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What is the key to success for teens and young adults? Success isn’t just about doing well in school or getting into a good college. Being successful is about discovering your strengths, mastering your emotions, and adding value wherever you go. A child is only truly successful when they learn to be happy and confident with who they are.

Happiness is the goal for this one-of-a-kind youth summer camp! Hosted at Arizona State University campuses, Leadership Society of Arizona’s 2023 Logic, Leadership, and Life Skills summer program is a day camp where teens complete licensed professional development training. We’ve taken a college-level curriculum and turned it into a fun and interactive 4-day course. Students will set new goals, learn proven leadership skills, and get individualized attention from our certified teen life coaches.

$25 Discount Code: ACCESS

This annual event is a residential summer enrichment program for academically talented and motivated students entering 8th, 9th, 10th & 11th grade in Fall 2023. Students participate in a Critical Thinking or Human Event course and an elective taught by university faculty or staff to prepare them for enrollment and success at ASU, and Barrett, the Honors College.

Through this immersive program, high school students receive a deep dive into the programs offered at three of ASU’s Phoenix-area campuses – ASU West, ASU Downtown, and ASU Polytechnic. 

Participants live in an ASU residence hall, learn about the facilities and programs unique to each campus, and engage with faculty and students. Colleges providing learning communities include College of Health Solutions, WP Carey School of Business, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, New College, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Integrative Science and Arts, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, and many more. Students can apply to one Summer Experience or all three! 
Learning community topics will vary by campus.

Housing and meals included. Financial Assistance is available for those who qualify. 

Are you an Arizona high school student interested in learning more about engineers and how they impact our world and society? The National Summer Transportation Institute will engage you in projects and field trips that demonstrate how engineers plan and maintain our systems of transportation around the state of Arizona. As an NSTI participant, you will live on campus for one week while interacting with ASU engineering faculty and students, engaging in transportation-related field trips, and completing a project related to maintaining safe, sustainable, and efficient transit. This program is FREE and is designed for highly accomplished and motivated students.
This program is funded in partnership with the U.S. Federal Highway Administration and the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Register here!
 

2023 Topic: Technology: Friend or Foe? We are surrounded by all kinds of technologies: human creations that sit on top of the natural world. They make our lives pleasant, comfortable, and easy. They also capture our attention, and hold it hostage. This week, we are going to step back and ask: Are we telling technology what to do? Or is technology telling us what to do? Some guiding questions that we will be investigating: How does technology affect my well-being? What is holding my attention? What are hidden influences on my actions? What have people convinced me that I need? How is technology affecting the way I view others? How is technology affecting the way I view myself? For one week, you are a college student, working with ASU’s graduate students, to investigate these questions - coming to campus in the morning and leaving in the evening. We will be drawing from Philosophy of Technology, Social and Political Philosophy, Psychology, Behavioral Economics, as well as traditional Philosophy of Well-Being. In the meantime, you’re hanging out with your peers that want to look at life a little more carefully. You are part of an intellectual community. You’re running around campus, eating in dining halls, peeking into the life of a college student. You can read about last year's program here: https://news.asu.edu/20220913-local-high-school-students-learned-how-ha…

School of Art Summer Camp- Launch yourself into new universes while exploring favorite animations and graphic illustrations! Invent your own stories, characters, and worlds as you create and illustrate your own comics, anime, or manga. Collaborate with peers or develop unique drawings as you learn to storyboard, practice figures and poses, explore color palettes, and more.

What is the key to success for teens and young adults? Success isn’t just about doing well in school or getting into a good college. Being successful is about discovering your strengths, mastering your emotions, and adding value wherever you go. A child is only truly successful when they learn to be happy and confident with who they are.

Happiness is the goal for this one-of-a-kind youth summer camp! Hosted at Arizona State University campuses, Leadership Society of Arizona’s 2023 Logic, Leadership, and Life Skills summer program is a day camp where teens complete licensed professional development training. We’ve taken a college-level curriculum and turned it into a fun and interactive 4-day course. Students will set new goals, learn proven leadership skills, and get individualized attention from our certified teen life coaches.

