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3 | ActionQuest | http://www.actionquest.com/ | Travel and adventure (scuba, sailing, watersports, marine biology some service). Primarily on sailing vessels | Caribbean, Mediterranean, Galapagos, Transpacific crossing, Australia, Tahiti | mostly 3 weeks, except Transpacific sailing. | all ages. | |||||||||||||
4 | Adventures Cross Country | http://www.adventurescrosscountry.com/ | Teen Tour type program: Service, Language, Wilderness adventure | Africa, Costa Rica, China, Southeast Asia, some US, | 8 days-31 days | High school. Also gap semester opportunity | |||||||||||||
5 | Aloha Camp | http://www.alohafoundation.org/ | summer camp experience | Vermont | 3 weeks-6 weeks | elementary, junior and high school ages. Family experiences also available | |||||||||||||
6 | American Field Service (AFS) | https://afs.org/volunteer/#afs-nav-become-a-volunteer | Intercultural exchanges | Upper School | |||||||||||||||
7 | Amigos de las Americas | https://amigosinternational.org/ | summer and gap year experiences | Central and South America | 4-8 weeks | ||||||||||||||
8 | Appalachia Service Project | https://jesseleeasp.org/ | join Jesse Lee United Methodist Church youth group on their annual mission trip (you don't have to be a church member to go with them. | Appalachia | 1 week | high school and college | |||||||||||||
9 | Art on the Farm | http://www.cowhousestudios.com/ireland/education/art-on-the-farm.html | painting, drawing, photography | Ireland | 3 weeks | ||||||||||||||
10 | ASEE (year?) | https://asse.com/ | |||||||||||||||||
11 | Berklee Summer Performance program | http://www.berklee.edu/summer/fiveweeksummer/program-like.php | Music performance | Boston | 5 weeks | 15-college. Must have at least 6 months experience with instrument | |||||||||||||
12 | Better Together | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | Bishops College Summer Langugage Camp | www.bishopscollegeschool.com/page/admissions | Sherbrooke Québec | July | |||||||||||||||
14 | Boston University | http://necir-bu.org/training/hs-journalism-workshop/ | Investigative Journalism | Boston | 2 week workshop | grades 9-12 | |||||||||||||
15 | Boston University | https://combeyond.bu.edu/workshop/academy-of-media-production/ | Media Studies, Cinematic skills | Boston | 3 weeks | ||||||||||||||
16 | Broadreach | https://www.gobroadreach.com/ | adventure programs including STEM, medicine, SCUBA, marine bio, photography | International | 2-4 weekw | Middle school and high school | |||||||||||||
17 | Brown Leadership program | https://precollege.brown.edu/ | Academic Enrichment. Leadership academy. Study abroad programs | Rhode Island (for the pre-college course work and leadership program); abroad programs in Greece, Rome, Spain and Turkey | 1-6 weeks depending upon the program | grades 6-12 | |||||||||||||
18 | Bucknell Engineering program | http://www.bucknell.edu/engineering-college-of/special-engineering-programs/engineering-camp.html | Hands-on intro to different engineering disciplines. | Pennsylvania | 1 week | completed grades 7-11 | |||||||||||||
19 | Carnegie Mellon Summer pre-college program | http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/index.html | Academic: gaming, architecture, AP, Art and Design, drama and music | Pittsburgh | 6 weeks | grades 10-11 | |||||||||||||
20 | Center for Creative Youth | http://www.crec.org/magnetschools/schools/ccy/ | CCY emphasizes multicultural and interdisciplinary learning, critical thinking and leadership. Each class is designed to enhance students’ problem-solving skills in instrumental and vocal music, theater, musical theater, creative writing, dance, filmmaking and visual arts, which includes photography. | Wesleyan University | 4 weeks | Rising sophomores through rising seniors. Must be at least 14 years old | |||||||||||||
21 | Center for Sustainable Urbanism | www.ciaocfsu.org | Immersive 3-week pre-college program in Italy focusing on the built environment from a sustainability perspective. | Rome & Sant'Angelo in Potano | 3 weeks | Maximum 12 students | |||||||||||||
