Students will use the Scratch program to create original computer games with focus on Mechanics, Game Play, User Control and Balanced Play. The types of games covered includes (a) Collection, (b) Maze, (c) Avoidance, etc. The games will incorporate scientific thought applied to theme such as fire, ocean and gravity. The class requires working knowledge of Scratch (no exception).

Students will learn scale and size and proper use of microscopes. Students will examine and compare one-celled and multi-cellular organisms. One of the topics will include cell structure, nutrient needs, and growth. Students will learn to appreciate the complexities of familiar things such as newsprint, fibers, or blades of grass. They develop laboratory skills including staining, and DNA extraction. They will also explore the various ways microscopes are used in the fields such as forensic science.

In this class the students will be study digital photography. They will learn basic skills such as composition, focus, exposure and styles. They will practice with assignment in portrait, landscape and events photography. They will also have chance to edit their photos using Photoshop or similar image editing software to create a portfolio.

Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Students team up to customize their own Adventure Maps and shape their own gameplay experience. Students strategically tailor unique biomes that provide players with challenges and rewards, utilize Redstone to create secret passageways, traps, access points, build safe havens with resources that help players move successfully throughout the game, and install mods that allow Students to create very distinct qualities within their Minecraft game.

Welcome detectives. In this course we are going to look at some of the same techniques that are used by the law enforcement to look at the physical evidence collected at a crime scene and taken from suspects. Some of the focuses will be on DNA Analysis, Metal Analysis, Liquid Analysis, Chromatography and Crime Scene Analysis!

Our artists will spend the week exploring a variety of 3-dimensional art methods and mediums.  We will use paint, plastics, wood, clay, wire, and other materials to create a unique set of sculptures and art projects.  

Students will learn the principles of role-playing games with the classic Dungeons and Dragons. They will learn how to create characters, how to create campaigns, the role of the dungeon master, how to interpret the rules, and how to create your own fantasy world with nothing more than a pencil, some paper, dice, and the rule book. Role-playing games or RPGs have been a way to make friends, have a good time, and be creative. Dungeons & Dragons helps the players build academic skills like reading and writing, basic mathematics, critical thinking, problem solving, and teamwork.

Are you ready to take your cartooning to the next level? Bring a comics project to our camp and we will help you do just that! Through a series of lectures and in-class exercises our instructors will teach you methods for developing characters, environments and a variety of inking techniques. Each day will have dedicated studio time for students to apply these concepts to their own work.

We will teach Computer Science through games and puzzles with cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. These activities will introduce students to Computational Thinking through concepts such as binary numbers, algorithms and data compression. Importantly, no coding is needed.

Students discover key 3D game development concepts including game planning, character movement, collision detection, in-game dialogue and playability. They will learn Object-Oriented programming principles in a Java enabled environment. Following topics will be introduced: Variables, Data types, Conditions, Loops, Lists (Arrays), Multi-threading, Events, Classes, functions, Alice Methods. This is a perfect preparation for our Java classes.

Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Students will explore the physics and construction of machines and engineering gadgets to build their own Battleship machines, in particular, Trebuchets. In this camp, Students will gain skills in engineering, creativity, and collaboration.

Entrepreneur Boot campgives students the opportunity to develop and practice their entrepreneurial skills. It will provide young people with an entrepreneurial experience using the activities and business simulation as a platform towards discovering their own personal qualities, characteristics and attitudes as an entrepreneur.

Students will explore and practice everything from the initial design sketch, to pattern making, sewing techniques, accessory design, and more!

Students will learn the art of verbal combat! Students will learn how to construct persuasive positions, defend against and attack each other's arguments, and cross-examine effectively. Students will debate a variety of age- and experience-appropriate topics, form teams, and pit themselves against their co-campers.

It is time for Glues, Brews and Goos! From our stock pile of hundreds of recipes and formulas, we have chosen our top favorite chemistry activities. Campers will love digging into and examining the results of these crazy chemical concoctions! In addition, campers will create several other wacky, wild and crazy concoctions! Campers will also realize the importance of measurement and sequencing, especially as they create some edible experiments.

This is a fascinating class that, with computer games, will introduce the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city. No more messing with paper, scissors and glues. Through simulation, Students will engage in urban planning by controlling your own roads, public services, transportation and more. You're only limited by your imagination, so take control and reach for the sky!

Using both LittleBits blocks and hands-on experiments, kids learn about electrical engineering, structural design and space flight. It's a chance to introduce kids to a wide range of science subjects while exploring the theory behind electronics, architecture and flight.

Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Leadership Camp is where The campers will learn the characteristics of a good leader while being team players. We encourage our campers to become strong independent leaders and thinkers through challenging activities. Through friendship, workshops and encouragement, we help build positive values and to provide growth to prepare them for roles as leaders. Through our programs we aim to help children develop: Responsibility, self-respect, curiosity for learning and an eye for caring for others.

Students will learn a brief overview of different famous psychologists

Unleash your child's imagination this summer! This camp provides student a wonderful introduction to several forms of visual art. Each day brings a new project that may include drawing and painting. Students will learn skills and techniques and also learn to think out of box and create your style.

In this course students will be using various forms of leadership building skills and cooperation through the use of Digital Games and Interactive Individual Teamplay events. In addition to technology, students will also have the chance to learn how to build teams, create healthy competition, and learn about the ways that GAMES can create unity, show diversity, and help learners become better participants and leaders. Students will have a chance to participate in the process of creating teams, developing skills for strategy, learning about the use of diversity, and healthy competition amid peers. We will have a FINAL GAMING EVENT at the conclusion of the course with a tournament and awards.

Using the engineering design process, students will explore basic mechanics and learn how to use them in their own designs. Using simple machines, cams, and linkages, students will build their own working automata out of cardboard.

Students will be introduced to the process of creating and editing videos using digital camcorders. This class will overs basic elements of screenwriting, cinematography and editing.

This course provides an introduction to the Java programming language with a focus on procedural programming and brief instruction to object-oriented concept. Students will learn: Data types, Variables, Conditions, Loops, Arrays, String processing, Nested conditions, Nested loops, Functions and Classes.

Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Join us for a field trip through the human body! Learn about the major body systems by exploring structure and function of the human body at multiple levels. This class will for sure stimulate students' interest and confidence in human anatomy and physiology through interactive learning activities.

Students will crucially examine the hero and villain across cultures and time. Students will investigate the hero and villain's journey and explore the cultural purpose such characters. Activities includes close reading, group discussions, and writers' workshops. students will practice analytical skills and critical thinking skills to read and respond thoughtfully to a variety of texts.

Students will be using technology, sculpture, fine arts, mixed media, comic creation, and various skills to explore Character Design. Students will have a chance to participate in the process of character design from concept to final product. Students will present their finished characters at a special art gallery stroll.

Students will create a fun and lively online magazine and campaign to share with family and friends. Combining original photos, stock images, and typography each student will create a page for the magazine and campaign . They will be taken through the creative process from brainstorming to publishing online. Along the way they will learn the fundamentals of photo editing and graphic design, and basic concepts of communication.

Equipped with the sophisticated Robotics Design System and sensors, learn to command your bot by discovering the coding fundamentals. Confronted by a series of challenges, your small team will continually re-engineer your mechanical creation and fine-tune its coded instructions, assessing performance and implementing effective design. STEM principles of hands-on mechanics, critical thinking, and collaboration are featured.

This camp teaches students to craft and deliver convincing speeches through activities such as pre-written speeches to learn delivery, timing, and intonation. They will also construct speeches based on their interests. Students learn to choose topics, establish captivating introductions, organize speech content, and deliver compelling conclusions! This camp will be an emphasis on oral communication as well as writing skills in this course, arguing the topics of the day.

This course builds on Java A and continues with a more in-depth coverage of procedural programing. Students will learn nested Conditions, nested Loops, multi-dimensional Arrays. It will also introduce basic sorting, linear and binary search.

Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

How did the Wright brothers learn about flying machines? They used scientific thinking, conducted experiments and collected data. By observing birds, experimenting with flying toys and creating model airplanes, campers will get it right like the Wright brothers! Learn all about the amazing Wright brothers as you build your own powered plane. Experiment with other flying devices such as those that don't have wings.

Discrete math is the mathematics of computing. It is the foundation of modern computer science. This course will introduce students to some of the topics such as combinatorics, number theory and set theory. This course will help build a solid foundation for computer algorithm and competition.

This course help students build skill to generate, from scratch, quality images of varying subject matter. Lesson on drawing techniques will be given to allow the project content to come fluidly from the student, as the content becomes a creation of their own design. A more in-depth experience on what it means to truly create without the accompaniment of premade images or in the least use premade images with advance modification to fit the students work. Students will develop necessary creativity skills to allow for greater creative vision and planning.

