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universities. All materials, lunch and A Step Ahead Basketball transportation are included. Action English also offers one-day and weekend programs Now in its thirteenth year, this program for (have you ever tried whitewater rafting?). serious basketball players offers clinics and Check their Web site for details. camps year-round. Participants have come from cities all over New England and around For English language learners entering the world. Grades 6-12 Location Daily bus pick-up and drop-off at All A Step Ahead programs: Madison Park High For Boys and girls ages 9-17 Dates June 28-August 20; 1-week (5-day) Hours 8:30-2:30 sessions start every Monday Deadline FC/FS Hours Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-4 pm Contact 617-909-5990 Cost $259 per week Web site www.asahoops.com Deadline FC/FS Contact 1-978-314-4752 A Step Ahead "Wolfpack Hoops" Location Emmanuel College Dates June 28-July 2 and August 2-6 Art Institute of Boston Cost $200 before June 1; $210 after Summer Courses and Workshops

A Step Ahead "Boston Hoops" The Art Institute of Boston (AIB) at Lesley Location West Roxbury Ed. Complex University offers summer studio art courses Dates July 6-9 and July 12-16 taught by artists and designers, including Cost $200 before June 1; $210 after Web design, animation, drawing boot camp,

A Step Ahead "Brookline Hoops" mural painting, figure drawing, sculpture, Location Brookline High School color, black & white and digital photography, Dates Aug. 2-6, Aug. 9-13 and Aug. 16-20 fashion illustration, graphic design, video Cost $210 before June 1; $220 after production, and more. You can even earn college credit! A Step Ahead also offers Nike Basketball Camp. For Boys and girls ages 9-17 For High school students Location Newton Location AIB, Kenmore Square, Boston Dates June 28-July 2 and July 19-23 Dates July 7-30 Hours 9 am-3 pm Hours Vary; courses meet 3½ hours, 2 days Cost $250 before April 1; $265 after per week Cost $75-$100 per course + $35 materials + $30 registration; scholarships Action English, Inc. Available English Adventure Summer Camps Deadline June 1 for Young Artist Program scholarships and tuition-only scholarship English Adventure is a one-week summer applications day camp just for English language learners. It combines ESL instruction with a Young Artist Scholarship full schedule of activities. There are two five-day programs. In Outdoor English Program Adventure, you will meet at Madison Park The Art Institute of Boston has established High School and travel by bus to the Blue the YAP program to provide access to AIB’s Hills in Milton for lessons plus hiking, precollege courses for talented, urban high mountain biking, map reading and nature school students with significant financial study. In Urban English Adventure, you need. The program provides full tuition and will explore the Freedom Trail, learn how to fees, along with an hourly stipend. Students use the MBTA, and visit local colleges and must submit artwork, art teacher - 2 - recommendation, and parental income tax (painting, screen printing, photography, returns. sculpture and graphic design)—and all participants receive a paycheck. This is one Deadline June 1 of the best creative, educational, career building programs around.

Young Artist residency For Boston residents, ages 14-18 Program Location The Epicenter in South Boston YAR is for high school students entering Dates July 5-August 20; and after school during the school year their junior or senior year in the fall of 2010. Hours Summer: Mon.-Fri., 12-5:30 pm This intensive program of four weeks of School year: Tues.-Thurs., 3-6 pm classes and art-making is designed to offer Cost None; stipends available for the summer a professional art college experience while program through ABCD Summerworks and the living on campus. Private Industry Council. Deadline May for the summer program; FC/FS. For Students entering grades 11 & 12 Location AIB, Kenmore Square Come to an AFH orientation every first and third Dates July 7-30 Tuesday of the month at 3 pm and sign up for an Hours Mon.-Fri., 9:30 am-1 pm and interview. 2-5:30 pm Contact Quyen Truong  617-268-7620 x108 Cost $3,950 Web site afhboston.com Deadline May 17 Saturday blast! Free Artsfirst Event

Current juniors in high school are invited to During the school year, check out AFH’s come to AIB on Wednesday, May 26 for a Saturday Blast!, an introductory fine arts day of free career-oriented visual art exploration class for middle school students at workshops. Choose one workshop: the AFH Epicenter. It provides basic training in Designers Make Things that Make Things color and design as well as opportunities to Happen, Still Life: Reexamined & explore painting, collage-making, cartoons and comic book characters, and three- Transformed, Illustration Toolbox, Photo dimensional works. Studio, and Animation Festival. A teacher Saturday Blast! also helps graduates of the recommendation and sample of artwork are program earn paid positions in AFH's high required, but all levels are welcome. The school arts enterprise. Scholarships are deadline to apply is May 12. Space is available for all participants. Space may still limited. be available, but it fills up fast.

AIB Pre-College Programs: Contact Quyen Truong  617-268-7620 x108 Contact Kerri Soucy  617-585-6711 Web site afhboston.com YAP applications  617-585-6724 Web site aiboston.edu Bentley College Wall Street 101 Artists for Humanity Wall Street 101 is a fun and interactive Artists for Humanity (AFH) has arts opportunity to learn about the financial apprenticeship opportunities for high school industry and other business fields, from students during the summer and school NASDAQ to IPO to Dow Jones. Through year. High school students work alongside classroom participation and hands-on professional artists in a variety of studios exercises, you will explore the stock market, - 3 - experience the excitement and challenges Dates Summer Performance Program: of working in a real trading room July 10-August 13 environment, and conduct simulated trading sessions. Wall Street 101 also includes trips City Music Programs: school year to Boston investment firms and other area Cost Summer Performance Program: $4,250 Deadline Mentor Program and City Music attractions. Preparatory: Call now for fall 2010 City Music Program Scholarships: For Students entering grades 11 and 12 March 1 (keep this in mind for next year) Location Bentley College, Waltham Contact 617-747-6058 or 617-747-2031 Dates July 18-24; residential program Web site berklee.edu Cost $1,000, including $50 registration fee, room and board and trips Deadline March 26 Beth Israel Deaconess Contact [email protected]  1-781-891-2598 Medical Center Web site bentley.edu/camp/ Summer Health Corps Program

BERKLEE COLLEGE OF Through this program, motivated teens can explore various careers while gaining MUSIC valuable experience in a hospital setting. BERKLEE CITY MUSIC PROGRAMS This is a serious commitment: five hours each weekday for six weeks. As a Summer If you live in Boston, attend middle school or Health Corps volunteer, you will work in high school, have had one year of formal or departments such as transportation, informal instrumental or vocal music admitting, food service, reception, outpatient training, and are thinking of a career in clinics, the gift shop, and other areas. In music, check out Berklee City Music. These addition, you will tour various medical center programs are competitive — each candidate departments and learn about their functions, must interview and audition for participation attend orientation and training sessions and scholarship consideration. (The conducted by medical center staff, and learn deadline to apply for a scholarship has about routine medical center policies and passed, but plan early for next year). procedures.

There are four BCM components: For Students ages 14-17, with signed - City Music Mentoring Program for grades parent permission 7-12, September-May Location 330 Brookline Ave., Boston - City Music Preparatory School for Dates July 12-August 19 Hours Mon.-Thurs., 9 am- 2 pm instrumentalists in grades 4-8, September- Cost Free; this is volunteer work May Deadline April 9; interviews by appointment - City Music High School Academy for only; dates will be announced grades 9-12, September-May Contact 617-667-3026, for applications - Faculty Outreach at select schools across and appointments the city; call for more information Web site bidmc.harvard.edu; type the words Berklee's Five Week Summer “Summer Health Corps” in the search Performance Program offers music theory, box; click on “go.” private lessons, gospel, rock and jazz ensembles, and more. Bikes not bombs Location All City Music Programs are housed Earn-a-bike at Berklee College of Music, with the exception of the High School Academy, which is housed at Want to earn yourself a bicycle? Through the Boston Arts Academy Earn-A-Bike program, you pick out a bike, - 4 -

Bikes Not Bombs trained mechanics teach Dates Mon.-Fri., July 5-August 6 Attendance you how to rebuild it, and then you keep it. rules are strict: if you are absent more than 2 You will also go for rides and explore days, you will be dismissed from the program. environmental issues. Graduates of BNB’s Hours 8:30 am-3:30 pm programs can become paid staff or volunteers Cost Free; breakfast and lunch provided as youth instructors of Earn-A-Bike, Girls in Contact Your teachers, principal or headmaster Action (a school-year program), or as BNB bike shop mechanics. SUMMER REVIEW HIGH SCHOOL

For Ages 12-18 If you’re in high school and are failing one or Instructors: ages 15 and up; riding, two courses (with a final grade of 50%- 59% and/or teaching experience preferred or F+), you can attend the Summer Review Location 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain High School. This program offers you a Dates July 7-23 or July 28-August 13 chance to pass your course(s) and earn Hours Mon.-Fri., 2-6 pm credit(s) toward promotion and graduation. Cost $50-$100; sliding scale; fee waivers All major courses are offered, plus English available as a Second Language. You can take one Deadline FC/FS Contact Elijah Evans 617-522-0222 x101 course if you are in grades 9-10 and two [email protected] courses in grades 11-12. You may not Web site bikesnotbombs.org attend Summer Review High School if: - your final grade is below 50% (F) - you were absent more than 30 days BPS Summer School What if you can’t go, but need to? Ask your For many Boston Public Schools students, headmaster if you can attend other summer school doesn’t end in June. Middle school school programs or be tutored and tested to and high school students who need extra pass the course. Some high schools allow help may be eligible for these programs: that option. To sign up, see your guidance counselor as soon as possible. SUMMER TRANSITION PROGRAM For High school students—public, independent, If you are failing English, English as a and parochial— who live in Boston; and Second Language, or math—or if you didn’t students in grades 7-8 in the BPS exam schools pass MCAS in grade 10—don’t give up! Location O’Bryant School of Math & BPS schools all over the city will offer the Science, Roxbury Summer Transition Program to help you. Dates July 12-August 13 Hours Mon.-Fri., 8 am-12:30 pm Cost Free For Students in kindergarten through grade 12 Deadline Ask your guidance counselor who will be invited according to the following Contact Your guidance counselor priorities:

1. English language learners at English Language Development Bird Street Community (ELD) levels 1-4 2. Students who have not yet attained Center "proficiency" on MCAS Leadership & Education and 3. Students who have not met BPS benchmarks Arts Entrepreneurship Junior for promotion to the next grade Counselors 4. Students who failed ELA and/or math

