Middle School Summer Programs

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Summer Skills and Savvy
Middle School students can strengthen skills, enrich their understanding, engage in new experiences, and make new friends through Summer Program offerings that honor their unique stage of development.

Our classes and camps provide Middle School students the chance to both explore and to dig deep; they might create a portfolio of visual art, explore topics in math and science, build study skills for success in high school, learn to kayak, or improve rock climbing skills.

Camps and Courses

Academic Enrichment

Science Adventure Camp

From movement and velocity to chemical reactions and the physics of wind and water, this camp includes rockets, zip line projectiles, catapults, marshmallow blasters, super polymers, race paddle boats, sun print art, sail-cruisers, and bubble-ology. Be ready to have fun, learn a lot, and spend time outside! Limited to 12 participants per session.

Instructor: Tom Downey, M.Ed. Loyola University
Dates: Session 1 - July 10-14, 2023, Session 2 - July 17-21, 2023 (9:00am-noon)
Open to rising 2nd-6th graders
$375

Math in the Real World

This course will introduce students to the world of mathematics through everyday experiences including games, culinary arts, finances, and more! Students will also learn foundational mathematical skills at the middle school level, including arithmetic, statistics, and basic algebra as well as individualized progression into more advanced mathematical skills and concepts.

Instructor: John Lane, B.S. Mathematics, California Polytechnic University
Dates: June 26-30, 2023 (9:00am-noon)
Open to rising 6th-8th graders
$375

Service Learning

Camp Give Back

Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to have a real impact in our community and have fun while doing it? Joins us for four days of Giving Back to local nonprofits and community members and discover how fun and rewarding it can actually be. We will go to a different nonprofit or two each day, learn how they help our community, and give our time and talents. You will also design a free community event that we will host on Friday. Also, be ready for games, Zumba breaks, spontaneous ice cream stops, and more!

Instructor: Calysta Phillips, SVCS Community Connections + Service Learning Coordinator
Dates: June 19-23 (9:00am-3:00pm)
Open to rising 6th-8th graders
$425

Outdoor Enrichment

Learn to Kayak - Ages 12-14

Learn to Kayak - Ages 12-14

White Otter Adventures - Learn to Kayak
This course is for youth who are looking to get into the sport and adventure of Whitewater Kayaking. Students will be introduced and taught the skills to begin a lifelong love of playing and traveling on the river. Kayaking allows people to not only learn a challenging skill, but also improves their confidence, inspires growth in their abilities, and teaches valuable decision making skills. Most importantly, whitewater kayaking is simply FUN!

White Otter Outdoor Adventures invites you to spend four days learning to whitewater kayak safely and competently with a small group on Idaho's Salmon River. Certified instructors, including our very own Elliot Jacobs, lead this highly regarded program. On the first day of the course we will meet at White Otter Headquarters in Sunbeam at 9:00am and will spend the next four days and three nights learning the skills and art of whitewater kayaking, while camping, making new friends, and eating incredibly good food. Meals will be provided by our Sunbeam Cafe team, and are completely organic, non GMO, handmade, and locally sourced. No experience is necessary and enrollment is limited to 12 participants in each course. Meeting location: Sunbeam Village, 100 Yankee Fork Road, Stanley, Idaho, 83278

Dates: July 25-28, 2022 (dates TBD for 2023)
Ages 12-14
Cost: $800
Registration offered directly through White Otter:
Follow THIS LINK, call 208.788.5005, or direct questions to info@whiteotter.com

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Middle School Summer Programs

Summer Skills and Savvy
Middle School students can strengthen skills, enrich their understanding, engage in new experiences, and make new friends through Summer Program offerings that honor their unique stage of development.

Camps and Courses

Academic Enrichment

Service Learning

Outdoor Enrichment

Learn to Kayak - Ages 12-14

May 29-June 4, 2023

Middle School Summer Programs

Summer Skills and Savvy Middle School students can strengthen skills, enrich their understanding, engage in new experiences, and make new friends through Summer Program offerings that honor their unique stage of development.

May 29-June 4, 2023

Summer Skills and Savvy
Middle School students can strengthen skills, enrich their understanding, engage in new experiences, and make new friends through Summer Program offerings that honor their unique stage of development.