Students learn to research, design, develop, and pitch mobile app prototypes without prior coding experience. Students create smart phone apps as an introduction to programming, and also as a gateway to entrepreneurship in the digital economy. Students will learn: Understanding Local and Global Variables, Using Lists, Commands and Expressions, Control Flow, Arranging Components on the Screen, Manipulating Component State: Getters and Setters, Using Conditional Blocks, Events and Event Handlers, Using Multiple Screens in One App, Pseudo Random Number Generator and Random Set Seed, Data and Databases, Blocks with Dropdowns, Working with Images and Sounds.

Our society lives in the commercial space age. In 2015, it was speculated that, "the first person who will walk on Mars is currently in 3rd grade." Humans are developing systems for space tourism, asteroid mining, reusable rockets, nuclear propulsion, and self-assembling structures for colonizing the moon and other planets. This course will teach students the vocabulary and math behind rocket thrust and orbital trajectory. Students will create and test motion hypothesis using model rockets and they will explore rocket building and space travel using the rocket simulation software.

There’s no question that Harry Potter has changed the world of children’s literature. In this class students will learn about what makes a simple novel so good—and potentially so important and enduring, using the Harry Potter series as a reference. Students will then apply this new knowledge in their own writing to create a short story based on a magical school of their own design. Throughout this class, students will learn about the Latin roots behind the magic spells, explore the mythology behind magical creatures, be introduced to some of the real historical inspirations of some of the characters.

This is an introductory one-week class for students who plan to participate in USACO contests. All new participants in USACO contests start out in the bronze division, and those who score particularly well in their current division will be promoted to the next division for future contests. The workshops will build on top of our regular computer classes and are problem solving-based. This class is designed to get students STARTED to work at Bronze level for the competition. The curriculum is aligned with USA Computing Olympiad (USACO). Eligibility Requirements (meet one of the following requirements): - Took Java/C++ Programming Level A & B - Took AP Computer Science course

This course provides an introduction to the Python programming language with a focus on procedural programming and brief instruction to object-oriented concept. Students will learn: Variables, Conditions, Loops, Arrays, String processing, Nested conditions, Nested loops, Functions and Classes.

Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Students develop a fundamental understanding of probability and statistics through fun activities and real word examples. Students will work with both first-hand and second-hand data. They will to conduct experiments and surveys. They will also obtain data from newspapers and journals. Using the data, they will generate graphs, charts, and tables to discover patters, draw conclusions and make predictions.

Design your own web site and start your own blog in a week! This class teaches basic elements of HTML, CSS and WordPress. It also teaches students how to create blogs to share ideas.

Students will have a blast painting with acrylics and watercolor. They will create paintings on canvas and watercolor paper and learn about color theory and different painting techniques. Students will also learn best studio practices, including how to choose and protect supplies. Your young artists will fill your home with unique and beautiful artwork by the end of this week.

Students discover key 3D game development concepts including game planning, character movement, collision detection, in-game dialogue and playability. They will learn Object-Oriented programming principles in a Java enabled environment. Following topics will be introduced: Variables, Data types, Conditions, Loops, Lists (Arrays), Multi-threading, Events, Classes, functions, Alice Methods. This is a perfect preparation for our Java classes.

This camp provides an introduction to diplomatic and legislative speaking. Students role-play as members of Congress. Persuasive speaking, negotiations, and compromise are all stressed in a forum that allows students to sample the most exciting part of the political process!

Explore the interesting world of 3D Modeling. In the class, you'll learn the basics of perspective scale drawings and how to use 3D software to design. You will also learn how this technology is revolutionizing social progress from rapid innovation in business to formerly unprecedented breakthroughs. This class will engage students in conceptual and practical spatial problem solving and precise geometric formulation.

Students will learn how to write persuasive essays. Essay writing is an important skill that students will use throughout their school years. In this class, students will begin by coming up with an idea or a thesis statement. Students get to choose a subject they are passionate about! From there, students will come ups with reasons and examples to support their ideas. Through this process, students will learn how to write a well organized essay that is focused on a central idea. Over the course of a week, students will engage in the writing process; planing, drafting, editing, revising, and publishing. Each stage is a new learning opportunity!

