Summer 2025 Shattuck-St. Mary's Figure Skating Camp Essay/Video Contest

This could be the best summer experience of your life! Train with Olympic, World, and National Coaches. Make great new friends and grow as you succeed in figure skating challenges. Grand Prize Essay/Video Contest - One Week of SSM Figure Skating Camp.


If you would like to guarantee your spot in camp, please go ahead and register once the registration process is available. There is a $500 deposit required at the time of registration. If your essay or video is chosen as the winner you will be refunded any registration tuition fees you have paid.

Eligibility and Rules

  • Skater must be eager for a figure skating challenge and excited about being part of a close community of friends.
  • Contestant must be between the ages of 8 and 18.
  • Essay format can be submitted by video.
  • Video Essay: Video must be no longer than 3 minutes in length.

Video / Essay Format

Essay Criteria (Video essays must meet the following criteria):


  1. Tell us about yourself and describe why you want an SSM Summer Figure Skating Camp Adventure.
  2. What do you hope to personally gain from this experience?
  3. How will you contribute as a member of your camp community?
  4. Why do you love figure skating?
  5. How this experience will help you contribute to your skating community at home?


Registering & Submitting Your Essay:


  • Submit your written or video essay before the entry deadline
  • Deadline: Essays and Video URL’s must be received by the SSM Figure Skating Camp on or before the March 15th.
  • The winner will be notified by April 1st and will receive a fully-paid (6 days) Summer Figure Skating Training Camp Experience! Any date constraints specified by the winner will be taken into consideration. Transportation to and from the Shattuck-St. Mary's School is not included, nor are private lessons. Both are the responsibility of the winner.
  • The prize is non-transferable and has no cash value, expressed or implied.
  • All submissions become property of Shattuck-St. Mary's School and can be used for promotional purposes.



How to Submit

  1. Complete the below form fields.
  2. Submission: If submitting an essay, please upload the document in the File Upload section of this form. If submitting a video. Please create a YouTube video and copy/paste the YouTube URL in the below field.
  3. Upload character reference document in File Upload area.

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