Summer USACO Programming Camps
2023 Summer USACO Camps




Devoting a significant portion of summer to learning and practicing new skill is one of the well known strategy of winners within the league. Don't miss out!
A motivated student can achieve a lot during a fraction of their summer downtime. Summer camps are intensive and distraction free. One learns a lot more effectively.
Academic competitions require serious study. It's hard to allocate sufficient time to properly adress the needs of such rigorous learning during the school year.
Need to catch up? Summer is the perfect time to accelerate your learning in order to remain competitive. Most successful students start at early middle school.
Why Are Summer Camps Great?

What Does a Summer Camp Course Daily Schedule Look Like?

Computer Science (USACO) camps dedicate half of the periods to lectures and the other half to hands on implementation and coding practice. During the Implementation and Practice time students may interact freely with their instructors regarding their questions or codes related to the topic.
Activity | Begin | End |
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Lecture & Discussion | 8:00am | 9:30am |
Implementation & Practice | 9:45am | 11:15am |
Lunch | 11:15am | 11:45am |
Lecture & Discussion | 11:45am | 1:15pm |
Implementation & Practice | 1:30pm | 3:00pm |
Online Learning Tips
Effectiveness of online classes has a strong correlation with active communication between the student to engage with the course instructor. Students may easily ask questions via chat without waiting and interrupting the instruction. For self conscious students private chat is a great option.
Takeaway: If your student is comfortable in expressing their questions, online learning can be as useful as an in-person class.
We encourage students to engage with other students and collaborate during and after the class using the technology provided. However, nothing can beat physical presence together in a classroom environment.
Takeaway: If you have a safe way of arranging a small group who will take the same class, then we certainly recommend the online summer camp for your group. As a bonus, all of your group members will get sibling discount.
Students may start studying the course materials in advance with the self study versions of the same curriculum. By the time summer camp starts, if they master some of the material, it will help build their confidence. This also means that they may focus on their specific questions during the lectures.
Takeaway: You can commit to the early access and study in advance.
If the intensity of the summer camp schedule is what's holding you back, perhaps there is a solution. For some courses, we offer multiple sessions during the summer. Instead of taking a contigous two-three week long class, you may break it in two pieces. This may allow renewed focus for the student.
If early access option is not requested, you may cancel the registration after the first day of class by paying a prorated daily rate. This may serve as an insurance policy, if you are not 100% sure that online camp is for your student. See full cancellation policies here. You may also consider tutoring at your own schedule.
We provide access to the summer camp course materials and the recordings until September 2022. If the student cannot complete all the work during the summer camp period, they may be completed later during the summer. Keep in mind that offline teacher support will still be available even after the summer camp.
STAR LEAGUE

Since early last decade, we have been running summer camps across the country mainly in the West Coast but also in Boston and New York too!
We only employ qualified and experienced teachers. Most of them are participants and champions of the target competitions of their subjects worldwide.
Our curriculum is kept up to date by world champions to withstand the rigor of target competitions. The coursework presents all that is needed and more.
We are experts in online learning. We started out in 2015 ,and have been continually improving our technology and practices to meet the needs of our students.
Withiut practice, learning new and intensive material can be unrewarding. Our summer camp daily programs include interactive practice time led by student interest and needs.
Most of our teachers are not only subject matter expert but also experienced academic competition coaches. They will answer your guidance questions too.
We provide early access to the camp coursework so students can start studying in advance. That way, student's interaction with teacher will be optimized.
We keep our instructor/student ratio at about one to tewelve. If student number is more than 12, a second instructor is added up to a max of eighteen students
Have Another Question?
We are available to speak with you everyday 10AM-8PM Pacific Time at (949)-502-8567.
We will help you with your short term as well as long term study questions and plans right on the phone.