22 | Center for Talented Youth (CTY) | http://cty.jhu.edu/about/ | academic enrichment | Check website for different college locations: http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/grades7-12/intensive/catalog/sites.html | 3 weeks | 2-12 grades. Academic eligibility required for some programs: https://ctyjhu.org/eligibility/eligibility_TS.cfm | |||||||||||||
23 | Choate Summer program | http://www.choate.edu/summerprograms/overview_new/index.aspx | Academic enrichment: Arts, College prep, English, History, Social Sciences, Math, Languages, Science; Volunteer trips | Wallingford, CT | 5, 4, and 2 week programs | Grades 6-12 | |||||||||||||
24 | Columbia Summer programs | http://ce.columbia.edu/high-school/nyc | Academic enrichment in many disciplines | New York City | 3 week sessions | Grades 9-12 | |||||||||||||
25 | Concordia Language Camps | http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/ | camp with language learning | MN | |||||||||||||||
26 | The Connecticut River | http://www.tiltonschool.org/podium/default.aspx?t=133096 | interdisciplinary study while traveling down the CT river | Start and end at Tilton School (NH) | 3 weeks | entering grades 9-11. Selective team of 20 students | |||||||||||||
27 | CT Writers' Project | http://www.fairfield.edu/arts/sc_cwp.html | writing intensive | Fairfield University | 2 weeks | Grades 6-12 | |||||||||||||
28 | Cornell Summer Programs | http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sc/ | academic enrichment in art/architecture, business, hotel management, leadership, debate, literature, law, engineering,medicine, psych, social change, veterinary medicine | Cornel University | 3 and 6 week programs | students completing 10-12th grades (12th graders must be under 18 years old). | |||||||||||||
29 | Dartmouth Engineering program | http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/summer-workshop/ | Design it! Build it! Summer Engineering Workshop | Dartmouth | 2 weeks | students entering 11th or 12th grades | |||||||||||||
30 | Davidson July Experience | https://www.davidson.edu/offices/july-experience | A sampling of a liberal arts college experience | Davidson | 3 weeks | rising juniors and seniors | |||||||||||||
31 | Eastern Summer Music Camp at Colgate Univ | http://easternusmusiccamp.com/ | enrichment in all areas of music | Colgate | 2 and 3 week sessions | ages 10-18 | |||||||||||||
32 | Ecole Steiner-Waldorf | http://www.ecole-steiner-avignon.org/summerschool/ | French summer school | France | |||||||||||||||
33 | Emory Pre-College Program | http://precollege.emory.edu/ | Academic including psych, economics, sports med, religion and politics, writing, pre-med, law, biology, foor science, mathematical modeling | Atlanta | 2 week non-credit 6 week for credit | ||||||||||||||
34 | Experience in Architecture | http://architecture.cua.edu/summerprograms/experiences.cfm | architecture or other design related fields | Catholic University in DC | 3 weeks | ||||||||||||||
35 | Exploration Summer Programs | http://www.explo.org | Learn by doing programs | Yale, Wellesley, St. Mark's School | 2-3 week programs | ages 9-17 | |||||||||||||
36 | Fordham Foundry Program | https://www.fordham.edu/EXPLORINGENTREPRENEURSHIP | Entrepreneurship and Business--hands on business opportunity | Fordham | 1 week program | rising juniors and seniors | |||||||||||||
37 | Forman Summer Program | http://www.formanschool.org/Summer | Forman has focused exclusively on helping students understand their unique learning style while building specific skills and strategies for success. | Litchfield County | 4 weeks | students 7-11th grades | |||||||||||||
38 | French Woods | https://www.frenchwoods.com/ | Performing arts camp including circus training | Hancock, NY | 3 weeks | middle and upper school | |||||||||||||
39 | French in Cannes | http://french-in-cannes.fr/ | Cannes, Fr | ||||||||||||||||
40 | Georgetown University Summer program | http://scs.georgetown.edu/departments/21/summer-programs-for-high-school-students/formats?utm_source=SHS_MDR&utm_medium=BR_8x10&utm_campaign=FY15_PG_P232_SHS_BR_Jan_2015 | politics, journalism, entrepreneurship, International law, International relations, creative writing, forensic science, Law, Leadership, Medical, National Secuirty, Sports Industry management, Arabic, Economics, Expository writing, Business | Washington, DC | 8 day institute and 5 week fundamentals (college credit courses) | rising sophomores, juniors and seniors | |||||||||||||
