O'Dea High School

Join the Fighting Irish this Summer!

We are excited to introduce academic and enrichment camps in addition to our popular athletic options. We welcome girls and boys for academic and enrichment camps. Athletic camps will be for boys only.

Youth Football Camp

2024 Camp Dates: June 25, 26, 27

Time: 9:00AM-12:15PM

Ages: For boys entering grades 5th-9th grade in Fall 2024

Location: Genesee Park & Playfield

Cost: $150

Information: O’Dea’s Fighting Irish 15th Annual Football Camp offers the very best team and individual football skill development in the Northwest. This is a non-contact camp with over three hours of on-field instruction per day. Come learn from some of the most outstanding coaches and players in the state!

Youth Basketball Camp

2024 Camp Dates
Week 1: June 17-21 (No camp Wednesday June 19th)
Week 2: June 24-27

Time: 9:00AM-3:00PM

Ages: For boys entering grades 5th-8th grade in Fall 2024

Location: O’Dea Gymnasium

Cost: $200

Join us for the 26th Annual O’Dea Fighting Irish Basketball Camp! For over two decades our camp has prepared youth for the high school ranks through exposure to the skills, drills, and team concepts necessary to prepare young players for successful competition. Our basketball program’s core values of Brotherhood, Discipline, and Toughness are incorporated into our daily camp routine. Concessions, including lunch, will be available for purchase each day. More information will be provided closer to camp.

Middle School Elite Basketball Camp

2024 Camp Dates: June 3rd-June 20th, Tuesdays & Thursdays

Time: 5:30-8:00PM

Ages: Rising 7th-9th graders

Location: O’Dea Gymnasium

Cost: $150

We invite middle schoolers to enhance their basketball skills while getting an early introduction to the Fighting Irish Basketball Program. Please note this is an elite-level and intense basketball summer program. Cost is $150.00 per player for all 6 sessions. Sessions run Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:30PM-8:00PM, June 4th, 6th, 11th, 13th, 18th, and 20th.

NEW! Football & Basketball Combo Camp

2024 Camp Dates: June 24-27

Time: 9:00AM-3:00PM
Monday: 9:00AM-3:00PM – Basketball
Tuesday: 9:00-11:45 – Football, 12:30-3:00PM – Basketball
Wednesday: 9:00-11:45 – Football, 12:30-3:00PM – Basketball
Thursday: 9:00-11:45 – Football, 12:30-3:00PM – Basketball
O’Dea will bus campers from Football to Basketball Tuesday-Thursday. 

Ages: Boys entering 5th-8th grade in Fall 2024.

Location:
Drop Off: Genesee Park & Playfield
Pick Up: O’Dea Gymnasium (O’Dea will bus campers back to school at the end of football)

Cost: $200

Can’t decide between Football Camp and Basketball Camp? Choose both! Campers will enjoy a morning of football and an afternoon of basketball from O’Dea players and coaches. Monday will be a full-day of basketball camp and football will begin on Tuesday. Concessions, including lunch, will be available for purchase each day. More information will be provided closer to camp.

Athletic Performance Development Camp

2024 Camp Dates

Session 1: July 9th, 11th, 16th, 18th
Session 2: August 6th & 8th

Time: 1:00-2:30PM

Ages: Rising 6th-8th graders

Location: O’Dea Gymnasium

Cost:
Session 1: $100
Session 2: $50

Join O’Dea Strength & Conditioning Coach Paxton Paynter in an introduction to longer-term athletic development to enhance speed, agility, quickness, strength, and power.

Discovering Forensic Science

2024 Camp Dates: August 15th & 16th

Time: 12:00-3:00PM

Ages: Boys and girls entering 6th-8th grade in Fall 2024

Location: O’Dea High School

Cost: $50

Embark on a thrilling journey into the world of forensic science at our Discovering Forensic Science Summer Camp, designed exclusively for middle school students! This immersive and hands-on summer experience will ignite the curiosity of budding investigators as the delve into the exciting realms of evidence collection and analysis. This camp is taught by Dr. Wanda Colon-Cesario.

Your Brain & You: Neuroscience Camp

2024 Camp Dates: June 17th-21st (No Camp June 19th)

Time: 9:00AM-12:00PM

Ages: Boys and girls entering 6th-8th grade in Fall 2024

Location: O’Dea High School

Cost: $100

Explore Neuroscience with Biology Teacher Clare Prowse! Learn about your brain and YOU: from how your eyes work to where your emotions reside in the brain and everything in between.

Maker Space

2024 Camp Dates: July 8th-July 12th

Time: 9:00AM-12:00PM

Ages: Boys and girls entering 6th-8th grade in Fall 2024

Location: O’Dea High School

Cost: $150

This camp provides an introduction to a Maker Space. If you can dream it, you can design it, build it, and MAKE it come to life! Learn how to design in tinker cad and other software to create images, 3D objects, then 3D print, laser cut, or hammer your way to the final product. Taught by Dr. Joe Giesen and Ms. Tami Unruh.

Canva Creative Studio

2024 Camp Dates: July 8th-July 11th

Time: 12:00PM-3:00PM

Ages: Boys and girls entering 6th-8th grade in Fall 2024

Location: O’Dea High School

Cost: $150

The Canva Creator Studio is an innovative camp to empower attendees to unleash their creativity. Join Mr. David Olinger, Director of Digital Strategy, and get designing!