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Summer Programs The American Academy of Dramatic Arts Conservatory For Young Adults (New York and L.A.): for students 16 and older. Danny DeVito, Paul Rudd and Anne Hathaway are past attendees. Expensive with discounts for early enrollment. www.aada.edu/programs/summer-program/ Bard College at Simon’s Rock Young Writer’s Workshop: July 9-29. For students currently completing 9th, 10th or 11th grades. Small sections of 12 students work together. www.simons- rock.edu/young-writers Beacon College Summer For Success For High School Rising Juniors and Seniors Who Learn Differently: Still no dates for 2017. They focus on learning to live on a college campus, learning strategies and life skills, learning to make the most of college support resources and learning what’s most important to personal success in beginning the college search. www.beaconcollege.edu/summer Berklee College of Music Summer Performance Program: July 8 - August 11. Students choose jazz (instrumental/vocal), rock/pop, funk/fusion instumental or R & B/Pop vocals as a track. Students must be at least 15 with at least 6 months of playing or singing experience by the beginning of the program. There are also some shorter programs at this site. www.berklee.edu/summer Boston Architectural College Summer Academy: June 26– July 28. Students work closely and collaboratively with their studio leaders and fellow students addressing design problems across the spectrum of scales they might encounter in college design classes. Issues of structure, form, sustainability, beauty and utility in the built environment are all encountered as students are challenged to creatively solve architectural design problems. Projects in the studio include model building, full-scale prototyping, free-hand drawing, graphic collage, mapping, diagramming and photography. Website: www.the- bac.edu/education-programs/summer-academy Boston University PROMYS Program in Mathematics for Young Scientists: July 2– August 12. This program is designed for highly motivated students to explore the creative side of math. For more information, www.promys.org. Applications are accepted until May 1, but it fills early. Full and partial aid is available based on need and early application. Pre-College Summer @ Brown: Various timing and programs include seven week undergraduate classes for credit for rising seniors and high school graduates, over 200 non-credit mini-courses of 1 to 4 weeks based on the Brown curriculum for high school students, Brown Leadership Lab and the Brown Environmental Leadership Lab. They run from early June into mid-August. They also feature summer programs in Rome, Segovia and Atlanta. Pre-College is not to be confused with Brown Summer High School, which is much less expensive and not nearly as academically rigorous. www.brown.edu/academics/pre-college/ Brown University GirlsGetMath: This year it’s August July 24-28, and it is for girls who have just finished either 9th or 10th grade. It’s a day camp that includes lunch, and its goals are to encourage these young women to explore, and invite them to excel in, the mathematical sciences. Accomplished professional women enthusiastic about serving as career models as well as scientific mentors will lead the program. Potential topics include cryptography, the mathematics of voting, image processing, prime numbers and factoring, and fractals. Tuition is $100 (lunch included). Generous financial aid is available, but apply by March. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED www.icerm.brown.edu/girlsgetmath/2017/ Brown Leadership Institute: A choice of three two-week sessions from late June until early August. Courses include conflict resolution, leadership for social change, women and leadership, changing business, global engagement, ethical leadership, human rights, global health, documentary film and social change, identity and diversity, leadership in science and technology, social media for social change, and the role of sport in improving the human condition. http://www.brown.edu/academics/pre- college/leadership/ Brown Summer High School: July 5-26. 