CLA Summer Academy

What's better than a summer camp?

A fun and educational summer academy that introduces your high schooler to the liberal arts!

The liberal arts includes:

Creative writing
Psychology
Art
Design
Languages and cultures
Leadership development
and much more!

Class Offerings

Woodworking: Build a birdhouse

A studio workshop where students will design and build a unique, functional birdhouse.

Ceramics: Create a vase

Students will build a 'slab-built vase form' and decorate the vase using image transfer and Black/White underglazes. We will base their designs on repeatable patterns from contemporary culture and share the cultural significance of Native American pottery patterning and how it relates to form.

Printmaking: Shirt or poster

Ever wanted to create and print your own t-shirt design? During this activity Participants will hand draw their own images or logos on transparent paper. Participants will then be shown how these positives can be used to create screen-print stencils that will then be printed onto t-shirts and paper by the artists. Opportunities for collaborative designs and adding color to the posters will be included.

Painting: Glow in the dark landscape

In this workshop students will paint landscapes along with secret glow-in-the-dark elements. The paintings will be created using standard and glow-in-the-dark acrylic paints on canvas.

Graphic design: Make a gif

World Cultures: Hispanic Cuisine

Leadership development

Participants will engage in a leadership activity where they take a leadership inventory to learn more about their leadership style and then will participate in group problem solving activities to understand their leadership style in action.

Get Psyched!

Participants will spend time navigating through six different stations, each with an experience highlighting a unique area in the study of psychology. Stations include: "Eye-Witness Testimony: How good are you?", "Eyes, tongues, and brains, oh my!", "Hiccups and hurdles - relay!", "Who's smarter than a TikTok influencer", "What's all the fuss about mental health?" and an escape room!

Ancient codes and riddles

An exploration of *secret* messages in the ancient world. This will include the Spartan scytale, the Caesar cipher, and medieval riddles from the Exeter book (which were an inspiration for the riddles in Tolkien's The Hobbit.) Participants will learn to decode and construct their own ancient ciphers.

Ghost stories: A campus ghost tour

A creative experience where students will write a short ghost story based on USl's campus and, if there's time, put together a "campus ghost walk".

Schedule

7:30 - 8 a.m.	Drop-off/ Welcome
8 - 8:30 a.m.	Starbucks - meet in front of Rice Library
8:30 - 10 a.m.	Campus tour with Megan Doyle
10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.	1st Experience
12 - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch in The Loft
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.	1st Experience continued
2:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Rec Center/ Quiet time
4:30 - 5 p.m.	Wrap-up/ Pick-up

7:30 - 8 a.m.	Drop-off/ Welcome
8:15 - 10:15 a.m.	2nd Experience
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Snack/ Break
10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.	2nd Experience continued
12 - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch in The Loft
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.	Movie in the Forum
3:45 - 4:30 p.m.	Reflections: Kleymeyer/Computer lab
4:30 - 5 p.m.	Wrap-up/ Pick-up

7:30 - 8 a.m.	Drop-off/ Welcome
8:15 - 10:15 a.m.	3rd Experience
10:45 - 11:15 a.m.	Outdoor Education
12 - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch: Sub Connection picnic at Eicher Barn
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Outdoor Education
4:30 - 5 p.m.	Wrap-up/ Pick-up

7:30 - 8 a.m.	Drop-off/ Welcome
8:15 - 10:15 a.m.	4th Experience
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Snack/ Break
10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.	4th Experience continued
12 - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch in The Loft
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.	Swim/ Quiet time
3:45 - 4:30 p.m.	Reflections: Kleymeyer/Computer lab
4:30 - 5 p.m.	Wrap-up/ Pick-up

7:30 - 8 a.m.	Drop-off/ Welcome
8:15 - 10:15 a.m.	5th Experience
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.	Snack/ Break
10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.	5th Experience continued
12 - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch in The Loft
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Reflection Presentations: Kleymeyer Hall
4:30 - 5 p.m.	Wrap-up/ Pick-up