Day Camps and Classes for Youth Ages 8-14
Summer 2020: June 15-19, June 22-26, July 6-10, July 13-17,
July 20-24, and July 27- 29
Announcement
Like many other schools and summer camps across the country, SOU Youth Programs is in the process of evaluating our programs in light of university, regional, and state health and safety guidelines, as there is an anticipated slow easing of restrictions over the next months.
SOU Youth Programs remains committed to trying to do as much as we are able this summer to safely meet young peoples’ need for engagement and connection.
Currently, we are taking the following steps to continue planning for a fun and enriching summer serving families in our Summer Better Than Others program:
June Classes
All of our June SBTO classes are cancelled, with the exception of our outdoor classes that are able to meet social distancing requirements.
As of now, Rowing, Golf, & FootGolf classes will go to waitlist only. These classes are contingent on the status of Oak Knoll Golf Course, and Emigrant Lake as well as other conditions. So, we won't be collecting any payment until we confirm that these classes are able to meet. A reminder: the size of these camps will need to be very limited, so sign up now!
July Classes
The July class schedule has been revised, and only the classes that are able to meet health and safety guidelines remain open to registration. These guidelines include:1) adequate social distancing 2) smaller class sizes 3) designated spaces not acccessed by anyone other than the instructor and students 4) equipment and materials designated to each student and not shared. There may also be PPE guidelines, but those are still developing at this time. Camps not able to meet these standards have been cancelled.
Camps that could be reformatted to meet these requirements have been updated and are now open for registration.
Check out our complete updated schedule below
Registration Information
All remaining camps will go to no payment/deposit required to get on the list. So, sign up now!
Follow the link on our website to complete your registration paperwork and you will be put on the list to be contacted closer to time to complete your payment.
Catalog Offerings
June 15-19, 2020
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Ultimate Golf and FootGolf Experience Ages 8-10 9am-12pm
Enjoy cool mornings on the greenway with two fun activities specially designed for youth. First, explore the emerging sport of footgolf, played on a specialized golf course designed for soccer balls. Then, practice your swing with traditional golf instruction that will have you teeing up for a short game in no time! Participants will learn all aspects of both games to unlock hours of approachable fun on their local golf course. This class is a partnership between Southern Oregon Golf Academy (SOGA) and SOU Youth Programs, and will take place on Oak Knoll Golf Course in Ashland. No prior experience required, and all necessary equipment will be provided.
Instructor: SOGA Certified Golf and Footgolf Coaches Location: Oak Knoll Golf Course Tuition: $159 (+$40 fee) = $199
All Aboard Rowing Ages 8-10 9:30am-12pm
A great camp to “get your feet wet” with the thrilling experience of rowing! This camp focuses on safety, provides an introduction to rowing equipment and movements, and cultivates the joy of being out on the water. You will work directly with a coach to learn proper equipment handling and rowing terms, practice mechanics and techniques of rowing, review water and boat safety, and experience rowing as a team on the lake. All students must pass a float test and wear a life jacket. No prior experience required, and all necessary equipment will be provided. Please Note: For the safety of our students and staff, this class may move indoors onto rowing machines if weather is inclement or air quality is poor.
Instructor: Rogue Rowing Club Staff Location: Emigrant Lake Tuition: $159 (+$40 fee)= $199
Ultimate Golf & FootGolf Experience Ages 11-14 9am-12pm
Enjoy cool mornings on the greenway with two fun activities specially designed for youth. First, explore the emerging sport of footgolf, played on a specialized golf course designed for soccer balls. Then, practice your swing with traditional golf instruction that will have you teeing up for a short game in no time! Participants will learn all aspects of both games to unlock hours of approachable fun on their local golf course. This class is a partnership between Southern Oregon Golf Academy (SOGA) and SOU Youth Programs, and will take place on Oak Knoll Golf Course in Ashland. No prior experience required, and all necessary equipment will be provided.
