Communication Academy: Blog Posts for You
Thanksgiving Break Camps 11/20 – 11/22
Looking for fun, academic camps for your child during Thanksgiving week? Our public speaking and writing camps fit together as one easy solution for parents with a 9:00 – 6:00 option available. Public Speaking: Play Directing (Ages 5-6, 7-9, 10-13) Play Directing camps encourage team-management skills by teaching students how to direct for the stage…
Parent-Child Communication Workshop
Does your child feel the stress of school and no matter how much you try to help, nothing seems to get through? Are there behavioral concerns and a break down of communication? Come to our Parent Only workshop where we will discuss how to solve these issues: Understand the root cause and functions of behavior…
Writing Competition Winners – Summer 2017
Congratulations to our Summer 2017 Writing Competition Winners! Fatimah Solaiman and Shaunak Dam are the winners of Communication Academy’s Summer Writing Competition. Both students have won a $25 gift card to Target and have been featured in our weekly e-newsletter. Check out their amazing writing: Age 9-10/11: Duckling by Fatimah Solaiman Age 11-14: Miracle in…
Summer Learning Loss
Students spend the school year expanding their knowledge and growing their skillset in math, language arts, and the sciences but what happens when Summer comes? How do you continue this intellectual growth and prevent learning loss? According to an article published by John Hopkins School of Education, learning programs can provide a solution to the impact…
8 Tips for Writing Killer Debate Impacts!
The most frequent question that I get from students of all skill levels is about how to write really killer impacts. By now you know that strictly topical interpretations of the resolution live and die by the quality of the impacts that they can bring to the table, but one of the things that you…
Writing Competition Winners
Winter 2017 Writing Competition Winners Congratulations to Vicki Samaras (Ages 11-14) and Emily Han (Ages 9-10/11) for winning Communication Academy’s Winter 2017 Writing Competition. These students competed against all of Communication Academy’s writing students throughout the Bay Area including Cupertino, Saratoga, Foster City, San Mateo, and Milpitas. Vicki’s story, Help Me!, showed her ability to…
Student Spotlight
Amanda Xiao We love to hear when a student has benefitted from our classes. In this case, Amanda Xiao (10 years old), participated in our Summer Speech Tournament. She received speech coaching from Ms. Gina Giovannetti and felt very thankful for the experience. Amanda came by the office for a short interview with our Education Coordinator, Mr. Darrell Dela Cruz. …
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