Canceled

This year’s Gunn Speech and Debate Camp has unfortunately been canceled.

Who We Are

Gunn Speech and Debate is an award-winning club that prides itself on its ability to get debaters to the highest levels of excellence and create an open community. Our annual summer camp invites all rising 6th to 9th graders—regardless of their experience—to spend a week developing their public speaking and argumentation skills through engaging lessons and drills. Students will be placed in small groups and learn a hybrid debate format that is unique to our program.

Why Us?

Gunn Speech and Debate is nationally ranked across many branches of Speech and Debate. You can be sure that you are being taught by some of the top debaters in the nation. The following are some of our club’s recent achievements:

• Octofinals at the National Parliamentary Debate Invitational
• 5 qualifying teams for regional qualifiers in Parliamentary Debate
• Ranked #5 in the nation in Parliamentary Debate
• Finalists at the National Speech and Debate Tournament in Policy Debate for 2 years
• Co-Champions at the California High School Speech Association Tournament
• Highest number of bids in a single season in Policy Debate
• Highest number of TOC bids in a single season in Policy Debate
• Quarterfinals at the National Speech and Debate Tournament in World Schools
• Quarterfinals at the Tournament of Champions in Public Forum Debate
• Finalists at Berkeley Speech and Debate Invitational in Public Forum Debate
• Champions of the Robert Garcia Speech and Debate Invitational in Public Forum Debate
• Finalists at CFL tournaments in Speech

Student Testimonials

“I enjoyed the demo debates because it was interesting to see how experienced debaters constructed their arguments and refuted their opponents' arguments."
– 9th Grader (2022)