Location Various BPS schools; you may make 3 choices and will be assigned to your top Junior counselors provide support to unit choice where there is a seat available leaders at Bird Street's Summer Day Transportation Not provided Getaway Program at Hale Reservation, working three days per week for eight weeks. This job requires some experience - 5 - working with children and love of the Sports Interns outdoors and nature. In this program, students receive training and hands-on experience to become For Ages 16-17 coaches and referees for indoor tennis, Location Hale Reservation, Westwood, MA soccer, volleyball and basketball. Transportation Provided from BSCC Requirements are a love of sports and kids. Dates June 28-August 20; 4 Saturdays in June for training For Ages 15-18 Hours Mon.-Fri., 7:30 am-5:45 pm Location Bird Street Community Center Cost None Dates July 6-August 20 Deadline FC/FS Hours Vary, including days and evenings Contact  617-282-6110 x 16 Cost None Web site birdstreet.org Deadline FC/FS Contact  617-282-6110 x 23 Connections 2 College Program Web site birdstreet.org

Are you committed to attending college after Administrative Support high school graduation? If so, you could spend six weeks living and studying at Through this program, teens support Bird Suffolk University. You will take college Street by performing clerical tasks such as level courses, work part time in the front desk/reception, program paperwork afternoon, and take leadership training and and record keeping. SAT prep in the evenings. For Ages 15-17 with good computer skills For Students entering grades 11 and 12 with Location Bird Street Community Center GPA of 2.5 or better Dates July 6-August 20 Location Suffolk University, Boston Hours Vary, including days and evenings Dates July 11-August 20 Cost None Hours Sunday evening-Friday night, residential Deadline FC/FS Cost None Contact 617-282-6110 x 21 Deadline FC/FS Web site birdstreet.org Contact 617-282-6110 x 12 Web site birdstreet.org Boston Architectural Arts Entrepreneurship Program College As a Bird St. arts entrepreneur, you commit BAC Summer Academy to eight weeks of summer study, during which you will learn about creating a Boston Architectural College’s Summer business plan, designing and producing a Academy is a four-week design exploration product, and marketing and selling the program for high school students that product. Gain valuable business skills and includes working in the BAC design studios self-confidence— and earn a stipend. exploring the fundamental processes of

For Ages 13-14; ages 15-17 for computer lab architecture and design. Students construct assistants scale models and experiment with a range of Location Bird Street Community Center design techniques including collage, free-hand Dates July 6-August 20 drawing, full scale prototyping, mapping, Hours Mon.-Fri., 8:45 am-5 pm diagramming and computer-rendering. Cost None; participants are paid a stipend Experience is also gained through Deadline FC/FS; parent and participant presentations, visits to local design firms, and contracts required field trips to new and historic architecture and Contact 617-282-6110 landscape design projects in Boston and Web site birdstreet.org Cambridge.

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For Students entering grades 10-12 Taking Healthy Steps also has fall and Dates July 6-30 spring programs. Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12:30 pm Location BAC, 320 Newbury St., Boston For Girls ages 11-14 Cost $1,625 (includes materials); scholarships Location Clarendon St., Boston for diversity and financial need Dates August 16-20 or August 23-27 Deadline FC/FS; April 30 for scholarships Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4 pm Contact 617-585-0101 Cost $30; may be waived based on financial Web site the-bac.edu/summer need Deadline July 1 Boston Area Health Contact Brynn Hale  617-456-6359 [email protected] Education Web site bostonballet.org

Center (BAHEC) Y2HC Summer Enrichment Program Boston Bar Association Summer Jobs Program

This popular program is for serious Since 1993, the Boston Bar Association applicants interested in exploring a health (BBA) has sponsored a paid internship profession. Students attend academic program that puts Boston high school enrichment courses in math, science, students to work in local law firms and legal language arts and the arts at the BU School departments. Through this program, of Medicine, participate in health career hundreds of local teens are given the internships and public health seminars, and unique opportunity to gain a better go on weekly field trips. understanding of the legal community and the responsibilities of working in the For Students living in Boston who are now in professional world. And you'll be paid! grades 8-11; high school students must be registered on the BYF Hopeline For BPS students entering grades 11 and 12 Location Boston Location Boston Dates July 6-August 13; attendance is Dates July-August mandatory for all 7 weeks Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-5 pm Hours Mon.-Fri., 8 am-4 pm Cost None; participants are paid Cost None; participants may be eligible for a Deadline Applications available mid-late May stipend Contact Your guidance counselor or PIC career Deadline March 19; FC/FS counselor. DO NOT call the Boston Bar Contact Amanda Matos  617-534-7119 Association! Web site www.bphc.org/bahec Boston Cares Boston Ballet Center for "BoOYAH" volunteers

Dance Education Boston Cares Youth & Family volunteering Taking Healthy Steps program, more popularly know as BOOYAH! (Boston Young Active Hands), is If you are a middle school girl, you can for teens and families with a passion to explore a range of performing arts including serve their communities. Projects range ballet, modern dance, jazz, and theater arts from building picnic benches to packing daily. You will also work on strength back-to-school supplies to removing training, flexibility, nutrition, pilates, yoga, invasive plant species along the Charles and more as you develop confidence, River. The impact of BOOYAH volunteers' leadership skills, and a healthy self-image work creates rippling effects and lasting that will last long after the program ends. changes that transform organizations, - 7 - neighborhoods and ultimately, individuals. Boston (with advance sign-up) Check their Web site for current projects. Dates June 28-July 18 Hours 9 am-5 pm For Ages 13-17 and families Cost $875; financial aid & limited scholarships Dates Ongoing available Locations All over greater Boston Cost None; this is volunteer work Studio Four Advanced Deadline Ongoing Web site www.bostoncares.org/AboutUs/index Led by Broadway professionals, this five- php/booyah/home.html week program will include master classes taught by professional actors, workshops BOSTON CHILDREN 'S led by professional educators, and rehearsals for full-scale musical productions THEATRE of RENT and one other show. BCT Academy Summer Studios For Ages 14-19; audition required The classes and training the new BCT Location Governor’s Academy, Byfield Academy offers are fun, creative and an Transportation Provided from BCT downtown excellent way to discover your artistic Boston (with advance sign-up) potential. Some studios are held in the Back Dates July 5-August 8 Hours 9 am-6 pm Bay and others at Governor’s Academy in Cost $1,545; financial aid available Byfield (free transportation provided from the Back Bay). For more information on Technical theater workshop studios for all ages: Technical Theater Workshop is designed for Contact 617-424-6634 students looking for a behind-the-scenes Web site bostonchildrenstheatre.org theater experience. Students will have the

opportunity to work with theater Studio Kids Rock professionals to create the technical Using popular theater songs from some of elements needed to produce the Studio Broadway’s rock musicals, students will Four musicals. gain experience in singing, acting, and movement. For Ages 14-18; audition required Location Governor’s Academy, Byfield For Ages 12-16 Transportation Provided from BCT downtown Location BCT Studios & Endicott College Boston (with advance sign-up) Dates Session 1: August 2-6 Dates July 26-August 8 Hours 9 am-4 pm Hours 9 am-6 pm Cost $350 per session; financial aid available Cost $425

STUDIO THREE INTERMEDIATE Boston Conservatory This training and performance program is Summer Dance for younger students interested in the world of musical theater. Participants will spend This intensive program features a world- three weeks in classes and rehearsals class faculty of professional dancers and preparing for a full musical production of musicians. The small classes include The Wedding Singer. intermediate and advanced ballet, Alexander® and Pilates® techniques, tap, For Ages 9-14; audition required percussive movement and choreography. Location Governor’s Academy, Byfield, MA All classes are offered for college credit. Transportation Provided from BCT downtown - 8 -

For Ages 16 and older who have two years of in BCYF publications and exhibited at serious dance study. No auditions. events. Participants receive a stipend for Location The Fenway, Boston their efforts. 617-635-4920 x 2209 Dates June 21-July 9; July 12-30 Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-5 pm FACTS (Fourteen-Year-Olds Acquiring Cost $1,940 for 3 weeks; plus $65 application fee by April 1, $100 after April 1; no scholarships Confidence, Training & Skills) gives Deadline FC/FS 14-year-olds who are too old for summer Contact 617-536-6340 camp and too young for summer jobs the Web site bostonconservatory.edu chance to serve as “counselors-in-training” within community center programs in Summer Vocal /Choral Institute exchange for a stipend. FACTS prepares 14-year-olds for future employment through This is a two-week intensive summer hands-on experience at community centers, program for serious high school-age helping with summer programs, events, and singers. Focusing on musical theater and camps for their younger peers.  617-635- classical music, the program is a chance for 4920 x 2209 you to explore your abilities and potential as a vocal soloist, actor, choral singer and all- Girls Leadership Corps (GLC) engages around musician. girls as peer leaders to develop and support programming for girls at BCYF centers, lead For Ages 15-18 with singing experience, community service initiatives, and recruit applicants must submit a letter of their peers. GLC members also help with recommendation from their voice teacher or citywide events such as Girls Night Out and chorus director, plus an audition tape. the annual Citywide Girls Summit.  617-635- Location The Fenway, Boston Dates July 11-24 4920 x 2314 Hours Mon.-Fri., 8 am-10 pm; rehearsals, programs, and activities on weekend BCYF offers educational classes for high Cost $1,700 plus $65 application fee by school drop-outs, including pre-GED, GED, April 1, $100 after April 1; plus $150 activities and GED testing. For details on these and fee many other programs, call 617-635-4920. Deadline FC/FS visit their Web site, or drop by your local Contact  617-912-9166 BCYF community center. During the Web site bostonconservatory.edu summer months, BCYF offers summer day camps and citywide and specialized Summer in the City with programs. Call your local Community Center (CC) to sign up for a program or to BCYF receive more information.

Summer Boston Recreation This summer BCYF will offer several Programs (partial list): employment and skill-development programs for teens. Check with your local Boston Neighborhood Basketball community center for additional teen League (BNBL) programming.

