The Great Valley Writing Camp in Escalon is returning for 2025.

This two-week experience is meant to teach young authors new writing strategies and skills while immersing them in the writing process.

“During the camp, students will be able to interact with personal adult writing mentors as well as interact with peers as they create, share, and publish their work,” said director Sally Hale. “The camp is open to all students entering Transitional Kindergarten through eighth grade.”

Camp dates are weekday mornings, July 14 through July 25, 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., on the Dent Elementary School campus.

This is also a learning experience for participating teachers, Hale explained, who collaborate on the theme and planning for the two-week student experience, reading and discussing Harvey Daniels “The Curious Classroom,” and discovering how to get students more engaged by self-generating the topics and questions they will explore and write about.

“We are actively recruiting teachers who can enroll and make this a three-week experience that can earn them up to four units through Cal State Stanislaus,” added Hale. “There also will be positions open on our high school technology team. These students work with a high school journalism teacher to learn photography and website design while documenting our camp through a camp anthology website.”

Contact Hale directly at shale@escalonusd.org if you know a student or teacher who might be interested.

Camp projects will be featured at an Open House on the final day of camp, July 25, from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Dent as well as being published on the workshop website, Facebook pages, and in the camp digital anthologies.

“You can find the camp registration information and link on our Facebook page, Great Valley Writing Camps,” Hale said.