Spark your child's curiosity at Saturday Academy, where they can explore a wide array of hands-on STEAM activities. From LEGO robotics and ocean exploration for younger campers to advanced engineering, animation, and entrepreneurship for older students, there's a program for every interest. Saturday Academy's inquiry-based approach encourages kids to discover new passions and develop valuable skills in a fun and engaging learning environment.
Saturday Academy is a stem & technology summer camp in Portland, OR for ages 5 to 14. Tuition starts at $350 and goes up to $770 per session. The camp runs full day sessions from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Enrollment is currently open. Dates are confirmed for Summer 2026.
5-14
$350-$770/session
per program
Full Day
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
June 22 - Aug 14, weekly sessions
Sessions (24)
ENGINEERING MAKERS
Explore gravity, force, motion, and more across various engineering fields from mechanical to civil design.
LEGO EXPLORERS
Climb mountains, trek through forests, and splash through lakes using STEAM as your guide for imagination and creative play.
OCEAN EXPLORERS
Dive into an underwater adventure discovering ocean habitats, marine creatures, and why protecting our seas matters.
ENTREPRENEURIAL CREATORS: COMMERCE LAB
Design your own product concept while exploring graphic design, branding, public speaking, and budgeting to think like an entrepreneur.
GAMING MAKERS
Design and create original games focusing on game theory, strategy, characters, and world-building for tabletop, card, or outdoor play.
TIME TRAVELING EXPLORERS
Jet back in time to important historical moments and imagine a future world, discovering STEAM-fueled discoveries.
CREATURE EXPLORERS
Build and explore animal habitats while discovering creature facts from the PNW forest to the Serengeti plains.
ENTREPRENEURIAL CREATORS: SOCIAL IMPACT LAB
Create a business that supports your passions using community-centered business modeling and dynamic digital marketing tools.
ROBOTICS MAKERS
Use LEGOs to examine physics fundamentals and explore how physics apply to robotics through hands-on building.
ART MAKERS
Explore visual art each day through photography, painting, clay-work, drawing, and more to express yourself through various visual representations.
FUTURE CREATORS: MACHINE LEARNING LAB
Learn how AI systems work and how machines learn through hands-on projects focusing on pattern recognition and data analysis.
MYSTERY LAB EXPLORERS
Enter the lab to observe, hypothesize, and solve science and engineering mysteries using scientific processes.
FUTURE CREATORS: ROBOTICS LEARNING LAB
Explore robotics applications by building, coding, and creating machines that solve real-world problems.
SCIENCE MAKERS
Exercise curiosity by designing experiments, observing critically, and developing theories to explore real-world problems.
STORY EXPLORERS
Explore story structure, character, and conflict to design worlds through story in this celebration of the arts.
ATHLETIC CREATORS
Explore the diversity of sports professions from sports medicine to journalism and discover how a love of sports can turn into a future career.
BOOKWORM MAKERS
Experience the ultimate library with creative writing, book binding, illustration, and free-reading alongside unique literary challenges.
MAGICAL KINGDOM EXPLORERS
Let imagination guide your journey from fantasy to real-world magic, exploring myths, legends, and medieval times.
ANIMATION CREATORS
Give life to your ideas and stories by creating moving images, from translating ideas to story to mastering animation software.
LEGO SPACE EXPLORERS
Blast off on an out-of-this-world adventure building rockets, designing space stations, and exploring distant planets.
PLAY MAKERS
Assemble the ensemble and devise your own original story to be shared with an audience through theatrical storytelling.
ANIMATION MAKERS
Delve into animation through researching, writing, character development, storyboarding, and coding to bring this art form to life.
EXPERIMENTATION EXPLORERS
Embark on a STEAM-fueled journey where Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Math collide with unique challenges each day.
Programs offered
Location
Central Catholic High School 2401 SE Stark Street Portland OR
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We encourage you to register at least 2 weeks before the first meeting day.
Diversity & inclusion
Saturday Academy has a formal equity statement and is dedicated to working towards a society without systemic disadvantages based on race, ability, age, gender expression and identity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. They are working to identify and amend the ways that dominant culture, privilege (e.g. white privilege) and implicit bias occur in their workplace environment, their recruitment of instructors, mentors, and students, and in educational spaces. They offer tuition assistance and sliding scale tuition.
Eligibility requirement
None
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Frequently Asked Questions
- How much does Saturday Academy cost?
- Saturday Academy costs $350-$770/session per session.
- What ages does Saturday Academy accept?
- Saturday Academy accepts children ages 5 to 14.
- Is Saturday Academy still accepting registrations?
- Saturday Academy enrollment is currently open. Visit the camp website for the most current availability.
- Where is Saturday Academy located?
- Saturday Academy is located at Central Catholic High School 2401 SE Stark Street Portland OR in Portland, OR.
- What is the schedule for Saturday Academy?
- Saturday Academy offers full day sessions from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
Data compiled for Summer 2026. Always verify details directly with the camp provider before registering.