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2023 Fall Schedule

There are 16 classes across 16 weeks of instruction in the 2023 Fall semester (online and onsite).

Please note that onsite and online may have different schedules​

Speech & Debate course are year-round enrollment with prorated tuition. 

Onsite Schedule

Locations: 10885 S Blaney Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014

16 classes across 16 weeks of instruction (two-hour classes, one per week)

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Dates:

  • August 21, 2023 (Monday) to December 17, 2023 (Sunday)

  • No class: September 4, 2023 (Labor Day, Monday). All missed Monday classes will be offered a makeup class on December 18 (Monday). November 20-26 (Thanksgiving Week, Monday to Sunday).

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Tuition: 2 hour weekly class: $1300 

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​When emergency happens to the coaches or they need to lead team to tournaments, we reserve the right to offer alternative online options.

Sunday:

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  • 9:30-11:30 am | Intermediate Speech and Debate Comprehensive(3rd-5th)

  • 11:40-1:40 pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive(3rd-5th)

  • 2:20-4:20 pm | Debate Comprehensive (6th-8th)

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Online Schedule

All classes are online in Zoom

16 classes across 16 weeks of instruction (two-hour classes, one per week)

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Dates:

  • August 21, 2023 (Monday) to December 17, 2023 (Sunday)

  • No class: September 4, 2023 (Labor Day, Monday). All missed Monday classes will be offered a makeup class on December 18 (Monday). November 20-26 (Thanksgiving Week, Monday to Sunday).

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Tuition:

  • 2 hour class/week $1300

  • 1.5 hour class/week $1098

  • National teams, please contact us

Monday

  • Elementary School/Middle School:

    •  4pm-6pm | Model United Nations for Kids (4th-6th)

  • Middle School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (6th-8th)

    • 4pm-6:30pm | Lincoln-Douglas Nationals Team (6th-8th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview; this is a hybrid class; students can take it online and Zoom into our in-person Tustin course; this is for first-year students.]

    • 6:15pm-8:45pm | Public Forum Nationals Team (6th-8th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

  • Middle School/High School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

  • High School:

    • 6:35pm-8:35pm | Lincoln-Douglas Nationals Team (9th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview; this is a hybrid class; students can take it online and Zoom into our in-person Tustin course; students will have an additional Zoom office hour on Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm Pacific]

Tuesday

  • Elementary School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)

    • 4pm-6pm | Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)

  • Middle School/High School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Model United Nations (7th-12th)

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Screenwriting (6th-10th)

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Congress Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

Wednesday

  • Elementary School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Elementary Nationals Team (4th-5th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 4:15pm-5:45pm | Littles Speech (1st-2nd) 

  • Middle School/High School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Congress Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Intro to Lincoln-Douglas (7th-12th)

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

Thursday

  • Elementary School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Elementary Nationals Team (4th-5th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 4pm-6pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)

  • Middle School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Public Forum Debate (6th-8th)

  • Middle School/High School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Mock Trial Nationals Team (8th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Economics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship [Level II] (6th-12th) [This is a hybrid class; students can take it online and Zoom into our in-person Tustin course] 

Friday

  • Elementary School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Intermediate Speech and Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)

    • 4pm-6pm | Elementary Nationals Team (4th-5th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)

    • 6:30pm-8pm | Littles Speech (1st-2nd) 

  • Middle School:

    • 4pm-6:30pm | Lincoln-Douglas Nationals Team (6th-8th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview; this is a hybrid class; students can take it online and Zoom into our in-person Tustin course; this is for returning students.]

  • Middle School/High School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 4:15pm-6:15pm | Mock Trial (7th-12th)

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Mock Trial Nationals Team (8th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Speech Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | World Schools and Parliamentary Debate (7th-12th)

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | Congress Nationals Team (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

  • High School:

    • 6:15pm-8:15pm | AP Economics (9th-12th) [This is a hybrid class; students can take it online and Zoom into our in-person Tustin course; this class begins on September 15, 2023]

    • 6:35pm-8:35pm | Lincoln-Douglas Nationals Team (9th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview; this is a hybrid class; students can take it online and Zoom into our in-person Tustin course; students will have an additional Zoom office hour on Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm Pacific; this is for returning students]

Saturday

  • Elementary School:

    • 10am-12pm | Billionaires Club (3rd-5th) [This is a hybrid class; students can take it online and Zoom into our in-person Tustin course]

    • 1pm-3pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)

    • 5pm-6:30pm | Littles Speech (1st-2nd)

    • 5pm-7pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (3rd-5th)

  • Elementary School/Middle School:

    • 9:45am-11:45am | Creative Writing (4th-6th)

    • 4pm-6pm | Congress and Impromptu (5th-8th)

  • Middle School:

    •  3:15pm-5:15pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (6th-8th)

  • Middle School/High School:

    • 4pm-6pm | Advanced Philosophy and Dungeons and Dragons (6th-12th) 

    • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Speech Nationals Team Workshop (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

  • High School: 

    • 4pm-6pm | Speech and Debate Comprehensive (9th-12th)

Sunday

  • Elementary School:

    • 1pm-3pm | Elementary Nationals Team (4th-5th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

  • Middle School/High School:

    • 10am-12pm | Economics, Leadership, and Entrepreneurship [Level I] (6th-12th) [This is a hybrid class; students can take it online and Zoom into our in-person Tustin course]

    • 1pm-3pm | Mock Trial (7th-12th)

    • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Speech Nationals Team Workshop (6th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

    • 3:15pm-5:15pm | Model United Nations Nationals Team (8th-12th) [Prerequisite: Coach Approval/Interview]

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If you're registering for multiple classes, need your sessions prorated, or are otherwise entitled to a special rate, contact us.

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  • If payment and registration are completed before 7/23/23 (for all non-Nationals Team, non-AP Economics, and non-Policy/non-Lincoln-Douglas classes), you get a 8% early bird discount 

  • If payment and registration are completed before 8/1/23 (for all non-Nationals Team, non-AP Economics, and non-Policy/non-Lincoln-Douglas classes), you get a 4% early bird discount 

  • If payment and registration are completed before 8/7/23, you get a 3% early bird discount. This DOES apply to Nationals Team, AP Economics, and Policy/Lincoln-Douglas classes.

  • If two students register from the same household during the same semester, the second student gets a 10% discount. The discount applies to the less expensive of the two classes. [This discount does not apply to any Nationals Team class or private lessons. The discount applies to the less expensive of the two classes.]

  • If the same student registers for two classes during the same semester, they get a 20% discount for the second class. [This discount does not apply to any Nationals Team class or private lessons. The discount applies to the less expensive of the two classes.]

  • All of our classes are prorated if students join after the start of the semester. Additional benefits (1) the time a teacher will take to update a student on the class's expectations and (2) access to the lesson material they missed. Join any time!

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