- cityofboston.gov/bcyf Established in 1969, BNBL is one of the

oldest municipal basketball leagues in the Snap Shot introduces teens to photography country. There are three divisions for boys and trains them to serve as part of the Snap and girls: 13 and under, 15 and under, and Shot youth photographer corps. Teens 18 and under. BNBL also offers Pee Wee photograph BCYF programs and events developmental programs for boys and girls across the City, and their work will be used - 9 - ages 8-11. BNBL is played at sites all over the city. For Boston residents ages 6-16 Dates July 6-August 13 For Ages 18 and under Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm and 1-4 pm Location Sites throughout the city Cost Very small registration fee Dates June-August Contact 617-635-4920 x 2136 Hours Mon.-Fri., 5-9 pm Web site tenacity.org Cost None Deadline Coaches should register teams in Stillman Tennis Center May; final roster due June 25. Pee Wee program: call to register ASAP For residents of Charlestown, East Boston, Contact 617-635-4920 x 2116 North End, Chinatown, and the South End, the Stillman Tennis Center offers tennis Golf Course maintenance and programs for all ages, from day camps and Management Program group lessons to adult and open court times. Instruction by local professionals for As part of the Boston Youth Fund’s summer individuals and teams are offered employment program and in partnership throughout the summer. Equipment is with the Boston Parks Department, provided. Call to register for lessons and participants will learn and explore the daily court time:  617-635-5374 operations of golf course maintenance and management. Boston Neighborhood Soccer League (BNSL) For Boston residents, ages 15-17, which are registered on the BYF Hopeline; interview Now in its seventh year, the BNSL will give required your team a chance to compete in a six- Locations Devine Golf Course, Franklin Park; week “7 vs. 7” soccer league and vie for a and George Wright Golf Course, Hyde Park citywide championship title. Sponsored by Dates July 12-August 20 Hours Mon.-Fri., 7 am-12 pm Comcast, games are played at Millennium Cost This is a Boston Youth Fund job Park in West Roxbury. League consists of Deadline ASAP; call now for interview three age groups: co-ed ages 8-10; coed Contact  617-635-4920 x 2204 ages 13 and under; boys' teams and girls' teams, age 16 and under. Team registration Fenway Challenge/Red Sox Talks is encouraged, and pre-registration is required. Meet your favorite Sox players and coaches for tips on how to play the game. Participate For Ages 16 and under in skills clinics and competition in running, Location Millennium Park, West Roxbury throwing, and hitting for ages 7-14. Call for Dates July 6-August 12 Hours Mon.-Thurs., 5-8 pm dates, times and locations. 617-635-4920 x Cost None 2145 Deadline ASAP; register teams by June Contact  617-635-4920 x 2219 Summer Tennis and Reading Program All Girls Festival This tennis, literacy and fitness program, in partnership with Tenacity, is being This festival of sports, taking place during redesigned this summer and will be better April vacation week, is designed for girls than ever. Equipment is provided. who want to explore a new sport or gain Participants can register for a minimum of 2 greater technique in the sports they enjoy. weeks and maximum of 6 weeks. See the Participants also learn about health and Tenacity listing on page 14 and visit their wellness. Sport clinics include swimming, Web site for locations and dates. - 10 - volleyball, golf, basketball, track, tennis, ParkARTS step dancing, and double dutch. For the 14th year, Boston’s parks will come For Girls ages 11-15 alive with summer concerts, creative arts Location Roxbury: Reggie Lewis Track and workshops and more exciting arts and Athletic Center and Madison Park cultural activities for people of all ages. Community Center www.cityofboston.gov/parks/parkarts Dates April 20-23 Hours 8:30 am-3:30 pm Cost None Landscape Watercolor Painting Deadline FC/FS Workshops Applications cityofboston.gov/bcyf Contact 617-635-4920 x 2136 Artists will help children and adults alike to capture Boston’s parks on canvas. Sponsored by Bank of America and Blick Boston Neighborhood Art Materials. Network (BNN ) In-Focus youth media program For Ages 9 and up; groups of 10 or more must pre-register Don’t just watch TV—make it! The BNN Location Historic parks throughout Boston Dates June and September, Saturdays and In-Focus summer program provides Sundays students with hands-on experience in digital Time 12-2 pm video and studio production. Students learn Cost Free to use BNN’s video equipment and then Contact 617-635-4505 write and produce public service announcements and programs for cablecast on BNN channels. In-Focus also BOSTON PUBLIC encourages students to explore the role LIBRARY media plays in their lives, and how they can TEENS READ use media to make a difference in their own community. Students must be registered Keep cool and exercise your brain at the with the BYF Hopeline to apply and Boston Public Library this summer! The participate in the program as a summer job. central library at Copley and all the branch libraries have tons of resources and reading For Ages 15-17, registered on the BYF programs just for teens. Hopeline; must have basic computer - The Summer Reads Program runs July- skills (Mac experience a plus) Location BNN Charles J. Beard II Media August. Participants can enter weekly Center, drawings to win a flash drive, and a final Roxbury drawing to win a computer! Dates July 5-August 13 - Teen films, video gaming and other weekly Hours Mon.-Fri., 11 am-5 pm activities will be offered in the Young Adults Cost None; participants are paid if registered room at Copley and at the branch libraries. through the Hopeline - For ideas, lists of books, DVDs and video Deadline March 19 games you can borrow, and even MCAS Contact 617-708-3200 practice tests, visit the BPL Teen Lounge: Web site bnntv.org www.bpl.org/teens/index.htm

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Still can't find what you're looking for? Do you really love math? In Boston Contact the Young Adult Room at the main University’s PROMYS, you can live in the library: 617-859-2334 creative world of math all summer. Through www.bpl.org/central/ya.htm challenging problems in number theory, you will practice the art of mathematical Don’t forget to see what’s happening at your discovery. You'll also attend lectures and local branch library. While you're there, ask demonstrations and meet with professional about free and discount passes to Boston’s mathematicians for problem solving and many awesome museums. All you need to open-ended exploration. During the know is on their Web site: bpl.org program, you'll live on the BU campus near Kenmore Square, in a dorm supervised by college math majors. How are PROMYS Boston University students selected? You'll have to solve a set of challenging math problems, write an BU has a huge menu of summer programs essay, and submit marks and teachers' for middle school and high school recommendations. students—too many to list here. You can find out about all of them on their Web site: For Students entering grades 9-12; admission www.bu.edu/mysummer based on ability to solve math problems, teacher recommendations, transcript and an essay Dates June 27-August 7 Cost $2,700 including room and board; cost of Here are just a few: books additional; financial aid available: no qualified student turned away because of need B.U. School of Medicine Deadline Rolling admissions; apply before May CityLab biotechnology SummerLab 30 Contact 617-353-2563 SummerLab provides an opportunity for Web site promys.org students to learn and apply basic techniques and concepts related to Institute of Reading Development - biotechnology. Working in teams, they Summer reading skills Programs assume the role of researchers in a biotechnology company and work Boston University Metropolitan College cooperatively to choose and perform offers weekly summer classes for all ages to appropriate laboratory-based investigations foster a love of reading, improve vocabulary to solve problems in biotechnology. and comprehension, improve note taking skills, finish homework faster, and score For Students entering grades 10 or higher higher on tests. Location 801 Albany St., Boston Dates July 19-23, July 26-30 and August 2-6 For Kindergarten-grade 12 (adult programs also Hours 9 am-3 pm available) Cost $1,000; $50 deposit required; students Location Boston University campus When For from BPS and Cambridge will receive a full middle school students: Sun., June 20-July 25 or scholarship to participate Sat., July 31-August 28 For 9-11 graders: Sun., Deadline Rolling admissions until June 2 June 20- July 25 or Fri., July 30-August 27 Contact 617-638-5623 Hours Vary depending on grade level Web site www.bumc.bu.edu/citylab Cost $299 Sign-up FC/FS, ASAP PROMYS — Program in Contact 1-800-964-8888 Mathematics for Young Scientists U-DESIGN: B.U. College of Engineering SUMMER PROGRAM

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U-Design offers fun, hands-on, engineering BAC offers several summer programs for experience in science, technology, flight and teens. Students age 17 and older may take robotics. Laboratory workshops give adult classes. All take place at the center on students the opportunity to learn more about Monmouth St., Brookline, a short walk from science and technology by engaging them the MBTA Green Line / C & D branches. in the real work of scientists and engineers: Summer Studios Summer Studios offers design, exploration, experimentation and young artists the opportunity to study invention. drawing, painting, and ceramics in a focused, creative environment. After gaining For Students in grades 6-9 familiarity and proficiency with pencil, brush, Location BU campus, Kenmore Square and clay, students will be inspired to use Dates July 12-16 and July 19-23 these media for personal creative Hours Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 am-4 pm; and Friday, expression. Each day includes two hours of 8:30 am-5:30 pm drawing and painting, and two hours of Cost $385 for one session; $745 for both sessions; limited financial assistance ceramics. Bring a lunch for the break. When Deadline FC/FS until May 21 you call to register, please specify your age Contact Marlene Jreaswec or Richard Lally group. 617-353-2800 [email protected] Web site bu.edu/eng/u-design For Ages 10-16 Dates Two-week sessions: July 12-22, July 26- August 5, and August 9-19 Boys & Girls Clubs Hours Mon.-Thurs., 10 am-2 pm Cost Members $414; non-members $460; Here's a real bargain—for $5 to $25, you materials $55; discount for additional sessions have access to educational, recreational, Deadline FC/FS; call now for financial aid cultural and sports programs all year round. Contact  617-566-5715 Find out about summer hours and activities Web site brooklineartscenter.com just for teens. You might also want to try the Jewelry &

Metalsmithing intensive for ages 12 and BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: older. Five-day sessions start every Blue Hill Ave...... 617-474-1050 Monday, June 28- August 13, 10 am-2 pm. Charlestown ...... 617-242-1775 Cost is $198 for members; non-members Chelsea ...... 617-884-9435 $220 + $40 for materials. Dorchester...... 617-288-7120

Mattapan...... 617-298-0691 Roslindale...... 617-363-9938 Bunker Hill Community Yawkey Club (Roxbury) ...... 617-427-6050 Dearborn Club (Roxbury) .....617-635-7720 College Salesian (East Boston)...... 617-567-0508 Career Days at BHCC South Boston ...... 617-268-4301 Condon Club (South Boston) .617-635-8608 Making plans for the summer? How about West End House...... 617-779-9740 free college classes? This July you can take classes in bistro & baking CSI; These clubhouses are affiliated with Boys entrepreneurship, graphic design & digital- & Girls Clubs of Boston, bgcb.org. imaging with Photoshop; and web developing & gaming.