$25 Discount Code: ACCESS

School of Art Summer Camp- Portrait painting has deep roots in history and still has a strong presence in the art world today. In this camp, you’ll learn how to work with oil paints, mix skin tones, tackle proportion, and create the illusion of light and form. In addition, you’ll practice mastering 3-D volume, structure, and anatomy — all leading up to painting from real life!

A component of the Central Arizona Writing Project, YAWP (Young Adult Writing Program) is designed to offer young writers a non-evaluative environment to explore the power of writing. Our camps will offer in-person and online YAWP courses in June 2023. Offering time and inspiration, YAWP sessions support writers in a collaborative atmosphere where they can share works in progress. YAWP sessions engage young writers in crafting a variety of forms based on the theme and focus of the camp. The creative writing camps, for example, focus on writing such as poems, autobiographical sketches, heart maps, short stories, arguments, nature/science, craft secrets, and daily writing workshops. Each camper will share a final piece of writing for publication in the camp anthology.       

A component of the Central Arizona Writing Project, YAWP (Young Adult Writing Program) is designed to offer young writers a non-evaluative environment to explore the power of writing. Our camps will offer in-person and online YAWP courses in June 2023. Offering time and inspiration, YAWP sessions support writers in a collaborative atmosphere where they can share works in progress. YAWP sessions engage young writers in crafting a variety of forms based on the theme and focus of the camp. The creative writing camps, for example, focus on writing such as poems, autobiographical sketches, heart maps, short stories, arguments, nature/science, craft secrets, and daily writing workshops. Each camper will share a final piece of writing for publication in the camp anthology.       

Camp Cronkite is where high schoolers from across the country come to grow their media skills—and get a taste of college! Students leave with real media skills and work to bolster (or kickstart!) their professional portfolios. Students choose their own Camp Cronkite adventure by selecting one of the three available tracks: digital journalism (focuses on writing, photography, graphics and multimedia journalism); broadcast journalism (focuses on video, TV, audio and immersive journalism); sports media (focuses on sports journalism and team storytelling). At Camp Cronkite, students learn approaches to reporting, pitching, storytelling and editing, and get hands-on experience across a variety of media techniques—video editing, photography, reporting and writing, script development, AR/VR media and more. During their stay, campers will reside in our residential hall, Taylor Place, which is located across the street from the Cronkite School.

Discover the art of performance, songwriting, production, engineering and music entrepreneurship. Guided by our world class faculty and staff, students will have the opportunity to explore their various interests, develop their musicianship, and prepare for studying music at the college level. Taking place in our state of the art facility in the cultural hub of Downtown Phoenix at Fusion on First, participants will have hands-on experiences in our studio suites, performance and rehearsal spaces, writing rooms, and digital media labs, all outfitted with the latest technology. During the day, write songs, compose and produce music on your instrument and/or computer, engineer and perform in the studio, collaborate with other students, perform on stage and get real-world advice from veteran songwriters, industry professionals, and up-and-coming artists. At night, have a college experience by living in a dorm, going to programmed events and hanging with all the other students This program is for rising high school freshmen, current high school students, recent high school graduates (ages 14-18). Scholarships are available to help students attend. The scholarship application is now open at https://forms.gle/6stTJWt3TfVwCGcR8

This annual event is a residential summer enrichment program for academically talented and motivated students entering 8th, 9th, 10th & 11th grade in Fall 2023. Students participate in a Critical Thinking or Human Event course and an elective taught by university faculty or staff to prepare them for enrollment and success at ASU, and Barrett, the Honors College.