8 - noon. Students can earn two thirds of a credit (two classes) there, but we do not offer English credit for their English classes as there isn’t sufficient writing involved. This year’s math/science class would count as a third of a science credit. The cost is $210 (with aid available up to $180). Information and registration is available www.brown.edu/academics/education/brown-summer-high-school/brown-summer-high-school California College of the Arts Pre-College Program: June 26–July 21 www.cca.edu/precollege Covers areas like animation, jewelry, photo, digital cinema, architecture, textiles, fashion design and painting, drawing, sculpture. The Cambridge Tradition/The Oxford Tradition: Summer programs for 8-12 graders at Cambridge and Oxford in England. One of our students went to the Oxford Program several years ago and loved it. It definitely helped her get accepted to Brown. It is quite expensive, very academic and impressive on college applications. There is the possibility of some scholarship money. Both are six weeks long. www.oxbridgeprograms.com. They have added programs in Spain (La Academia de Espana – Barcelona) and France (L’Academie de Paris and L’Academie de France in Montpellier) and even exotic New York City. Highly recommended. Carnegie Mellon Summer Pre-College Programs: July 1 – August 11. They have programs in Architecture, Art and Design, Drama, and Music along with the National High School Game Academy for students who will be juniors or seniors next year. http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/pre-college Center For Creative Youth Summer Arts Residency at Wesleyan University, June 26 – July 21 Features creative writing, dance, filmmaking, instrumental music (classical, jazz, rock), vocal music, musical theater, photography, theater and visual arts www.crec.org/ccy Champlain College Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity Summer Academy: July 9-22: topics include Processing Crime and Incident Scenes, Recovering Files, Computer Forensics Analysis and Validation, Cell Phone and Mobile Device Forensics, E-mail Investigations, Expert Testimony in High Tech Investigations and Computer Forensics/Investigations as a Profession. www.champlain.edu/digital- forensics-cyber-security-summer-academy/program College of the Atlantic Summer Field Institute: This summer, they are providing two two-week summer programs called Islands Through Time: July 23–August 4. www.coa.edu/summerprograms/summer-field-institute/ Computer Camps at Wesleyan University: This is actually the IDTech Camp at Wesleyan. They provide five-day sessions in Java, apps, game design, C++ programming, web design and a number of other things I don’t understand on a variety of weeks from late June through early August. www.internaldrive.com/locations/ct-summer-camps-connecticut-computer-camps/wesleyan-university- middletown-area/ Duke Summer Session: Two programs: the Duke Summer College for High School Students (current grades 10 & 11: July 9 – August 4 to earn academic credit or Duke Summer Academy for High School Students( current grades 9-12: July 15 – August 4) for personal enrichment. www.summersession.duke.edu/high-school-students/summer-college-for-high-school- students Eastman Summer: Various programs in Classical Music (July 8-28), Jazz (July 2-14) and Eastman@Keuka (July 9-21 - more introductory music but only for current 9th graders and younger) in Rochester, NY. They also have one week separate institutes for oboe, sax, flute, trumpet, trombone, organ and cello. http://summer.esm.rochester.edu/courses/age/high-school/ Excelorators: This program looks impressive and seeks to empower young people to build character, confidence and charisma in a cross-cultural experience. For the summer of 2017, it has four programs: West Point - Global Leadership Academy, Stanford & UC Berkeley - Innovation & Technology Academy, Cambridge/Boston - Entrepreneurship Academy, MIT / Boston - STEM / EDGE Academy. For more information, go to www.excelorators.com Fresh Films: Free one-week summer programs in various cities including NYC (August 9-14 and August 16-21, but you’d need a place to stay) to get teen filmmakers behind the camera and to introduce them to film industry careers. No experience necessary. www.fresh-films.com/FEATURE/index.php Game Experience at University of Washington/Seattle: July 1 – 19 for students in grades 10 – 12. Learn from experienced video game developers and industry veterans. It claims to be “the world’s most complete game camp.” Among the topics taught are design, character art, environment art, coding, sound, project management, monetizing and launching a game and game project (whatever that means). www.game.experienceamerica.com Georgetown University Summer Discovery: No dates yet but last year was July 3-22, and it is running this year. It’s a program in law and government at the Georgetown University Law Center. Summer Discovery has expanded to other programs at colleges around the country including Emerson (business), Pace (business, acting, languages), Johns Hopkins (engineering, writing, math) and UPenn (also law) in the not that far from home category. These are definitely very pricey. For more information, www.summerdiscovery.com Global Summer Academy at Washington and Jefferson University: Still no dates. Courses include AP Chemistry Prep, Business: Economics & Entrepreneurship, Creative Writing, Forensic Science – CSI, Gender Studies and The Media, International Relations and Conflict Resolution, Pre-Med and