41 | GLASS (Girls Leadership Academy for Service and Sport) | beyondsportstours.com/glass-faq | Sports and Leadership | Costa Rica | |||||||||||||||
42 | Global Leadership Adventures | http://www.experiencegla.com/ | Service, Leadership, | Africa, Asia, Central and South America | 2-3 weeks | High School students | |||||||||||||
43 | Global Scholar | http://www.globalscholar.org/globalleader/ | Intensive training program for youth to expand their skills to effect change on a local and global level | Washington, DC | 5 days | ||||||||||||||
44 | Global Volunteers | http://www.globalvolunteers.org/ | Community service | North and South America, Asia, Europe, Cook Islands, Africa. Cuba | one- two weeks | All ages. Mostly family trips, unless over 18 | |||||||||||||
45 | Global Works International | http://www.globalworkstravel.com/ | Community service, Language, Adventure travel. Includes homestay | South and Central America, North Africa, China, South Pacific, Europe | 2-4 weeks | High School. | |||||||||||||
46 | Go Abby Road | https://www.goabbeyroad.com/ | language programs | ||||||||||||||||
47 | Great Books Summer Program | http://www.greatbookssummer.com/ | Reading and writing | campuses in the US, China, England and Ireland | 1-3 weeks | Middle School and High School | |||||||||||||
48 | High Mountain Institute | http://www.hminet.org/ | six-week interdisciplinary program that combines academic enrichment and wilderness expeditions in the Colorado Rockies. | Colorado | 6 weeks | High School, College, Adult | |||||||||||||
49 | Institut Moulin | http://www.institutmoulin.com/ | French | Montpellier France | |||||||||||||||
50 | Instituto San Pedro | http://www.institutosanpedro.com/ | Spanish | Segovia | Summer | ||||||||||||||
51 | John Hall Venice gap year program | https://www.johnhallvenice.com/ | art history, architecture, etc | Italy (mostly Venice) | Gap Year | ||||||||||||||
52 | Junior State of America | http://jsa.org/summer-programs/ | Academic enrichment, including AP US History option | Georgetown, Princeton, UVA, Stanford. Also a diplomacy course in Beijing. | 3 weeks. China program 4 weeks, AP US program 5 weeks. | rising 9-12 grades | |||||||||||||
53 | Juniper Institute for Young Writers | http://www.umass.edu/juniperyoungwriters/ | creative writing workshop | UMass Amherst | 9 days | just completed 10-12 grades | |||||||||||||
54 | Lifeworks International | http://www.lifeworks-international.com/ | Service. Work with local organizations on projects from painting and minor construction to helping disabled children in orphanages. | British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Peru, China, Thailand, India, Galapagos | 3 weeks | ages 14-19 | |||||||||||||
55 | Manhattanville College Summer School | http://www.mville.edu/executive-a-continuing-education/summer-school/summer-academy-for-high-school-students.html | academic enrichment | New York | 4 weeks | 10-12 grades | |||||||||||||
56 | Math Path | http://www.mathpath.org/camp.htm | For students advanced in math | Mass | 4 weeks | ||||||||||||||
57 | Mathematica Summer Camp | http://www.mathematica-camp.org/ | math, computing | Mass. There's also a program in Lisbon: http://timberlake.pt/landings/mathematica-summer-school/ | 2 weeks | grades 11-12 | |||||||||||||
58 | Marymount Innovation and Design Camp | http://marymountsummer.org/innovation-design-media-camp/ | State of the art computing to create, question, challenge and innovate. | New York City | 5 weeks (day program | grades 7-9 | |||||||||||||
59 | Miami of Ohio Summer Institute | http://miamioh.edu/admission/high-school/summer-scholars/ | Architecture, acting, game design, helping professions, computing, social entrepreneurship, sciences, gov't, sports management, engineering, history, business | Ohio | 2 weeks | high school | |||||||||||||
60 | National Youth Impact Summit | https://www.closeup.org/high-school/programs/summer-programs/ | public policy, advocacy, current events, government | Washington, DC | 1 week | high school | |||||||||||||