In this exciting hands-on day camp, participants will be introduced to the principles of robot design through origami – the art of paper folding – to prototype, ideate, and get a hands-on sense of the physics of robots. About * ASU Polytechnic Campus * Registration Opening March 15, 2023 * Early Registration Ends May 15, 2023 * June 12-16, 2023, 9am-4pm daily. * $275 per student ($300 after May 15) * Open to Students entering grades 7-12 (ages 12-17) Topics Participants will learn: * how to use the biological world as a source of inspiration for designing robots, and how to translate those principles into a set of engineering design goals. * how to ideate, prototype, and synthesize robotic devices through folded mechanisms, and how force, torque, and motion can be tuned through these structures to make robots move better. * Coding a microcontroller to generate motion with an RC servo-motor. * how to take real-world data from a foldable robot and use physical models to improve robot performance This week-long, hands-on, project-based approach will emphasize problem identification, brainstorming, problem solving, rapid prototyping, teamwork, and communication. The camp will culminate with a final build – that students can program to move through the environment – along with a Friday afternoon exposition for parents. Students will be able to take their development kits home with them at the end of the week. Example parts & materials include: * Programmable microcontroller * Breadboard & wire * RC Servo(s) * Sensor(s) * Craft essentials: scissors, stapler, tape, rubber bands For more info, contact danaukes@asu.edu or visit our registration page at https://specialevents.asu.edu/foldable-robotics-camp-2023 . If you are unable to afford registration, please email me.

Board your airships and jettison the ballast! Join in the fight to save a dystopian realm and create beautiful and imaginative kinetic sculptures that tell your hero’s tale. Immerse yourself in a world of gears, gadgets, and gizmos as you explore the exciting world of steampunk. In this immersive week-long camp, participants in grades 8 - 12 will be introduced to the engineering design process while they learn and use basic science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) concepts to construct their own steampunk-themed automata. With expert instructors on hand to guide you every step of the way, you'll experience hands-on learning and problem-solving like never before. Instructional content will focus on mechanical movement design, electric circuits, genre specific aesthetics, retro-futuristic storytelling, programming, and computational thinking. The project-based approach will emphasize problem identification, brainstorming, problem solving, rapid prototyping, teamwork, and communication. The camp will culminate with an exposition of finished automata projects that student engineers can take home with them! Don't miss this unforgettable opportunity to spark your imagination and unleash your inner inventor! This camp runs from 9 AM - 5 PM each day. Enroll now and get ready to power up your summer!

What is the key to success for teens and young adults? Success isn’t just about doing well in school or getting into a good college. Being successful is about discovering your strengths, mastering your emotions, and adding value wherever you go. A child is only truly successful when they learn to be happy and confident with who they are.

Happiness is the goal for this one-of-a-kind youth summer camp! Hosted at Arizona State University campuses, Leadership Society of Arizona’s 2023 Logic, Leadership, and Life Skills summer program is a day camp where teens complete licensed professional development training. We’ve taken a college-level curriculum and turned it into a fun and interactive 4-day course. Students will set new goals, learn proven leadership skills, and get individualized attention from our certified teen life coaches.

$25 Discount Code: ACCESS

Through this immersive program, high school students receive a deep dive into the programs offered at three of ASU’s Phoenix-area campuses – ASU West, ASU Downtown, and ASU Polytechnic. 

Participants live in an ASU residence hall, learn about the facilities and programs unique to each campus, and engage with faculty and students. Colleges providing learning communities include College of Health Solutions, WP Carey School of Business, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, New College, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Integrative Science and Arts, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, and many more. Students can apply to one Summer Experience or all three! 
Learning community topics will vary by campus.

Housing and meals included. Financial Assistance is available for those who qualify. 

The School of Arts, Media and Engineering hosts a summer program for students in grades 6th-12th, featuring 5-day, project-focused workshops. Students work directly with faculty and graduate students who are experts in their field. Open to students of all levels of experience, we offer a variety of interdisciplinary classes infused with ideas and practices from the arts, music, digital media, computer science, technology, and engineering. Future makers, artists, designers, engineers, and entrepreneurs will learn skills valuable for the technology-infused, fast-paced 21st century. We are excited to work with you this summer - come spark your creativity by integrating arts, science, and engineering! Some grant-funded courses are available with scholarships.

The June 2023 program will be in-person at ASU's Mesa MIX Center and on ASU’s Tempe Campus. Three independent weeks of classes are available, and students register for a track containing two classes, morning and afternoon.  Full list of classes and descriptions available at our website!
 

