Activites, Camps and After School Classes in Seattle, WA

When kids learn the skills needed to garden & cook, food becomes more than just what they find in the fridge. At Garden-to-Table, Explorers will care for plants at different stages, from seed to harvest, while also discovering what a healthy ecosystem entails. They’ll take the day’s produce to make a healthy snack or meal. Younger Explorers will focus on food challenges involving bread, fruits, and pasta, while Older campers will hone their knife skills and explore some of the challenges our society faces with our food system. Pull up a chair to our Pinnacle table!

An adventure awaits at Potions & Dragons! An excellent intro to chemistry, Explorers will squirt, pour, and mix “potions” all the while learning how scientists use the scientific method and lab tools. Drawing inspiration from myths & legends, Explorers will encounter color changing fairies, exothermic dragons, and elusive mermaids. Favorite Explorer activities include lava lamps, fairy dust parties, garden potions, “spell” books, nature wands, color changing potions, and battles with dragons!

Explorers will get a peak into the Small Worlds all around us as they uncover unseen micro-ecosystems. We’ll investigate beehives, nurse logs, and ant hills to compare them to our own communities. Through games and more, Explorers will learn what a healthy ecosystem needs before designing their own terrariums and up-cycling materials to create small worlds for toy dinosaurs, aliens, and rollie pollies. Small Worlds is certain to be a Big Hit!

Solids, liquids, gases and plasma, oh my! Explorers will learn and play with various states of matter. They will experiment with liquid nitrogen, dry ice, non-Newtonian fluids as well as a variety of other compounds to gain a deeper understanding of matter and how that affects the world around us. During Ice & Fire, Explorers will try their gloved hands (and taste buds) at making some sweet treats, including sub-zero fruits, dipping dots & phase change ice-cream--always a hit!

An adventure awaits at Potions & Dragons! An excellent intro to chemistry, Explorers will squirt, pour, and mix “potions” all the while learning how scientists use the scientific method and lab tools. Drawing inspiration from myths & legends, Explorers will encounter color changing fairies, exothermic dragons, and elusive mermaids. Favorite Explorer activities include lava lamps, fairy dust parties, garden potions, “spell” books, nature wands, color changing potions, and battles with dragons!

Explore your environment through street photography. Develop your own unique style with inspiration from photographic artists who have pushed the medium of street photography. This class will include many field trips to different locations in Seattle, such as Capitol Hill and Columbia City. This camp is only for youth entering 6th-8th grade in the upcoming school year. Full payment is due at the time of online registration. Need Assistance? We are committed to providing equitable access to quality arts education for all youth, regardless of socioeconomic status. We are pleased to offer you one of the following Promo Codes to assist you with your registration needs. We hope you will find a discount code appropriate to your specific circumstances. 1. For a 25% Discount, enter code:‍ YIF25OFF (you pay $221.25 half-day; $446.25 full-day) 2. For a 50% Discount, enter code: YIF50OFF (you pay $147.50 half-day; $297.50 full-day) 3. For a 75% Discount, enter code: YIF75OFF (you pay $73.75 half-day; $148.75 full-day) 4. For a flat $25 Rate, enter code: YIF25FLAT If you have alternate needs or questions, please get in touch with Shida Bonakdar at ShidaB@youthinfocus.org before registering.

Sealab 2025 is summer in a camp! With kayaking, fishing, and tide-pooling, this camp is packed with summer fun! Budding marine biologists will learn how sea life anatomy relates to the human body via specimen dissections, test water quality, and discuss human connection with oceans and waterways. Explorers will enjoy a full-day field trip, including drop-off and pick-up at Golden Gardens, one of Seattle’s best beaches. No swimming experience is required but a love for the water is highly recommended. Grab your swimsuit and join us for Sealab 2025! (Full-day field Trip on Thursday, Pinnacle will help arrange carpools)

Welcome recruits to the Treasure Trackers! We’re tasked with recovering cultural relics & treasures from around the world. Join us as we follow clues to take down a Pirate Ring and their nefarious Captain. Campers will learn about various navigation techniques and tools that different cultures have developed. They'll play games, collect evidence, solve puzzles, and complete team challenges on the road to becoming top agents in this globetrotting adventure! Skills include Compasses, GPS, Maps, Invisible Ink, Constellations, Astrolabe, and Animal Tracking.

Suit up for a mission to space during our ever-popular Space & Rockets camp! Explorers will work together on mission scenarios, while practicing teamwork, communication, and critical thinking. They’ll construct team Space Stations, launch rockets, explore the day & night cycle on Earth, create new constellations, and imagine life on other planets. Get ready to blast off into the final frontier!

