For six years, American Sunrise has collaborated with Texas A&M University at San Antonio to offer disadvantaged children a free educational summer camp. “Jaguar Camp” provides students with educational experiences that are fun yet challenging to the mind. We offer a learning atmosphere that incorporates hands on learning, and multi- sensory experiences for students. Jaguar camp has a strong emphasis on literacy as research shows that summer learning loss often results in low income students falling behind in reading achievement an average of two months. “Differences in a child’s summer learning experiences during his or her elementary school years can impact whether that child ultimately earns a high school diploma and continues on to college” –  John Hopkins University

In an effort to limit summer learning loss, or the “summer slide” as others call it, we offer students in Pre-K through Sixth grade a cross-curricular thematic summer camp with many opportunities for hands on learning with a multi-sensory approach. This year, our theme was “Career Exploration.” Many dynamic guest speakers shared about their careers, including the skills and educational background necessary for students to pursue such a career in the future. We endeavor to help students dream big, and begin to realize that their future begins now- with education.

Please support Jaguar Camp 2019 by designating your donation to “summer camp 2019.” Donations can be made at our donations tab on this website or by mailing checks to American Sunrise 2007 W. Commerce Street San Antonio, TX 78207