2026

In this introductory course, students will develop their ability to create and deliver strong speeches to captivate and move your audience. Each day will cover a main tenet of classical rhetoric: invention, arrangement, style, and delivery; which students will actively practice through written assignments, spoken exercises, and full speeches.

Course Details
Location: Grace Church (10323 28th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98146)
Date: July 6-9
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 AM
Age: 11+
Cost: $100 (family discounts available – see sign-up page)
Spots Remaining: 10
Registration Deadline: June 22

Learn to write a killer essay! This course covers many of the most common essay-writing pitfalls, such as focus, perspective, arrangement, tone, and source usage. Enter with an essay you’ve written and all your paper-writing questions, and leave with the skills of a scholarly author.

Course Details
Location: Grace Church (10323 28th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98146)
Date: July 6-9
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Age: 12+
Cost: $80 (family discounts available – see sign-up page)
Spots Remaining: 10
Registration Deadline: June 22

Building on the skills from Persuasive Speaking I, this course dives into the ‘behind-the-scenes’ of being a powerful orator. Students will learn how to overflow with wise, beautiful, and fitting words and ideas; practice an ancient Greek memory technique; and discover how to find the crux of any argument. Students will actively practice these skills through a plethora of spoken exercises and speeches.

Course Details
Location: Grace Church (10323 28th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98146)
Date: July 13-16
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 AM
Age: 12+
Cost: $100 (family discounts available – see sign-up page)
Spots Remaining: 10
Registration Deadline: June 22

Revitalize the skills your grandparents knew. In this course, students will practice home economics tasks such as basic clothes mending and minor first aid; outdoor skills such as map reading and using a compass; life-management skills such as making a to-do list, prioritizing tasks, and note-taking; and other lost arts like writing a thank-you note and finding words in a dictionary. 

Course Details
Location: Grace Church (10323 28th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98146)
Date: July 20-23
Time: 9:00 – 11:00 AM
Age: 9+
Cost: $120 (family discounts available – see sign-up page)
Spots Remaining: 10
Registration Deadline: June 22

This isn’t your standard music theory lecture. Dive into visualizing, hearing, and understanding pitch, rhythm, timbre, harmony, and form; how music conveys emotion; the Pythagorean science behind sound and harmonics; and the mathematical foundation of western music.

Course Details
Location: Grace Church (10323 28th Ave SW Seattle, WA 98146)
Date: July 20-23
Time: 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Age: 10+
Cost: $80 (family discounts available – see sign-up page)
Spots Remaining: 12
Registration Deadline: June 22