Instructor: SOGA Certified Golf and Footgolf Coaches Location: Oak Knoll Golf Course Tuition: $159 (+$40 fee)= $199
Ready, All Row Ages 11-14 9:30am-12pm
Feel the joy of gliding swiftly across the open water on Emigrant Lake in this rowing team experience! First, you’ll learn the basics of proper equipment handling and rowing terms, practice mechanics and techniques of rowing, and review water and boat safety. Then you’ll move out onto the water, as you and your team form a unit to synchronize your motions for enhanced performance and speed. All students must pass a float test and wear a life jacket. No prior experience required, and all necessary equipment will be provided. Please Note: For the safety of our students and staff, this class may move indoors onto rowing machines if weather is inclement or air quality is poor.
Instructor: Rogue Rowing Club Staff Location: Emigrant Lake Tuition: $159 (+$40 fee)= $199
June 22-26, 2020
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FootGolf Fun! Ages 8-10 9am-11am
A unique blend of soccer and golf, footgolf is played with a soccer ball on a specialized golf course with larger holes, following the rules of traditional golf. Players work to kick the soccer ball into each hole with the fewest kicks possible. Challenging, fun, and a great way to enjoy the greenway, footgolf is approachable fun for all ages. No experience required, all necessary equipment is provided. This camp is a collaboration between Southern Oregon Golf Academy (SOGA), and SOU Youth Programs, and will be held at Oak Knoll Golf Course. No prior experience required, and all necessary equipment will be provided.
Instructor: SOGA Junior FootGolf Course Location: Oak Knoll Golf Course Tuition: $129 (+30)= $159
Tee Up! Golf Ages 10-14 9am-11am
SOU Youth Programs partners with Southern Oregon Golf Academy (SOGA) to provide this week-long signature PGA camp curriculum that focuses on developing golf skills. Participants will learn every aspect of the game, including instruction on full swing, short game, and golf etiquette in an engaging environment. Designed to inspire new golfers, participants will work in small groups based on their experience level to hone their skills while having fun! This class will take place on Oak Knoll Golf Course and all necessary equipment will be provided.
Instructor: SOGA PGA Certified Junior Golf Coach Location: Oak Knoll Golf Course Tuition: $129 (+$30 fee)=$159
July 6-10, 2020
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All Aboard! Rowing Ages 8-10 9:30am-12pm
A great camp to “get your feet wet” with the thrilling experience of rowing! This camp focuses on safety, provides an introduction to rowing equipment and movements, and cultivates the joy of being out on the water. You will work directly with a coach to learn proper equipment handling and rowing terms, practice mechanics and techniques of rowing, review water and boat safety, and experience rowing as a team on the lake. All students must pass a float test and wear a life jacket. No prior experience required, and all necessary equipment will be provided. Please Note: For the safety of our students and staff, this class may move indoors onto rowing machines if weather is inclement or air quality is poor.
Instructor: Rogue Rowing Club Staff Location: Emigrant Lake Tuition: $159 (+$40 fee)= $199
Digital Animation Creation Studio Ages 9-11 9am-12pm
Explore the world of digital animation. Start off screen by drawing the compelling characters, fantastic creatures, unique objects, and other worldly locations that will make up your gaming world. Experiment with 2D concept art techniques that range from the classic to the cutting edge. Then, bring your ideas to life digitally as you learn how to translate them from concept to reality. Dive into the Flash environment, and discover the tools for creating unique animation projects while learning basic digital animation concepts. No prior experience required.
Instructor: Max Malcomb Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $159
Fantastic FanFiction Ages 10-13 9am-12pm
When you're a fan of a story, it can be hard to reach that last page or scene and know it’s going to end! With fanfiction, it doesn't have to end there! Fanfiction allows you to further explore your favorite stories by borrowing characters, plot elements, and settings and using them in your own creative writing process. By giving us a familiar starting place, fanfiction leads us to think more deeply about character development, setting, mood, motives and plots, all the while launching us into our own writing odyssey where the only limit is your imagination.
