Youth Camps & Classes   

Discover how to homeschool your children in a way that ensures they get what they need both academically and socially. This course offers a lot of information and guidance to plot your homeschooling course for years to come.

For details, including registration info: Homeschool With Success.

This introductory clay class for kids ages 9 to 12 years old offers instruction in clay construction over three consecutive Saturday’s. Skills to be taught include hand-building, slab-building, coil, pinch, modeling, and a variety of decorative and glazing techniques. All materials and firings are included. **Wheel throwing will not be taught in this class.
July Session
Elko In-Person Class

This introductory clay class for kids ages 5 to 8 years old offers instruction in clay construction over three consecutive Saturday’s. Skills to be taught include hand-building, slab-building, coil, pinch, modeling, and a variety of decorative and glazing techniques. All materials and firings are included. **Wheel throwing will not be taught in this class.
July Session
Elko In-Person Class

This class is full. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below to be placed on a wait list.
Note: Students will be notified by GBC Continuing Education staff if a seat becomes available.

In this three day camp, students will learn the basics of rock climbing. This will include learning how to tie in to the rope, how to check your belayer for safety, and basic movement fundamentals. Students will climb each day, working to better their general fitness and gain comfort with heights. Class is for students ranging from 5th-8th grades.

International Juggling Association gold and silver medalist Josiah Jones (a.k.a. The Jackal of Juggling) will teach a workshop focused on three-ball juggling basics for beginners, with bonus tips for intermediate jugglers who want to level up. Each student gets their own set of three juggling balls to keep, so the fun doesn’t stop when the workshop ends!

Ages 12 and up

Discover the magic of stop-motion animation in this fun, hands-on three-week class. Students will learn the fundamentals of storytelling, character design, animation techniques, lighting, and camera movement while creating their own original short film using their smartphone. Using everyday materials and their own smartphone, participants will capture, edit, and produce a finished stop-motion movie with easy-to-use animation apps. Throughout the course, students will develop creativity, problem-solving, and digital filmmaking skills while collaborating, experimenting, and bringing their ideas to life frame by frame. By the end of the class each student will have a completed animated film to share with family and friends.

This is an Elko in-person class for ages 14 and up.

In this course students will learn the basic fundamentals of rock climbing. This will include skills such as how to safely attach yourself to the rope, how to properly belay your climbing partner, as well as how to safely bring them back to the earth. Students will also learn basic anchor building fundamentals, movement techniques, and other skills applicable to outdoor climbing.

Elko in-person class for ages 13-17.

No class Sept. 24