2021 Summer Activities for Youth at Bishop O’Gorman Catholic Schools are open to the community.
All grade levels are for the 2021-2022 school year.
Costs, session dates and other details vary depending on the camp.
Summer Camps and Classes
Boys Athletics
- Boys Basketball
- Football
- Boys Soccer
- Boys Performance - Knights Summer Training
- Junior High Summer Training
Boys Basketball
Boys Basketball Camps
Jun 1-4 (T-F)) O’Gorman High School Gymnasium
Grade 3-4: 11:45 am-12:45 pm • $65
Grade 5-6: 9:50-11:30 am • $75
Grade 7-8: 8:00-9:40 am • $75
Grade 9-12: 1:00-3:00 pm • $75
(Open to younger players also with Coach’s permission.)
Boys Basketball Specialty Camps
All players are encourage to attend both sessions. Advanced skill work incorporated at all age groups. Important to attend both sessions to help yourself develop into a versatile basketball player. A must attend for all basketball players that want to elevate their game!
O’Gorman High School Gymnasium
Jun 7-8 (M-T) Sesson 1: Ball Handling, Shooting, Passing Skills • *$50
Jun 9-10 (W-Th) Sesson 2: Attacking & Finishing in the Lane/Post • *$50
*Both Sessions: $75
3rd-5th: 11:15 am-12:45 pm
6th-8th: 9:00 -11:00 am
9th-12th: 1:00- 3:00 pm
Football
Football Camps
Jul 15 (Th) • Grade 1-6: McEneaney Field @ O’Gorman
1:00-4:00 pm • $35
Jul 12-14 (M-W) • Grade 7-9: McEneaney Field @ O’Gorman
1:00-3:00 pm • $65
Jul 12-15 (M-Th) • Grade 10-12: McEneaney Field @ O’Gorman
7:00-11:00 am • $90
O'Gorman Knights Varsity Football Summer Training
Offered to O’Gorman Knight athletes entering grades 10-12.
June 1 – July 29, 2021
Lifting/On-fieldtraining will be held Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 6:15am, 8: 15am or 9:15am at O’Gorman.
Acceleration training will be held Tuesdays 6:15am, 8: 15am or 9:15am at Avera.
Athletes must sign-up for their designated training time with Coach Poppinga.
Cost : $300 - Registration and payment are due prior to the start of training. Participation WILL NOT be allowed until registration/wavier and payment are received.
Boys Soccer
Boys Performance - Knights Summer Training
Offered to O’Gorman Knight athletes entering grades 9-12.
June 2 – July 29, 2021
Lifting/On-field training will be held Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 10am at O’Gorman.
Acceleration training will be held Tuesdays 11:15am at Avera.
Cost : $300 - Registration and payment are due prior to the start of training. Participation WILL NOT be allowed until registration/wavier and payment are received.
Junior High Summer Training
Offered to O’Gorman Knight athletes entering grades 7-8
June 2 – July 29, 2021
Lifting/On-field trainingwill be held Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am at O’Gorman.
Acceleration training will be held Tuesdays 10:15am at Avera.
Cost : $300 - Registration and payment are due prior to the start of training. Participation WILL NOT be allowed until registration/wavier and payment are received.
Girls Athletics
- Girls Basketball
- Volleyball
- Girls Soccer
- Gymnastics
- Girls Performance - Lady Knights Summer Training
- Junior High Summer Training
Girls Basketball
Girls Basketball Camps
Jun 1-4 (T-F)) O’Gorman High School Gymnasium
Grade 3-4: 11:45 am-12:45 pm • $65
Grade 5-6: 9:50-11:30 am • $75
Grade 7-8: 8:00-9:40 am • $75
Grade 9-12: 1:00-3:00 pm • $75
(Open to younger players also with Coach’s permission.)
Girls Basketball Specialty Camps
All players are encourage to attend both sessions. Advanced skill work incorporated at all age groups. Important to attend both sessions to help yourself develop into a versatile basketball player. A must attend for all basketball players that want to elevate their game!
O’Gorman High School Gymnasium
Jun 7-8 (M-T) Sesson 1: Ball Handling, Shooting, Passing Skills • *$50
Jun 9-10 (W-Th) Sesson 2: Attacking & Finishing in the Lane/Post • *$50
*Both Sessions: $75
3rd-5th: 11:15 am-12:45 pm
6th-8th: 9:00 -11:00 am
9th-12th: 1:00- 3:00 pm
GIRLS BASKETBALL SUMMER LEAGUES
Looking for another great opportunity to keep playing basketball in the summer? This 8-game league will provide the perfect solution.
