17 YEARS OF FREE, HIGH-QUALITY SUMMER ENGAGEMENT
The Summer Experience is unique in that it provides a combination of health and wellness with hands-on, interactive life and character skills workshops. Better yet, it’s FREE!!!! We typically operate the Summer Experience Tuesdays through Thursdays, 8-12, beginning the Tuesday after 4th of July, and running the balance of the month.
We attract students of all ages (Pre-K to High School) from across the Sacramento region (and occasionally out-of-state, as well). Our diversity allows students to develop new relationships, become more culturally- competent and aware, and gain real-world experience in leadership and teamwork.
Having initially focused on basketball, the program has grown to heights beyond our wildest dreams. The Academy has spanned to include:
- daily health and wellness engagement – high school and college athletics modeled workouts, and exposure to a variety of mainstream and nontraditional sports.
- peer mentoring – our high school and college alumni reinvest their time and wisdom into the program to guide our younger scholars. The mentoring program has become a highly-valued goal for all of our younger scholars to aspire to achieve.
- full classroom workshops including student panels, guest speakers (Nate from Belle Cooledge Library, and other community partners); – educational core and extra curricular lessons from high school and college mentors including literacy, social studies, art and STEM.
- field trips – community exploration to connect curriculum to real world experiences, including public transportation systems, civic institutions, sporting events and behind-the-scenes tours of innovative facilities. (previous years have included Chase Arena (Golden State Warriors) private facility tour; Central Library tour and librarian presentation and Q&A; a River Walk in conjunction with a conditioning session,;visit to Kobasics Candies for a tour and presentation; Belle Cooledge Library private workshop and tour; overnight camping at River Bend Park); and end-of-the-year celebrations (G-Factor Game Truck, a Bounce House, and BBQ at R. Kelley Farm on the beautiful Sacramento River!).
We seek each year to improve the program to further engage students – attracting dozens of new participants each year, and upping the ante to continually re-enroll our previous participants
- Volunteers and Guest Speakers/Presenters are always welcome! Please forward to any other parents who would like to have their children participate, as well. Completed forms can be emailed to registration@tcgacademy.org, or registration can be provided by telephone at (916) 459-2824.
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