Join us on this 4-day Quest as we adventure through the woods confronting Myths & Monsters! Adventurers will build their own characters as we collectively weave together a story that helps them understand some of the natural phenomenon that early storytellers explained with myths and folklore. Thunder, Lightning, Earthquakes, Monsoons, Eclipses and more will become characters with intriguing backstories that our Adventurers won’t soon forget. This immersive experience invites young adventurers to explore the enchanting world of our nearby parks, enhancing their appreciation for nature and igniting their curiosity. Campers will enjoy various activities, including crafts, mock battles, storytelling, and our Adventurer’s Banquet to celebrate!

When kids learn the skills needed to garden & cook, food becomes more than just what they find in the fridge. At Garden-to-Table, Explorers will care for plants at different stages, from seed to harvest, while also discovering what a healthy ecosystem entails. They’ll take the day’s produce to make a healthy snack or meal. Younger Explorers will focus on food challenges involving bread, fruits, and pasta, while Older campers will hone their knife skills and explore some of the challenges our society faces with our food system. Pull up a chair to our Pinnacle table!

Sealab 2025 is summer in a camp! With kayaking, fishing, and tide-pooling, this camp is packed with summer fun! Budding marine biologists will learn how sea life anatomy relates to the human body via specimen dissections, test water quality, and discuss human connection with oceans and waterways. Explorers will enjoy a full-day field trip, including drop-off and pick-up at Golden Gardens, one of Seattle’s best beaches. No swimming experience is required but a love for the water is highly recommended. Grab your swimsuit and join us for Sealab 2025! (Full-day field Trip on Thursday, Pinnacle will help arrange carpools)

Puzzles, clues, and mysteries abound as campers explore some of the best and hardest caches around Seattle! Going beyond the basics, Advanced Geocaching is for Explorers who want to enhance their caching, code breaking, and cache making skills. Campers will draw from and incorporate inspiration from the week’s caches to develop, design, and build their own clever caches for other Explorers to solve. Explorers will enjoy a full-day field trip, including drop-off and pick-up in Fremont where Geocaching HQ is located. Let’s go caching! (Full-day field trip to Fremont. Pinnacle will help coordinate carpools.) Entering grades: 5th - 8th or have completed Pinnacle’s Geocaching Camp previously

The Counselor in Training camp is designed for Explorers who want to gain the skills needed to Volunteer at Pinnacle or succeed as babysitters. Campers will be offered certification in First Aid & Child/Infant CPR training, while also covering topics on basic child development, safety, and injury prevention. In small groups, CITs will have the chance to work with our younger campers in guided scenarios. We’ll also simulate common emergencies for them to practice, while also providing ample opportunities to practice new skills and summer-time play. Campers who successfully complete this course may become Pinnacle Volunteers the next summer.

Explore the world of fashion through the lens of photography. From fashion show style to magazine editorial, street photography, and concept photoshoots- this class will bring our students an exciting and fresh perspective every day. We will explore creativity, mood boards, design, lighting, posing, working with subjects, and modeling! This class will include field trips and a guest artist visitor who works in the industry. This camp is only for youth entering 9th-12th grade in the upcoming school year. Full payment is due at the time of online registration. Need Assistance? We are committed to providing equitable access to quality arts education for all youth, regardless of socioeconomic status. We are pleased to offer you one of the following Promo Codes to assist you with your registration needs. We hope you will find a discount code appropriate to your specific circumstances. 1. For a 25% Discount, enter code:‍ YIF25OFF (you pay $221.25 half-day; $446.25 full-day) 2. For a 50% Discount, enter code: YIF50OFF (you pay $147.50 half-day; $297.50 full-day) 3. For a 75% Discount, enter code: YIF75OFF (you pay $73.75 half-day; $148.75 full-day) 4. For a flat $25 Rate, enter code: YIF25FLAT If you have alternate needs or questions, please get in touch with Shida Bonakdar at ShidaB@youthinfocus.org before registering.

Travel through time with us as we explore and recreate some of the Primitive Projectiles of our ancient ancestors. From throwing rocks & spears, to slings & atlatls, tomahawks & archery, campers will discover how people around the world have innovated projectiles to harvest small and large game for clothing, food, tools and more. Campers will need a keen eye, as we search for materials and game trails. In addition, we’ll talk about how far human innovation has come and what it means to ensure having a sustainable resource. After spending lots of time on target practice, we’ll also share stories, play games, and splash around in the water. If it can be thrown, launched, chucked or tossed, we’ll do it this week during Primitive Projectiles camp!

