The Green River Preserve is a magnificent 3,400 acre wildlife preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Protected by the Schenck family for two generations, it is one of the finest private wildlife preserves in Western N.C. The Preserve is also a coed summer camp designed especially for rising 4th through 9th grade bright young naturalists.
Explore the Bay and its wetlands. Using the latest in computers and technology, students will get a real hands-on opportunity to explore, study, and conduct actual scientific research on the Chesapeake Bay. Canoe among the herons, seine for aquatic life, and muck through a marsh. Experience nature first-hand, and develop the skills to do the work of a scientist.
This non-profit provides programs, places, content and other experiences related to invention. There is information on how to get a patent for an invention, resources related to patents and inventions, the National Inventors Hall of Fame and information on programs such as Camp Invention.
Sally Ride Science Camps encourage girls’ interests in science by giving them hands-on science learning and activities in an environment that is designed to be supportive, enriching, and – most importantly – fun!
Since 1957, Alexander Dawson Foundation has been serving communities through its support of education. With the founding of the Alexander Dawson Foundation Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (Dawson Center), this organization provides summer programs for high achieving students. Dawson Summer 2010 is accepting applications from high achieving and talented students rising to the 7th and 8th grades in the academic year following the summer program.
Motivated learners as young as 4 years old are invited to join The Packer Foundation Young Scholars Gifted Program. The learning opportunities are continuous from the Preschool, Primary, Intermediate, and Middle School levels. Enrichment offerings are available in the fall, winter, and summer. The program offers opportunities for academically talented students, pre-k through eighth grade, from more than 100 private and public west suburban schools in DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Cook counties Illinois, as well as homeschooling students.
Appel Farm's mission is to provide people of all ages, cultures, and economic backgrounds with a supportive, cooperative environment in which they can appreciate and present works in the performing and visual arts. Whether it's the concert series, summer camp, the annual arts & music festival, children's performances, community projects, classes for all ages or our unique facilities dedicated to creating and enjoying the arts, there is always something going on at Appel Farm!
Seaworld offers a variety of educational program and camps for students at their various locations across the country. Their educational programs are great for class field trips, homeschool students and K-12 students.
Russian School of Mathematics (RSM) is a math program for students in grades K through 12. RSM also has a variety of after school and summer programs ranging from day camps to sleep away camps.
These three-week summer programs are held at colleges and universities across the nation. Students take only one course, as "this intense immersion in a subject has proven to be both challenging and stimulating for students of high ability." In addition to coursework, students enjoy sports, arts and crafts, music, and special events such as dances and a student talent show.
Global Youth Village (GYV) is an international summer training program for young people 13-18 located in Bedford, VA. GYV is a micro-model of the world community filled with the music, laughter, food, arts and aspirations of our diverse humanity. The program offers stimulating workshops in music, dialogue and conflict resolution, global issues, environmental issues and mass media. Here future leaders expand their minds, skills and horizons. With trust, cooperation and enthusiasm, they cross barriers of ethnicity and race, gender and religion. Discover how to make a difference both locally and globally.
Penn Engineering Summer Academy in Applied Science & Technology (SAAST) is a three-week program at the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. The five rigorous, intensive SAAST courses give high school students an advance look at the learning experience they can expect in college. Courses include: Biotechnology, Computer Graphics, Computer Programming, Nanotechnology, and Robotics.
"The Alexandria Archaeology Summer Camp provides an opportunity for students, ages 12 to 15, to dig the past in historic Alexandria, Virginia. Participants work directly with City Archaeologists to excavate an historic site and discover evidence of earlier times. Choose a one- or two- week session, and use science, history and geography skills to discover more about the town's history and how archaeological methods uncover the past. Participants excavate on a real archaeological site, work with their excavated artifacts in the archaeology laboratory, and take field trips and walking tours. "
This for-credit summer program is for students who want to learn about the integration of technological concepts and management principles. M&TSI is designed to introduce students to the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for successfully linking technology and management concepts in the 21st century. The program features classes taught by Penn faculty and successful entrepreneurs, field trips to companies and R&D facilities, intensive team projects, as well as other activities.