For Students entering grade11, 12 or 1st year in Brookline Arts Center college in fall 2010 Location Bunker Hill Community College Dates July 6-16 Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4:30 pm - 13 -

Cost Free Deadline FC/FS For Sea Kayak Camp (SKC) Youth entering Contact 617-228-2339 or 617-228-2389 grades 6-8 who have completed Canoe & Kayak Web site bhcc.mass.edu/index.php Camp Advanced SK Camp (ASKC): Youth entering grades 7-9 who have attended SKC Location All programs meet in Newton and CAMP HARBOR VIEW travel by van to the day’s paddling destination. Dates SKC: One-week sessions start June 28 ASKC: August 16-20 Harbor View provides a healthy and fun Hours Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-4 pm outdoor experience for middle school Cost SKC and ASKC: $369 per week students, with hiking, arts and crafts, sports Deadline FC/FS programs and swimming. The program also Contact 617-965-5110 builds confidence, encourages creativity, Web site paddleboston.com and helps campers develop the leadership skills they need to succeed during school If you are in high school, ages 15-17, are an and beyond. experienced paddler, and are interested in teaching others to paddle, consider For Ages 11-14 becoming a Counselor-in-Training for one of Location Long Island in Boston Harbor Charles River Canoe & Kayak's kids’ Dates Two sessions: June 28-July 22 and July camps. CITs must commit to participating in 27-August 20 at least two camp sessions. Check the Web Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-6 pm site for details. Cost $5 per session Transportation Provided at no cost to families from 14 locations throughout Boston Charlestown High School Deadline FC/FS Arabic Summer Academy Contact 617-994-4742 Web site campharborviewfoundation.org The Arabic Summer Academy is a five Charles River Canoe & week, intensive Arabic course for 60 high school students. Those who complete the Kayak program get credit for a full year of high Canoe & Kayak Camp school Arabic plus a $500 college scholarship. The program can This camp is designed for the beginner accommodate students who are not fluent in paddler and is offered in both half-day and English; but instruction will be primarily in full-day versions. Campers learn paddle Arabic. strokes and techniques, rescue skills, and boating safety through a fun combination of For High school students now in grades instruction, demonstrations, games and 9-12 (including graduating seniors); priority for trips. BPS students Location Charlestown High School For Grades 4-6 Transportation MBTA passes provided Location Lake Cochituate, Natick, MA Dates June 26-July 31 Dates One-week sessions start June 28 Hours Mon.-Sat., 8:30 am-2:30 pm Hours Half day: 9 am-12 pm or 1-4 pm Full day: Cost None 9 am-3 pm Deadline May 1; FC/FS; applications available Cost Half day: $170 per week Full day: $299 per on-line week Contact Steven Berbeco  617-395-2600 Deadline FC/FS Web site arabicsummeracademy.org Contact 617-965-5110 Web site paddleboston.com Citi Performing Arts Center

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Since 1979, this South End performing arts training center has offered acting, singing, SING OUT LOUD acting WORKSHOPS dancing, recording, set building, photography, mime, and everything else to In these multi-session musical theatre do with a career in the entertainment field. workshops taking place in partnering Boston students can take classes in the neighborhoods, participants will learn just South End center and at City Lights' theater how exciting the world of musical theatre camp in Maine. Serious students who show can be. Through theatre games, ensemble outstanding artistic progress will get the building, voice work, and dance, participants chance to be involved in a major theatrical will create an original musical story and production. become familiar with musicals and their universal themes. Participants must be able For Students under age 24 to attend all sessions. Location South End and Farmington, Maine Dates Every day, year-round For Ages 10-13, all levels including Cost Free beginners Deadline Rolling admissions; no one turned Location Boston neighborhoods away Dates July 12-August 6 Contact Duggan Hill  617-695-2856 Hours Mon.-Thurs., 10 am-12 pm Cost Free Deadline July 2 The City School Contact 617-532-1221 Summer Leadership Program Web site citicenter.org; facebook.com/CitiCenterEducation SLP provides sixty teens from greater Boston with leadership skills to become SING OUT LOUD HIGH SCHOOL powerful voices for change in their INTERNSHIP communities. The diverse group spends six and a half weeks getting to know one In this multi-session musical theatre another and exploring topics such as intensive, participants will create an original education, health, immigration, community musical performance piece, become familiar organizing, housing, homelessness, and with musicals and their universal themes, more. They meet together daily, break into and share their knowledge of the community small groups for their seminars, intern two by leading interactive performance days a week at local nonprofits, and workshops. develop meaningful student-led Community Action Projects that they implement as small For Ages 14-19; audition & interview required groups throughout the city. Location Citi Performing Arts Center Transportation T pass provided For High school age youth, in or out of school Dates July 12-August 6 (sorry, no current 8th graders) Hours 10 am-5 pm Location Uphams Corner, Dorchester Cost Free; participants receive a small stipend Dates July 5-August 13 upon successful completion Hours Mon.-Fri., 10 am-5 pm, plus evening Deadline Auditions and interviews week of events June 7; please call to schedule Cost The City School asks families to make a Contact 617-532-1221 donation; suggested minimum $50, but no one is Web site citicenter.org turned away for inability to pay. facebook.com/CitiCenterEducation Deadline The Friday before group interviews, which take place on March 27, April 10, April 26, City Lights May 22, and June 16; the sooner you interview, the better your chance of being accepted! Contact  617-822-3075 x 16 - 15 -

Web site thecityschool.org have to prove you can swim 75 yards. Take a quick test at the site or show your swim City Year card: YMCA (Fish or above), Red Cross (Level 5 or above), or a Scout merit badge (with card). If you can't swim, learn how— City Year is NOT a summer job—it’s a full- call the Y or your local Boston Community time, 10-month national service program Center about swimming lessons. that uses the talents and energy of a diverse group of 17- to 24-year-olds to For Ages 10-18 who can swim 75 yards make a positive difference in Boston and 15 Location Storrow Drive on the Esplanade, near other cities across the country. City Year the Charles/MGH Red Line station Dates June 14-August 20 Boston Corps members teach social justice Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-3 pm in elementary and middle school Cost $1 for the whole summer classrooms, tutor and mentor youth, run Deadline Ongoing children's programs during school vacation Contact  617-523-1038 weeks, plant community gardens, and more. Web site community-boating.org If you're accepted, you'll be paid $200 a week before taxes, receive basic health insurance, get a Timberland uniform, a cell Community Music Center phone, an MBTA pass, and earn a $4,725 scholarship upon completion of the of program. City Year strongly encourages you Boston (CMCB ) to attend an info session before you apply. SummerArts Internships & Counselors in For Ages 17-24, U.S. citizen or legal resident, Training and have a high school diploma, college degree, GED, or agree to work toward a GED program This agency in the South End has several Location Based near Back Bay Station, 287 volunteer internships for students in music, Columbus Ave. in the South End art, dance, and drama. As an intern, you will Dates August-June work with professional artists and teachers Hours Mon.-Fri., 8 am-6 pm in CMCB’s SummerArts program for ages 4- Cost None; participants are paid $200 per week 10. CMCB also has several Counselor-in- before taxes Training positions for ages 11-14. CITs Deadline Spring: April 15. Summer: May 31 participate in SummerArts as a teacher's Open Houses on March 3 and May 5 Contact Admissions & Recruitment aide and take art, drama and dance classes 617-927-2400 at the Center. Both the internship and CIT Web site cityyear.org/sites/boston programs provide great experience for later jobs.

Community Boating Inc. For Interns, ages 15-17; CITs, ages 11-14 Junior Program Location South End Dates June 28-July 23 For a $1 membership at Community Boating Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm Extended day, 12- (yes, just $1!), you can go sailing, 2 pm windsurfing, or kayaking on the Charles Cost Interns: None, they are volunteers; CITs: River all summer— no experience $600 necessary! You’ll learn basic sailing through Deadline FC/FS Contact 617-482-7494 x 26 advanced racing with expert staff and Web site www.cmcb.org volunteers. They even have adaptive programs to accommodate disabled sailors and rowers. Any catches? Only two: You need parent/guardian permission, and you - 16 -

Summerwinds and G-ROW BOSTON Summerstrings SUMMER PROGRAMS

G-Row (“Girls-Row”) Boston is a rowing SummerWINDS (for clarinet) and program for (you guessed it) girls in the SummerSTRINGS (all string instruments) Boston Public Schools, run by Community are for students with 1-2 years of Rowing, Inc. During the school year, G-Row background, including public school Boston recruits from selected BPS schools: experience. They offer group lessons, music O'Bryant, Timilty, Brighton High, Boston theory, performances, and field trips. Latin Academy, and Madison Park. G-Row Boston also offers one-week summer For Students in grades 4-7 rowing camps to teach basic rowing skills Location South End and have fun through games, drills, and Dates June 28-July 23 Hours 11 am-3 pm teamwork exercises both on and off the Cost Call for information; extensive financial aid water. The program is geared to the available beginning rower with no previous rowing Contact Will Fickes  617-482-7494 x 23 experience. Swimming experience is a plus Web site www.cmcb.org but is not required.

For Girls ages 12-18 living in Boston Community Rowing, Inc. Location MDC Daly Ice Rink, 10 Nonantum Rd., Summer Camps Newton; transportation provided from Ruggles Station Community Rowing, Inc. (CRI) offers two- Dates July 12-16; July 26-30; Aug. 9-13 week day camps designed to give youth Hours 9:30 am-1:30 pm ages 12-18 the opportunity to learn and Cost None develop rowing technique. The Youth Learn Deadline June 4; FC/FS; space is limited, apply to Row Program is for beginners, and Youth early Summer Skills Camp is for experienced Contact 617-779-8277 sweep rowers and scullers. Enrollment in Web site www.growboston.org each session is limited to 20, so call now! For more Information, visit their Web site or Company One call the office. Community Rowing also has Stage One: Teen Theatre classes and races after school in the spring, fall, and summer evenings. In Company One’s Teen Theatre program, instructors will guide young artists through For Ages 12-18 introduction to improvisation, advanced Location MDC Daly Ice Rink, Nonantum Rd., improvisation, character development and Newton scene creation. Participants will also be Dates Two-week sessions: July 6-16; July 19- treated to workshops in specialized areas , 30; Aug. 2-13; Aug. 16-27 Hours 9 am-12 pm or 1-4 pm including stage combat, voice, dance and Cost Half -day session: $415 Full day: $695; movement for the theatre, and more. scholarships available Deadline ASAP; FC/FS For Ages 14-18 Contact  617-964-2455 (April-Oct.) Location Boston Center for the Arts, South End 617-923-7557 (main office) Dates 2-week sessions begin July 10 and Web site www.communityrowing.org August 2; each session is different Hours 9 am-12 pm and 1-4 pm Cost 1 session $250; 2 sessions $450; 3 sessions $675; 4 sessions $800 Deadline FC/FS - 17 -

Web site www.companyone.org space in the community, and be a leader in developing and implementing real solutions.

