This three-day course is designed to prepare new and returning Torreys for a great experience in Upper School. Students meet new friends and foster connections to start the school year feeling at home on their new campus. Working with classroom educators, the head librarian and athletic director, students navigate the learning management system and Google Drive, set up lockers, learn effective study skills, Upper School expectations, take a deep dive into research and learn about the athletic program. 

 

June 20–22 (LJCDS is closed June 19; no class June 23) 

8:30–11:30 a.m. 

$300

Min/Max: 8/16

Led by LJCDS Upper School World Language Educator Daniella Aviles, Upper School Humanities Educator Kailey Giordano, Ph.D., Upper School Science Educator Aakash Kumar, Ph.D., Head Librarian Rafa Eaton and Director of Athletics Jeff Hutzler.

This high school 3D printing and solid modeling summer program is the perfect opportunity for students to explore the world of computer-aided design (CAD) using the powerful software OnShape. Over the course of the week, participants learn how to create and print their own 3D models, giving them the chance to bring their ideas to life in a whole new way. Whether they are interested in engineering, design, or just want to have fun with 3D printing, this program has something for everyone. With the skills they learn, students are well-prepared to take on more advanced projects in the future.

 

8:30–11:30 a.m. 

$395

Min/Max: 3/10  

Led by LJCDS Design and Innovation Educator Casey Walker

Explore ceramics through traditional hand-building methods. Coiling, pinching and slab techniques are covered via functional and non-functional art forms. Students work on sculptural techniques to enrich their understanding of this ancient and beautiful craft while exploring surface design techniques such as stamping, carving, slip decoration, wax resist and glaze application methods. 

 

*Note: This class does not work on the pottery wheel. Please see the Ceramics: Wheel Throwing class.

 

8:30–11:30 a.m. 

$335

Min/Max: 10/14  

Led by LJCDS Visual Arts Educator Alexis Grinbold

Since the devastating World Wars of the 20th century, the world has witnessed a decline in interstate conflict or war between countries. However, this “Long Peace” did not mean the world was spared the horrors of violent conflict and upheaval. Many of the deadliest conflicts of the 21st century have occurred within the borders of individual countries in the form of civil wars, ethnic conflict and even genocide, resulting in substantial death, displacement, instability and in some cases a “failed state.” This module will examine such trends in international relations, providing students with an understanding of global interactions between actors with different interests and ideas and exploring global strategies and efforts in Peacebuilding. Students will be challenged with a simulation concerning the Darfur crisis.

 

June 26–30 

8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

Not-for-credit: $550 

La Jolla Country Day School: For-credit: $2,320 for four modules*

UC San Diego: For-credit, one unit: $1,725 for any three modules

UC San Diego: For-credit, two units: $2,875 for all five modules 

Min/Max: 10/30 

Led by San Diego Diplomacy Council  

 

*The LJCDS for-credit option requires the successful completion of any four high school-level modules plus additional asynchronous course-work (asynchronous readings, a research paper and an original diplomatic simulation).

 

Explore ceramics through traditional hand-building methods. Coiling, pinching and slab techniques are covered via functional and non-functional art forms. Students work on sculptural techniques to enrich their understanding of this ancient and beautiful craft while exploring surface design techniques such as stamping, carving, slip decoration, wax resist and glaze application methods. 

 

*Note: This class does not work on the pottery wheel. Please see the Ceramics: Wheel Throwing class.

 

8:30–11:30 a.m. 

$335

Min/Max: 10/14  

Led by LJCDS Visual Arts Educator Alexis Grinbold

As the climate crisis intensifies daily, and with each UN Climate Change Conference ending mostly in diplomatic uncertainties and strong-armed policies that seem to call upon infinite, nonexistent caches of capital, only the climate scientists' pleas to recognize the urgency of climate change and solicitation of tangible efforts to halt it remain constant. Our home, San Diego, is a natural wonder containing different climates, an array of ecosystems, unique geography and high biodiversity (including keystone species).

This module explores global diplomacy as a tool for–and in response to–global climate change, through the identification, deconstruction, and analysis of less-common misconceptions about our climate. Students participate in a diplomacy simulation on Sustaining Fisheries in International Waters.

 

8:30 a.m.–12 p.m. 

Not-for-credit: $550 

La Jolla Country Day School, For-credit: $2,320 for four modules*

UC San Diego, for-credit, one unit: $1,725 for any three modules

UC San Diego, for-credit, two units: $2,875 for all five modules 

Min/Max: 10/30 

Led by San Diego Diplomacy Council  

 

*The LJCDS for-credit option requires the successful completion of any four high school-level modules plus additional asynchronous course-work (asynchronous readings, a research paper and an original diplomatic simulation).