61 | New York Institute of Technology | http://www.nyit.edu/engineering/summercamp/ | Technology and Engineering camp | NYC | 2 weeks (day program) | high school | |||||||||||||
62 | NYU High School Programs | http://www.nyu.edu/admissions/precollege.html | NYC | 6 weeks | high school | ||||||||||||||
63 | Outward Bound Hurricane Island | http://www.hiobs.org/ | Wilderness, personal challenge experience | Maine | 2-3 weeks | ages 14-18 | |||||||||||||
64 | Overland | http://www.overlandsummers.com/ | Biking, Hiking, Service, Writing, Language, Field Studies, General | US, Europe, some Asia, Central America, | vary according to activity | grades 4-12 | |||||||||||||
65 | Oxbridge | http://www.oxbridgeprograms.com/index.php | academic enrichment | England, France, Spain, NY | mostly 4 weeks | grades 8-12 | |||||||||||||
66 | Q Zero | https://www.quarterzero.com/startup-camp/ | entrepreneurial lab--work with a team to launch your own product or program | NYC, Chicago, Colorado, California | 5 day or 6 week experiences | grades 9-12 | |||||||||||||
67 | Putney Student Travel | http://goputney.com/ | language immersion, service,cultural exploration, pre-college | All over | MS and HS | ||||||||||||||
68 | Reach Cambridge | http://www.reachcambridge.com/ | academic enrichment: Eng lit, arts, law, int'l relations, politics, journalism, media, life sciences, medicine, physics and engineering, business mgt, econ, psych, chem, medical sciences, etc. | Cambridge, England | 3 weeks (a one week session on Global Leadership | ages 14-18 | |||||||||||||
69 | Road Less Traveled | https://www.theroadlesstraveled.com/travel-programs | environment, service, leadership, US and global | All over | |||||||||||||||
70 | Rustic Pathways | http://www.rusticpathways.com/ | Teen tour type program: Adventure, Community Service, Language, LIfe Skills | Americas, South Pacific, Asia, Spain, Africa | 1-3 weeks | 14-18 | |||||||||||||
71 | Sail Caribbean | http://www.sailcaribbean.com/ | Sail, Scuba, culture, community service | Caribbean | 2-3 week programs | 6 grade through college | |||||||||||||
72 | Saint Denis French Camp | https://www.saint-denis.net/en/summer-camps | France | high school | |||||||||||||||
73 | Seville Abroad | http://www.sevilleabroad.com/ | Spanish | Spain | high school | ||||||||||||||
74 | SYA | https://www.sya.org/ | Language programs | France, China, Italy, Spain | Summer and year-long | high school | |||||||||||||
75 | Sewanee Young Writers Conference | http://www.sewanee.edu/ywc/SYWCProgram.htm | workshops in playwriting, fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction | University of the South, Tennessee | 2 weeks | students completing 9-11 grade | |||||||||||||
76 | Stanford Summer | http://summer.stanford.edu/ | academic enrichment | California | 8 weeks | high school through graduate school | |||||||||||||
77 | Stanford Summer Institute | http://summerinstitutes.stanford.edu/ | academic enrichment | California | 2-4 weeks | 6th-12th grade | |||||||||||||
78 | Stanford Youth Orchestra | http://youthorchestra.stanford.edu/ | intensive orchestral and academic porgram | California | 3 weeks | students in grade 8-12 at the time of application | |||||||||||||
79 | Student Leadership Training Program | http://www.sltp.info/Overnight_Conferences.html | leadership development | Mass. | 5 days/4 nights | Upper School | |||||||||||||
80 | Successful Study Skills | http://www.successfulstudyskills4students.com/ | study skills | Different locations in Fairfield County | 1 week, 1.5-3 hours a day | 5th-12th grades | |||||||||||||
81 | Summer Discovery | https://www.summerdiscovery.com/ | Pre-college summer programs grades 6-12 | Variety of places | variety | 6-12th grades | |||||||||||||
82 | Summerfuel | http://www.summerfuel.com/ | College prep: Tufts, Columbia, UC Berkley; Social Entrepreneurship: Yale, Stanford; Language and cultural immersion: Spain, Italy, France; Academic Enrichment: Oxford, Boston, Berkley, Amherst. | Variety of places | 2-4 week programs | 9-12 grades | |||||||||||||
83 | Sustainable Summer: Dartmouth Environmental Leadership Academy | https://sustainablesummer.org/programs/dartmouth-college-summer-program/ | environment, leadership, US and global | Dartmouth University, Cuba, Ecuador, Galapagos, Costa Rica | 2 week program | High school | |||||||||||||
