Percy Jackson & Harry Potter Camps

WELCOME TO DIGIVATIONS COMMUNITY! 

We offer Residential and Non-Residential Day Programs.

NASA Award Winning DIGIVATIONS STEM + ARTS + HUMANITIES + KINESTHETIC INNOVATION & LITERARY CAMPS (ages 9-13) & PRE-COLLEGIATE ACADEMIES (ages 13-17), on the campus at Cornell University, June 6-August 2.  Sliding scale tuition: 

Parents whose income and assets typical of such income level
are less than this:           Pay this per week:  
<$100,000............................$1,550
<150,000...............................$1,750
<180,000...............................$2,150

are greater than this:     Pay this per week:
>$180,000 and above...............$2400

DIGIVATIONS is a camp and academy fusion where literary and media themes bring STEM, ARTS (visual to theatrical) & Humanities (ancient civilizations through classics) alive incorporating live action role-playing (larping), theatrical combat, world building (AI through metaverses), design thinking and hands-on creating, making and prototyping serve as the key vehicle for campers/students through which they learn from peer youth scholars to graduate students, international renown faculty and Nobel Prize Laureates.

Highlights include:

Independent and interactive seminars  (not for credit) taught by world class university faculty including Nobel Prize Laureates, graduate students, and world class industry professionals along with youth peer experts. Campers/Students actively engage with such faculty and industry experts through meaningful and robust question and answer sessions, Laboratory tours, and hands-on activities. 

• Innovation classes focus on the regenerative impact of emerging technologies, as well as the attributes of humanity which engage collaboration through creative, intellectual and sensory qualities to solve local and global challenges.


• Attendees explore a variety of literary and media themes including Percy Jackson, Harry Potter and Camp Fandom incorporating the infamous Hunger Games to the Marvel Universe and beyond, utilizing AI, fine art, music, science and engineering including computation/coding to robotics, composition, film, theater, improvisation, theatrical combat and sword play.


• Hands-on projects empower youth to solve quests, create future unicorn prototypes & art, write short stories, plays, musical & theatrical performances based around the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their 169 targets.


• Project presentations and performances are evaluated by faculty, and receive feedback. 


• Attendees receive a DIGIVATIONS certificate for successful completion of program.

• Several Laboratory visits including the Wilder Brain Collection in the Department of Psychology, Kavli Institute at Cornell for NanoScale Facility, CHESS Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, ATLAS, Hebert F. Johnson Museum of Art, etc.

• Improve research, writing and oral advocacy skills, critical thinking and learn empathy and context connected to frameworks which include the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

• Community Service Credit

ONE WEEK SESSIONS: Pick your Favorite Fandom

We offer Residential and Non-Residential Day Programs.

Harry Potter and Percy Jackson Themed Activities!

Students designate their favorite fandom in the application and activities are provided based on their choice.  International students (ages 11-17) will experience our unique NASA award winning program located on the campus of Cornell University in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York centered on innovation, mentorship, leadership and community-building.  

CAMP THEMES

Harry Potter Sustainable Universe at Cornell University

• During Harry Potter Sustainable Universe, students will learn the chemistry behind potions; the physics of quidditch including Newton’s 3 Laws and Einstein’s Theories which will help them prevail; deciphering techniques and learning different languages to read the clues; traveling through multiverses/alternative universes and quantum tunneling allowing them to traverse walls at PLATFORM 9 3/4; wand making; and the language behind spells, and so much more. 
• Of course, Hogwarts does feature rather unique creatures whose DNA could use a little tweaking requiring a review of genetics and the magical tools of the CRISPR realm. Remember Wizards Chess will be lurking about. Who will be the winner? 
• The Model UN SDG Institute weeks will relate the Potter universe to the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.​

Camp Half-Blood at Cornell University (Percy Jackson)

• Following the adrenaline rush from the day's quests and busy slate of innovation and discussions of Ancient Greek history culture and mythology, both in English and Greek, followed by creative hands-on activities (art, music, drama), the nights will be spent keeping watch on the Camp, Demigod weapon making, combat training and deciphering clues for the next day. Capture the Flag and healthy desserts along with board games such as Magic, Dungeons & Dragons are followed by Cabin time and reading before sleep.  Another amazing part of the Camp after the claiming ceremony includes your demigod realizing their godly parent for the week where they discuss their quests, share common interests and create memories of a lifetime (laughter filled conversations under the stars and planets above is also part of the fun).
• Camp Demigod based on the principles that kids have an enormous reservoir of creativity and innovative ideas which they look forward to sharing with other like-minded individuals who hold common interests.
• DIGIVATIONS’ programs are robust, staffed by outstanding leadership, staff and counselors, and will include holistically selected cohorts of outstanding student campers.
• Our NASA award winning programs open up exciting windows of interdisciplinary knowledge and opportunity which naturally motivates a connection between each person's interests and the broader world. They develop personal perceptions of how and why their lives matter, and how they can make a positive difference in their own community and the world.

Charter Bus transportation from NYC.  $60 fee through this platform enables parents access to the DIGIVATIONS COMMUNITY- community engagement:

Powering our community to maximize impact through access to DIGIVATIONS on-line events, blogs, articles, research collaborations, etc.  Your next step will be by a video call interview with the directors.  If you decide to attend the summer program(s), you will be given a registration link.  Remaining tuition starting at $3300 (sliding scale) for your two - five weeks session due after acceptance.  No child should be turned away due to the ability to pay full tuition.  There is a payment plan available. Scholarships are available.  

• The DIGIVATIONS INSTITUTE programs are camper/student centric featuring programming where each youth, ages 11–17 will be able to pursue a wide range interests as they learn and apply new knowledge as part of quests and adventures, and include, among other topics, the sciences (artificial intelligence, biology, chemistry, genetics, commercial space, quantum physics); the arts, including fine arts, music including composition and theatre; humanities (ancient Greek history and language, anthropology, ethnography, linguistics, and creative writing); design thinking, physical, card, and board games such as capture the flag, D&D, Magic, Wizards Chess; and sports such as quidditch and gaga.​  
• Facilities are top notch located on the Cornell University and UCLA campuses.  At Cornell, DIGIVATIONS INSTITUTE offers multiple theaters/stages, dance and yoga studios, LEGO/robotics space, media arts space with Mac and PC laboratories, Innovation laboratory, fine art and music class rooms, art galleries and concert halls, science labs, college libraries, dining Hall, tennis courts, baseball fields, soccer fields, basketball courts, and volleyball courts.   Students sleep in air-conditioned single or double rooms in a mansion at the base of the Slope on the Cornell campus.  At UCLA, students are housed in the Sunset Village dorms.

Transportation by Charter Bus from NYC is available.