O'Dea High School

ATHLETIC & ENRICHMENT SUMMER CAMPS ARE OPEN FOR REGISTRATION NOW!

Train like a Fighting Irish this summer at O’Dea’s premier sports camps! With top coaches and a focus on skill development, teamwork, and fun, we offer the perfect camp to elevate your game in football and basketball. Our athletics camps are open to boys only. Financial support is available.

Join us in the classroom for our enrichment camps in addition to our popular athletic options. We welcome girls and boys for academic and enrichment camps. Financial support is available.

Youth Football Camp

2025 Camp Dates: June 24, 25, 26

Time: 9:00AM – 3:00PM

Ages: For boys entering grades 5th-9th grade in Fall 2025

Location: Genesee Park & Playfield

Cost: $150

Information: O’Dea’s Fighting Irish 16th 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

2025 Camp Dates: Session 1: June 16, 17, 18 | Session 2: June 23, 24, 25, 26

Time: 9:00AM – 3:00PM

Ages: For boys entering grades 5th-8th grade in Fall 2025

Location: O’Dea Gymnasium

Cost: Session 1: $150 | Session 2: $200

Join us for the 27th 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

2025 Camp Dates: June 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23

Time: 5:30PM-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 Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30PM-8:00PM, June 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23.

Thank you for attending! Stay tuned for next year’s dates!

Football & Basketball Combo Camp

2025 Camp Dates: June 23, 24, 25, 26

Time: 9:00AM – 3:00PM

Monday: 9:00AM-3:00PM – Basketball only
Tuesday-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

2025 Camp Dates: Coming Soon!

Time: TBD

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.

 

Storytelling Through Drama and Written Word

2025 Camp Dates: June 23-27

Time: 12:30 – 3:30 PM

Ages: Boys and girls entering 6th-8th grade in Fall 2025

Location: O’Dea High School

Cost: $250

Welcome to an engaging storytelling camp designed to ignite creativity and expression in young writers and performers, helping them explore the art of storytelling through both dramatic performance and written narratives.  Students will engage in drama games, improv, and characterization in a supportive environment.  Students will also imagine a story, create original illustrations, publish a hand-bound version of their story and read their stories aloud at a local library.

Maker Camp

2025 Camp Dates: June 23-27

Time: 9:00 – 12:00 PM

Ages: Boys and girls entering 6th-8th grade in Fall 2025

Location: O’Dea High School

Cost: $250

Join us for a week of creativity and innovation! Our Summer Maker Camp is for middle school inventors who love to tinker, build, and explore. Students will use the Engineering Design Process with Tinkercad to design original creative projects for lasercutting and 3D printing.

Math In Sports

2025 Camp Dates: August 18-22

Time: 9:00 – 12:00 PM

Ages: Boys and girls entering 6th-8th grade in Fall 2025

Location: O’Dea High School

Cost: $250

Discover the exciting connection between math and sports in this engaging summer enrichment class! Students will explore concepts like statistics, probability, geometry, and physics through real-world applications in the world of sports.  This hands-on course makes math come alive through sports and will touch on the ways mathematical analysis is currently used in the world of sports. Perfect for athletes and math enthusiasts alike, this class will build problem-solving skills while making learning fun!

Strategy Board Games

2025 Camp Dates: August 18-22

Time:12:30 – 3:30 PM

Ages: Boys and girls entering 6th-8th grade in Fall 2025

Location: O’Dea High School

Cost: $250

Sharpen your critical thinking skills this summer with an exciting enrichment class that explores strategy through board games! Students will dive into concepts like probability, logic, and decision-making while playing and analyzing games such as Settlers of Catan and other strategic favorites. Through hands-on gameplay and tactical challenges, they’ll develop problem-solving abilities and strategic thinking. Perfect for gamers and thinkers alike, this class makes learning strategy both fun and engaging!