Basketball Camps
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Girls Basketball Camp
June 2-6 (3rd to 9th grade)
June 16-20 (3rd to 9th grade)
June 23-27 (3rd to 9th grade)
4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Coach Julie Berry
$155

Boys Advanced Basketball Camp
June 9-13 (Age 10-14)
4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Don Lippi
$155

Volleyball Camps
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Beginning-Advanced Girls Volleyball Camp
July 14-18 (5th-8th grade)
9 a.m. to noon
Eddie Chen
$135

This camp is for middle-school students who will enter fifth to eighth grade in the fall. From the beginning to the advanced player, our focus on fundamentals and skill development will help players of all abilities.

Boys Volleyball Camp
July 28-31 (four days)
9 a.m. to noon
Eddie Chen
$105

This camp is for boys who will enter sixth to ninth grade in the fall and will get you going in the sport of volleyball.

Volleyball camps will be held in the Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School gymnasium, 1011 Chestnut St., Alameda.

Click here for more information and a registration form for the SJND volleyball camps.

Arts and Activities Camps
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All-American Summer Food
June 30-July 3
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Cheryl Loring and Laurie Zerga
$249

Camp description: The All-American Food Camp focuses on typical American fare found throughout the U.S. for summer celebrations and everyday food. You will use recipes based on seasonal local ingredients and learn to prepare entrees that are both tasty and nutritious. By the end of the week, you will have learned basic food preparation, recipe reading, cooking, and cleanup.

Italian Culinary Camp
July 14-18
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Cheryl Loring and Laurie Zerga
$295

Camp description: The Italian Culinary Cooking Camp focuses on typical Italian fare throughout the Italian regions with an emphasis from my family's northern Italian heritage. You will learn about nutritional information, serving sizes based on the Federal guidelines. You will use recipes based on seasonal local ingredients and learn to prepare entrees that are both tasty and nutritious. By the end of the week, you will have learned basic food preparation, recipe reading, cooking, and cleanup. You will also go on field trips to shop for fresh ingredients and visit food businesses to learn the source of various foods.

Improvisational Music Camp
June 30-July 11, July 14-July 25
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Karl Evangelista
$450 (each two-week session)
Students will get the most out of the session by taking a two-week block, but they may sign up for a single week for $225. One-week sessions may be taken any of the four weeks that the music camp is offered.

Camp description: This camp focuses on the use of improvisation toward the development of an individual’s musical knowledge, personality, and skills. Instructors will introduce campers to a wide variety of musical styles and practices, encouraging campers to find their own voices in those idioms. Throughout the course, you will use and develop skills in “spontaneous composition” that will help you to both understand pre-existing musical worlds and create new music of your own.

You will:

• Explore music improvisation as a means of discovering new, personal techniques for creating and writing your own music
  Engage in a hands-on creative experience, regularly writing and/or performing your own work in various musical styles
• Form your own groups--to be recorded at the end of the camp

Several musical styles will be explored by a team of experienced instructors, including, but not limited to:

• Jazz
  Blues
  Modern Rock
  American Folk Music

No prior improvisation or songwriting experience required; intermediate knowledge of instrument or voice is highly recommended.

Ceramics Camp
June 16 – 27
10 a.m. to noon
Mark Ritter
$150

In this class, you will explore traditional hand building methods in ceramics (coil, slab and pinch pot construction). You will have the opportunity to create both functional vessels (bowls ,cups and vases) and sculptures. Acrylic paint, glazes and underglazes will be used to finish the projects. You will have the opportunity to create three to four projects in the class.

General Methods: Demonstrations, lectures (slides), hands on activity

Course Objectives: To enliven the artist in you through basic ceramic methods that challenge you to develop your present skills and create projects that will be both useful and decorative.