Summer Youth Program 2020

This VIRTUAL Summer Youth Program is for families who are looking to keep their children safe and engaged at home during their work day.

At Continuing Education’s virtual Summer Youth & Teen Program, both middle school and high school students will experience a variety of engaging and enriching programs. We will have live instructors running arts and crafts activities, creative workshops, and educational classes for both middle school and high school students, as well as College Readiness classes for High School students. These unique programs are specifically designed to run from the safety of your home.

For more information, you may email Carmen Guerra at cguerra@hccc.edu.

Recommended Ages: 9 - 15
This course will offer students the opportunity to get creative with language and have the freedom to choose their own writing project: A slam poetry reading, a collection of flash fiction, a fantasy story, or anything in between!

The students will discuss and explore different types of literature they like to read, why they like this type of literature, and how they would like to develop their own writing. They will discuss questions such as "What makes something a good work of creative writing?" and "How can I improve my own writing using the ideas discussed in class?"

This course hopes to develop students' creativity and own sense of writing style while still enabling them to consider feedback and different perspectives. In this course, students will use and develop the writing skills they learned in school but with more freedom, flexibility, and fun!

Duration: 3 days (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)
Dates: July 7, 8 & 9, 2020
Times: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Price: $60

Recommended Ages: 9 - 15
Explore Simple At Home techniques of painting, collage, and printmaking in this 2 session workshop. Give yourself a chance to relax and explore yourself through this all level art workshop that will result in a completed work of art and a new skill set to use again.

In the first session I'll be teaching the simple techniques that are available to us, right from our homes that anyone can use, even if you'd don't consider yourself an artist. In the second two hour session, I'll be helping you create an original work of art using these techniques. I hope to hand you simple creative techniques that help you creatively express yourself.

Dates: July 7 & 9, 2020
Times: 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Price: $40

Recommended Ages: 9 - 15
This course is for the curious minded and those wanting to have fun! No photography experience? No problem! This course works on improving your skills in digital photography using any digital camera. (dSLR, mirrorless or smartphone are ok!) Students will explore DIY "Home Hacks", experiment with light painting, and some cool double exposures! Yes we will cover the fundamentals, but with so many different projects in photography, you'll have plenty of fun ideas to discover. This course is a great way of not only exploring taking photos but also learning techniques to make them look better. We will introduce you to basic editing and retouching of your photos using free at home software! This summer we will bring the classroom to you, so you won't just take great photos you'll make them.

Digital Photography I
Duration: 4 days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)
Dates: July 13, 14, 15 & 16, 2020
Times: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Price: $120

Digital Photography II
Duration: 4 days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)
Dates: July 13, 14, 15 & 16, 2020
Times: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Price: $120

Recommended Ages: High School Students
SAT PREP Recommended Ages: High School Students Get a jump-start on the SAT and impress those college recruiters with this 2 week test preparation program. Learn to use basic problem solving techniques to strengthen your abilities, while avoiding careless mistakes. Test taking skills will be provided, along with test samples from an actual SAT exam.

SAT Language Arts
Duration: 8 days (Monday thru Thursday) - 2 weeks
Dates: August 3, 4, 5, 6 & 10, 11, 12, 13, 2020
Times: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Price: $240

SAT Math
Duration: 8 days (Monday thru Thursday) - 2 weeks
Dates: August 3, 4, 5, 6 & 10, 11, 12, 13, 2020
Times: 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
Price: $240

Learn about our Professional Development and Personal Enrichment Programs at www.hccc.edu/continuingeducation.