Marine Science
Guided by a real oceanographer, explore the ocean
with stories, art and a lot of hands-on science.
Grades: Completed 4 - 8
Dates: July 20 - 24 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Grades: Completed K - 3
Dates: July 27 - 31 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost per camp: $185 + $15 materials fee
Math Bridge to Middle School
Preparing for 6th grade, you’ll work on engaging projects and problems individually and in groups, while
brushing up on core math skills.
Grades: Completed Grade 5
Dates: July 20 - 24 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $175 + $10 materials fee
Mixed Media/Textiles Art
Use various materials to create amazing art pieces.
Learn color and art techniques using paint, collage
and other medias to create one-of-a-kind pieces.
Grades: Completed 3 - 8
Dates: June 22 - 26 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Grades: Completed K - 3
Dates: July 6 - 10 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost per camp: $185+ $15 materials fee
Movie Making
Storyboard topics for short videos then learn how to
shoot great footage to tell your stories. (Use our shared
class video cameras or bring in your own.)
Grades: Completed 6 - 8
Dates: June 22 - 26 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Grades: Completed 3 - 5
Dates: July 6 - 10 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost per camp: $185+ $15 materials fee
Photography - NEW!
Learn basic camera functions along with light, composition and perspective. Bring a fully charged digital
camera (point and shoot or digital SLR) to class.
Grades: Completed 3 - 5
Dates: June 22 - 26 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Grades: Completed 6 - 8
Dates: July 6 - 10 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost per camp: $185+ $25 materials fee
Realistic Drawing
Learn the basic skills of drawing by looking carefully at
objects and their shapes.
Grades: Completed 3 - 8 *No camp 7/3
Dates: June 29 - July 2* from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $160 + $15 materials fee
RobotED: ‘Hobbit Land’ - NEW!
Travel through Middle Earth! See cranks in action
when Smaug slithers through treasure. Enjoy a blend
of creativity, problem solving, programming and engineering. Learn the fundamentals of simple machines.
Grades: Completed 3 - 5
Dates: July 13 - 17 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $185
RobotED: Summer Fun - NEW!
This program introduces simple engineering and technology concepts in a fun, hands-on way. With a kit,
a computer to work on, small class size, and plenty
of help, you’ll learn to control your robot using simple
drag-and-drop programming.
Grades: Completed K - 2
Dates: June 22 - 26 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $185
Spanish
Bienvenidos! Be immersed in Latin American culture
while learning Spanish through games, arts and crafts.
Time:
8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Dates: Week 1 June 22 - 26 Completed K-2 or 3-5
Week 2 June 29 - July 2* Completed K-2 or 3-5
Week 3 July 6 - 10 Completed K-2 or 3-5
Week 4 July 13 - 17 Completed K-2 or 3-5
Week 5 July 20 - 24 Completed K-2 or 3-5
Week 6 July 27 - 31 Completed K-2 or 3-5
Cost per week: $220 (* No camp 7/3, cost $180)
Solar/Renewable Energy - NEW!
Learn to use renewable energy sources through classroom and hands-on activities. Make projects including a solar oven, a model solar home and windmills
that produce electricity.
Grades: Completed 6 - 8 *No camp 7/3
Dates: June 29 - July 2* from 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Grades: Completed 4 - 5
Dates: July 6 - 10 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Grades: Completed 6 - 8
Dates: July 6 - 10 from from 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Cost/camp: $205 + $20 materials fee (*camp fee $175)
SUMMER CAMPS 2015
The Alameda Education Foundation (AEF) offers a wide range of summer enrichment camps
that give your students the opportunity to acquire
valuable new skills and support their academic,
creative and social growth. Instructors are experienced professionals who are experts in their fields,
and camp student-to-teacher ratios are kept low
to maximize learning.
Camp dates: June 22 to July 31, 2015
Location: Otis School, 3010 Fillmore St, Alameda
After Care with Alameda Recreation & Parks Dept.
Location: Godfrey Park, 281 Beach Rd, Alameda
Hours: 12:30 - 5:30 pm
Students will be transported to the park via a
city-owned vehicle. Parents must pick up their
child(ren) from Godfrey Park.
Cost: $125 (*$105 for week of June 29 - July 2)
To Register
EASY! Go to www.AlamedaEducation.org and
click on the blue “Summer Camp” button.
