Our Story

It’s never too early to discover your passion. DigiPen Academy exists to encourage and prepare students to turn their dreams into reality. From exploratory workshops to year-round academic programs, we help students discover where their skills are today and go wherever their imaginations can take them.

From the whole world of academic knowledge to the technical and creative foundations of video game development, our talented teachers inspire each child while reinforcing core academic subjects that lay the foundation for great games—and great careers.

DigiPen Academy is the K-12 sibling of DigiPen Institute of Technology, which has been turning talented college-age students into exceptional engineers, artists, designers and video game creators for more than three decades.

The thing that sets DigiPen Academy apart is our philosophy. We believe in meeting students where they are. In other words, ‘how’ we engage young students is as important as ‘when’ we engage them. Everyone’s vision and skills develop at different ages. Grades are merely guidelines. There is no substitute for direct, personalized assessment and instruction.

We foster each child’s unique talents and individuality to bring out the best in every student through preparatory programs and exploratory workshops that are designed to:

• Meet students where they are on their learning journey
• Provide hands-on, project-based, collaborative learning
• Connect classroom concepts to real world challenges
• Develop crucial problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Help students develop their true passions into careers

Our year-round K-12 homeschool programs prepare students for college and careers with a well-rounded curriculum of arts, sciences and general academics. They develop crucial problem-solving and critical-thinking skills as they discover the essential role core academic subjects such as math, physics, writing, and art play in the creation of their favorite entertainment media.

Exploring interests and expanding talents is the aim of our summer, weekend and online enrichment workshops, where kids build their creative and technical powers. Through collaborative, hands-on projects, we make it fun to learn the fundamentals of art and animation, engineering, video game design, programming, sound and music design and much more.

With DigiPen Academy’s range of offerings and dedicated faculty, there’s no limit to what our students can learn and experience. Better than a textbook understanding, we enable kids to put their knowledge into practice through creative and technical projects that feed their creativity and confidence by connecting classroom concepts to real-world challenges.

DigiPen Academy Team

Our team is here to answer your questions about DigiPen Academy programs.

A Message from DigiPen’s President

Dear Parents and Students,

Thank you for your interest in being a part of DigiPen Academy.

For over 20 years, DigiPen has been offering exploratory and preparatory programs to elementary, middle, and high school students interested in learning about the art and science of game development, fine arts, animation, multimedia production, and engineering. The breadth of options allows students to choose from more topics that interest them and gives returning students an opportunity to delve deeper into the subjects that captivated them in past ProjectFUN workshops.

DigiPen’s academic programs and ProjectFUN workshops allow students to explore high-tech careers while developing crucial problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. Along the way, students discover the important role and relevance that core academic subjects such as math, physics, writing, and art play in the creation of their favorite entertainment media.

We can’t wait to see what you will achieve and create!

Claude Comair 
President and Founder
DigiPen Institute of Technology