Gakko Summer Camp is for high school students who are interested in Design, Technology, Music, Theater, New Media/Film, and/or Social Innovation. Six mentors, each representing one discipline, create project-based workshops over two weeks to invite our campers to join their "investigations".
Every camp is different, and is tailor-made for its participants. Here are the values we hold dear.
Educating the Heart
We believe there is a crucial, oft-forgotten intersection between learning and authentic individual development. At camp, our work reveals how educational journeys must also be personal ones. “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” — Aristotle
The Investigation
Sempai design educational workshops as “investigations” rather than “classes” so kohai can immerse themselves in learning alongside mentors. Regardless of prior experience, kohai become rigorous practitioners in a multitude of fields and launch their own academic, artistic, and personal investigations to carry with them long after they leave camp.
Wonder
We approach every day at camp with curiosity. Kohai encounter unexpected surprise and inexplicable beauty as they reimagine themselves, their talent, and their responsibility to one another.
We become with each other, or not at all
This is a meeting of strangers in a strange place. We require the wholehearted collaboration of each participant in our diverse, international community to build a healthy, supportive, and productive environment.
