The 2022 Nueva Summer Expedition Line-Up:
 

Our Middle School Expedition program is designed to be fun, rigorous and engaging, showcasing the best of Nueva's "learn by doing" philosophy. Each offering aims to provide campers unique opportunities to explore academic passions in greater depth while working with Nueva teachers, students, and visiting college professors. Campers will experience Nueva's constructivist, project- and inquiry-based learning environment, and cultivate new skills and interests.

This summer all of our programs will be held at our Hillsborough campus. Lunch will be provided to all campers each day. There are also several supervised and programmed recess blocks built into the day to help keep our campers active and engaged.

Our morning classes will meet from 9 a.m.–12 p.m.

All afternoon classes will meet from 1–4 p.m.

Please partner with your child to choose the classes that they would most enjoy.

If you have questions, please email our team at summer@nuevaschool.org.

In this fourth year of Upper School Expedition, we are thrilled to offer two weeks of our Parliamentary and Public Forum Debate Camps. The course will be held July 18–29 at our San Mateo campus.

Participants can join either offering for one or two weeks. Our Upper School Expedition classes provide students entering grades 8–12 with an opportunity to take an immersive deep-dive inspired by Nueva’s mission to instill life-long learning skills in our all of our learners and community members.

July 18–29

Upper School Parliamentary and Public Forum Debate Camps

Sam Timinsky & Les Philips

What does our program offer? 

Our Upper School Parliamentary Debate Camp is designed for high school students (rising ninth through twelfth grade) who are interested in competitive parliamentary debate. We welcome beginners — we delight in introducing debate to new students, and we give them our very best attention. We also welcome strong, experienced students who are ready to extend themselves and move to the next level, guided by our deeply experienced coaching staff.

We’ll provide rigorous training in debate research, the use of philosophical arguments in debate, debate theory, case writing, strategic thinking, and speaking tailored to both professional and lay judges. Newer debaters will spend more time developing foundational skills. This track involves a series of workshops, lectures, and practice sessions to drill specific skills, such as locating evidence and ad-libbing refutation. More advanced debaters will spend more time in sophisticated reading groups, writing sessions, and mini-debates. They will also take part in mini-topic lectures and practice debates that emphasize strategy development.

Ideally, students will attend for the full two weeks. However, the course is divided into two week-long blocks (five days of instruction), and students are welcome to sign up for either or both weeks.

The schedule for Upper School Expedition this summer will be Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

If you have questions, please email our team at summer@nuevaschool.org.