time: 7-8pm
Location: Zoom
Instagram: Play.debate
Email: [email protected]
Send payment over Zelle to [email protected] or Venmo @PLAY-Foundation
*Please make a note of your student's name
We are excited to host this year's 2024 Public Forum Online Spring Session! We are offering this to students who are 4th grade and up. These classes will help students develop fundamental debate skills that will help them in the future. These classes offer a low student-to-staff ratio and will allow students to have the opportunity to practice debate and public speaking. The teachers have all had 5+ years of debate experience and received multiple awards at national competitions.
Date: 02/02-03/29
Class: Friday
Time: 7-8pm
Location: Zoom
Instagram: Play.debate
Email: [email protected]
Send payment over Zelle to [email protected] or Venmo @PLAY-Foundation
*Please make a note of your student's name
2024 Speech and Debate Spring Session
Intro to Public Speaking is a 4.5 month long lecture based class that features extensive workshops every month. The first 4 weeks will be a free trial! The course will cover all the essential skills needed when giving a speech, and emphasizes hands-on learning, meaning students will practice through actual speaking and demonstration. Students will participate in drills and speaking evaluations as well as homework and classwork assignments. Every month will be centered around a new form of speaking such as socratic seminars, topic presentations, informative speeches, etc.
Date: 1/28-5/19
Class: Sunday
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Instructor Name: Leo Wang
Phone: 925-406-6218
E-mail: [email protected]
Send payment over Zelle to [email protected] or Venmo @PLAY-Foundation
*Please make a note of your student's name
Intro to Public Speaking is a 4.5 month long lecture based class that features extensive workshops every month. The first 4 weeks will be a free trial! The course will cover all the essential skills needed when giving a speech, and emphasizes hands-on learning, meaning students will practice through actual speaking and demonstration. Students will participate in drills and speaking evaluations as well as homework and classwork assignments. Every month will be centered around a new form of speaking such as socratic seminars, topic presentations, informative speeches, etc.
Date: 1/28-5/19
Class: Sunday
Time: TBD
Location: TBD
Instructor Name: Leo Wang
Phone: 925-406-6218
E-mail: [email protected]
Send payment over Zelle to [email protected] or Venmo @PLAY-Foundation
*Please make a note of your student's name
Past Activities
2023 Summer debate camp
Date: June 29th -August 4th
Class: Every Friday
Time: 7 pm- 8pm
Location: Zoom (Link will be sent the day before class)
2023 Spring debate camp
Date: January 11th -May 21st
Excluding: spring break
Class: Every Sunday
Time: 7 pm- 8:30pm
Location: Zoom (Link will be sent the day before class)
2022 Fall debate camp
Date: Sept 11th -Dec 11th
Excluding: Nov 13th and November 27th
Class: Every Sunday
Time: 7 pm- 8:30pm
Location: Zoom (Link will be sent the day before class)
2022 Summer debate camp
Time: July 8th-August 5th
Fridays at 7 pm-8:30 pm
Location: Zoom (Link will be sent the day before class)
Fee: $100 for all 5 sessions
2021 Summer SPEECH AND DEBATE CAMP
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm, 06/08/20-06/12/20
Style: Online
Students: 5-8th graders
All proceeds will be donated to non-profit organizations affected by COVID19 pandemic.
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2020 Summer SPEECH AND DEBATE CAMP
Time: 2:000pm-4:00pm, 06/08/20-06/12/20
Style: Online
Students: 5-8th graders
All proceeds will be donated to non-profit organizations affected by COVID19 pandemic.
2020 WINTER SPEECH AND DEBATE CAMP
PLAY Foundation 2020 Speech and Debate winter camp was hosted by president Joanna and her team. It was a four-day camp held in Dublin where students learned basic argumentation writing and participated in many debate practices and games.
Date: June 29th -August 4th
Class: Every Friday
Time: 7 pm- 8pm
Location: Zoom (Link will be sent the day before class)
2023 Spring debate camp
Date: January 11th -May 21st
Excluding: spring break
Class: Every Sunday
Time: 7 pm- 8:30pm
Location: Zoom (Link will be sent the day before class)
2022 Fall debate camp
Date: Sept 11th -Dec 11th
Excluding: Nov 13th and November 27th
Class: Every Sunday
Time: 7 pm- 8:30pm
Location: Zoom (Link will be sent the day before class)
2022 Summer debate camp
Time: July 8th-August 5th
Fridays at 7 pm-8:30 pm
Location: Zoom (Link will be sent the day before class)
Fee: $100 for all 5 sessions
2021 Summer SPEECH AND DEBATE CAMP
Time: 3:00pm-5:00pm, 06/08/20-06/12/20
Style: Online
Students: 5-8th graders
All proceeds will be donated to non-profit organizations affected by COVID19 pandemic.
.
2020 Summer SPEECH AND DEBATE CAMP
Time: 2:000pm-4:00pm, 06/08/20-06/12/20
Style: Online
Students: 5-8th graders
All proceeds will be donated to non-profit organizations affected by COVID19 pandemic.
2020 WINTER SPEECH AND DEBATE CAMP
PLAY Foundation 2020 Speech and Debate winter camp was hosted by president Joanna and her team. It was a four-day camp held in Dublin where students learned basic argumentation writing and participated in many debate practices and games.
Members
Sonya Chamberlain
Sonya is a 11th grade student at Dublin High. She has studied Public Forum debate for 5 years now as the first speaker. She competed in many events and won several medals. Alongside Maggie Mei and Irayna Lin she has hosted multiple debate classes that have earned notable profits.
Sonya is a 11th grade student at Dublin High. She has studied Public Forum debate for 5 years now as the first speaker. She competed in many events and won several medals. Alongside Maggie Mei and Irayna Lin she has hosted multiple debate classes that have earned notable profits.