Design-minded students have opportunities to test creativity at summer camp
Creative students have several options with Career Services' summer course offerings
As someone trying to decide if her love for fashion is more of a career or a hobby, Jaily Hernandez enrolled in this month’s Career Exploration Summer Camp at the Center for Career Services. Through two weeks, the New Rochelle High School student has designed a tote bag and matching scrunchie, pajama shorts and, now, a summer dress.
“I would definitely recommend this camp, especially if you have that creative mindset,” said Hernandez, whose brother, Julius, is enrolled in the camp’s Automotive program. “If you can stick with it, this just shows that you can do anything.”
Creative students had plenty of options at the camp, which is being held this month on the Career Services campus in Valhalla. In Session 2 alone, which was held July 14-17, the camp offered Fashion, 3D Modeling & 3D Printing, and SoundFX Studios, in addition to Automotive, Baking and Culinary courses.
Students in 3D Modeling & 3D Printing designed their own 3D object on a computer, then printed the object on a printer. Fashion students learned about how to properly size garments, how to work with different materials, then created the aforementioned tote bag, dress and more.
“We’ve learned that you really can make anything,” said Fashion student Ina Borja, who will enter her freshman year at Alexander Hamilton High School in the fall.
Students in SoundFX Studios spent the week creating their own soundtrack for a Disney cartoon. Instructor Sean Harty Rivera taught the students how to produce unique sounds — like using high-heeled shoes to mimic a character running, or twisting a leather belt to represent the sound of a projection screen rolling up.
“In a cartoon, sounds are very exaggerated,” Harty Rivera told the students. “You can really go for it.”
