OCTOBER with OWjL

OWjL is offering some enriching and hands-on half and full-day classes in October. We would like to invite you back to campus to experience them with us. 

Please see the flyer (here) for information on each of the classes, teachers, times, and locations.

Should you like to register, please follow the links through the class titles on the flyer attached. 

Here is a list of the classes for October:

• Survival Workshop with Chet Snouffer (9th thru 12th grade)
• Color Theory & Acrylics with Abby Pennington (9th thru adults)
• Sketching & Shading with Abby Pennington (9th thru adults)
• Falltography with David Bell (9th thru adults)
• Mosaic Workshop with Libbi Barhorst (9th thru adults)
• Common Application Workshop with Josie Bair (suggested for senior high school students only)

OWjL Camp 2024 Dates: 

Week 1 - TBA
Week 2 - TBA
Week 3 - TBA

If you have any questions, please email us at owjl@owu.edu.

Interested in applying to be a camper? Want to become an OWjL  teacher or counselor? Click on the menu links.

OWjL is a residential summer camp program of challenge and enrichment for central Ohio’s gifted and talented middle school students currently (at time of application) in grades 6-8. Its name derives from its founders, Ohio Wesleyan University and the Junior League of Columbus. The program receives support from corporations, foundations, community service groups, and individual contributions.

Campers attending OWjL select four courses from an academic program that includes mathematics, logic, computing, science, humanities and creative development. Cultural, recreational and social activities round out the experience and include the annual OWjL dance, swimming, campus tours, crafts, and games.

Campers reside in air-conditioned Stuyvesant Hall on the Ohio Wesleyan University campus, where they live in a family group atmosphere with an adult OWjL counselor.

Approximately 540 campers are selected to attend the OWjL program, representing more than 120 middle schools throughout central Ohio, including Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Knox, Licking, Madison, Marion, Morrow, Pickaway and Union counties.

OWjL Mission Statement

The OWjL program is committed to bringing together gifted middle school students from economically and culturally diverse backgrounds throughout Central Ohio for a one week residential summer camp on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University. The purpose of the program is to allow students to explore a wide variety of experiential classes in a college-like setting and to learn from one another that their similarities outweigh their differences.