2025 Spring Break Camps
College of San Mateo
1700 W Hillsdale Blvd
San Mateo, CA 94402
Session 1: March 31- April 4 (half day option for one camp)
Session 2: April 7 - April 11 (half day one camp or full day option for both camps)
Ages 10-14 (5th to 8th grade)
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Storytelling Camp
Bay Area Pathways Academy is excited to offer Spring Break Storytelling Camp for ages 10-14 years old! Spring Break Storytelling Camp offers students the opportunity to explore various creative writing techniques to build narratives through different forms. Students will experience the entire drafting process, from choosing genres, brainstorming ideas, building well-rounded characters, structuring storylines, and writing effective dialogue, to giving and receiving constructive workshop feedback from their peers. Both short and long forms such as narrative poems, short stories, novels, and scripts will be covered.
Day 1: Storytelling Formulas
Day 2: Creative Writing Techniques
Day 3: Writing with Magic
Day 4: Script/Novel Writing Part 1
Day 5: Script/Novel Writing Part 2
Session 1: 3/31 - 4/4 from 9am to 1pm
Session 2: 4/7 - 4/11 from 1pm to 5pm
Register for Session 1 Storytelling Camp
Register for Session 2 Storytelling Camp
BAPA Game Design Camp
Join BAPA Instructor Quentin Barth in BAPA's Game Design Spring Camp! The magic in every student comes to life as never before when they are empowered to be as creative as they were all born to be! Bay Area Pathways Academy is excited to offer Spring Break Game Design Camp for ages 10-14 years old! Spring Break Game Design Camp offers students the opportunity to explore how games are made and to make some themselves. Students will think critically about how game mechanics influence their experience of play, and they will use this perspective to design their own games. They will have time to playtest each other’s games, practicing giving and incorporating constructive feedback. The curriculum covers a range of game types, including board games, arcade games, and 3D games, as well as techniques like coding with blocks and using a 3D game engine.
Spring Break Game Design Camp Syllabus
Session 1: 3/31 - 4/4 from 9am to 1pm
Session 2: 4/7 - 4/11 from 9am to 1pm
Register for Session 1 Game Design Camp
Register for Session 2 Game Design Camp
Session 2 Full Day: 4/7-4/11
Game Design Camp: 9am to 1pm (released at 12:30pm for lunch)
Join BAPA Instructor Quentin Barth in BAPA's Game Design Spring Camp! The magic in every student cpmes to life as never before when they are empowered to be as creative as they were all born to be! Bay Area Pathways Academy is excited to offer Spring Break Game Design Camp for ages 10-14 years old! Our camp offers students the opportunity to explore how games are made and to make games themselves. Students will think critically about how game mechanics influence their experience of play, and they will use this perspective to design their own games. they will have time to playtest each other's games, practicing giving and incorporating constructive feedback. The curriculum covers a range of game types, including board games, arcade games, and 3D games, as well as techniques like coding with blocks and using a 3D game engine.
Storytelling Camp: 1pm to 5pm
Join BAPA Instructor Steffi Sin in BAPA's Spring Break Storytelling Camp offers student the opportunity to explore various creative writing techniques to build narratives through different forms. Students will experience the entire drafting process, from choosing genres, brainstorming ideas, building well-rounded characters, structuring storylines, and writing effective dialogue, to giving and receiving constructive workshop feedback from their peers. Both short and long forms such as narrative poems, short stories, novels, and scripts will be covered.
Day 1: Storytelling Formulas
Day 2: Creative Writing Techniques
Day 3: Writing with Magic
Day 4: Script/Novel Writing Part 1
Day 5: Script/Novel Writing Part 2
Register for Session 2 Game Design Camp
Register for Session 2 Storytelling Camp
Dates & Times
Session Length
Sessions 1, and 2 will run for 5 days each
Session Dates
Session 1 (5 days): 3/31-4/4
Session 2 (5 days): 4/7-4/11
Class Times
Each 1-week session runs from 9am to 1 pm or 1pm to 5pm
Contact our office: (650) 574-6149