Our Outreach Program for Bret Harte Middle School

Bret Harte Middle School

Every Wednesday after school, dozens of middle schoolers from the neighboring middle school head over to Leland to learn to speak and debate. Student teachers from our high school team work personally with sixth through eighth graders to choose selections, write original speeches, and research arguments—through this process, students learn to formulate ideas and transform them into compositions. 

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Middle school tournaments

At the end of each semester, middle schoolers all over the Bay Area meet at Burnett Middle School to participate in official NSDA tournaments. Leland Speech and Debate hosts three middle school tournaments: the Winter Warmup, the Spring Tournament, and the Middle School State Tournament (held at Leland High School). Tournaments are entirely judged, organized, and run by Leland Speech and Debate students, and allow middle school students access to high-level competition before entering high school.