Players will sign up as “individuals” and be placed on teams by the O’G coaching staff. (This will be done on the first night.) After the first night of team selections and instruction, players will come to the gym only on their specific game time. Players will have two games each night. The games will be played in the evening hours to allow parents an opportunity to enjoy watching their son/daughter play. The current O’G varsity kids will be present to help in the coaching and officiating.
This league is open to all kids in and out of the Bishop O’Gorman Catholic Schools’ school district.
League Schedule:
All times subject to change depending on numbers.
Girls Basketball O’Gorman High School Gymnasium
Cost : $65
Monday, June 14- 6:30-7:30 pm (Intro/Team Selection Night)
Monday, June 21, 28, July 5 (2 games starting at 5:30 pm)
Monday, July 12 (Tournament/Championship Night)
Volleyball
Volleyball All Skill Camps
Jul 14-16 (W-F) O’Gorman High School Gymnasium
Grade 3-4: 8:00-9:30 am • $65
Grade 5-6: 9:30-11:00 am • $65
Grade 7-8: 12:00-1:30 pm • $65
Grade 9-12: 1:30 – 3:30 pm • $65
Volleyball Position Camps
O’Gorman High School Gymnasium
Jul 19 (M)
Setting Grade 6-8: 12:30-2:30 pm • $70*
Hitting & Blocking Grade 6-8: 1:30-3:30 pm • $70*
*Both Setting/Hitting & Blocking $100
Jul 20 (T)
Serve, Pass, Dig Grade 6-8: 1:30-4:00 pm • $70
Jul 19 (M)
Serve, Pass, Dig Grade 9-12: 9:00-11:30 am • $70
Jul 20 (T)
Setting Grade 9-12: 9:00-11:30 am • $70*
Hitting & Blocking Grade 9-12: 10:00am-12:30 pm • $70*
*Both Setting/Hitting & Blocking $100
VOLLEYBALL SUMMER LEAGUES
Looking for another great opportunity to keep playing volleyball in the summer? This 8-game league will provide the perfect solution.
Players will sign up as “individuals” and be placed on teams by the O’G coaching staff. (This will be done on the first night.) After the first night of team selections and instruction, players will come to the gym only on their specific game time. Players will have two games each night. The games will be played in the evening hours to allow parents an opportunity to enjoy watching their son/daughter play. The current O’G varsity kids will be present to help in the coaching and officiating.
This league is open to all kids in and out of the Bishop O’Gorman Catholic Schools’ school district.
League Schedule:
Volleyball O’Gorman High School Gymnasium
Cost : $65
Tuesday; June 15 - 6:30-7:30 pm (Intro/Team Selection Night)
Tuesday, June 22, 29, July 6 (2 games starting at 5:00 pm)
Tuesday, July 13 (Tournament/Championship Night)
Girls Soccer
Gymnastics
Girls Performance - Lady Knights Summer Training
Offered to O’Gorman Knight athletes entering grades 9-12.
June 2 – July 29, 2021
Lifting/On-field training will be held Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 10am at O’Gorman.
Acceleration training will be held Tuesdays 11:15am at Avera.
Cost : $300 - Registration and payment are due prior to the start of training. Participation WILL NOT be allowed until registration/wavier and payment are received.
Junior High Summer Training
Offered to O’Gorman Knight athletes entering grades 7-8.
June 2 – July 29, 2021
Lifting/On-field trainingwill be held Monday, Wednesday and Thursday 9am at O’Gorman.
Acceleration training will be held Tuesdays 10:15am at Avera.
Cost : $300 - Registration and payment are due prior to the start of training. Participation WILL NOT be allowed until registration/wavier and payment are received.