Instructor: Craig Lamm Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $159
Stop Motion Animation Studio Ages 10-13 9am-12pm
The word animate means to “bring to life.” Learn to stream together still images of drawings, toys, paper cutouts, objects, and photographs to create dynamic short films that will amaze your audience. Explore what makes an effective short film storyline, create a storyboard to plan your shots, and then work with basic editing software to compile your photos into a compelling final cut. Your creativity fuels this exciting journey through frame-by-frame filmmaking. No prior experience required, and all necessary equipment is provided.
Instructor: Chris Plouhar Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $159 (+$15 fee)=$174
Ready, All Row! Ages 11-14 9:30am-12pm
Feel the joy of gliding swiftly across the open water on Emigrant Lake in this rowing team experience! First, you’ll learn the basics of proper equipment handling and rowing terms, practice mechanics and techniques of rowing, and review water and boat safety. Then you’ll move out onto the water, as you and your team form a unit to synchronize your motions for enhanced performance and speed. All students must pass a float test and wear a life jacket. No prior experience required, and all necessary equipment will be provided. Please Note: For the safety of our students and staff, this class may move indoors onto rowing machines if weather is inclement or air quality is poor.
Instructor: Rogue Rowing Club Staff Location: Emigrant Lake Tuition: $159 (+$40 fee)= $199
Graphic Design Workshop Ages 11-14 1pm-3pm
Have you ever wondered who came up with the famous yellow smiley face or the peace sign? Great graphic design allows you to quickly communicate to the world what you are all about! Learn how to create your own unique logos as you explore the language of color, unlock the design process, and identify sophisticated visual choices. Get hands-on with Adobe Illustrator to make your personalized projects, and then choose one to walk all the way through from concept to professional final print!
Instructor: Sasha Timen Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $129
July 13-17, 2020
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Painter's Studio Ages 9-11 9am-12pm
Launch your imagination as you explore a wide range of surfaces, tools, and techniques that will help you develop a more sophisticated paint-ing style. Learn to use color, composition, and contrast as you experiment with acrylic paints on a variety of surfaces. Get inspired as you increase your understanding of how to capture the power of paint!
Instructor: Elizabeth King Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $159 (+$15 fee)= $174
Digital Animation Creation Studio Ages 10-13 9am-12pm
Explore the world of digital animation. Start off screen by drawing the compelling characters, fantastic creatures, unique objects, and other worldly locations that will make up your gaming world. Experiment with 2D concept art techniques that range from the classic to the cutting edge. Then, bring your ideas to life digitally as you learn how to translate them from concept to reality. Dive into the Flash environment, and discover the tools for creating unique animation projects while learning basic digital animation concepts. No prior experience required.
Instructor: Max Malcomb Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $159
Video Visual FX Lab Ages 11-14 9am-12pm
Take your video projects to the next level as you learn to layer in sound and lighting effects, adding text and voice-over to video, and use a green screen to unleash the potential of your footage. Learn to use the Adobe Creative Suite to punch up your digital filmmaking with stunning special effects. Work with layers and blend modes to refine your composition and smooth transitions. Bring out your inner magician as you make objects appear, disappear, and transform. Make your video into a unique motion media work of art, where the only limitation is your imagination! No prior experience required, and all necessary equipment is provided.
Instructor: Chris Plouhar Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $159
Python Coding Camp Ages 11-14 1pm-3pm
Python is the world’s fastest growing and most popular programming language used by software engineers, analysts, data scientists, and machine learning engineers alike. Versatile and incredibly useful, it helps you grasp fundamental programming concepts and allows your coding skills to really take off! This class is a great introduction to get comfortable with Python and to explore how useful and accessible it can be. No previous experience required.
Instructor: Eping Hung Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $129
July 20-24, 2020
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Minecraft World Builders Ages 8-10 9am-11am
Dive into the fundamentals of creating this blocky world, learning level design and problem solving while building your own immersive lands. Students can hone their creative skills and spark their love of STEM topics while collecting resources, building structures, and racing to survive and thrive inside the game. Respond to fun challenges throughout the week, and join in a creative team “build-off” on Friday that will showcase your Minecraft skills! Fun for both beginner and experienced players.
