SuperCamp, the popular learning and life skills academic summer camp for middle school and high school students, announced today that it will hold a 10-day SuperCamp in Spanish this summer at Cal State San Marcos for high school students.
This is the first SuperCamp to be held in the U.S. in a language other than English. Spanish-language SuperCamp programs have been held in Mexico and the Dominican Republic for several years. In total, over 50,000 students worldwide have graduated from SuperCamp since the program launched in 1982.
“We’re introducing this Spanish-language teen summer camp in response to a growing demand from the Hispanic market in Southern California and Mexico, including parents of students who are studying Spanish as a second language,” explained Joe Chapon, vice president of the Oceanside, California-based company.
SuperCamp is unique in that it deals with the whole person, providing practical learning skills while developing the life skills of the teenage campers. The camp helps students get past barriers that hold them back by using metaphors such as board breaking and a ropes course, emphasizing positive peer support and carefully orchestrating many mini-successes for each camper.
As a result, most SuperCamp graduates return to their homes and schools empowered with a new sense of confidence, more motivated, and armed with an array of learning, study and test-taking skills. As one 2007 graduate says, “SuperCamp teaches great life skills and opens doors I didn’t even know had handles!”
A major research study with over 6,000 SuperCamp graduates found that 73 percent of them raised their grades after attending SuperCamp. Over 80 percent reported an increase in confidence and self-esteem, while 98 percent said they were still using at least some of the skills acquired at camp.
More information on the Spanish-language SuperCamp and all summer camp programs is available at http://www.supercamp.com/ and by calling 800-285-3276.
