Choice Programs
(Ages 9-16)
The Choice Program meets on Wednesdays and provides youth an opportunity to spend significant time DIVING DEEP into topics mostly of THEIR CHOICE. Once a year youth provide feedback on the offerings that they would like to explore and every effort is made to schedule topics that honor each youth’s interests. Regardless of the topics chosen, each youth will have ample opportunities to develop their intrapersonal (knowing yourself), interpersonal (communication and collaboration), and impersonal skills (problem solving, critical thinking).
The Choice Program day itself consists of a morning topic and an afternoon topic separated by time to eat lunch, socialize, enjoy the outdoors, and play a game or two. Two topic areas are explored every eight weeks and typically utilize a variety of campus resources including the Makerspace, Multimedia Room, Woodshop, kitchens, Art Studio, and our 28-acre grounds. By the end of the year youth will have explored eight different offerings providing EXPOSURE to a variety of topics, tools, and activities. Finally, because we recognize the richness and value that VERTICAL AGE GROUPS provide, each program spans multiple years.
Each Choice program is scaled to meet the developmental, social, and academic needs of the youth, with Choice A serving as a building block for the more complex content and increased self-direction and accountability for tweens and teens in Choice B.
Choice offerings vary from year to year. Below is a sampling of offerings:
The Choice Program day itself consists of a morning topic and an afternoon topic separated by time to eat lunch, socialize, enjoy the outdoors, and play a game or two. Two topic areas are explored every eight weeks and typically utilize a variety of campus resources including the Makerspace, Multimedia Room, Woodshop, kitchens, Art Studio, and our 28-acre grounds. By the end of the year youth will have explored eight different offerings providing EXPOSURE to a variety of topics, tools, and activities. Finally, because we recognize the richness and value that VERTICAL AGE GROUPS provide, each program spans multiple years.
Each Choice program is scaled to meet the developmental, social, and academic needs of the youth, with Choice A serving as a building block for the more complex content and increased self-direction and accountability for tweens and teens in Choice B.
Choice offerings vary from year to year. Below is a sampling of offerings:
- Collaborative, Large-scale Rube Goldberg Design and Construction
- Cooking from the Fall Harvest
- Puppets and Masks
- Decisions, Decisions, Debate
- Exploring the Properties of Matter
- Film Making
- OC Campus as Artistic Muse
- Woodshop
- Designing and Implementing the OC Mudder
- Clay and Ceramics
- Exploring Robotics with Lego Mindstorms
- History through Pop Culture
- Sewing and Handwork
Program |
Ages |
Days |
Time |
Tuition |
CHOICE A |
9 - 12 |
W |
9:00am - 2:30pm |
$4,580/day, annually (range is $1,000 - $4,580*) |
CHOICE B |
12 - 18 |
W |
9:00am - 2:30pm |
$4,580/day, annually (range is $1,000 - $4,580*) |
The Program Year runs from September 9, 2024 through June 2, 2025.
*Typical tuition range is based on demonstrated financial need and available funding.
*Typical tuition range is based on demonstrated financial need and available funding.
