High School Enrichment

July 29 - August 7
8:30am-11:30am

This course is designed to introduce incoming students to the skills and strategies necessary for their success in the English program at Oaks Christian. Students engage in a comprehensive exploration of grammar basics. The class is also open to students who need to review grammatical concepts.  This course is limited to new and current Oaks Christian students.  Course is not for credit; enrichment only. 

July 29 - August 7
12:00pm-3:00pm 

This course is designed to help students build a strong foundation in algebra in order to be successful in their future math courses at Oaks Christian. The class is designed to help those students who will be taking algebra 1 or geometry in the fall.  Course is not for credit; enrichment only. Incoming 9th-10th grade students.

July 15 - July 19
8:30am-1:00pm

Oaks Christian entrepreneurship summer camp is part of the Global Leadership Institute where students learn leadership skills and practices, preparing them for future leadership roles.

Students will learn what goes into launching their own business from the ground up. They will be taught how to identify their target audience, create a story for their product, develop a marketing plan, write a business pitch, break down startup costs, and practice leadership behaviors that can inspire a team.

At the end of the week, students will pitch their businesses to a group of investors and receive priceless feedback from real world entrepreneurs.

July 8-July 12
8:30am-1:00pm

This one-week summer camp will teach students practical techniques in construction of strategic, compelling arguments, speech preparation, research, refutation, persuasion, critical thinking and listening, all while learning to speak with clarity and conviction.

The students will develop skills to effectively brainstorm a topic, build audience interest and attention, organize the speech, effective use of humor, and delivery strategies. Through many practice rounds, the camp will focus on the techniques and skills necessary to turn the novice speaker into a confident speaker, and the already experienced speaker into a higher-level speaker.

Our mock trial camp is designed to take students step-by-step through the process of mock trials. Students learn the legal process, delivery skills, critical thinking, argument construction, and cross-examinations. By the end of the week, students will not only be introduced to American jurisprudence, but they will also have completed two or more trials.

At the end of the week, the students will welcome friends and family to watch speeches, along with a debate, on campus to see the students use the speech and debate/mock trial skills they learned in camp. 

July 22 - August 2
8:30am-11:30am

In this Summer Stop Motion Animation Camp, students will learn introductory animation skills to create unique and engaging stop-motion shorts. The first week will focus on navigating the Stop Motion Studio App on iPad, applying foundational principles of animation, and exploring different materials and textures in real life for stop motion.

Each day, students will try various stop motion techniques, including claymation, strata-cut animation, magazine paper replacement animation, found object animation, pixilation animation, and paper puppet animation. In the second week, students will create simple storyboards and animate a short film using any media learned in the first week. No former drawing or animation skills are needed!