Youth Programs

Educational enrichment programs focused on developing self-leadership and life skills.

The Activation Effect™:

Youth Enrichment Program

When students begin to feel capable and confident, they are more likely to continue growing and following through in their daily actions.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Oct 2026: Available virtually and in person.

free introductory session

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free introductory session *

A structured environment where students develop focus, organization, leadership, and confidence through guided instruction and real-life application.

Self-Leadership and Life Skills

Meet the Instructor

Senya Borrelli is a fitness professional, NASM Certified Nutrition Coach and Behavior Change Specialist, with specialized training in JumpSport® Bounce & Barre. Her approach brings movement, nutrition, and mindset together to support healthy habits, self-leadership, confidence, and practical skills for everyday life.

Before developing The Activation Effect™ Youth Enrichment Programs, Senya spent more than 30 years teaching, including decades as a piano and voice teacher. Working one-on-one with students gave her a unique opportunity to see learning extend far beyond the lesson itself.

She saw firsthand that progress wasn't only about talent or knowing what to do. Students also had to learn how to practice, manage their time, prepare, work through frustration, build confidence, take responsibility, and keep going when something didn't come easily.

Those lessons stayed with her.

Over time, Senya recognized that many of the skills that helped students grow as musicians were the same skills that could support them in everyday life. How students develop habits, make decisions, organize their time, communicate, respond to challenges, and follow through can influence their experience at school, at home, and as they become increasingly independent.

That insight became part of the foundation for The Activation Effect™ Youth Enrichment Programs.

Today, Senya brings together her background in education, movement, nutrition, and behavior change to create practical learning experiences centered around three areas: Healthy Habits, Self-Leadership, and Life Skills.

Her approach is supportive, interactive, and designed to meet students where they are. The goal isn't perfection or having everything figured out. It's giving young people opportunities to practice useful skills, discover what works for them, build confidence through application, and develop tools they can continue using as they grow.

Youth Enrichment offered through Homeschool Community Partners including, but not limited to: Visions In Education, Vista Oaks Charter School, Horizon Charter School, Pacific Charter Institute and Family of Schools, Heritage Peak Charter School, Rio Valley Charter School, Sutter Peak Charter School, Valley View Charter Prep, New Pacific Charter School, Granite Peak Charter School. If you don’t see your homeschool charter or academy listed here, please feel free to connect so that we can explore becoming a community partner with your school! Community partner approvals are renewed each school year. Before enrolling, please check with both your charter school and the The Activation Effect™, to confirm that The Activation Effect™ is an approved community partner for the current school year.

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