DTE Youth Club

Our Mission:

Our club exists to transform and strengthen the lives of young people. We want to introduce them to the subjects that we love such as speech, debate, math, graphic design, science, climate change, environmental studies. To help the youth develop life skills.

— From the Young TAs and Coaches

Speech and Debate: Coaches: Ellie, Ethan, Justin, Annie
Mock Trail, Literature Analysis, Vocabulary: Coaches: Yujia, Ellie
Design, Graphic Design, Fashion Design, Art: Coaches: Yujia, Ellie
Coding, Math, Science : Coaches: Amy, Danny, Jim, Austin, Kevin, Lindsey
Climate Change: Coaches: Ellie, Zahara, Anya, Colby, Harrison, Alicia
Middle School Book Club: Leaders: Marcus, Colby

Our young coaches have been top competitors of regional and national speech and debate tournaments and have taken home many championships. They have been doing volunteering coaching to the kids in the community for the past a few years and are very experienced. So do not miss this! Space are limited.

Register for classes or interest : https://tinyurl.com/dteyouth
All classes are online via zoom! We will offer onsite opportunities in our CU site soon!

If you are interested in joining the club , please email info@discovertalentedu.com

Featured Events:

2024 Fashion Design Workshop | Limited spots available

We will design the fashion pieces for 2024 Santa Clara Art & Wine Festival Junior Fashion Show.

Theme: Opulent Elegance: Rococo Meets Modern

9/1 Sun 1-3 pm
Location: Canon Music, 10885 S Blaney Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014
Age: 3rd grade and up.
Fee: FREE. All material/tools provided! Donation welcome. Please see payment details. Donation will be used to pay for the material.
Interested in joining our Design Club?

Young Achiever Contest

Sponsored by SVWA | 5th Annual Contest (6/30/2025) | tinyurl.com/ya-contest

Sunday Office Hour

Past Events – Partial List

2025

(Upcoming) Sept 2025 Jr Fashion Show at Santa Clara County Fair (Yujia, Ellie)
(In Progress) 2025 Summer 4th Annual YA SVWA contest (Ellie, Yujia, May, William, Andrew, Muzi)
5/17/2025 AI Film festival – volunteering (Elile, Colby, Grace)
4/5/2025 Cupertino Earth & Harbor Booth staffing volunteering (Alina, Grace, Ellie, Colby)
Feb 2025 Middle School Book Club
Jan 2025 Middle School Book Club

2024

10/6/2024 Sunday 9:20am – 10:00am PST (Sriram U) – Unique Sound – Online
10/6/2024 Sunday 11:20am – 12:00pm PST (Sriram U) – Fun with Graphing – Online
10/6/2024 Sunday 6:00pm – 6:40pm PST (Sriram U)- Intro to French – Online
10/13/2024 Sunday 9:20am – 10:00am PST (Sriram U)- Unique Sound – Online
10/13/2024 Sunday 11:20am – 12:00pm PST (Sriram U)- Fun with Graphing – Online
10/20/2024 Sunday 9:20am – 10:00am PST (Sriram U) – Unique Sound – Online
2024 Sept Young Achiever Contest – 5th Annual just started calling for submissions! (Ellie, George)
2024 Sept – Nov – Echoes of Serenity – share your thoughts on harmony, peace, or wellness. (Kevin Z., Benjamin L., Wendy Z. , Frank W. )
2024 Sept 15, Youth Screen Writing Contest – collaboration with SF International New Concept Movie Festival (Ellie)
2024 Sept 7, Middle School Book club – Lead by Bruce T.
2024 Aug 26, Middle School Book club – Lead by Marcus W.
2024 Sept 14, Jr. FashionShow at Santa Clara (Yujia, Ellie)
2024 Sept 1, Sustainable T-Shirt Design Workshop （Yujia, Ellie, Tiffany)
2024 Aug Crochet Workshop in Cupertino (Ellie, Katie)
2024 July 3 Summer Crochet Workshop (Ellie, Katie, Yujia)
2024 AMC8 Math Camp 7/1-7/12 (Kevin)
2024 Advanced OO Speech camp 6/10-6/12 (Ethan)
2024 Summer 4th Annual YA SVWA contest (Ellie, Yujia, May, William, Andrew, Muzi)
2024 May 12 Office Hour Series: competitive coding (Kevin)
2024 May. 5 Office Hour Series: competitive coding (Kevin)
2024 Apr. 21 Office Hour Series: competitive coding (Kevin)
2024 Mar. 31 Office Hour Series: competitive coding (Kevin)
2024 Mar. 13 Office Hour Series: competitive coding (Kevin)
2024 Mar. 17 Jewelry Design Workshop (Yujia, Ellie)
2024 Feb. 15 Office Hour Series: Speech and Ecology (Ellie)
2024 Feb. 7 Office Hour Series: Design (Yujia)
2024 Jan. 20 Rococo Style workshop (Teacher Wu, Yujia, Ellie)
2024 Jan. renewable energy workshop (Yujia, Ellie, Colby)