Instructor: Eping Hung Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $129
Draw Your World Ages 9-11 9am-12pm
Explore drawing methods that will allow you to capture realistic sketches of the people, objects, and settings you observe around you. Capture the illusion of 3D by gaining a better understanding of use of line, principles of shading, realistic proportions, and basic perspective. Empowered with these tools, you will have what you need to make your artwork “come to life”!
Instructor: Elizabeth King Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $159 (+$10 fee)=$169
LEGO Robot Rumble EV3 Ages 10-13 9am-12pm
Design, build, and program robots using LEGO EV3 kits. Develop your team robot incorporating sensors and motors, and then program it to perform! Each day you will participate in exciting activities like maze races, sumo wrestling, and custom obstacle courses. Fun for both beginners and experienced participants.
Instructor: Carly Anderson Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $159
Adobe Photoshop Image Lab Ages 10-13 9am-12pm
With the power of Adobe Photoshop, you can create seamless and believable altered photos and original illustrations of anything you can imagine! Learn how to use settings and tools to transform images, create collages, harmonize and integrate layers, and make high-quality original designs.With Photoshop skills, you open the door to a whole new realm of possibilities! This course is designed to be an introduction, no prior experience is required.
Instructor: Chris Plouhar Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $159
Mindcraft Redstone Engineers Ages 10-13 1pm-3pm
Learn the secrets of Redstone—Minecraft’s electrical wiring—and use it to build the devices and traps of your dreams! We’ll start off by exploring Minecraft’s creative and survival modes. Then, students will learn how to use Redstone circuitry and commands to create sliding doors, teleporters, drawbridges, and everything in between. We’ll end the week by building a hi-tech super-base to defend against monsters! Students of all experience levels are welcome to join us on this exciting journey into computer engineering.
Instructor: Shayne Hayes Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $129
Drawing the Figure Ages 12-14 1pm-3pm
Sharpen your drawing skills and learn to see shape in a completely new way! Drawing the human form is a skill that will open up new possibilities in your artwork. You’ll learn to think about proportions, block in shapes, and understand how the parts of the human body work together to create one form. Guided by a professional artist, you will practice these techniques while drawing from live clothed models in a studio setting.
Instructor: Sarah Burns Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $129 (+$10 fee)=$139
July 27-31, 2020
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Emaginative Coding Ages 8-10 9am-11am
Ignite your interest in the creative possibilities of computer programming with MIT’s Scratch coding program. You’ll create interactive stories, solve puzzles, play games, and produce simple animations that will activate your computational thinking skills. Perfect for beginners, this class teaches valuable coding skills and programming logic that will open a world of possibilities.
Instructor: Eping Hung Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $129
Captivating Comics and Graphic Novels Ages 9-11 9am-12pm
Explore the craft of sequential art by developing your own comic book-style characters and stories. Whether they are about superheroes, space robots, or cuddly cats, comics and graphic novels are a compelling way to communicate in your own unique visual style! Build your drawing skills, develop your ability to capture fantastical characters and their unique worlds, and learn how to drive your story forward with non-stop action and intriguing plots.
Instructor: Elizabeth King Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $159 (+$10 fee)=$169
Mindcraft Redstone Engineers Ages 10-13 9am-11am
Learn the secrets of Redstone—Minecraft’s electrical wiring—and use it to build the devices and traps of your dreams! We’ll start off by exploring Minecraft’s creative and survival modes. Then, students will learn how to use Redstone circuitry and commands to create sliding doors, teleporters, drawbridges, and everything in between. We’ll end the week by building a hi-tech super-base to defend against monsters! Students of all experience levels are welcome to join us on this exciting journey into computer engineering.
Instructor: Shayne Hayes Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $129
STEMGirls Coding Launchpad Ages 9-11 9am-12pm
This tech camp will immerse you in computational thinking through fun games and activities. Explore approachable robotics with Lego NXT, engage with on- and off-screen computer science activities, get hands on with dynamic STEAM crafts, and build your coding confidence through fun strategy games and innovative activities. Please Note: This class is primarily designed to enhance STEM access and aspirations of youth who identify as girls, but all students ages 9-11 are welcome.
Instructor: Carly Anderson Location: SOU Campus Tuition: $159
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