Please be sure to read the class details as well as
the cancellation/refund policy before enrolling.
Enroll before April 30 to receive a $20 discount
per camp and a $10 discount per week for After
Care. There is also a 15% sibling discount for
Mandarin language camp. Discounts will apply
at checkout.
It is recommended that students bring a snack
for morning camps. Students enrolled in full-day
programs plus After Care must bring a snack
and a lunch plus drink.
Scholarships are available - email:
[email protected]
Writing Camps
Using writing games, you’ll write fiction and nonfiction.
Become fluent as a writer, using details to help the
reader see, hear, taste and feel the action.
Grades:
Dates: Grades:
Dates: Completed 5 - 8 ‘Writing Your Story’
June 22 - 26 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Completed 2 - 4 ‘Writing Games’
July 6 - 10 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost per camp: $195 + $10 materials fee
Mailing Address: PO Box 1363, Alameda, CA 94501
Phone: 510-337-7189 Fax: 510-748-4706
[email protected]
www.AlamedaEducation.org
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax id# 94-2867769
SUMMER CAMPS
2015
Alameda Aviators
As an Alameda Junior Aviator, your morning briefing
will start with an IMAX movie. Your mission will be to
build paper airplanes, gliders, helicopters and rockets
and you’ll compete in various aviation skill contests.
Grades: Completed K - 2 *No camp 7/3
Dates: June 29 - July 2* from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $150 + $20 materials fee
AnimatED Space Adventures - NEW!
Circus Arts
Learn the basics of balance, tumbling, juggling and
clowning. Explore your body and your world using circus games and apparatus. You will progress at your
own level through a variety of skills in a safe and supportive group environment.
Grades: Completed K - 2
Dates: June 22 - 26 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Cost: $185
Learn how to create simple animated storylines using
SCRATCH! Create space adventures in animation using
a wide gallery of space themed tasks and sprites - a
great way to learn simple programming and animation.
Code.org - NEW!
Grades: Completed 2 - 6
*No camp 7/3
Dates: June 29 - July 2* from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $150
Grades: Completed K - 2* (*must be able to read)
Dates: July 13 - 17 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Bricks 4 Girlz: LEGO Engineering - NEW!
Work in teams creating models of dancers and gymnasts, making things move with gears, motors and battery packs, while building and designing with LEGOs.
Make a take-home mini-model.
Grades: Completed K - 2
Dates: July 13 - 17 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $185 + $15 materials fee
Bricks 4 Kidz ‘Superhero’ Academy - NEW!
Explore caped crusaders and their super powers while
playing with LEGOs. Create a super hero persona and
join teams to build motorized Lego projects, arts and
crafts. Create a take-home mini-model.
Grades: Completed K - 2
Dates: July 20 - 24 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $185 + $15 materials fee
Boost for Girls - Grade 6 Here I Come! NEW!
Girls learn about transition to middle school (in Fall
2015) with workshops, games and activities to build
confidence, communication and leadership skills. Topics include health and nutrition, communication and
listening, and building trust through physical activity.
Grades: Completed Grade 5
Dates: July 27 - 31 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $200
Boost - ‘Leading the Way’ - NEW!
Participate in games and activities, learning to organize and run these games yourself, coach your
peers and build teamwork. On the last day you’ll lead
friends and family in the games you’ve learned.
Grades: Completed 4 - 8
Dates: July 6 - 10 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $200
Create programs to solve problems and develop
interactive games or stories you can share. For students with no prior programming experience.
Grades: Completed 3 - 5
Dates: July 27 - 31 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Cost per camp: $220
Code.org - NEW!
Learn algebraic and geometric concepts through
computer programming focusing on order of operations, the Cartesian plane, function composition and
definition, and solving word problems - all within the
context of video game design. Bootstrap demonstrates how algebra applies in the real world.
Grades: Completed 6 - 8
Dates: July 27 - 31 from 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Cost: $220
Cooking
What’s for dinner? Come cook new and exciting food
everyday with Ruth Tillman. Learn fun recipes to make
at home, how to use tools and techniques in the kitchen and the science behind food. We’ll make everything from bread to pudding to sushi.