For BOLD Teens: ages 13-19 Teen Center: Crossroads for Kids ages 13-18 Camp Wing Locations Dorchester House: 1353 Dorchester Ave; Codman Health, 637 Crossroads for Kids immerses children and Washington St. youth ages 7-17 in a safe, supportive Dates July-August (and year-round) community, preparing them to meet life’s Hours Teen Center summer: Mon.-Fri., 11 am-6 challenges as they learn, grow, and pm Call for other program hours discover their own unique potential. Deadline Ongoing Participants are less likely to succumb to Contact  617-740-2232 BOLD: Bill Loesch  617- the pressure of negative influences in their 822-8189 Web site dotwell.org environments. They are more likely to overcome challenges, discover self- confidence, graduate from high school, seek Easter Seals higher education, and fill positive roles in our society as adults, parents, and Massachusetts professionals. Youth ages 14-16 can Camp & Leaders In training participate in Leaders-in-Training (LIT) For over 60 years, Easter Seals has program and youth ages 16-17 in the specialized in finding appropriate summer Apprentices year-round program. programming for children and young adults

For Boston area youth, ages 7-17 with disabilities. It offers many options for Location Duxbury, MA, plus trips people of all ages to enjoy camp Dates Overnight Sessions: July 1-July 14, experiences and has an extensive network July 16-August 4; August 7-26 of camp resources locally and throughout Cost Fee based on family income, size, and New England. financial situation; financial aid may be available upon request For Camp: youth with disabilities ages Deadline April 1 for best chance of getting your 8-18; Youth Leadership Program: youth with preferred session disabilities ages 13-25 Contact 1-781-834-2700 Location Camps: Agassiz Village in Maine Web site www.crossroads4kids.org Youth Leadership Program: Technology & Training Center, 89 South Street, Boston (near South Station) DoTWELL Teen Programs Dates Camp sessions: 5-19 days in July Leaders-In-Training activities: year-round, typically on Saturday afternoons. Dotwell (a collaboration of Codman Square Hours Vary Health Center and Dorchester House Multi- Cost Camp programs: sliding fee scale. Service Center) is planning a busy summer Youth Leadership Programs: free for youth, with recreation, sports, swimming, Deadline Camp: FC/FS Youth Leadership workshops, and a drop-in teen center. Paid Program: March 13; plan early for next year summer internships are available through Contact 1-800-244-2756 x 410 the Boston Youth Fund. You can also join Web site eastersealsma.org BOLD (Breath of Life: Dorchester) Teens, a year-round, youth-led group focused on ELM HILL FAMILY environmental justice in the Dorchester community. As a BOLD teen, you'll work to SERVICE CENTER improve air and water quality, increase green SEEDS

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In this career exploration program, students Location Boston Latin School learn the difference between a job and a Dates July 20-24 and July 27-31 career, go on field trips, talk with guest Hours 8:30 am-2 pm speakers, and develop a 15-year road map Cost $170 per week; $180 after May 1; 10% to get to the career that interests them. discount for BPS students; scholarships and group discounts available

Deadline FC/FS; May 1 for discount For Ages 12-13 Contact 617-869-4674 [email protected] Location Dorchester Web site excelbasketballclinics.com Languages Spanish Dates July 6-August 20 Hours Mon.-Fri., 10 am-2 pm Cost Free; income eligible guidelines; students The Food Project receive a gift certificate at the end of the Summer Youth Program program Deadline FC/FS; space is limited Work to make a difference in the lives of Contact Len Mills  617-442-5900 x 201 people in the greater Boston area this summer while learning about agriculture Emerson College and the environment, diversity and Arts and communication precollege community, and yourself. During the six Programs weeks of the program, youth manage over 40 acres of land, sell produce through Are you a student Interested with a passion farmers’ markets and a Community for creative writing, stage acting, musical Supported Agriculture program, prepare and theatre, filmmaking, and stage design or serve lunches in soup kitchens and television production? In the pre-college homeless shelters, and help to prepare programs, you’ll focus on acquiring skills in community lunches where neighbors, youth, one of the six academic areas and “learn by staff, and visitors come together to share doing.” An accomplished team of Instructors the harvest. Youth also participate in four will help you prepare audition materials or workshops each week, covering issues of portfolio pieces for college applications. An diversity awareness, hunger and Information session will be held at Emerson homelessness, sustainable agriculture, and on April 21st at 6 pm. personal reflection.

For Students entering grades 10, 11 &12 For Ages 14-17 Location 120 Boylston Street, Boston Dates July 6-August 18 Dates July 11-August 13; information session: Hours 9 am-4:30 pm April 21 at 6 pm Cost None; you will earn a stipend of $200 Hours Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm; Saturday session 9 a week, paid bi-weekly am-12 pm Deadline March 19; interviews (required) on Cost $1,500 - $3,195 April 14 and 15 Deadline FC/FS, space is limited Contact 1-781-259-8621 x 23 Contact Tori Weston  617-824-8940 Web site thefoodproject.org/syp Web site www.emerson.edu/ce Excel Basketball Clinics Girl Scouts

Excel Basketball Clinics strive to prepare Girl Scouts of Eastern Mass. has programs the committed ballplayer to reach the next from sailing to science, politics to physical level of his or her game by providing fitness, teamwork to technology—and professional skills appropriate training and everything in between! You don't have to be competition. a Girl Scout to take part in Girl Scout summer programs. (You do have to be a For Boys and girls ages 9-17 girl.) Their overnight camps on Cape Cod - 19 - and in New Hampshire offer drama, Deadline February 12; applications will be horseback riding, hiking, swimming, crafts, available after winter break 2010-2011; send rock climbing, sailing, biking, windsurfing, email to request application photography, and opportunities for Contact Dr. Sheila Nutt  617-432-4634 Counselors in Training. At Camp Cedar Hill, [email protected] Web site their day camp in Waltham, you could try www.communityservice.harvard.edu/programs/p your hand at photography, rowing, roject-success-openingdoor- biomedical-careers performance, even financial management— or develop your leadership skills as a day camp assistant. There are lots of program choices for girls entering grades 7-12, and HARVARD SCHOOL OF buses to Cedar Hill leave from many Boston PUBLIC HEALTH neighborhoods. Visit their excellent Web SUMMER RESEARCH APPRENTICESHIP site for information on programs, camps PROGRAM (R.A.P.) (including camp staff applications), financial aid, and on-line applications. For all Girl The Harvard School of Public Health’s Scout programs and camps: Summer Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP) is a paid summer internship that Contact 617-350-8335 gives students work experience in a Web site girlscoutseasternmass.org laboratory or behavioral science setting. The Office of Human Resources at the Harvard Medical School Harvard School of Public Health offers PROJECT SUCCESS: OPENING THE support, mentoring activities, seminars and DOOR TO BIOMEDICAL CAREERS enriching outings. At the end of the program, students present their research The goal of Project Success is to challenge experiences to an audience of their parents, and nurture talented high school students, supervisors, coworkers and friends. particularly underrepresented minority Students must be at least 15 years old at and/or disadvantaged students, who are the start of the program; a rising interested in pursuing biomedical careers. sophomore, junior, or senior in the fall 2009 Project Success is an 8-week, paid, "hands- that resides in Boston or attends a Boston on" summer research project under the Public School. supervision of Harvard faculty. Participants also attend a science and career For Boston residents entering grades development seminar series and improve 10-12 in September 2010 their speaking and writing skills through oral Location 677 Huntington Ave, Boston presentations and preparation of research Dates July 6-August 20 reports. Unfortunately, it’s too late to apply Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-5 pm for this summer, but keep it in mind for Cost None; students are paid Deadline March 26; apply online summer 2011. Contact Sarah Keeping  617-432-0979 Web site hsph.harvard.edu/hr (Menu: click For Boston or Cambridge, MA residents who "Research Apprenticeship Program", have currently in grades 11, or 12, will be age 16 "Application Materials") by June 15, 2010, have a grade point average (GPA) of at least B-, and have completed biology, algebra, and chemistry Harvard University Location Harvard Medical School, Phillips Brooks House Association Summer 164 Longwood Ave., Boston Urban Programs Dates June-August (8 weeks) Hours Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm Cost Participants are paid $8 per hour Phillips Brooks House, Harvard's student volunteer organization, runs summer - 20 - programs for elementary and middle school- For Immigrant youth, attending high school age students all over Boston and (ages 14-21), and interested in ESL instruction Cambridge. While each program is a little Location Harvard University, Cambridge different, they usually consist of a morning Dates June-August of classroom-based academic enrichment Hours Mon.-Fri., 4:30-7:30 pm with additional excursions and educational field trips and afternoon trips and recreation. All are Cost $100 for the entire summer very low-cost—$100 for the summer. Deadline FC/FS Priority is given to returning families and Web site sup.pbha.org residents of the camp neighborhood. Slots are limited, and new campers are accepted Harvard Secondary School Program based on availability in their age group. (SSP) Programs operate June 22-August 20. If you are in high school (age 15 and older), Each summer, high school students can love working with kids, and think you could take college-level courses at Harvard in be a good role model, you can apply to be a many fields—anthropology, astronomy, junior counselor. You'll work about 35 hours acting, creative writing, and psychology, as a week and be paid $8.00 an hour. To well as other courses in languages, science, apply, you must have registered on the BYF history, economics, women's studies, and Hopeline and apply to Phillips Brooks other areas—all for credit. As a Secondary House Association. For more information School Program (SSP) student, you'll have and registration for all Phillips Brooks House opportunities to play sports, perform in their Summer Urban Programs: popular talent show, go on trips, and do community service. You'll also get help Web site sup.pbha.org, [email protected] learning to write a college application, take part in a college fair, and visit other New Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment Summer England colleges. Many SSP students live Serves Refugee children on campus, but you can attend as a day Chinatown Adventure Serves Chinatown student. You must submit teacher Roxbury Youth Enrichment recommendations with your application, so Serves Roxbury if you're thinking of going, get started now. Everything you need to know is on the SSP Franklin I-O Summer Program Web site. Serves Franklin Hill and Franklin Field in Dorchester For College-bound students who have Keylatch Summer Program completed grades 10, 11 or 12 Serves South End Dates June 21-August 6 Mission Hill Summer Program Location Cambridge, MA Serves Mission Hill and Alice Taylor housing Cost $2,580 per 4 credit course + $50 Native American Youth Enrichment Program application fee; $5,160 per 8 credit course + $50 Serves Native American children from all over application fee: financial aid available, but apply Boston; located in Jamaica Plain now South Boston Outreach Summer Deadline May 3 (including all payments); April Serves South Boston (limited referrals) 2 for financial aid; late registrations accepted FC/FS Phillips Brooks House Refugee Youth Contact 617-495-3192 Summer Enrichment [email protected] Web site ssp.harvard.edu If you are in high school, come from another country, and want to improve your English, HAWTHORNE YOUTH here's a Phillips Brooks House program just for you. AND

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COMMUNITY CENTER Evaluation, Inc. (HOPE) SUMMER SCENE Street Smart/Poder Latino