Does your explorer love treasure hunts? Join us at Geocache Seattle! for an introduction into the world of caching. Campers will find hidden clues all around them, as they hone their powers of observation and deduction while using compasses and GPS devices to search for caches. Explorers will enjoy a full-day field trip, including drop-off and pick-up in Fremont where Geocaching HQ is located. At the end of the week, they’ll try their hand at making team caches with recycled items and clues to challenge their fellow campers. Let’s go caching! (Full-day field Trip on Thursday, Pinnacle will help arrange carpools)

Travel through time with us as we explore and recreate some of the Primitive Projectiles of our ancient ancestors. From throwing rocks & spears, to slings & atlatls, tomahawks & archery, campers will discover how people around the world have innovated projectiles to harvest small and large game for clothing, food, tools and more. Campers will need a keen eye, as we search for materials and game trails. In addition, we’ll talk about how far human innovation has come and what it means to ensure having a sustainable resource. After spending lots of time on target practice, we’ll also share stories, play games, and splash around in the water. If it can be thrown, launched, chucked or tossed, we’ll do it this week during Primitive Projectiles camp!

Explore new ways to see and interact with your environment - from the smallest flower to the big, expansive sky. Take cool photos, then change them up with editing software to highlight your unique style and point of view. This camp includes lots of walking field trips so you can get up close and personal with nature! This camp is only for youth entering 6th-8th grade in the upcoming school year. Full payment is due at the time of online registration. Need Assistance? We are committed to providing equitable access to quality arts education for all youth, regardless of socioeconomic status. We are pleased to offer you one of the following Promo Codes to assist you with your registration needs. We hope you will find a discount code appropriate to your specific circumstances. 1. For a 25% Discount, enter code:‍ YIF25OFF (you pay $221.25 half-day; $446.25 full-day) 2. For a 50% Discount, enter code: YIF50OFF (you pay $147.50 half-day; $297.50 full-day) 3. For a 75% Discount, enter code: YIF75OFF (you pay $73.75 half-day; $148.75 full-day) 4. For a flat $25 Rate, enter code: YIF25FLAT If you have alternate needs or questions, please get in touch with Shida Bonakdar at ShidaB@youthinfocus.org before registering.

Are you interested in both photography and skateboarding? Learn the basics of digital photography AND explore photographing movement and skateboarding in action. In partnership with CHILL, we’ll be taking daily field trips to local skateparks where you’ll also learn to Skateboard! All photography and skateboarding equipment will be provided. This camp is only for youth entering 9th - 12th grade in the upcoming school year. Full payment is due at the time of online registration. Need Assistance? We are committed to providing equitable access to quality arts education for all youth, regardless of socioeconomic status. We are pleased to offer you one of the following Promo Codes to assist you with your registration needs. We hope you will find a discount code appropriate to your specific circumstances. 1. For a 25% Discount, enter code:‍ YIF25OFF (you pay $221.25 half-day; $446.25 full-day) 2. For a 50% Discount, enter code: YIF50OFF (you pay $147.50 half-day; $297.50 full-day) 3. For a 75% Discount, enter code: YIF75OFF (you pay $73.75 half-day; $148.75 full-day) 4. For a flat $25 Rate, enter code: YIF25FLAT If you have alternate needs or questions, please get in touch with Shida Bonakdar at ShidaB@youthinfocus.org before registering.

Learn how to photograph, develop, and print black and white film with Chloe. Become versed in using a film camera, a light meter, and various composition techniques. Dig into hands-on techniques for making photograms, small and large prints, and adjusting contrast and brightness. This camp is only for youth entering 9th-12th grade in the upcoming school year. Full payment is due at the time of online registration. Need Assistance? We are committed to providing equitable access to quality arts education for all youth, regardless of socioeconomic status. We are pleased to offer you one of the following Promo Codes to assist you with your registration needs. We hope you will find a discount code appropriate to your specific circumstances. 1. For a 25% Discount, enter code:‍ YIF25OFF (you pay $221.25 half-day; $446.25 full-day) 2. For a 50% Discount, enter code: YIF50OFF (you pay $147.50 half-day; $297.50 full-day) 3. For a 75% Discount, enter code: YIF75OFF (you pay $73.75 half-day; $148.75 full-day) 4. For a flat $25 Rate, enter code: YIF25FLAT If you have alternate needs or questions, please get in touch with Shida Bonakdar at ShidaB@youthinfocus.org before registering.