What others are saying.
“My children had a great time. My daughter said ‘this will help her with stage fright (her words). I really like this program.’ Her low was that it ended too quickly. LOL, I reminded her that she will be there all week. My son could only express his excitement with thumbs up and that ‘this was so, so, so fun! I can't wait until tomorrow.’ Thank you for this growth in my children in one day. I appreciate your time and all involved.”
Alisha J. (Parent, Summer Camp Participant)
“Thank you very much for teaching this class! My son really enjoyed it. Please keep me posted on the upcoming class.”
Q.Y. (Parent)
“I enrolled my child in the program because today’s generation has lost the ability to communicate due to technology. The values learned in the program were good life lessons. It stretched him to grow. He was challenged to utilize a different strength.”
Francesca S. (Parent)
“I enrolled my son in this program because I wanted him to develop better presentation and speaking skills. He was not being taught in school how to do this even though he was required to give group presentations. As a result of this program, my son’s voice projection has improved. He speaks louder and he loved the mock trial.”
Tiffany W. (Parent)
“I know my son enjoyed the program because he would remind me about the meetings. He was very excited about them.”
Glenda F. (Parent)
“I like the timing of the meetings. How spaced out they were. I like the book format. It gave me a chance to prepare by seeing the schedule in advance. I also like being able to choose my own speech topic.”
Sydney T. (age 14)
“I like that I got to connect with different classmates I didn’t know that well.”
Jorden C. (age 15)
“I learned it takes a little bit more effort to do things. You can’t do what you always do and expect to get by. You have to work a little harder. My usual didn’t work too well.”
Joshua C. (age 17)
“I always wanted to start a school club. After attending the 8-week program, I gained the confidence to start a debate club at my school.”
Sydney T. (age 14)
“I enjoyed the experience of writing a speech and then presenting it to others. It gave me confidence. It helped me when I had to give speeches in school. The teachers expected me to present what I wrote. But I didn’t like getting up and speaking in front of people. This really helped me in school.”
Jordan S. (age 13)
“I like the feedback we got from others when we did speeches. It helped us get better as speakers. As a result of this program, I learned how to speak up to others, and when I’m presenting stuff at school.”
Micah K. (age 13)
“I like the free range of how we could talk…. how to express it. I enjoyed that approach. And I really like the different roles we had to run the meeting.”
Joshua C. (age 17)
“I enjoyed the improvisation moments of thinking off the top of your head. But I realized that when I write, I have a tendency to go off on little rants. I fixed that when somebody told me about it during the program. Now professors usually don’t come after me about little rants.”
David F. (age 16)