Debate and Public Speaking Camp: a week-long day or overnight camp for girls, rising 7th to 12th grades, interested in debate and public speaking.

REGISTRATION OPENS JANUARY 3, 2024

Sessions:

  • Session 1
    • Day option: July 8 - 12
    • Overnight option: July 7 - 13

Tuition:

  • Choice A: Day option (8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday): $550 per session
  • Choice B: Overnight option for girls only (Sunday - Friday): $1,500 per session
  • Early & Late Care (optional)
    • Early Care (7:00 AM to 8:00 AM): $65 per week
    • Late Care (4:00 PM to 6:00 PM): $65 per week
    • Early & Late Care: $115 per week

 

Day Camp Referral Program

Help us spread the word about our Stoneleigh-Burnham summer community by inviting your friends and family to join you!  If they register with us for the summer, and put your name in our new referral box, you will BOTH receive $10 off your summer tuition! You may earn referral discounts up to your family's remaining balance for the summer.

If you are already registered and were referred by someone, please reach out with their name to receive the discount.

Registration:

New Family Registration

Returning Family Registration

Learn about Camp

Empowering Girls to Lift Up Their Voice

You Are Here
You Are Unique
You Have Much to Offer
Your Voice Will Enrich the World 

This camp offers a stimulating and supportive environment to develop your own voice as a speaker, thinker, and advocate. You will learn (or further develop your skills):

  • To give a short speech on the spot about almost anything at all–it can be funny or serious, deep or silly. 
  • To build a powerful speech that persuades people to think differently about something meaningful to you. 
  • To write a satirical speech that makes an important point but in a hilarious way. 
  • To put your own stamp on the words of a famous author by speaking those words with character, style, and panache; and,
  • To work with a partner to build arguments and win debates over serious (and sometimes not so serious) topics.
     

Parliamentary Debate
Impromptu Speaking
Interpretive Reading
Persuasive Speech
Satirical Speech (“After Dinner”)
 

You will emerge from this camp with increased proficiency in all of these different events which feature at tournaments offered by the Debating Association of New England Independent Schools (DANEIS). Your instructors will include Stoneleigh-Burnham’s debate coaching faculty and experienced student competitors in Stoneleigh’s Debate and Public Speaking Society.

But that is not all! Be prepared to enjoy Stoneleigh-Burnham’s gorgeous campus, plenty of social time with special treats and games. Overnight campers will also enjoy daily swimming in the pool, movie nights, and other fun activities. This will be the experience of a lifetime. Don’t miss it!

 

For more information please contact Dave Garappolo at [email protected] .