School of Art Summer Camp- Work with wood as you create tools, toys, and games! In this five-day introductory woodworking camp, you will learn the fundamentals of carving and joinery within the School of Art’s dedicated Woods Studio. Each participant will learn to use the bandsaw and various hand tools to design and create sculptural objects.

Participants in grades 7 - 9 will be introduced to the engineering design process while learning basic science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) concepts like simple machines, electric circuits, programming, computational thinking, music, and storytelling. The project-based approach will emphasize problem identification, brainstorming, problem-solving, rapid prototyping, teamwork, and communication. The camp will culminate with the design and construction of a giant thematic chain-reaction machine and the performance of an oral story describing the machine! 

This camp is a collaboration between the Arizona State University Polytechnic School and the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute.

Location: South Mountain Community College Guadalupe Center, 9233 S. Avenida del Yaqui (Priest Dr.) Guadalupe, AZ 85283

Through this immersive program, high school students receive a deep dive into the programs offered at three of ASU’s Phoenix-area campuses – ASU West, ASU Downtown, and ASU Polytechnic. 

Participants live in an ASU residence hall, learn about the facilities and programs unique to each campus, and engage with faculty and students. Colleges providing learning communities include College of Health Solutions, WP Carey School of Business, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, New College, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Integrative Science and Arts, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, and many more. Students can apply to one Summer Experience or all three! 
Learning community topics will vary by campus.

Housing and meals included. Financial Assistance is available for those who qualify. 

This annual event is a residential summer enrichment program for academically talented and motivated students entering 8th, 9th, 10th & 11th grade in Fall 2023. Students participate in a Critical Thinking or Human Event course and an elective taught by university faculty or staff to prepare them for enrollment and success at ASU, and Barrett, the Honors College.

INSPIRE is a no-cost, week-long, college readiness program for American Indian high school students from Tribal Nations in Arizona. During the week, students develop academic and personal success behaviors through culturally-relevant, project-based learning while connecting with ASU American Indian students, staff and faculty.

School of Art Summer Camp- Bring an artistic vision to life through the exploration of ceramic hand building, throwing, and surface design! In this camp, you’ll create imaginative ceramic forms and apply various design methods using underglaze, painting, and carving techniques. In addition, you’ll experiment with the pottery wheel to shape your own vases, dishware, and more. After learning about the full pottery process, you’ll select pieces to be fired, which will be available for pick up after the camp's conclusion.

Campers will build and program functional robots using the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime kits. Students will begin by building a basic robot equipped with programmable sensors. Then, students can let their imagination soar as they adapt their robots to complete a variety of challenges including a line-following challenge, climb-the-mountain challenge, and everyone’s favorite, the sumo ring tournament!

A component of the Central Arizona Writing Project, YAWP (Young Adult Writing Program) is designed to offer young writers a non-evaluative environment to explore the power of writing. Our camps will offer in-person and online YAWP courses in June 2023. Offering time and inspiration, YAWP sessions support writers in a collaborative atmosphere where they can share works in progress. YAWP sessions engage young writers in crafting a variety of forms based on the theme and focus of the camp. The creative writing camps, for example, focus on writing such as poems, autobiographical sketches, heart maps, short stories, arguments, nature/science, craft secrets, and daily writing workshops. Each camper will share a final piece of writing for publication in the camp anthology.       

A component of the Central Arizona Writing Project, YAWP (Young Adult Writing Program) is designed to offer young writers a non-evaluative environment to explore the power of writing. Our camps will offer in-person and online YAWP courses in June 2023. Offering time and inspiration, YAWP sessions support writers in a collaborative atmosphere where they can share works in progress. YAWP sessions engage young writers in crafting a variety of forms based on the theme and focus of the camp. The creative writing camps, for example, focus on writing such as poems, autobiographical sketches, heart maps, short stories, arguments, nature/science, craft secrets, and daily writing workshops. Each camper will share a final piece of writing for publication in the camp anthology.       

