Tulsa Debate League To Hold Virtual Summer Camp Due To COVID-19 Pandemic

Thursday, May 14th 2020, 7:30 am

By: Shannon Rousseau

TULSA -

A summer camp meant to help Tulsa students improve their confidence and critical thinking skills will look a lot different this year because of the coronavirus.

The Tulsa Debate League will meet online instead of in-person this year. Everything else should look the same for returning students.

The two-week summer camp is free for 7-12 grade students in the Tulsa Public School system.

Despite being online, students will still learn important life-skills by taking part: organization, communication, and listening.

Research shows that debate can dramatically close the achievement gap in urban school districts.

Debaters are more likely to graduate from high school, meet college-readiness benchmarks, and achieve greater cumulative grade point average than their peers.

The camp is July 6-17 and registration is already open.

To register for the Tulsa Debate League's summer camp, click here.

Shannon Rousseau

Shannon Rousseau joined News On 6 in 2019 as an anchor and reporter. She comes to Oklahoma from KTTC in Rochester, Minn. where she spent three years as the weekend anchor, producer and reporter. During her time in the north, Shannon survived three winter