Stories

SuperCamp, the superior summer educational experience that builds social skills, inspires some students to take it further—and teach. Many who have attended have been ...

SuperCamp can be life changing—just ask Lucy Dugan. At the time she attended she was a graduate of middle school and her parents had given her a present—a trip to SuperCamp. ...

People have to be responsible for their thoughts, so they have to learn to control them. It may not be easy, but it can be done. First of all, if we don’t want to think certain ...

by Bobbi DePorter We can take ownership of our lives every day, in many different ways. For example, we can demonstrate that we’re taking ownership simply by the way we ...

Every year, parents are faced with the same question: how to give their kids a fun summer while providing them with a unique learning experience that will last. More and more ...

I’ve heard the phrase “neurons that fire together wire together” more times than I can count since starting at SuperCamp in March. But what does this phrase mean, and why do ...

  We often talk about the close bonds that students form at SuperCamp. Equally strong but less celebrated are the friendships that develop among staff members.   Many of ...

For many students, the first day of college is a rude awakening. Everything your child has known is miles away—parents, childhood friends, the day-to-day routines of home—and ...

  In 1984, La Jolla residents Dan and Mary McSweeney sent their teenage son Matthew to SuperCamp. Then only in its third year, the summer camp’s impact was strong and ...

Focus takes more than willpower. Most students want to improve their focus. They want to reduce their homework time. They want to retain more information from their study ...