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, a summer school of the arts located in Michigan’s Manistee National Forest, offers fine arts education for all ages. The summer camp annually serves 5,000 gifted elementary, junior high and high school students with diverse programs in music, art, dance, and drama. Since its inception in 1966, Blue Lake has provided cultural enrichment to more than 250,000 gifted students and countless concert-goers. Programs are designed to educate through a carefully developed and balanced curriculum as well as elective courses in art, drama, dance, or music. Organized recreation, practice time, recitals, master classes, evening activities, and regular attendance at performances complete the camp experience.
The Center for Bright Kids (CBK) offers numerous summer programs for high-interest, high-ability students. Rooted in the talent development model, CBK summer programs offer students the opportunity to study with bright, motivated peers, enhance their preparation for advanced coursework, and establish long-lasting friendships with students from across the country and around the world. Gifted students entering grades 4-11 are offered a varied selection of enrichment and/or acceleration courses on campus.
Cub Creek Science Camp offers a one-of-a-kind summer experience for kids between the ages of 7-17.
This is a simulated dig which enables youth ages 4-13 to learn the Earthwatch volunteer techniques, including excavation and bone identification. Paleontological excavation techniques are taught, including identification of replica mammoth and giant short-faced bear fossils.
"Summer Wonders" has three two-week sessions in the summer. Children choose three areas to study per session. This is not an academically intense program; rather it is a relaxed exploration of different subjects.
The Jayhawk Debate Institute at the University of Kansas is a premier high school debate camp providing first class instruction at an exceptional value. The JDI offers students of all levels of debate experience the opportunity to further their development through a low student-to-staff ratio and interaction with exceptional faculty.
Transylvania is a distinguished liberal arts college of approximately 1,100 students that is consistently ranked and praised in the leading national college guides. They offer summer camps for: Academic and Computer Camp (For Junior High, High School Students); Computer Camp (For High School Students); and, Academic Camp (For High School Students).
This is a weeklong camp experience for highly gifted youth. The mission of Yunasa is to teach campers techniques and skills for integrating the intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual and physical aspects of their lives. Yunasa is devoted to reminding bright young people that they are more than just intellect.
At Game Builder Creation Camps we combine learning and fun and bring it to a whole new level. At this camp your child will actually design, develop and create "one of a kind" computer games.
Camp Invention is a nationally recognized summer day camp that integrates science, math, history, and the arts. This one-week program fosters creativity, teamwork, inventive thinking skills, and science literacy by enabling children to learn through fun hands-on experiences, subject immersion, and discovery. The enrichment program consists of five activity-oriented thematic modules designed to enhance the students' learning and understanding.
Destination Science Camp is a nonprofit organization dedicated to increase science literacy among children by providing exciting, cutting-edge, hands-on science projects in a kid-friendly, summer day camp environment. Camps are located throughout California and Florida and meet weekly.
Computers affect our lives daily, changing the way we work, play and even think. Now the Internet is central to everything we do. After a computer camp experience, those "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" essays will never be the same. With ample computer time and an emphasis on hands-on experience, campers come to understand the computers' potential and limitations. The impact of computers on our society requires that a computer camp provide general knowledge about computers, computing, and social implications of computers.
This organization offers residential and day programs for gifted and talented students of ages 4 through 17.
SIG provides instruction in over eighty academic, arts and recreational courses during its regular academic schedule as well as free choice recreational activities and special evening programs Monday through Friday.
"The Summer Lady is not only your Summer Camp Consultant but also your Summer Camp Advisor. We offer your children advice on the best Summer Camp Programs available. We provide you with a full Summer Camp Referral Service for Accommodations for Campers, Summer Camp Events, Summer Camp Recommendations and Summer Camp Applications. We have vast experience and a broad range of knowledge relating to Summer Camp Information and will consult on a full range of Traditional and Specialty Summer Camps and Programs."
Leadership in the Business World (LBW) is a four-week summer program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (and at Wharton | San Francisco) designed to introduce talented rising high school seniors to the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to lead in the 21st century. The program features a fast-paced mix of interactive classes, guest speakers, company visits and activities.
USA Chess provides chess activities for children in more than 100 US cities. Activities include a national summer chess camp tour, scholastic tournaments, school chess programs and private/group lessons.
Created in 1942, Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp is a summer camp offering a range of classes for students ages 11 through 17. The camp is located on 125 acres of deeply wooded forests 85 miles from New York City. Activities range from writing a play, playing badminton, glassblowing, horseback riding, spelunking, sculpture, clown/improv, costume, lighting and sound design, set design, circus arts, radio, dance, culinary arts, etc.