Performing Arts
Theatre
Band
The Bishop O’Gorman Catholic Schools Beginning Band Camp is open to all students entering fifth grade. The camp offers beginning band students the opportunity to receive specialized instruction on their instrument that will help them excel in their school band program. Throughout the week of camp, students will receive instruction in the following areas:
- Assembly, care and maintenance of the instrument
- Specialized, small group instruction with like instruments
- Music theory
Large group or “full band” performance
Location: O'Gorman High School Performing Arts Center
Instructor(s): O'Gorman Band Department
Cost: $85
When: Aug 2-6 (M-F) 8:30 -11:00 AM
Orchestra
Beginner Orchestra Camp is designed to give students who are entering grades 4 - 5 a jump start on the school year. Students will learn basic concepts and techniques of string playing and get a head start on Orchestra. Students with playing experience will refine the skills they have learned and will learn new techniques. Students will receive both individual and group instruction on the violin, viola, cello, or bass, they will have the opportunity to perform in a concert at the end of the week, as well as interact with orchestra students from other schools through playing and musical activities and games. Whether a student is a beginner or has string playing experience, this is a great way to retain skills and to boost success during the school year. Students will provide their own instruments.
Location: O'Gorman Junior High
Instructor: Bishop O'Gorman Orchestra Teachers
Cost: $85
When: July 19- 23rd (M-F)
Beginner Orchestra (students entering 4th & 5th grade) - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Intermediate Orchestra (students entering 6th - 8th grade) - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Piano Lessons
Embarking on the awarding journey of learning piano is a major commitment for both student and parent! This class is designed to introduce the piano to students and enable the student and parent to get a glimpse of what studying piano is like before taking the plunge! All materials will be provided for this class. Students will learn about the piano, basic piano technique as well as how to play a few songs!
Location: O'Gorman Junior High Music Room
Instructor: Louise Welbig
Cost: $75
When:
Ages 4 - Kindergarten: June 7 - 16 (M/W) 9 AM - 10:30 AM
1st - 6th Grade: June 8- 17th (T/Th) 9 AM - 10:30 AM
Voice Lessons
Great opportunity to continue improving as a singer! Whether you want to prepare for high school choir, All State Choir, Junior Honor Choir, high school musicals, or simply improve your singing talent, these lessons will help you reach your goals.
Location: O'Gorman Junior High Music Room
Instructor: Louise Welbig
Grade(s): 7th - 12th
Cost: $20 per 30 minute lesson
When: June & July (contact lwelbig@ogknight.org to schedule)
Academics
- Entering Preschool
- Kindergarten Readiness
- Visualizing and Verbalizing
- Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
- Orton-Gillingham Reading Instruction
- Camp Invention
- Junior High Math Prep
- Welcome to Junior High
Entering Preschool
All preschool classes provide a wide variety of developmentally appropriate structured activities based around a theme. Skills worked on during this week of camp include social skills, gross and fine motor skills, readiness skills, music, language and art. Let your preschooler join in on the fun!
Grade(s): Entering Preschool
Where: St. Mary Elementary
Cost: $125
Instructor: Megan Helget
June 7-10 (M-Th) 8:00-11:00 AM - Preschool in the Deep Blue Sea
June 21-24 (M-Th) 8:00-11:00 AM - 4th of July
July 12-15 (M-Th) 8:00-11:00 AM - Watermelon Exploration
July 26-29 (M-Th) 8:00-11:00 AM - Let’s Get Sticky
Kindergarten Readiness
This week is an opportunity to help prepare students who will be entering the world of Kindergarten. During this week, students will participate in a wide variety of structured activities to help your child be successful in Kindergarten. Your child will spend time exploring and learning through a variety of science, math, reading and writing activities. These activities will not only help strengthen their readiness skills but also provide opportunities to improve their social and communication skills important to Kindergarten success.
Grade(s): Entering Kindergarten
Where: St. Mary
Cost: $125
Instructor: Hallee Cronin
When: July 19-22 (M-Th) 8:00 AM -11:00 AM
Visualizing and Verbalizing
The Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking® (V/V®) program, created by Nanci Bell, helps struggling readers develop the sensory-cognitive function of concept imagery. Unlike most reading and comprehension programs, V/V instruction directly applies concept imagery to the comprehension and expression of both oral and written language, as well as the development of critical thinking skills. Students in the V/V program move through a series of steps to learn the process for creating an imaged gestalt, then integrating that imagery with language to strengthen their comprehension and critical thinking. Developing concept imagery is necessary to becoming an independent reader, which is necessary to becoming a proficient learner in any subject. The process based instruction provided by the V/V program has proven successful for individuals exhibiting symptoms of hyperlexia, ADHD, ASD, CAPD and other learning difficulties. This class is limited to 4 students.
