Summer Days
Bellarmine College Preparatory, 960 West Hedding Street, San Jose, CA 95126-1215
About
Summer Days offers academic courses, hands-on camps, and creative enrichment that include building and programming robots in a Robotics Lab, learning to code in Python, and exploring artificial intelligence. Students can take part in a Maker Lab with woodworking, design, and engineering tools, improv, creative writing, digital storytelling, money management and investing, all-day camps with rotating enrichment, Intro to Sports and team games, creative exploration through art, and engaging, hands-on activities with LEGO STEAM. Additional options include math courses from Pre-algebra to Algebra 2, guitar, visual and performing arts, writing and grammar, English, baseball, soccer, track, Ultimate Frisbee, full-semester courses such as Geometry, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Speech and Debate, Bell Prep for incoming freshmen, and sports camps.
• Ages: 6–17 years old
• Schedule: Summer 2026 dates run June 15–July 23, 2026, with youth in grades 1–5 attending from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM and flexible options from full-day camps to single-period enrichment in sessions lasting 1 to 6 weeks
• Price: Affordable pricing (no specific amounts stated)
Each course in Summer Days is taught by educators described as passionate and bringing real-world experience and energy to the classroom. The program’s leadership team includes Robert Scholla S.J. as Superior of the Jesuit Community, Michael Manalastas S.J. as Jesuit and Religious Studies faculty, and Jose Oros as Jesuit Regent and Campus Minister. Bellarmine College Preparatory, which runs Summer Days, began in 1851 as Santa Clara College, moved to the current College Park campus in 1925, became Bellarmine College Preparatory in 1928, and is the first Jesuit high school in California and the second Jesuit high school west of the Mississippi.
Bellarmine’s mission states that it is a Catholic school in the tradition of St. Ignatius of Loyola, with a program dedicated to forming “men for and with others” who use their talents fully and live according to a pattern of service. Bellarmine is ranked among the top 10% of college prep schools in California and among the top 5% of high schools for athletes in California, has a robotics team that is a five-time world champion, and a Speech & Debate team that has been ranked #1 nationally for three consecutive years. It also reports having more 2026 National Merit Scholars than any other Catholic high school in California.
The BUILD program connected to Bellarmine is a summer and after-school initiative for high-achieving, low-income 6th and 7th grade boys from Silicon Valley who want to be the first in their families to go to college, and it is fully scholarship-based with no cost to qualifying families. BUILD introduces students to a college preparatory high school environment and includes an after-school mentorship program during the academic year. Bellarmine students support local organizations through efforts such as the Winter Warmth Drive and Spring Food Drive, required service hours, and partnerships with over 100 schools and agencies including Bachrodt Elementary, HOPE Services, Sacred Heart Community Service, and Second Harvest Food Bank, as well as domestic and international service immersions.
Parent feedback from Summer Days 2025 includes comments that the schedule’s quality, flexibility, and clarity influenced a family’s choice over another local school’s program, that Bell Prep allowed an incoming freshman to meet classmates and practice using a Surface laptop for tasks like creating documents, calendar invites, and emails, and that an 8th grade English course was described as rigorous for summer and improving a student’s reading and writing skills and confidence. Another parent reported that an Algebra 1 class allowed their child to review and solidify concepts and develop pride and confidence in math, and a parent of twins shared that daily experiences in Baker Lab, including hands-on science and visits to a garden and animals, strongly engaged their children’s curiosity and empathy.
Last updated June 19, 2026.
• Ages: 6–17 years old
• Schedule: Summer 2026 dates run June 15–July 23, 2026, with youth in grades 1–5 attending from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM and flexible options from full-day camps to single-period enrichment in sessions lasting 1 to 6 weeks
• Price: Affordable pricing (no specific amounts stated)
Each course in Summer Days is taught by educators described as passionate and bringing real-world experience and energy to the classroom. The program’s leadership team includes Robert Scholla S.J. as Superior of the Jesuit Community, Michael Manalastas S.J. as Jesuit and Religious Studies faculty, and Jose Oros as Jesuit Regent and Campus Minister. Bellarmine College Preparatory, which runs Summer Days, began in 1851 as Santa Clara College, moved to the current College Park campus in 1925, became Bellarmine College Preparatory in 1928, and is the first Jesuit high school in California and the second Jesuit high school west of the Mississippi.
Bellarmine’s mission states that it is a Catholic school in the tradition of St. Ignatius of Loyola, with a program dedicated to forming “men for and with others” who use their talents fully and live according to a pattern of service. Bellarmine is ranked among the top 10% of college prep schools in California and among the top 5% of high schools for athletes in California, has a robotics team that is a five-time world champion, and a Speech & Debate team that has been ranked #1 nationally for three consecutive years. It also reports having more 2026 National Merit Scholars than any other Catholic high school in California.
The BUILD program connected to Bellarmine is a summer and after-school initiative for high-achieving, low-income 6th and 7th grade boys from Silicon Valley who want to be the first in their families to go to college, and it is fully scholarship-based with no cost to qualifying families. BUILD introduces students to a college preparatory high school environment and includes an after-school mentorship program during the academic year. Bellarmine students support local organizations through efforts such as the Winter Warmth Drive and Spring Food Drive, required service hours, and partnerships with over 100 schools and agencies including Bachrodt Elementary, HOPE Services, Sacred Heart Community Service, and Second Harvest Food Bank, as well as domestic and international service immersions.
Parent feedback from Summer Days 2025 includes comments that the schedule’s quality, flexibility, and clarity influenced a family’s choice over another local school’s program, that Bell Prep allowed an incoming freshman to meet classmates and practice using a Surface laptop for tasks like creating documents, calendar invites, and emails, and that an 8th grade English course was described as rigorous for summer and improving a student’s reading and writing skills and confidence. Another parent reported that an Algebra 1 class allowed their child to review and solidify concepts and develop pride and confidence in math, and a parent of twins shared that daily experiences in Baker Lab, including hands-on science and visits to a garden and animals, strongly engaged their children’s curiosity and empathy.
Last updated June 19, 2026.
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