3D Dojo Studios provides hands-on programs in 3D design, product development, prototyping, and game development that help students turn their ideas into digital creations. Students learn practical, career-connected technology skills while strengthening creativity, problem-solving, teamwork, and confidence. Our program is unique because it is led by an award-winning working… Read More
This summer internship is an opportunity to gain valuable work experience, develop professional skills, explore career interests, and build relationships with professionals in your field of interest.
Swift App School’s App Development Summer Camp empowers teens to learn coding and develop apps for the iPhone and other Apple platforms. We spend the week of App Camp building a traditional app, an Augmented Reality project for the VisionPro and a 2D mobile game. Students will also learn… Read More
Today’s teen boys are growing up in a world that is more complex and challenging than ever before. Very few spaces exist where teen boys can safely explore what it means to become a man with integrity. Journeymen exists to fill that gap.
Using a whole-child methodology, we partner with parents and schools to ensure that all students have the stability, resource, access to opportunity, equity, and inclusion that they need to thrive and reach their goals. When families join the OpenDoors roster, they stay in the program through college. We offer… Read More
DREAM (Dedicated, Responsible, Enthusiastic, After-School, Mentors) is a youth-centered leadership development program for 10th through 12th graders. DREAM members help support ACSF’s mission and facilitate programming for middle schoolers as near-peer mentors in the IRL after-school program at Asheville Middle School. This paid internship experience is complemented by professional… Read More
ACSF has expanded the DREAM program to provide a leadership training pathway for 9th grade students called DREAM Bridge. Through a series of lessons, workshops, and experiences, DREAM Bridge will provide students the opportunity to learn the foundational interpersonal skills that all leaders need to succeed on any career… Read More
Housed in STEAM Studio, UNC Asheville’s 12,000 square foot state of the art making space, SkillSet’s programs engage students from the western North Carolina region in the design and fabrication of a range of exciting and challenging projects. Students gain confidence and get experience working with tools ranging from… Read More
Teen Leaders Club is designed to give teens leadership opportunities in areas such as community service, career prep, finances, and many others. Members of Leaders Club get to run club meetings, learn and practice leadership skills, financial literacy, and volunteer in our community… all while socializing with other teens!… Read More
In a time when teenagers are becoming more glued to technology, our Campers in Leadership Training (CILT) program brings participants into nature, teaches them valuable lessons about the outside world, and molds them into capable young adults. CILTs learn from experience as they shadow counselors and develop an… Read More