Grades: Completed K - 2
Camp 1: June 29 - July 2 (no camp 7/3) Cost: $150*
Camp 2: July 27 - 31 Cost: $185*
from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm (*add $20 materials fee)
Glee!
Using vocal oriented pop as a gateway to the musical
world, explore and learn favorite songs, old and new.
This camp will cover basic ear training and rhythm
concepts, vocal exercises and basic songwriting. Boys
and girls of all ability levels encouraged to join.
Grades: Completed 2 - 8
*No camp 7/3
Dates: June 29 - July 2* from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
Cost: $150 + $10 materials fee
Go Girls!
Go Girls! campers work together to create and perform your own plays reinforcing social/emotional skills.
You are led by highly trained and very talented theater teaching artists, expressive artists, and the coolest
teen assistants you will ever meet.
Grades: Completed K - 5
Time:
8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Dates: Camp 1 July 6 - 17
Camp 2 July 20 - 31
Cost per camp: $670
Guitar FUNdamentals
Learn the basics of playing guitar, the parts of the guitar, basic chords and songs, basic sight-reading and
more. NOTE: Guitars may be purchased for about $30
or there is a $50 rental fee to use a guitar for the week
(must be paid on the first day of camp).
Grades:
Dates: Cost:
Completed 1 - 5
July 27 - 31 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm
$185 plus $25 + $50 guitar rental (if needed email [email protected])
HTML Web Design
Explore HTML elements, metatags, web browsers, and
CSS, then build a website that incoporates features of
what you’ve learned.
Grades: Completed 6 - 8
Dates: July 13 - 17 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $220
Jewelry Making and Design
Learn jewelry making and create pieces of art you’ll
be proud of, including necklaces, bracelets, earrings,
pendants, charms, jewelry boxes and handbags.
Grades: Completed K - 2
Dates: July 20 - 24 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Grades: Completed 3 - 8
Dates: July 27 - 31 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost per camp: $185 + $15 materials fee
Junior Achievement - NEW!
‘Learning About Business’
1
Learn business fundamentals and the art of entrepreneurship as you operate your student-led company.
2
Learn to budget, save, invest wisely, and use credit
cautiously.
Grades: 1Completed 9 - 12 ‘Build Your Own Business’
Dates: June 22 - 26 from 1:00 - 5:00 pm
Grades: 2Completed 6 - 8 ‘Economics for Success’
Dates: July 20 - 24 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost per camp: $185 + $25 materials fee
Junior Achievement - NEW!
More Than Money - Our City & Community
Learn about earning, spending, sharing, and saving
money through posters and games. Explore local
businesses and jobs, production, taxes, decision making, and how money flows in an economy.
Grades: Completed 2 - 5
Dates: July 13 - 17 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $185 + $25 materials fee
Karate
Wado Ki Kai Karate uses training styles that incorporate traditional katas (forms), Korean kicking techniques, tumbling, and practical self-defense skills.
Gain self-esteem through disciplined practice, concentration, proper breathing and goal setting.
Grades: Completed K - 8
Karate I (for returning students only)
Dates: June 23 - July 28 (Tue. and Fri. ONLY)
from 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Karate II/Karate III (for returning students only)
Dates: June 23 - July 28 (Tue. and Fri. ONLY)
from 4:45 pm - 5:45 pm
Cost per camp: $155 (no class July 3, 17, 31)
Mad Science - Crazy Chemistry - NEW!
Explore and create chemical reactions, make colorful
concoctions and bubbling brews, or grow ghost crystals.
Study the chemistry in chalk and soap, and experiment
with the chemicals used by artists, spies and detectives!
Student chemists will bring home a daily project.
Grades: Completed K - 3
Dates: July 6 - 10 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
$235
Cost: Mandarin
In each 2-week camp, you will immerse yourself in a
different theme while learning songs, making crafts
and board games, and more.
Camp 1
Grades: Completed K - 3 or 4 - 6 *No camp 7/3
Dates: June 22 - July 2* from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $400 (15% sibling discount)
Camp 2
Grades: Completed K - 3 or 4 - 6
Dates: July 6 - 17 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $440 (15% sibling discount)
Camp 3
Grades: Completed K - 3 or 4 - 6
Dates: July 20 - 31 from 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost: $440 (15% sibling discount)