Summer Camps

Every year since 1956, Washington Student Leadership has offered a summer camp experience for student leaders to better prepare them for their important role in schools. Currently, Washington Student Leadership sponsors 15 summer camps. In all, more than 3,500 student leaders are trained each summer through Washington Student Leadership camp programs.

At AWSP's Cispus Learning Center, five high school leadership camps, three middle level leadership camps and the Deaf Teen Leadership camp are held.

Camps are also held one hour north of Spokane at our sister learning center at Chewelah Peak, including both a high school leadership and middle level leadership camp and La Cima, a bilingual leadership camp. 

In addition, three CheerLeadership camps are sponsored in partnership with the National Cheer Association at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. 

• High School Leadership Camps
  
• Middle Level Leadership Camps
• CheerLeadership Camps 
  "Now offering an Elite Cheer Strand!"
• La Cima Bilingual Leadership Camp
• Deaf Teen Leadership Camp
• Adviser Workshops
• Camp scholarships
• Camp directions/packing lists/campus photos
  

Information on the United States Senate Youth Program Scholarship
Available to high school students attending a leadership camp

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Change lives...become a Resident Counelor (RC) for a Middle Level Leadership Camp.

RC Application due May 1

An advanced leadership challenge for high school juniors and seniors and college-age students

The Cispus Learning Center

Directions     Packing List        Campus Photos

PEMCO Insurance and the School Employees Credit Union of Washington sponsor an annual scholarship program for emerging student leaders to attend high school summer leadership camps.  The intent is to provide leadership training for students from under-represented populations within schools. Scholarship nominees could be based on socio-economic status, ethnicity, bilingualism, or strong informal leadership skills. This year, 37 scholarships to high school leadership camps are available.

United States Youth Senate program scholarships
More Information posted in February 2010

Annually, each state selects two high school student leaders to participate in the United States Youth Senate program sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. In Washington State, taking part in an AWSP sponsored Summer Leadership Camp is the only way to become eligible for this scholarship.

July 6-11

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Mt. Olympus
Our priority at Mt. Olympus is to give delegates the opportunity to raise their level of "Leadership Awareness". We want each student to identify and improve their personal leadership strengths, help them assess situations to determine what type of leadership skills can make a difference...and give them the tools to make an impact in their schools and communities.

2008 Mt. Olympus
Slide Show

Advice from the Senior Staff 2009

Mt. Rainier
Mt. Rainier Leadership “prepares the one to empower the many” by creating team and challenge course experiences that give each delegate opportunities to explore our themes of inclusion, empowerment, and servant leadership. Delegates develop connections with other student leaders from across the state as they practice skills and share ideas. Throughout the week they grow as leaders, leaving camp with skills that prepare them to enhance their schools and an expanded awareness that enriches their lives.

Mt. Adams
Mt Adams focuses on servant leadership, character and relationship building, team challenges.   There is an emphasis on networking with mixed councils of delegates from other school.  School groups meet together once a day.  A significant amount of council time is spent on the challenge course during the week.  Experiential learning with an overall philosophy centered on leadership, and a connection of the head and heart sums up Mt. Adams well.

Chewelah Peak
Chewelah Peak is a unique leadership opportunity.  At CP we not only take the time to help delegates work on their personal leadership skills, but we have the chance to work with each school on their own unique situations and circumstances.  It is team building and problem solving in an environment that is safe, secure and exciting. 

Session/Description OPEN

La Cima is designed for high school student leaders representing the Latino population, entering grades 9-12,  and who desire to make a positive difference in their schools and communities. La Cima is not a language camp. These student leaders can be elected, appointed or recruited for their leadership potential. La Cima also encourages ASB officers from schools with a large Hispanic population to attend. Camp is open to 112 delegates.  There is a limit of 8 students per school and a limit of 2 returning La Cima delegates per school delegation of 8.

• La Cima Camp Web site
• 8 minute mini-documentary: Welcome to La Cima
• 5 minute video: Camp highlights 2007
• Information flyer: La Cima: A Bilingual Leadership Camp Experience
• Newspaper Articles about La Cima

Directors
Vincent Perez, Curriculum
 
Karen Skoog, Junior Counselors(bilingual contact)

Joe Fenbert, Staff  

Session/Description
Deaf Teen Leadership

• What is Deaf Teen Leadership Camp?
• Sponsor/Support Deaf Teen Leadership
  

Session 1
Includes a Mascot Session

Ruth Anderson, Director
Jeff Sabado, Tricia McDonald, Assistant Directors

2010
Date/Registration

Cheer Coaches Strand at each CheerLeadership Camp

Registration posted in February 2010

Adviser Strand at each Middle Level Summer Leadership Camp

Registration posted in February 2010

An adviser workshop runs concurrently with each session of middle level summer leadership camp. The highly active workshops are taught by veteran student leadership advisers. Participants explore philosophical issues as well as receive practical tips regarding advising middle level student leaders. Clock hours available for an additional fee. Some informal camp time is available for advisers to interact with their students; however, the emphasis of the adviser strand is to provide a camp experience for the middle level advisers separate from the delegates.

Teaching Leadership for High School Advisers
August 19-21
Cispus Learning Center

Registration posted in February 2010