NHICC is offering six, one-week day camps where campers will experiment with various materials and media, create wacky constructions, play strange games, and build better brains through fun activities. A five-day overnight camp is available at the Grantham location for children entering 5th-9th grades. There is a new option available for Mom, Dad, and siblings to come and vacation nearby while the child attends the overnite camp.
The Chautauqua Institution has been described as "an American Utopia". It has a 9 week long summer program of arts, lectures, religious programming, sports, opera, theater, etc. There is a developmental preschool and activities for older children. Classes are offered in a variety of subjects. It is a safe, wholesome, and physically beautiful environment; one walks or bikes everywhere.
The Connecting with Courage expedition is a summer program where girls get physically stronger by sailing, backpacking, or sea kayaking and build mental muscles by exercising their imaginations! Girls are given the opportunity to take on leadership roles and make independent decisions. Connecting with Courage encourages girls to speak their minds, share ideas, express emotions, be creative and challenge themselves through sensible physical risks. At the end of the course, girls leave with wonderful new friendships, enhanced confidence, a greater ability to express themselves and a clearer sense of their strengths.
Emagination's camps combine the wonder of technology with the activities and lifetime benefits of a traditional summer camp. Campers can build a PC and go for a swim…learn video game design and kick a soccer ball. They advance their computer skills, make friends, learn independence and develop self-confidence.
This summer camp for boys offers activities such as rock climbing, rafting and sailing. The camp emphasizes growth of a boy's self-awareness and confidence in the context of community living.
First established in 1926, the Boys Camp remains the flagship program at Kieve. During its two 3-week sessions a total of approximately 190 boys experience a wide variety of exciting and enjoyable in-camp activities and increasingly challenging wilderness tripping adventures. Kieve believes that a boy meeting and living with boys from different parts of the world nurtures his social maturity, so we attempt to balance our enrollment by accepting campers from various cities and countries. Knowing that today’s boys encounter competition in many forms during the academic year, at Kieve they can profit from experiences that emphasize cooperation and personal growth each summer.
The Kieve Science and Wilderness Programs encourage girls and women to pursue their goals despite traditional stereotypes, take healthy risks, problem solve, and try new things. Our Wilderness Programs include Junior, Senior and Advanced expeditions, as well as a Mother/Daughter and Women's Adventures. Our purpose is to dispel some of the old stereotypes, to boost the opportunities for girls in science, and to help young women begin to recognize their potential. We give girls the opportunity to do what boys had been doing at Kieve for so many years and to honor their place in society as confident, capable contributors in a variety of fields, including science.
Mansfield University offers a one week summer program for 4-10 grade, gifted students. The program gives students an opportunity to participate in fun, educational activities that promote the learning of life skills.
Stagedoor Manor is a theater summer camp for ages 8 through 18 in New York. Learn from directors, choreographers and vocal coaches in all class levels - beginner and advanced. Application available online.
In addition to a school and saturday programs for "intellectually excited" students, the Talcott Mountain Science Center also offers a summer day camp. The summer program theme varies each year.
Usdan is a summer school of the arts which provides activities for the beginning to the advanced. Courses are 7 weeks or 4 weeks. Applicants qualify on basis of interest as well as a degree of skill or advancement. There are 3 divisions, based upon current grade in school. Children are placed according to age and/or advancement. Children choose a major and take two classes in their major and one class in a minor. There are six program to choose from: Music, Dance, Theater, Arts, Chess, and Writing.
Adventure Treks is about making memories, making friendships, and making more confident young men and women through amazing outdoor adventures. These adventures include a wide variety of exciting wilderness activities such as rock climbing, whitewater rafting, mountain biking and backpacking in some of the most beautiful scenery in North America.
The purpose of the camp is to nurture in children and teens a respect and sensitivity to the natural world through greater knowledge of self and nature. The campers develop this through direct interactions with nature and the staff, learning scientific information, and through gaining experiences as part of a community.
Duke Youth Programs is a part of Duke University Continuing Studies and has provided summer academic enrichment for over 20 years. Each summer approximately 650 youth from around the nation, representing some 22 states and 5 different countries, attend one of our summer programs. All programs seek to engage learners in innovative, interactive, transformative learning experiences. Co-curricular social and recreational activities complement the instructional day. The camp "learning community" approaches learning as a shared responsibility among students, instructors and counselors.