Grade(s): students entering 2nd-6th grade
Where: St. Mary Elementary
Cost: $380
Instructor: Amy Isaacson
June 1-10 & June 21 - July 1 (T/W/TH) 2:30-4:30 PM
July 6-29 (T/W/TH) 2:30-4:30 PM
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
This option is designed to improve and strengthen each child’s skills in reading, writing and arithmetic. This program will individually evaluate reading and math abilities of each student and design a program specifically to each child’s skills. A variety of tools may be used including: Sonday I & II, LiPS, The Phonics Program, Rite Flight Reading Fluency, Sound Reading Solutions, Earobics and HearBuilders. Orton-Gillingham strategies utilized in this program are proven to be effective with students with Dyslexia. Strategies for Study Success will be incorporated into the lessons along with FASTT Math (Fluency and Automaticity through Systematic Teaching and Technology). Other strategies will include sequencing activities and following directions to increase memory. Each class will be held for 2 ½ hour sessions, three days per week for four consecutive weeks. Student-teacher ratio 4:1.
Grade(s): students entering Kindergarten - 6th grade
Cost: $475
Location: Holy Spirit
Instructor: Lauren Hammer
June 1-24 (T/W/TH) 8:00-10:30 AM
June 1-24 (T/W/TH) 10:30 AM-1:00 PM
Instructor: Jackie Prostrollo
July 6-29 (T/W/TH) 8:00-10:30 AM
July 6-29 (T/W/TH) 10:30 AM-1:00 PM
Location: St. Mary
Instructor: Amy Isaacson
June 1-10 & June 22-July 1 (T/W/TH) 8:00-10:30 AM
June 1-10 & June 22-July 1(T/W/TH) 10:30 AM-1:00 PM
July 6-29 (T/W/TH) 8:00-10:30 AM
July 6-29 (T/W/TH) 10:30 AM-1:00 PM
Orton-Gillingham Reading Instruction
These 4 and 8 week classes are specifically designed to work with students with dyslexia or who struggle with reading. The Orton-Gillingham approach is designed to help struggling readers by explicitly teaching the connections between letters and sounds by using multisensory strategies paired with systematic, sequential lessons focusing on phonics. Instructors have been trained and certified in the Orton Gillingham method of Reading. Each class is limited to 3 students.
Grades: entering 1st-6th grades
Location: St. Mary
Instructor: Amy Isaacson
Cost: $800
8 week course: June 1-10 & June-22-July 29 (T/W/Th) 1:00-2:30 PM
Location: Holy Spirit
Instructor: Lauren Hammer
Cost: $400
4 week course: June 1-24 (T/W/Th) 1:00-2:30 PM
Instructor: Jackie Prostrollo
Cost: $400
4 week course: July 6-29 (T/W/Th) 1:00-2:30 PM
Camp Invention
Camp Invention: RECHARGE!
Entering Grades: K-6
Join us for the best summer ever with our 2021 program, Recharge! Hands-on, imagination-stretching challenges inspire confidence and creativity by showing kids they have what it takes to become awesome innovators who can change the world. Click here to learn to learn more.
Where: St. Mary
When: May 24-28 from 9:00 am-3:30 pm M-F
Cost: $250
Instr: Bishop O’Gorman Catholic Schools Staff
Junior High Math Prep
Sharpen up your math skills for Junior High. Through a variety of activities, this class will work on math skills that will help students get ready for Junior High math.
Location: Christ the King Elementary
Instructor: Maggie Johnson
Cost: $110
When: June 7-30 (M/W) 9:30-11:00 AM
*There will be no class on June 14th.
Welcome to Junior High
Meet new friends, practice your locker combination, walk through your class schedule, meet some of the staff and review some of the essential reading, math, language and study skills necessary for 7th grade! These are just a few of the things that will be utilized to assist students in getting acquainted with students from other schools and become more familiar with the O’Gorman Junior High buildings and routines.
Location: O'Gorman Junior High
Cost: $75
When: Aug 2-5 (M-Th) Section 1: 8:00 - 10:00 am
Section 2: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Section 3: 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Need-based scholarships available. Please contact Mr. Wade Charron: wcharron@ogknights.org
Summer Care Program
Your child shouldn’t have to stop learning just because it’s summer.
At Bishop O’Gorman Catholic Schools, our Summer Care Program keeps kids engaged and primed for the new school year. This year’s Summer Care Program will be held May 24 to August 6, 2021 and located at Holy Spirit Elementary from 7AM to 6PM.
To learn more about this year's Summer Care Program and how to register, please click on the button below.
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