During the school year, HYCC offers a Street Smart/Poder Latino is a program for licensed after-school program for 6 to 12- Latino/a teens who want to educate their year-olds, evening activities for middle and peers about prevention of HIV/AIDS. As a high school students, and special weekend peer educator, you will learn about trips, events, and programs for youth and HIV/AIDS prevention, transmission, and families. During the summer, HYCC invites education as you train with a variety of 6-18 year olds to participate in diverse instructors, community organizers, health programs at Marcella Park (listed below). educators, and other peer leaders. You will Hawthorne also sponsors flea markets, also participate in peer education service entertainment, and other family events at learning activities, including street-based Marcella Park, and two out-of-the city family and home-based outreach, community outings. presentations, service at organizations such as Community Servings, Inc., and For Ages 6-18; adults welcome to participate in newsletter writing. activities or serve as program volunteers Location Evening activities: Marcella Park, For Ages 13-22, Latino/a youth who have their Roxbury parent or guardian's permission to participate, Transportation Available for out-of-city weekend and who are committed to the program's mission trips and hours Dates Evening programs: July 5-August 27 Location Brookside Ave. Extension, Jamaica Hours Monday-Thursday, 5:30-8 PM Plain (Green St. Station on the MBTA Orange Soccer/Rox (ages 6-16): Tues. & Thurs. 6:30-8 Line) pm Double Dutch (ages 6-18): Mon. & Wed. When July-August 6:30-7:30 pm Hip Hop (ages 6-18): Mon. & Wed. Hours 10 am-4 pm 5:30-6:30 pm Hawthorne Walkers (ages 7-17 Cost This is a paid job and parents), Tues. & Thurs. 6:30-7:30 pm Deadline Rolling admissions Cost Evening programs are free; fees for Contact Luis Feliciano 617-524-8888 x 143 weekend activities vary Deadline FC/FS Contact [email protected] or Hostelling  617-427-0613 to register

RoxBox Project Would you like to travel, but can’t spend a fortune? Hostelling is the way to go! Hostels HYCC is accepting applications from middle provide clean, safe, low-cost and high school students interested in accommodations for travelers of all ages. serving as apprentices in a spring/summer There are 10 hostels in eastern New art-focused training and employment England, 80 in the U.S.—and more than program. 4,000 in 75 countries. The average cost is about $20 per night per person. And hostels For Ages 11-18 are great places to meet people from all Deadline FC/FS over the world. Hostelling International USA Contact [email protected] or 617- (HIUSA) offers free memberships for youth 427-0613 to register under age 18 and non-profit organizations; $28 for adults. Hostels also offer great Hispanic Office of opportunities for groups. HIUSA can provide package deals that focus on environmental Planning & and cultural awareness or help your group organize the perfect trip to suit your needs. - 22 -

You'll find everything you need to know, Canada, including MIT, Harvard, Merrimack including some great planning tools, on the and Bentley. Web site: www.hiusa.org For Ages 7-18 HIUSA's Travel Center in Somerville Locations MIT, Harvard and others provides memberships, discount air fares, Dates June-August; check site for dates European rail passes, travel guides, Hours Monday-Thursday, 9 am-5 pm; backpacks and much more. For a free Friday to 3:30 pm Cost Day camp $779 per week; check site for information pack, call or stop by: discounts and specials Deadline First Come, First Served Hostelling International USA Contact 1-888-709-TECH (8324) Eastern New England Council Web site www.internalDrive.com 218 Holland Street, Somerville 617-718-7990 IDIIL LEARNING Huntington Theatre FOUNDATION Company SAT/ISEE INTENSIVE PREP PROGRAM

In this intensive prep program for One of Boston’s best and liveliest theatres, standardized tests such as the SAT and Boston University’s Huntington Theatre ISEE (the exam schools admission test), offers after-school programs for high school students will review and strengthen the students, but not during the summer. This concepts and skills associated with each year, programs included The Acting Class test. Students will also learn and practice (grades 6-9), Young Voices Playwrighting test strategies and thinking skills that will Workshop, Scene Study, and Saturday help them get the correct answer quickly Workshops. And there's a bonus: If you and confidently. complete any after-school program, you will receive a Student Club Card which entitles For Ages 11-18 you to two free tickets to each Huntington Location Boston, Newton, Cambridge, Malden, production until your 21st birthday. Quincy, and Lexington Interested? Check their Web site for more Dates Every Friday and Saturday, July information, call now for an application, or 9-Aug. 28 apply on-line this summer (early fall at the Hours Friday 4:30-6:30 pm; Saturday 9:30 am- latest). 12:30 pm (40 hours total) Cost SATI $439; ISEE/SSAT $399; price may vary for different locations Contact 617-273-1548 Web site www.huntingtontheatre.org iD Tech Camps ACADEMIC SUMMER DAY PROGRAM Over 100,000 students ages 7-18 have created video games, websites, movies, In this discovery-based academic and C++ and Java programs, iPhone® and recreational program, children do math, Facebook® apps, robots and 3D English, and science in the morning. animations. Enroll in these fun and Afternoon activities include arts, games, challenging summer camps, located at 60 drama, and music. Students also participate prestigious universities nationwide and in many educational field trips.

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For Ages 5-13 personal narratives through graphic story Location Boston, Newton, Cambridge, telling. Gonzalez brings a long practice of Malden, Quincy and Lexington teaching teens in a museum context, and Languages Chinese will be a featured speaker at the second Dates Pre-session: June 21-July 2 Session I: annual Teen Convening in the Arts in July 6-July 30 Session II: August 2-August 27 Post-session: August 30-Sept. 3 August. A collaborative installation from the Hours 9 am-4 pm; half day 9 am-1 pm; residency will be on view on PlayDate on extended hours available (additional cost) July31, with public reception opening on Cost $489 per session full-day (field trip fee Sunday, August 1, 2010 from 3-5pm. included), $395 half-day, $145 per week for pre/post sessions or weekly enrollment (prices For High school students ages 13-19 may vary for different locations); vouchers Location 100 Northern Ave. on the waterfront accepted Dates July 27-30 Hours Tues.-Fri., 10:30 am-4:30 pm Cost Free for BPS students; Advance SUMMER COMPUTER registration required; FC/FS

CAMP Video Boot Camp In this discovery-based, project-driven and fun-filled computer program, children learn Ever want to be a video artist or filmmaker? MS Office, multimedia web design, or game Join Video Boot Camp, an intensive video, programming, depending on their level of audio and new media art program at the computer literacy. They also participate in ICA. Create group and individual new media many educational field trips. work for critique, presentation, and distribution. Students will visit the ICA For Ages 9-16 galleries to view and discuss the current Location Boston, Newton, Cambridge, exhibits. If you have dreams of being a Malden, Quincy and Lexington filmmaker or new media artist, this is the Dates July 12-August 6 program for you. (This program can be used Hours 9 am-4 pm; half day 9 am-1 pm; extended as a pre-requisite for Fast Forward, ICA's hours available (additional cost) school year program.) Cost $585 full-day (field trip fee included), $495 half-day; price may vary for different locations For High school students ages 14-18; no prior All IDIIL programs: experience necessary Deadline FC/FS Location 100 Northern Ave. on the waterfront Contact 617-426-4126 Dates August 3-6 [email protected] Hours Tues.-Fri., 11 am-5 pm Web site www.idiil.com Cost Free for BPS students (except for $10 lab

fee); ICA members $250; general

public $300 Institute of Contemporary Art Boston (ICA) Fast Forward Teen Raul Gonzalez: artist encounter for Program Teens

Teens tour the city of Boston with Raul Fast Forward is a school-year (not summer) Gonzalez and create a site-specific mural education program in which motivated teens installation at the ICA. After peer-led tours learn multimedia production to create of historical Boston with a focus on the independent documentaries. Through South End and Chinatown, teens trace discussions and ongoing video projects, - 24 - students investigate the role of community courses at a nearby college. What if you've in art and the use of digital technology in dropped out of school or have a physical film production. Participants also work with disability? You may still be eligible. Just ask. local filmmakers and other artists who share their knowledge and insight to inspire a new For Ages 16-24, U.S. citizens or legal aliens, generation of filmmakers. low income, who have graduated or dropped out of high school For Students in grades 9-12; priority for Dates Full-time, residential program, seven days BPS students; no experience needed, but a week, for up to two years application and interview are required Hours Classes are Mon.-Fri., 8 am-4 pm Location 100 Northern Ave. on the waterfront Cost None; Job Corps students are paid a Dates October-May stipend Hours One day per week, 3-6:30 pm Deadline Ongoing Cost Free Contact 1-800-733-JOBS (5627) Deadline Mid-September Web site www.jobcorps.gov Contact Joe Douillette  617-478-3133 Web site www.icaboston.org Larz Anderson Auto

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The Larz Anderson Auto Museum (formerly Job Corps is the nation’s largest residential called the Museum of Transportation) has job training program for low-income youth. It been the center of automotive activity and is a free program administered by the U. S. history ever since Larz and Isabel Dept. of Labor. If you’re 16 to 24 years old, Anderson took delivery of their 1899 Winton this may be what you're looking for—after Runabout, one of the first motorcars in high school or if you are thinking of dropping Boston. Today this tradition continues with out. This is not a summer program. A the 2010 Larz Anderson Auto Museum's commitment to Job Corps is full-time. Lawn Events. Lawn Events offer a day of Job Corps provides career guidance, job great vehicles, food, museum exhibits, and training, job placement, and follow-up activities. You can check out Pre-War support. Students who enroll in Job Corps Classics, Post-War Classics, Muscle Cars, can earn a GED, get their high school Pony Cars, Modern Exotics, Street diploma, learn a trade, take college level Machines, Customs, Hot-Rods, and courses, prepare for higher education, and Motorcycles. gain the practical and social skills they need to succeed in the workplace. While in Job For Everyone Corps, you will get free housing, meals, Location Larz Anderson Park, Brookline driver education, health care, and a Dates Most weekends, May-October Cost $5 for ages 6-15; $10 for age 16+; spending and clothing allowance. Some includes museum admission. centers have day care. There are 122 Job Hours 10 am-3 pm for lawn events Corps centers in the US, including nine in Contact 617-522-6547 x 14 New England: three in Massachusetts, two Web site www.larzanderson.org in Connecticut, two in Maine, and one each in Vermont and Rhode Island. The Massachusetts centers are in Devens, Longy School of Music Grafton and Chicopee. After your initial Teen summer sing! training, you may qualify to transfer to another site for advanced training, to enter Join in with two energetic voice teachers to into union apprenticeships, or to take work on songs from musical theater and standard classical repertoire. The weekly - 25 - class also features vocal warm-ups focused Deadline May 1; call or visit the Web site for on breath support and body alignment dates of information sessions and open house followed by group singing centered on days creating A capella arrangements of popular, Contact 1-866-MAS-CAMP(627-2267) jazz and world music. These sessions will  1-781-259-2183 Web site www.wildwoodcamp.org help young singers build confidence as they prepare to audition for high school musicals, junior and senior district competitions, and vocal ensembles. The workshop ends with Mass. College of Art and an informal performance for friends and family. Design