This is an introductory one-week class for students who already passed Bronze level competition of USACO contests. All new participants in USACO contests start out in the bronze division, and those who score particularly well in their current division will be promoted to the Silver division. The workshops will build on top of Bronze level knowledge and are problem solving-based. This class is designed to get students STARTED to work at Silver level for the competition. The curriculum is aligned with USA Computing Olympiad (USACO). Eligibility Requirements (meet one of the following requirements): - Passed Bronze level competition - Comfortable with Bronze level competition even though not passed yet

Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Students will design and produce their own product line-notebooks, custom stationery, gift wrap, patterned fabric - using screen printing, cloning and stencil techniques. They will learn basic design principles and graphic editing skill sets.

Reasoning, logic, and critical-thinking skills are the studies of valid argumentation. They serve as the building blocks of intellectual inquiry. This camp focuses on developing these skills through hands-on problem-solving activities. Students will

Artists will explore various ways to create with clay while learning about other cultures. They will explore projects such as gilded pinch pots, Pueblo pots, Roliquery balls, create their own signet ring, and more. All without the use of a pottery wheel or a kiln.

This course provides an introduction to the Java programming language with a focus on procedural programming and brief instruction to object-oriented concept. Students will learn: Data types, Variables, Conditions, Loops, Arrays, String processing, Nested conditions, Nested loops, Functions and Classes.

This camp introduces the fundamental theories of architecture and engineering. Students will use the Engineering Process Method to develop their engineering abilities. Engaging hands-on activities can include projects such as designing an egg bungee jump and building a cantilever bridge, a geodesic dome, a truss bridge, and a tower. students will learn "good design" through visual thinking, materials testing, problem solving, and cooperative learning.

Let the cooking extravaganza begin! Create delicious food inspired by cuisine from around the world. Culinary campers have an absolute blast learning to cook. They gain the confidence to take their new skills and knowledge home to cook for their families and friends. Here is a taste of what our culinary campers will accomplish during this week: create appetizer, salads, entrees and desserts; learning to use a wide variety of ingredients; cook according to daily themes, learn basic Kitchen safety.

Students team up to customize their own Adventure Maps and shape their own gameplay experience. Students strategically tailor unique biomes that provide players with challenges and rewards, utilize Redstone to create secret passageways, traps, access points, build safe havens with resources that help players move successfully throughout the game, and install mods that allow Students to create very distinct qualities within their Minecraft game.

Outdoor sports camps take place in the Canyon Crest Academy fields. Activities include: Capture the Flag, Basketball,Soccer, Bocce Ball, Rugby, Yoga, Over the Line. Rotation Games: Park Ranger, Sharks and Minnows.

Student will learn the effective marketing campaigns using art, creativity and scientific approach. They will focus on

Students will learn the principles of role-playing games with the classic Dungeons and Dragons. They will learn how to create characters, how to create campaigns, the role of the dungeon master, how to interpret the rules, and how to create your own fantasy world with nothing more than a pencil, some paper, dice, and the rule book. Role-playing games or RPGs have been a way to make friends, have a good time, and be creative. Dungeons & Dragons helps the players build academic skills like reading and writing, basic mathematics, critical thinking, problem solving, and teamwork.

This course builds on Java A and continues with a more in-depth coverage of procedural programing. Students will learn nested Conditions, nested Loops, multi-dimensional Arrays. It will also introduce basic sorting, linear and binary search.

Weekly Theme Camp (K-7th Grade)

Full Day Program (8:30am-6:30pm)
$299/week or $70/day
Short Day Program(8:30am-3:30pm or 12:30pm-6:30pm)
$249/week or $60/day
Half Day Program(8:30am-12pm or 12:30pm-3:30pm or 3:30pm-6:30pm)
$189/week or $50/day
Extended Aftercamp 3:30pm-6:30pm daily drop-in fee is $25 per day with enrollment of afternoon camp.

-Rhythmic Gymnastics*: $20 additional weekly surcharge. Weekly enrollment is required.

Middle School Camp (8-9th Grade)

Full Day Program (8:30am-6:30pm)
$359/week or $80/day
Short Day Program(8:30am-3:30pm or 12:30pm-6:30pm)
$299/week or $70/day
Half Day Program(8:30am-12pm or 12:30pm-3:30pm)
$229/week or $60/day

**Computer Programming Camp
(weekly enrollment required):
Morning Programming Camp (9:00am-12:00pm):
$285 per camp per week
Afternoon Programming Camp (1:00pm-4:00pm):
$285 per camp per week
- Reduce to $265 with enrollment of any full-week Theme camp and/or full-week Aftercamp classes in the same week.

Daily Schedule (K-7th Grade)

Daily Schedule (8-9th Grade)