Camp Broadway® Mainstage is designed for theater-loving kids, ages 10-17, to develop their confidence, character and presentation skills through ensemble performance. The five-day camp is open to all children, regardless of previous performing experience. The Camp Broadway team is comprised of distinguished actors, writers and designers directly from New York. Campers learn acting, scene study, improvisation, music theory, singing and dancing, while building self-esteem, teamwork skills, and creative potential. Campers will also watch the Broadway show HAIRSPRAY. The week culminates in a Family Finale performance.

What is the key to success for teens and young adults? Success isn’t just about doing well in school or getting into a good college. Being successful is about discovering your strengths, mastering your emotions, and adding value wherever you go. A child is only truly successful when they learn to be happy and confident with who they are.

Happiness is the goal for this one-of-a-kind youth summer camp! Hosted at Arizona State University campuses, Leadership Society of Arizona’s 2023 Logic, Leadership, and Life Skills summer program is a day camp where teens complete licensed professional development training. We’ve taken a college-level curriculum and turned it into a fun and interactive 4-day course. Students will set new goals, learn proven leadership skills, and get individualized attention from our certified teen life coaches.

$25 Discount Code: ACCESS

RISE Summer Leadership Institute is a residential college readiness and leadership development program for students who will be in 9th-12th grade in Fall 2023. RISE celebrates and continues the legacy of Black and African American Sun Devils at Arizona State University. The institute gives students the tools to continue as leaders in their schools and communities.

A high-energy college readiness and leadership program at Arizona State University for rising juniors and seniors from Arizona. For one week, selected students explore higher education, leadership development, and community engagement- all within a collaborative peer environment. 

School of Art Summer Camp- Are you comfortable with sewing machine basics and looking for a way to move beyond the fundamentals? This five-day camp is perfect for students who are looking to further develop their skills in the areas of creation, illustration, and construction. After selecting two to three individualized projects to focus on, students will bring their designs to life using the industry-grade sewing machines in our brand-new Fusion on First fashion studios. Want to learn how to pattern a coat? Sew pockets? Experiment with different fabrics? This is the place to do it! Students in this section will collaborate with their peers in the Introductory/Intermediate section.

What is the key to success for teens and young adults? Success isn’t just about doing well in school or getting into a good college. Being successful is about discovering your strengths, mastering your emotions, and adding value wherever you go. A child is only truly successful when they learn to be happy and confident with who they are.

Happiness is the goal for this one-of-a-kind youth summer camp! Hosted at Arizona State University campuses, Leadership Society of Arizona’s 2023 Logic, Leadership, and Life Skills summer program is a day camp where teens complete licensed professional development training. We’ve taken a college-level curriculum and turned it into a fun and interactive 4-day course. Students will set new goals, learn proven leadership skills, and get individualized attention from our certified teen life coaches.
$25 Discount Code: ACCESS

School of Art Summer Camp- Explore Tempe with a photographer’s eye! In this camp, you will arrange scenes and capture moments across ASU’s campus as you practice the full photographic process, from composition to editing to series sequencing. Each student will receive valuable 1-on-1 feedback based on their individual needs and will be able to collaborate with peers on the creation of photographic projects. At the end of camp, every participant will select their favorite shots of the week to create a class photobook! These will be purchased by the School of Art and delivered after the camp’s conclusion. Students will need access to a smartphone to take photographs (or they may use their own digital cameras).

School of Art Summer Camp- Concept, design, pattern and construct your own tote bag, complete with an interior zipper pocket and personalized leather charm! In this five-day camp, you’ll learn the fundamentals of fashion design—including ideation, research, moodboard creation, sketching, patterning and construction—while using the industrial sewing machines in the brand-new Fusion on First fashion studios. Add functionality through a zipper workshop and learn to work with other materials in our leathercraft workshop! Students will take home their creation, a one-of-a-kind, personalized tote that can be carried with them throughout their career. Students in this section will collaborate with their peers in the Intermediate/Advanced section.