2023

2023 Nov-Dec, Hour of Code and GenAI learning program
2023 9/18 Art at Canon (Alina)
2023 8/25 and 9/4 Fashion Workshop (Yujia, Ellie)
8/15, 8/16, and 8/17 – CC4K Fall Week 1 (Zahara, Anya, Ellie)
8/22, 8/23, and 8/24: CC4K Fall Week 2 (Zahara, Anya, Ellie)
8/29, 8/30, and 8/31: CC4K Fall Week 3 (Zahara, Anya, Ellie)
2023 7/31-8/2 5-5:30 Speech: OO Camp (Ethan)
2023 7/31-8/2 6-6:30 Debate: SPAR Camp (Ethan)
2023 7/14 5-5:40 PM Geology, Rocks and Climate Change （Colby, Harrison, Ellie)
2023 7/7 5-5:40 Acid deposition : Rain and Water (Anya)
2023 7/6 5-5:40 PM Agriculture Depletion: The food on our table (Zahara, Colby)
2023 7/6 6-7:20 PM SPAR Debate Workshop (Ethan, Colby, Ellie)
2023 7/5 5-6:20 PM OO Speech Workshop (Ethan, Ellie)
2023 6/29 5-5:40 PM Rising sea levels and Melting Ice caps: Are we going to become Atlantis? (Colby, Zahara)
2023 7/6 5-5:40 PM Agriculture Depletion: The food on our table (Zahara, Colby)
2023 7/6 6-7:20 PM SPAR Debate Workshop (Ethan, Annie, Ellie)
2023 7/7 5-5:40 Acid deposition : Rain and Water (Anya, Colby)
2023 7/5 5-6:20 PM OO Speech Workshop (Ethan, Ellie)
2023 6/29 5-5:40 PM Rising sea levels and Melting Ice caps: Are we going to become Atlantis? (Colby, Zahara)
2023 6/29 6-7:20 PM Poetry Workshop (Ellie)
2023 6/27 5-5:40 PM Introduction to Climate Change: Heating up the Earth (Colby, Anya)
2023 6/27 6-7:20 PM Short Story Workshop (Ellie)
2023 Spring: Tuesdays Art At Canon (Yujia)

2022

10/1/2022 AMC8 introductory – 10/1, 8, 15, 22 – Sat 9-9:45AM 4 classes (one session) -Coach Aiden
2022 7/18 Fashion Design – Coach Yujia
2022 7/18 Introductory Digital Art – Coach Ellie
2022 6/20 week – 4G Math Session 1 – 7-7:40PM – Coach Cyrus
2022 6/27 week – 4G Math Session 2 – 7-7:40PM – Coach Cyrus (different concepts than session 1)
2022 7/5-8 3-4th Grade and Up Science Camp 1- inclusive 9am-9:40 am – Coach Aidan
2022 7/11-14 3-4th Grade and Up Science Camp 2- inclusive 9am-9:40 am – Coach Aidan
2022 6/6-6/9 , 1-1:40 PM PST – Intro to Speech – Coach Ellie
2022 6/6-6/9, 2-2:40 PM PST – After Dinner Speech （prior speech basics required) – Coach Ellie
2022 5/30-6/2 – MUN Intro class, everyday 7-7:40 PM PST – Coach Ellie
2022: 1/3/2022 – Wordly Wise – (Coach Cyrus)

2021

2021: 7/26 – 7/29 5-5:40 PST – Original Oratory – (coach Ethan)
2021: 6/7-6/10 10AM PST — Intro to Interp (Coach Ellie)
2021: 6/7-6/10 11AM PST — Intro to After-dinner-speech (Coach Ellie)

2020

Speech and Debate Introductory classes

For incoming 2-5 graders, and taught by our middle schooler and high schooler Young Coaches.

Small donation welcomed, each session has limited seats. Please register early to join.

Throughout the 2020 summer we offered and delivered total 8 classes by 4 young coaches to over 50 students. These students learned the basics of some speech events, had a great time connecting with the young coaches and fellow students.

Intro to speech – Coach Ellie
Intro to SPAR – Coach Ellie and Amanda
Intro to OO – Coach Ethan and Mark
Intro to Interp – Coach Ethan and Ellie and Justin

Contact

If you are an existing student currently attending high school and wants to join our Youth Club, please contact us.

yan@discovertalentedu.com

Past Coaches

Aiden, Cyrus, Amanda, Mark