84 | TASIS | http://summer.tasis.com/page.cfm?p=309 | Enrichment and academic courses including Shakespeare, math, art, photo, writing, international business, marine life, environmental science, musical theater, etc | Switzerland, England, Puerto Rico | 3-6 weeks | ||||||||||||||
85 | TKS | https://www.tks.world/ | 10-month accelerator program exposes students to technology careers and provides opportunities for them to engage with companies in solving real-world problems | Virtual or in person | 10 months | Ages 13-17 | |||||||||||||
86 | The Second City Comedy Camps | https://www.secondcity.com/courses/chicago/kt-comedy-camps/ | Comedy camp | In-person Toronto or Chicago (have to find your housing) | varies | ||||||||||||||
87 | UCLA Game Lab | https://summer.ucla.edu/program/game-lab-summer-institute/ | learn how to make online games. | California | 2 week sessions | high school students | |||||||||||||
88 | Unite for Sight | http://www.uniteforsight.org/volunteer-abroad | medical abroad volunteering | Ghana, Honduras, India | 1-2 weekd | 18+, though students 14-17 can volunteer with a parent. | |||||||||||||
89 | University of Maryland | http://oes.umd.edu/young-scholars/young-scholars-program http://oes.umd.edu/young-scholars/young-scholars-program/course-information/mlaw298m | Young scholars program--academic enrichment, including a mock trial program | Maryland | 3 weeks | completing 9-12th grades | |||||||||||||
90 | University of New England | http://www.une.edu/oce/ | Marine Ecology, Neuroscience, Pre-Law, Creative Writing | ||||||||||||||||
91 | USummer | http://www.usummer.com/index.php | Online index of summer academic enrichment programs at US colleges. Includes a list of those that offer scholarships. | Maine | 2 weeks | juniors and seniors | |||||||||||||
92 | Vanderbilt PAVE summer camp | https://pave.vanderbilt.edu/ayindex.php | college engineering, pre-medical/healthcare, humanities, science, or technology program. | Tennessee | 5 weeks | juniors and seniors | |||||||||||||
93 | VISIONS Service Adventure | http://www.visionsserviceadventures.com/ | Teen Tour type program: Service, adventure, language, culture | Mostly Caribbean, Central and South America; also US, Ghana and Cambodia | 8 days-28 days | 14-18 high school; 11-14 middle school | |||||||||||||
94 | Washington University in St. Louis | http://summerexperiences.wustl.edu/ | Academic enrichment and professional exploration: pre-med, pre-engineering, leadership, environment, ancient world, writing and others | St. Louis, MO | 12 days (middle school) 5 weeks (upper school) | grades 6-12 | |||||||||||||
95 | Where there Be Dragons | http://www.wheretherebedragons.com/index.html | Learning through adventure. Cultural immersion, some homestays, international internships, service, language development | China, Southeast Asia, Himalayas, Africa, Central and South America, Jordan | 4-6 weeks. Also 3 month gap semester experiences | high school and college. Also custom family trips. | |||||||||||||
96 | Wilderness Ventures | http://www.wildernessventures.com/ | Leadership, Biking, Hiking, Community Service, Sailing, Language, Canoeing, etc. Offers various levels of adventure. | All around the US (National Parks), Some South America, Asia, Europe, South Pacific, Africa | grades 6-college. Includes family trips | ||||||||||||||
97 | Winterline Global Skills | http://www.winterline.com/ | summer, semester, gap | ||||||||||||||||
98 | WPI | https://www.wpi.edu/academics/k12/overnight.html | Academic and leadership: robotics, engineering, science, girls leadership, film making | Worcester, MA | 1-2 weeks | 6th-12th grades | |||||||||||||
99 | Yale Young Global Scholars | http://globalscholars.yale.edu/?utm_source=YYGS+email+to+Alumni+%28Encourage+your+child+to+apply%29&utm_campaign=YYGS+email+to+Alumni+%28Encourage+your+child+to+apply%29&utm_medium=email | Academic: Politics, Law and Economics; Studies in Grand Strategy | New Haven, CT | 2 weeks | must be entering junior or senior year of high school | |||||||||||||
100 | Youth Empowered Action Camp | http://yeacamp.org/ | community service, activism, | California, Oregon, MA | 1 week (on hiatus as of 2024) | ages 12-17 |