Energetic Einsteins offers a number of opportunities for gifted students and their families including summer camps, near-peer intern opportunities, and game days. Programs utilize current scientific content and are directed by doctoral level faculty committed to improving scientific literacy by facilitating the translation of knowledge from the research community.
"Sea Camp is a week-long adventure exploring the wonders of the marine and estuarine environments. As a Sea Camper, you will have access to research vessels, oceanographic equipment,laboratory facilities and a professional staff enabling you to learn about the ocean through first-hand on-the-water experiences."
Located in Sweet Briar, Virginia, the Blue Ridge Summer Institute for Young Artists (BLUR) is a three-week camp for high school students who are interested in making art that challenges old ideas about what art is and what it isn't. The camp offers courses in theater, creative writing and visual art.
Astronomy Camp is a unique involvement in science and engineering offered through the Travel program of The University of Arizona's Alumni Association. These camps emphasize hands-on learning experiences. Astronomy Camp also offers a Camp for educators who wish to acquire firsthand knowledge in the fascinating field of astronomy. In addition, schools are invited to inquire about arranging special Camp experiences throughout the year.
Astrocamp is a week-long summer camp for kids ages 8-14. The cost ranges from $750 - 1,500 and allows campers to participate in such activities as rocket launches, using telescopes to examine the stars, and other space activities.
The Bay Area Writing Project's Young Writers' Camps offer students the time and opportunity to explore their writing interests, discover their strengths and learn more about the craft of writing. The camps provide in-depth writing instruction, structured writing workshop time, flexibility in writing assignments, and daily opportunities to share writing with peers. Through the camps, students discover the conditions and habits needed to do their best writing and grow in their confidence and skill.
The Cazadero Performing Arts Camp, located in Sonoma County, offers youth music sessions and family camp. Since 1957, this camp has been providing musical education and performances to youngsters from the Bay Area and beyond. The camp is in an old growth redwood grove approximately two hours from the Bay Area.
Guided Discoveries has developed and operates a variety of outdoor education programs and summer camps. The organization strives to make a difference in the lives of children through unique opportunities of discovery. Founded in 1978, Guided Discoveries has grown into an organization that serves over 45,000 children annually.
This program offers students, ages 8-15, a traditional summer camp experience combined with intellectual stimulation. There is one two-week program and two month-long programs offered throughout the summer. Tuition ranges from $2,650 to $4,900.
Since 1985, Center for Cultural Interchange (CCI) has been dedicated to the promotion of cultural understanding, academic development and world peace. This is a great site for summer camps abroad. CCI camps provide high quality supervision and many activities including a variety of sports, language classes, and social events. CCI Youth Camps are perfect for the young traveler or students wanting a more sports oriented program. Programs are available for students between the ages of 10 – 17 with beginning to advanced language abilities. Generally, several 2, 3 and 4 week sessions are available during the summer. Destinations for language camps include: Spain, Switzerland, and Italy.
A well-balanced, week long summer camp environment. Our nationally-recognized summer day camps for kids and tweens, and our overnight camps, are held at over 50 prestigious universities including Stanford, UCLA, and MIT. Come explore a college campus, learn from top-notch instructors, and make your own game, design a website, create a digital video, and so much more.
Science Adventures brings four great week-long summer camps to a convenient location near you for children in grades K - 6. Children are grouped according to age and instructors tailor the lessons accordingly. Our programs are presented in cooperation with universities, botanical gardens, museums, arboretums and parks and recreation departments. Children are introduced to thematic science concepts in natural surroundings as they build projects, conduct experiments, and play science-oriented games.
Supported by the Gifted and Talented Development Center, Inc., this camp is designed to offer enrichment opportunities for children. Morning classes are designed to stimulate the imagination with such classes as “And Justice for All”, “Robots Alive” and “Oklahoma!” The afternoon is an extension of the morning. It is full of more academic courses, athletic activities, such as, swimming and Tae Kwon Do, sports clinics and clubs. Students have the opportunity to choose to participate in the morning session, afternoon session or the full day of sessions.
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This is a five-day camp designed to show young people what it is like to be an astronaut. Training includes simulated space shuttle missions, rocket building and launches, and training simulators. It also offers Brightest Stars program for GT.
This is a 5-day program that teaches about the French explorers and traders. They present oral history by play actors, play games and make period crafts.