Camp Sage

Business adVENTURE This course will excite and empower young entrepreneurs by introducing them to writing a business plan and developing a pitch. The week concludes with a Shark Tank-style competition where students act as potential investors to determine which peer has the most viable business idea.

A personal laptop is strongly suggested.

Brain Games During this week, students will be able to explore questions such as “Who am I?” and “Why do I do that?” through the lens of psychology. Using a scientific approach we will explore topics such as personality, emotions and why preteens love their phones so much. Come explore with us!

Campers should bring a pen, colored pencils and notebook.

History’s Mysteries This inquiry-driven workshop turns the typical history course on its head with students leading the way to solve some of the world’s most puzzling and unanswered questions.

Campers should bring a pen, pencil and notebook.

Marble Mania Do you like puzzles, building things, and working with your hands? Students who want to push their creativity to the limit will have a blast at Marble Mania! Over the course of the camp, students will design and build a life-size marble run about a theme of their choice, culminating in a showcase of their creation at the end of the week.

Campers should bring a notebook and pencil if possible!

Operation Hollywood Lights! Camera! Action! Those three words are a cornerstone for movie lovers far and wide, but there is a world more to moviemaking. This course will turn Hollywood inside out, revealing the inner workings of the industry via a journey behind the scenes of "behind the scenes". ‘Operation Hollywood’ will take you through the creation of a Hollywood movie from script all the way to red carpet premiere. Standing in the shoes of screenwriters and studio executives, of producers and artisans alike, you’ll discover both the art and the industry of Hollywood and learn every part of the moviemaking process, leading up to, and well beyond, lights, camera, action.

Campers should bring a laptop and a phone with a camera, if possible.

Sage Hill Coders: Build Websites! In this camp, students will start from the beginning to learn the basics of HTML and CSS through a series of fun games, lessons and challenges. Examples include website “blueprint” drawing, rock decorating, and other activities that will allow students to observe the intersection between computer science and daily life. By the end of the week, students will have created a multimedia “About Me” website as well as a final creative project [omitted the week of July 4] that they can share with their family and friends. The final creative project will emulate high school and college hackathons and provide students with the rare opportunity to experience this fun competition as middle schoolers, helping them in potential computer science futures. Students of all skill levels are encouraged to sign up! Campers should bring their own computer.

Speech & Debate Do you love talking about your passions or discussing the latest current events? Come spend the week exploring essential speech and debate skills and techniques. You will be participating both individually and collaboratively. Campers should bring pen, notebook, laptop or iPad (if possible).

Tell Your Own Story In this course, students will learn techniques for transforming their personal experiences into short narrative pieces, poems, and even visual narratives like comic panels. This camp will provide an outlet in which students can reflect, express, and use their feelings as inspiration for creative work. At the end of the week, each student will have the opportunity to choose a piece that they are proud of and feel comfortable sharing and we will use them to create a small booklet or journal of the class's work. Campers should bring a pen/pencil and journal or notebook, or personal laptop if preferred.