For Ages 14-18 During the school year, don’t miss Location One Follen Street, Cambridge Dates July 13-29 MassArt’s Saturday Studios, after school, Hours Tues. and Thurs., 4-5:30 pm and school vacation week classes and Cost $325 + $30 application fee studios. Check their Web site or call now for Deadline FC/FS April Xtreme! Week. This is an intensive Contact 617-876-0956 week of art-making for students in grades 7- Web site www.longy.edu 12 during April vacation. (There's also a February Xtreme! Week.) Choose your focus for the week—Xtreme! Drawing or Mass. Audubon Society Xtreme! Fashion. Both studios are taught by Wildwood camp practicing artists. The grand finale will be an amazing exhibition and dazzling fashion Wildwood's one and two-week overnight show in celebration of student creations. camp for ages 9-14 offers traditional For Grades 7-12 activities like campfires, sailing, and hiking, Location Huntington Ave., Boston as well as fun science and nature activities Dates April 19-23 like forest ecology, sustainable living, and Hours Mon.-Fri., 9:30 am-4:30 pm animal tracking. Older teens can come to Cost $550; scholarships based on need and Wildwood for a 3-week Leaders-in-Training available space program to enjoy the fun of camp, share Deadline April 9 their talents, explore environmental issues, Contact 617-879-7170 and help with younger campers' daily living Web site www.massart.edu, click Continuing and activities. Teens can also venture to Education beautiful locations around New England on In the summer, you can sign up for… one-week teen treks.

For Ages 9-17 Summer Studios Location Rindge, NH Dates June 27-August 21; 1- and 2-week This is an intensive, pre-college program for sessions both serious art students and serious Cost One week: $898 for MAS members; beginners. The studio-based program $973 for non-members Two weeks: $1,640 for features 2D and 3D fundamentals, Issues MAS members; $1,715 for non-members and Images, and electives in surreal Leaders-In-Training: $1,200 for MAS members; painting, printmaking, metalworking, jewelry, $1,275 for non-members Teen Treks: $998 for ceramics, filmmaking, computer animation, MAS members; $1,072 for non-members Financial aid available; call or mail for an photography, comic book art, architectural application design, and more. Field trips to artists' studios, museums, businesses and - 26 - galleries, with a final exhibition of student museums and show off your work in a final work, are included. Students also attend exhibition. All skill levels are welcome. College Day when they can participate in portfolio reviews, mock interviews, and For Students entering grades 4-9 more. This summer, high school students Location Huntington Ave., Boston can even take Summer Studios for credit. Dates July 6-16 To apply for this, you will have to submit a Hours Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-12 pm and 1-4:30 pm Cost Half-day, $575; full day, $1,150; plus $100 portfolio. application fee; many scholarships available For Students entering grades 11-12 (and grade based on need 10 by special approval) Deadline FC/FS for scholarships Location Huntington Ave., Boston Contact 617-879-7170 Dates July 19-August 14 Web site massart.edu, click Continuing Hours Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-4:30 pm Education, then click Youth Programs Cost $2,100; plus $100 application fee; many need-based scholarships available Deadline FC/FS for scholarships; April 16 for credit-bearing sections Mass. Dept. of Contact  617-879-7170 Web site massart.edu, click Continuing Conservation and Education Recreation (DCR) Summer intensives If you think you have nothing to do this Summer Intensives offers high school summer, think “DCR.” DCR’s urban students who are serious about art making recreation division operates Boston area a choice of focused studios to help develop pools, beaches, athletic fields, bike paths, technical skills and build studio practice. camp sites, golf courses, sailing sites, and Studio choices include a range of disciplines tennis courts. And there's more: hiking in both fine art and design. Students will trails, rock climbing, natural history have the opportunity to develop work for their programs, workshops, fishing, canoeing, portfolio. ball fields, playgrounds, theatre, bandstands, concerts, basketball, boat For Students entering grades 10-12 landings, golf, and museums. All DCR Location Huntington Ave., Boston activities are free or low-cost. Dates July 6-16 Hours Mon.-Fri., 9:30 am-1 pm and Contact 617-626-1274 1:30-5 pm Web site www.mass.gov/dcr Cost Half-day, $575; full day, $1,150; plus $100 application fee; many scholarships available based on need LIFE GUARD TRAINING Deadline FC/FS for scholarships Contact 617-879-7170 Do you enjoy swimming? Why not get paid Web site www.massart.edu, click Continuing for it? DCR and Dorchester House Education, then click Youth Programs collaborate to offer two training tracks: Creative Vacation Guard Start and Life Guard Training. Guard Start provides basic training in swim Express yourself this summer! You can take technique and endurance, water safety and morning and afternoon studios in drawing, first aid. The goal of the program is to painting, sculpture, architecture, prepare students for the Life Guard photography, fashion design, computer Certification program. Life Guard Training animation, and more. You'll also explore provides structured water safety and life saving training as well as CPR for the professional certification and First Aid AED - 27 - certification. The program guarantees youth When July 6-31 who pass the certification program Hours Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4 pm employment at DCR pools. Cost Free; light breakfast and lunch are included For Guard Start: ages 12-17 years who are Deadline April 2 aspiring lifeguards who require skills Contact Erin Salius  617-324-4340 development and training Life Guard Training: [email protected] age 16 (by June 15) and older Web site web.mit.edu/msbp Dates Test dates: March 7-May 22, 9 am-1 pm Check the MIT Web site next January and Location Dorchester House Multi-Service apply for STEM and MITES (described Center below). Unfortunately, application deadlines Cost Free; lifeguards will earn over $400 per for summer 2010 may have already passed. week. Contact Nate Caverly  617-740-2234 or 617- STEM (Science Technology 445-2099 [email protected] Engineering and Math Program) Web site www.dorchesterhouse.org MIT offers a free program for talented middle school students who want to get Massachusetts Institute of ahead in math and the sciences. Taught by college students, the program combines Technology (MIT) lectures, projects and experiments with learning. You'll play a racquet sport, take field trips to places like the Museum of Right across the Charles River in Cambridge Science, and meet some very interesting is one of the best universities in the country people—perhaps the next Mars robot and one of the hardest to get into: MIT. But you can go to MIT while you're still in high scientist! STEM students receive one-on- school— and take courses taught by MIT one mentoring, and their parents can attend students and professors. They offer many workshops that show them how to help you choices, year round. Here's one for summer: go farther in school and in life.

SCIENCE OF BASEBALL PROGRAM For BPS and Cambridge Public Schools (MSBP) students entering grades 6-9 in September who have good grades and are interested in math, science and discovery MIT offers a free summer program aimed at When July 5-August 6 improving the mathematics and science Hours Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5 pm skills of entering eighth grade boys from Cost Free; breakfast and lunch are included Boston, Cambridge, Allston and Brighton by Deadline March 15 (plan ahead for next year) building on their interest in baseball to learn Contact Erin  617-253-8051 physics and math. The program integrates Web site www.web.mit.edu/stem/ academic and athletic components, connecting student experiences and Minority Introduction to academic topics. Participating students will Engineering and Science (MITES) learn to master a number of statistical operations, collect numerical data at every MITES (Minority Introduction to Engineering opportunity, and use it to describe their and Science) is a rigorous, six-week, baseball-playing experiences. residential, academic enrichment summer program for promising high school juniors For Boys entering grades 8 and 9 from Boston, who are interested in studying and exploring Cambridge, Brighton and Allston; must be U.S. careers in science, engineering, and citizens or permanent residents entrepreneurship. Location MIT, 777 Mass. Ave., Cambridge - 28 -

For Students in grade 11; minorities and other Deadline April 30 for deposit; FC/FS; qualified underrepresented segments of the population students are accepted in the order they apply; Cost Free space is limited Deadline Apply in January for summer 2011 Contact  617-373-5934 Contact 617-253-8052 [email protected] Web site www.mathpower.neu.edu/academy Web site web.mit.edu/mites

Mayor’s Youth Council Mass Motion dance Summer Dance Camp The City of Boston, in partnership with the Boston Bar Association and Northeastern Mass Motion’s Teen Camp Intensive offers University, sponsors the Mayor's Youth beginners to advanced students an Council—36 teens from across the city that opportunity to dance in a professional listen to youth concerns and advise Mayor environment. In addition, they have classes Menino on youth issues. City leaders, and camps for dancers of all ages. including the police commissioner and superintendent of schools, also talk with— For Teen Intensive: ages 12-18 and listen to— Council representatives. Location N. Beacon St., Brighton, a short walk Youth Council members reach out to help from the MBTA Green Line connect teens in their neighborhoods to Dates July 12-16, August 9-13 and Teen Intensive: August 16-20 resources. They also meet twice a month at Hours Mon.-Fri., 10 am-3 pm; extended hours City Hall to develop positive solutions to available youth issues. Check out the Mayor's Youth Cost $250 per week; $450 for two weeks; $600 Council Web site for information about MYC for three weeks; extended day $5 per hour projects and for resource guides created by Deadline FC/FS the teens. If you are in the Class of 2011 or Contact 617-562-0550 2012, or an alternative education program, Web site www.massmotiondance.com you can apply on-line.

