Santa Barbara
Creative Education
Steps to Register on Activity Hero:
1. Click on "All Summer Sessions" Above
2. Click on "More Session Options"
3. Scroll down to choose from:
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Sports-Music/Art-Games
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​Pickleball Training Sessions
4. Next Choose Dates, Days, times
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Specific Week
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Click arrow for single or half days​
PRICE OPTIONS
Sports-Music-Art-Games Sessions
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$384.99 Full Week Monday through Friday 8:15 AM-5:15 PM
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$85.99 Per Day
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$50.99 Per Half Day
Pickleball Training Sessions
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$225.99 Full Week Monday through Friday 8:30 AM-12:30 PM
​​​Sports-Music/Art- Games
Children will participate in each of the following activities:​
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Sports: Physical Fitness Activities, Soccer, Basketball, Football, 4 Square, Track
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Games
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Art & Crafts
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Music- Voice, Piano, Songwriting, Production
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Theater-Write & Act in Plays
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Science/Nature
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Visits to Hiking Trails, Parks, Beaches, Museums and More!
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* Academic Tutoring is also available if requested
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​​​Pickleball Training Sessions
Two Courts Available
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Beginners Court
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Some Experience Court
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Rules, Techniques
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Round-Robin Games
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End of Week Competition & Awards
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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
WHERE IS THE PROGRAM LOCATED?
We are located at a the Ortega Welcome House at Ortega Park, Next to Santa Barbara Jr. High School
HOW LONG HAS THE PROGRAM BEEN RUNNING? DO WE HAVE RETURN STUDENTS?
Santa Barbara Creative Education (also known as D'Arezzo Creative Education) runs year round. We focus more on academics during the school year with enrichment in the afternoons and the arts and sports activities in the summer. We are beginning our second decade overall, and our 7th year locally in Santa Barbara where the Director and Founder, Joseph Natale lives and grew up. We have grown exponentially over the last 4 years in Santa Barbara and typically operate at our daily capacity.
WHAT GOALS DO WE HAVE FOR YOUTH PARTICIPATING IN OUR PROGRAMS?
We provide a safe, healthy, fun, social experience for children from our community. We offer opportunities for children to try out a variety of activities, discover individual interests and enjoy growing in them. With so much isolation and screen time over the last year, our goal is to provide an opportunity for fun social interaction while building upon on board skills learning new ones. We have Spanish speaking staff so we are able to serve our community at large.
WHAT MAKES OUR PROGRAM UNIQUE?
We have learned that children get bored very quickly doing the same thing for long periods of time (other than video games). The way we have set up our activities so the children can rotate through them with friends, or focus on the activities they love the most, gives them a sense of freedom and choice. Many camps are focused on honing in on one skill whether it be a sport, singing, playing an instrument, art, etc. Our program offers a unique opportunity with our carnival of activities approach.
HOW ARE STAFF CHOSEN AND TRAINED?
All of our staff are recruited based on their individual education and experience in one of our core activity areas and their love for children. We train all of our staff according to the Santa Barbara Creative Methodology. That methodology focuses on seeking out understanding and sensitivity to the personality of each child and designing our programs around the individual rather than shaping the individual to fit our programs. We teach respecting the value of the core and soul of each child, supporting and building who they are. The majority of our staff work year round so are already seasoned.
WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS?
The best part of Santa Barbara Creative Education is that we love, respect and care about our children as we provide them an exceptional experience in a wide variety of creative activities in a social and safe environment.
IN WHAT WAY IS OUR PROGRAM EDUCATIONAL?
Santa Barbara Creative Education takes a wholistic approach. We emphasize that applying discipline to all learning from hopscotch to science empowers. We teach that understanding and incorporating reading, writing, math, science, and even history through all our activities, putting them through our "creative, artistic and athletic" individual and internal machine, integrates a foundation of knowledge while having fun. For example, youth come out of our program understanding the mathematics of music in a way that enables them to write and produce music creatively. The same results with acting, art, video production and sports.