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Ben Holt Career Discovery Summer Program - FREE!

Discover the world through engaging challenges and activities in Game Design, Music Production, and Business Startup.

Contributors Include:

Designed with every student in mind

Our programs are for all students as well as underserved communities, low socioeconomic status, at-risk and homeless students who are in special education programs.

Define what success means to you. We present the challenges, and you come up with the answers. Our team is here to support you as you learn and practice new skills

Learn about the world through active career discovery. While not everyone will be interested in everything, everyone will find something they are interested in. And with a new topic every 1-2 weeks, there's hardly any time to be "bored."

Program Information

DatesTimeTypeDetails
June 5th - June 9th7:30am - 4:30pm PSTSummer

Business Startup

June 12th - June 16th7:30am - 4:30pm PSTSummer

Music Production

June 19th - June 26th7:30am - 4:30pm PSTSummer

Game Design

June 5th - June 9th

Time: 7:30am - 4:30pm PST

Type: Summer

Business Startup

June 12th - June 16th

Time: 7:30am - 4:30pm PST

Type: Summer

Music Production

June 19th - June 26th

Time: 7:30am - 4:30pm PST

Type: Summer

Game Design

Content we Explore

Business Startup
  • Come together with your fellow students to develop your own startup business and first product idea! After learning how to identify your customer and validate their problems it's onto the fun part, creating a solution!

  • This real-life simulation will teach you the realities of working in the business world and the challenges you would face everyday.

  • Through the given industry framework students will build out the product design, marketing pieces, pricing, and overall their team “pitch” to investors seeking to support their company's big new launch!


Music Production
  • Start with an introduction to Music Production and learning the origins of great music. Then through activities, learn how to begin building simple beats

  • Explore Ableton software as you learn how Drums, Bass, Chords, and Melodies build off one another to create a musical experience

  • Show off your work! Listen without judgement to the music everyone created throughout the program

Game Design
  • Start your journey in games by discovering all of the different roles that come together to create a game project and find out which role speaks to you the most.

  • Learn how to scope out a game and decide what it will look like, how it works, and who will want to play it. Work as a team to come up with the foundation, story and main characters for your game!

  • Prepare and give your final game presentation with your team and show off your hard work to your friends and parents who are joining us for our final ceremony celebration!

What You Can Expect

  • Learning that draws from your personal interests

    Whether it's videogames, music, or specific brands, we look behind the curtain to explore what makes them go viral

  • Insight into the career pathways available to you

    How are you supposed to know what you want to be when you grow up if you don't try it first? We make that easy

  • Challenges that make you think creatively

    There isn't always just one answer. Come up with a solution that makes sense to you as you navigate each interactive activity

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