Summer Debate Institutes

Students are strongly encouraged to attend a summer debate institute. Summer debate institutes can be amazingly beneficial when it comes down to maturing and growing as a debater and as a young adult. Many of our area’s strongest debaters have consistently been the ones who have gone to a summer institute. Students learn better researching skills, better character pops, better vocal structure, and better argumentation. Students meet people from across Florida, the US, and even from other countries … and there’s nothing cooler than bumping into (and then beating!) a summer institute friend from another part of the nation at a tournament such as Emory or nationals!
 
Understand that most institutes do offer some sort of financial aid, but they come in varying amounts, and there is no guarantee of receiving them due to the number of other students from across the nation who see financial assistance. The sooner you apply, the better your chances!
 
Here are some recommend summer institutes:

INSTITUTE FOR SPEECH AND DEBATE (Charlotte NC, Ft. Lauderdale FL, and Boulder CO – Congress, Extemp, Interp, Lincoln Douglas, Oratory, Informative, Public Forum, and Middle School PFD) – The amazing CHAMPION BRIEFS INSTITUTE merged with ISD last fall, which means two great programs are now one amazing program: http://www.ispeechanddebate.com/

INVICTA DEBATE INSTITUTE (Ft. Lauderdale FL – Congress, Public Forum Debate, Extemp) –
one of the less expensive institutes, and in-state to boot: https://invictadebate.org/  

SUMMIT DEBATE (San Jose CA, Des Moines IA, and Boston MA – Public Forum Debate, Lincoln Douglas Debate, Interp, Oratory)
https://www.summitdebate.com/

WKU SUMMER FORENSIC INSTITUTE (Bowling Green, KY – Interp) – 
An extremely cost-effective institute!: http://www.wkuforensics.com/sfi/

THE GEORGE MASON INSTITUTE OF FORENSICS (Fairfax, VA – Interp) – A
nother amazing interp camp: http://gmif.gmuforensics.org/

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FORENSICS (Austin, TX – Interp) – Yet a
nother amazing interp camp: http://utspeech.net