School of Art Summer Camp- Add some flair to your backpack or t-shirts, print your own logos on a tote bag, or create your own prints to hang up at home! In this screenprinting camp, you'll practice the printing and layering processes with transparencies and stencils as you incorporate techniques of drawing, tracing, detailed cutting, composition, and found object exposure. Water-based inks in a variety of colors will be mixed for printing. Students will take home their creations, as well as their own School of Art tote bag.

School of Art Summer Camp- Make a mini-series about animals or an animated short about the galaxy– all while using materials that you create yourself! Stop Motion Animation is a highly-detailed animation process that uses up to 40 photos per second to create seamless videos. Participants will work individually or collaboratively as they create storyboards and construct, shoot, and edit a short video using various materials such as clay, construction paper, and small objects. Using the industry-grade technology available at the School of Art, students will meld and edit photos into a video.

Through this immersive program, high school students receive a deep dive into the programs offered at three of ASU’s Phoenix-area campuses – ASU West, ASU Downtown, and ASU Polytechnic. 

Participants live in an ASU residence hall, learn about the facilities and programs unique to each campus, and engage with faculty and students. Colleges providing learning communities include College of Health Solutions, WP Carey School of Business, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, New College, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Integrative Science and Arts, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, and many more. Students can apply to one Summer Experience or all three! 
Learning community topics will vary by campus.

Housing and meals included. Financial Assistance is available for those who qualify. 

This annual event is a residential summer enrichment program for academically talented and motivated students entering 8th, 9th, 10th & 11th grade in Fall 2023. Students participate in a Critical Thinking or Human Event course and an elective taught by university faculty or staff to prepare them for enrollment and success at ASU, and Barrett, the Honors College.

School of Art Summer Camp- Go beyond pencil and ink to create with lasers! Mixing the traditional techniques of relief and intaglio printmaking with modern day technology, you will bring both worlds together and learn how to laser engrave wood blocks and plexiglass to create your own series of prints.

School of Art Summer Camp- Interested in art, nature, and science? Grab your watercolors and lab coat as we examine specimens at the Life Sciences Collections at ASU. Learn about and take a closer look at animals, botanicals, shells, insects, and more under the microscope! As we explore, you’ll create watercolor paintings and drawings based on your visual research. Make it abstract or paint exactly what you see! This is your time to be creative and investigate a magical microscopic world you never knew existed. Please note that Art Under the Microscope will be held at ASU’s Natural History Collections, located at 734 W. Alameda Drive, Tempe AZ 85282; this is a short five-minute drive from ASU’s Tempe Campus.

What is the key to success for teens and young adults? Success isn’t just about doing well in school or getting into a good college. Being successful is about discovering your strengths, mastering your emotions, and adding value wherever you go. A child is only truly successful when they learn to be happy and confident with who they are.

Happiness is the goal for this one-of-a-kind youth summer camp! Hosted at Arizona State University campuses, Leadership Society of Arizona’s 2023 Logic, Leadership, and Life Skills summer program is a day camp where teens complete licensed professional development training. We’ve taken a college-level curriculum and turned it into a fun and interactive 4-day course. Students will set new goals, learn proven leadership skills, and get individualized attention from our certified teen life coaches.

$25 Discount Code: ACCESS

Campers will build and program functional robots using the LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime kits. Students will begin by building a basic robot equipped with programmable sensors. Then, students can let their imagination soar as they adapt their robots to complete a variety of challenges including a line-following challenge, climb-the-mountain challenge, and everyone’s favorite, the sumo ring tournament!

Register Here!

What is the key to success for teens and young adults? Success isn’t just about doing well in school or getting into a good college. Being successful is about discovering your strengths, mastering your emotions, and adding value wherever you go. A child is only truly successful when they learn to be happy and confident with who they are.

Happiness is the goal for this one-of-a-kind youth summer camp! Hosted at Arizona State University campuses, Leadership Society of Arizona’s 2023 Logic, Leadership, and Life Skills summer program is a day camp where teens complete licensed professional development training. We’ve taken a college-level curriculum and turned it into a fun and interactive 4-day course. Students will set new goals, learn proven leadership skills, and get individualized attention from our certified teen life coaches.
 

$25 Discount Code: ACCESS