 

Explore ceramics through traditional hand-building methods. Coiling, pinching and slab techniques are covered via functional and non-functional art forms. Students work on sculptural techniques to enrich their understanding of this ancient and beautiful craft while exploring surface design techniques such as stamping, carving, slip decoration, wax resist and glaze application methods. 

 

*Note: This class does not work on the pottery wheel. Please see the Ceramics: Wheel Throwing class.

 

8:30–11:30 a.m. 

$335

Min/Max: 10/14  

Led by LJCDS alumna Autumn Lyndon ’22

Alexander Hamilton called debt a national blessing. The Notorious B.I.G. thought that “Mo Money [brought] Mo Problems.” Yet, every country uses currency—whether it be the U.S. dollar, foreign currency or cryptocurrency. Economic prowess has long been used as a tool for national power. In an increasingly globalized and digitized world, how can we ensure economic security, global trade opportunity, and international cooperation, simultaneously? 

 

In this module, students gain an understanding of how global economic trends form and what it means to uphold the sanctity of transparent international trade.

 

8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

Not-for-credit: $550 

La Jolla Country Day School, For-credit: $2,320 for four modules*

UC San Diego, for-credit one unit: $1,725 for any three modules

UC San Diego, for-credit two units: $2,875 for all five modules 

Min/Max: 10/30 

Led by San Diego Diplomacy Council  

 

*The LJCDS for-credit option requires the successful completion of any four high school-level modules plus additional asynchronous course-work (asynchronous readings, a research paper and an original diplomatic simulation).

 

Not long after an unprecedented alliance of over two dozen countries took six years to defeat global fascism, Winston Churchill famously remarked, “Democracy is the worst form of government... except for all those other forms that have been tried.” The following decades of decolonization culminating with the fall of the Berlin Wall opened the constitutional floodgates as new governments pledged to protect individual liberties and civil rights. Yet two decades into the 21st century, the temptations of illiberal democracy have fueled the rise of autocratic leaders, threatening the hope and promise of representative democracy. 

 

This module will explore the contemporary tendency towards authoritarianism and ask whether the world’s democracies can assure that, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

 

This course is not on the LJCDS campus, and transportation is not provided. Students will need to travel to UC San Diego Park and Market, 1100 Market St, San Diego, CA 92101.

July 24–28 

8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

Not-for-credit: $550 

La Jolla Country Day School, for-credit: $2,320 for four modules*

UC San Diego, for-credit one unit: $1,725 for any three modules

UC San Diego, for-credit two units: $2,875 for all five modules 

Min/Max: 10/30 

Led by San Diego Diplomacy Council  

 

*The LJCDS for-credit option requires the successful completion of any four high school-level modules plus additional asynchronous coursework (asynchronous readings, a research paper and an original diplomatic simulation).

 

This three-day course is designed to prepare new and returning Torreys for a great experience in Upper School. Students meet new friends and foster connections to start the school year feeling at home on their new campus. Working with classroom educators, the head librarian and athletic director, students navigate the learning management system and Google Drive, set up lockers, learn effective study skills, Upper School expectations, take a deep dive into research and learn about the athletic program. 

 

July 25–27 (No class July 24 and July 28)

8:30–11:30 a.m. 

$300

Min/Max: 8/16

Led by LJCDS Upper School World Language Educator Daniella Aviles, Upper School Humanities Educator Kailey Giordano, Ph.D., Upper School Science Educator Aakash Kumar, Ph.D., Head Librarian Rafa Eaton and Director of Athletics Jeff Hutzler.

Sustainable development and gender equality are irrevocably dependent upon each other, and their relationship influences all aspects of the global community. Students are challenged with a diplomacy simulation attempting to connect the dots between sustainable development and gender equality as it relates to a global health crisis. Through the exploration of social identification, students gain a greater understanding of global political arenas, the global economy, and international social justice movements as it relates to humanity.

This course is not on the LJCDS campus, and transportation is not provided. Students will need to travel to UC San Diego Park and Market, 1100 Market St, San Diego, CA 92101.

8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

Not-for-credit: $550 

La Jolla Country Day School, For-credit: $2,320 for four modules*

UC San Diego, for-credit one unit: $1,725 for any three modules

UC San Diego, for-credit two units: $2,875 for all five modules 

Min/Max: 10/30 

Led by San Diego Diplomacy Council  

 

*The LJCDS for-credit option requires the successful completion of any four high school-level modules plus additional asynchronous course-work (asynchronous readings, a research paper and an original diplomatic simulation).