Students use their hands and stretch their minds as they learn to bring their ideas into the physical world.
Academic Explorations (Rising Grades 6-8) Enrichment Course Descriptions
Want to learn about military history but are bored by textbook descriptions and confusing maps?
Students embrace their creative sides and gain confidence in public speaking.
This course aims to expose students to important people and events that have helped to shape history and bring about social change.
Learn a solid foundation of technical drawing skills and apply them to a variety of materials and techniques.
In this hands-on exploration, students will get an introduction into different components of engineering.
In this class, students will learn some fundamental engineering concepts.
We delve into the magical—and sometimes dark—world of fairy tales, myths and illustrated stories.
Students travel to notable locations in La Jolla as they explore the history of Bishop's and its neighborhood.
In this class, students will learn how to ask the insightful questions.
Through improv games and exercises, students learn the elements of comedy improvisation while having fun creating “instant theater” with trust and teamwork.
In this course, we will learn the tenets of journalism.
Students will employ problem-solving techniques to “escape” the classroom each day.
In this class, students will learn about about investments, personal finance and entrepreneurship.
This is a fearless approach to learning art’s wet media.
In a fun and supportive environment, students learn easy tips about drama structure, characters, dialogue and action.
Students will develop art that looks down and through surfaces of 3D imagery.
Students will engage with a variety of hands-on experiments.
In one of summer’s most popular courses, students mimic the hit TV show as they explore entrepreneurship.
Students will build public speaking skills, formal writing skills and learn the format of a formal debate.
Working with expert coaches, students can learn a new sport or develop more proficient skills in a familiar one.
Art meets sustainability in our exciting class on creating masterpieces with recycled materials.