For Students entering grades 11-12 who live in MATHPOWER Boston Dates Year-round ALGEBRA PLUS SUMMER CAMP Hours About 10 hours a month: two evening meetings, 5:45-7:45 pm at City Hall, plus MathPower Algebra Plus Camp is a five- workshops and community service week day camp aimed at strengthening Cost None; this is volunteer work students’ math skills, broadening their Deadline April 15 interests, helping them gain self-confidence, Contact Patty McMahon  617-635-4490 and preparing them for college. In the [email protected] afternoon, students can choose from a Web site www.bostonyouthzone.com/myc range of clubs and sports and go on weekly trips in the Boston area. Mayor’s Youthline For Students entering grades 6-9 in September 2010 Location Northeastern University, Boston This on-line resource/talk line is open campus weekdays,12 noon-8 pm (10 am-6 pm Dates July 6-August 6 during vacations and summer). The Hours Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-4 pm; Youthline is staffed by peer “listeners” who Cost $625; financial aid available to qualified families; once child is accepted, $100 non- can tell you about activities, employment, refundable deposit by April 30 sports leagues, camps, internships, health issues, support programs, government and - 29 - legal services, and much more. The teens swimming lessons, dance, theater, sports, at the Youthline also publish the Boston arts and crafts, and more. Youth Zone monthly e-newsletter packed For Mass. residents ages 8-16 with events, contests and youth resources. Location South Athol, MA Transportation Provided from Boston Contact 617-635-2240 Dates Session 1: June 27-July 8, Session 2: [email protected] July 11-22 Session 3: July 25-August 5 Session Web site www.bostonyouthzone.com 4: August 8-19 Cost Sliding scale based on family income, with rates as low as $125 per session Medicine Wheel Deadline FC/FS; space is limited Contact 617-541-1253 Productions [email protected] Public Art Internship Web site www.goodwillmass.org

The Medicine Wheel Youth Program is a paid employment program in South Boston (MS)2—Math & Science for youth ages 14 to 18. In summer, for students work 25 hours a week for 8 weeks on various individual and group projects as Minority Students part of the main Medicine Wheel public art projects. The season culminates with a If you’ll be in grade 8 in the fall, have a Community Day and performance and strong interest in math and science, and are showcasing of the summer's African- American, Latino or Native accomplishments in gardening, American, you may be eligible for the 2011 landscaping, environmental work on the (MS)2 program. If selected, you'll spend five site, sculpture, drawing, poetry and weeks in each of the three summers after bookmaking. grades 9, 10 and 11 living at Phillips Academy in Andover. You'll take math, For Youth ages 14-18 who live in South science and English courses, as well as Boston and/or attend Odyssey High career and college counseling workshops. School After class, you'll choose from all kinds of Location South Boston activities such as sports, dance, field trips, Dates July 6-August 20 college visits, and much more. And it's all Hours 8 am-6 pm free! It's too late to apply for this summer, Cost Interns are paid $8 per hour through BYF or ABCD SummerWorks but you can ask to have your name put on Deadline FC/FS the mailing list for an application to next Contact 617-268-6700 summer's program. [email protected] Web site medicinewheelproductions.org For African-American, Latino, or Native American students attending the BPS entering grade 9 in fall 2011. Applicants must complete Morgan Memorial Goodwill one year of algebra by June 2011. Dates July-August, 5 weeks Industries Cost Free Fresh Air Camp Deadline Pre-application form due early December 2010; call by November for an At Fresh Air Camp, youth can have fun, application build spirit, and develop academic, social Contact Colleen Pelletier 1-978-749-4402 and leadership skills. Campers gain a new Web site www.andover.edu/ms2/ appreciation for literacy, math, science and technology and become more motivated, confident learners. Recreation includes - 30 -

free training in science education and Museum of Fine Arts robotics. More information, requirements Studio Art Classes & Workshops and applications will be available on their Web site in April. The museum also has Whether you are a beginner or a college- paid internships for high school students— bound artist, you can take studio art classes but you must complete 50 hours as a at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) this volunteer to be eligible, and applicants summer. Try your hand at drawing, painting, should register with the Boston Youth Fund printmaking and mixed media in these 4-5 (BYF) Hopeline. So plan ahead for next day intensives. During April vacation week, summer! the MFA offers a 4-day intensive class in basic drawing. For Ages 14-18 Location Science Park, Boston, on the MBTA For Ages 12-18 Green Line Dates July- August Dates Early July-early September Hours Daily Hours Approximately 7-10 hours per week Cost About $200 (members)-$240 Cost None for volunteer program; interns are (nonmembers); limited financial aid paid Deadline FC/FS Deadline FC/FS; applications available on-line Contact For all MFA Learning Programs: 617- Contact [email protected] or 617-589-0380 369-3295 [email protected] Web site www.mos.org Web site www.mfa.org/calendar; click Studio Art Classes Museum of science Summer Courses

Glass, metalworking and more The Museum of Science offers lots of summer courses for students in grades 1-9 The Museum of Fine Arts is partnering with in science, technology, and engineering, Diablo Glass, Stonybrook Fine Arts and the from lasers and video games to mini- Eliot School to present summer classes for medical school. Check their Web site for teens in glass art, jewelry making, welding, complete information. stone art, woodworking, sewing, and more. All tools and materials are supplied. For Students entering grades 1-8 who are Museum of Science members For Ages 12-19 Dates July 6-August 13: one-week courses Dates June-August Hours 9 am-12 pm and/or 1-4 pm; half-day and Hours Vary by class full-day courses Cost About $650 Mon.-Fri.; $395 weekend; Cost $275 per 1-week, half-day course; $195 Saturday $550 per 1-week, full-day course; limited financial Deadline FC/FS; classes limited to 9-12 aid available students Deadline FC/FS Contact 617-723-2500 Contact For all studio programs: 617-369-3295 Web site www.mos.org [email protected]

Web site mfa.org/calendar; click Studio Art Classes MYTOWN: MULTICULTURAL Museum of Science Youth Volunteer/Internship Program YOUTH TOUR OF WHAT’S NOW The Museum of Science has many exciting volunteer positions for teens ages 14-18. As a youth volunteer, you might greet visitors in Explore neighborhood history and diversity; the lobby, explain exhibits, or work with experience youth leadership and community computers. In addition, you can also receive building. Examine urban issues and citizen - 31 - activism. Exercise your mind and body. During the summer, high school students in New England Aquarium MYTOWN are involved in an intensive Summer Teen Intern Program curriculum with a focus on family, personal, and neighborhood history that develops If you’re looking for a unique, fun, and their communication, leadership, research, educational way to spend your summer critical thinking and cultural competency vacation, the New England Aquarium may skills. Youth Guides also deliver be the place for you. The Summer Teen presentations, workshops and walking tours Internship Program is a great opportunity for to a variety of audiences throughout the teens to challenge themselves and learn summer. useful skills while earning money. Internships are available in various For Boston residents, ages 14-18 departments throughout the Aquarium, such Location 70 Burbank St., Fenway as in education and the gift shop. To apply, Dates July 6-August 20; separate school year you must have registered on the Boston program runs January-May Youth Fund (BYF) Hopeline. Over the Hours Summer: Mon.-Thurs., 10 am-4 pm; and course of the summer, teens will also be Fri., 10 am-1 pm Cost None; stipends start at $8.00 per hour for the paid to attend at least one environmental summer program (some through the Boston Youth leadership workshop and field trip to places Fund/PIC) like Thompson Island, the Marine Science Deadline May 9; registration starts April 1 Sea Coast Center in Nahant, and hiking in Contact Vanessa Savas  617-536-TOWN the Blue Hills. All first-time interns will attend (8696) x 13 a weekly career skills development Email [email protected] workshop. Web site www.mytowninc.org

Boston walking tours, workshops, for For Boston residents ages 15-17 who have youth, residents and summer programs registered on the BYF Hopeline Dates June 30-August 18

Cost Interns are paid $7.50 an hour MYTOWN’s historical walking tours, led by Deadline March 26 youth, are the perfect activity to bring family Contact Teens Program Office 617-973-6745 and friends together, young and old. [email protected] Examine urban issues and citizen activism. Web site www.neaq.org Exercise your mind and body. MYTOWN also can lead activities for summer programs; their “Energizers” workshops New England show youth how to explore their own history Conservatory and leadership skills. Programs can sign-up NEC Festival Youth Orchestra for one hour sessions or a six week series.

For Students entering grades 3-12 and their If you are a musician at the intermediate or families advanced level, check out NEC’s three- Location South End and Lower Roxbury week summer youth orchestra. Activities Dates July 14-August 28 include full orchestral rehearsals, sectional Hours Tours and workshops offered on Tues. and rehearsals, chamber music coaching, Wed., 10:30 am and 2 pm; Fri., 1 pm master classes, mock auditions, individual Cost $10 per child, $15 per adult practice, a chamber music concert, a day Deadline May 9; registration starts April 1 Contact Vanessa Savas trip, and a final concert in NEC's historic  617-536-TOWN (8696) x 13 Jordan Hall. [email protected] Web site www.mytowninc.org For Students ages 13-18 who are intermediate to advanced-level musicians on strings, brass, winds, piano, and percussion - 32 -

Location NEC, 290 Huntington Ave. Dates July 5-23 Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-3:30 pm New Repertory Theatre Cost $1,885 plus $35 registration; discount of Summer Studio $300 for each sibling Deadline FC/FS New Rep Summer Studio is a month-long Contact Sean Hagon  617-585-1125 program geared towards high school [email protected] students who are interested in acting and Web site exploring various techniques and www.necmusic.edu/continuingeducation/summe approaches to develop the craft of acting. r-programs/summer-institutes Summer Studio will end with 3 public

Vocal Vacation Urban Choral Arts performances of a play the students will Viva Voce & Chamber Singers create together.

For Student actors entering grades 9-12, or just Vocal Vacation is a cross-cultural summer post-graduation music choral festival urban and suburban Location Watertown (next to the Arsenal Mall) children and teens gather together for Dates July 5-August 1 friendship and song. It features daily group Hours Mon- Fri., 9 am-3:30 pm music classes, daily chorus practice, African Cost $950; non-refundable deposit of $250 due drumming, folk dancing, recorder, drama, at registration Yoga, puppet making, and treks to local art Deadline April 15 for $50 discount; FC/FS museums. Programs can accommodate Contact: Bridget O’Leary 617-923-7060 x 204 children who are not fluent in English. [email protected] Web site www.newrep.org/studio.php#Summer For Viva Voce: Boys and girls, grades 5-8 Chamber Singers: Boys and girls grades 9-12 Newton Community Farm Location 241 St. Botolph Street (off Farmer in training Huntington Ave.)

Dates July 6-17 Hours Viva Voce: Mon.-Fri., 9:30 am-4 pm, Spend a week outdoors learning to plant, Chamber Singers: 1:30-4:30 pm maintain, and harvest a farm garden. Cost Viva Voce: $800; $700 early bird Discover how food is produced while you Chamber Singers: $450; $375 early bird work at the farm, maintain garden plots at Full scholarships, need-based awards, and Nahanton Park and grow food for the sliding fee scale available Newton Food Pantry. Each weekly session Deadline April 1 for early bird discount will include gardening, community lunches Contact Sean Hagon  617-585-1125 and different discussions relating to social Web site justice and sustainable agriculture. www.necmusic.edu/continuingeducation/summe r-programs/summer-institutes For Students entering grades 6-8 Location Newton Teen Apprentice Scholarship Dates Weekly sessions: July 5-August 27 Hours Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-1:30 pm This is a program for teens with extremely Cost $135 for Friends of the Farm; $150 for strong musical Interests and skills. Strong general public preference will be given to past Vocal Deadline FC/FS; space is limited Vacation participants who participants who Contact 617-916-9655 attended 2 or more summers. Typically one Web site www.newtoncommunityfarm.org, click scholarship will be awarded per year. The on Education > Farmer-in-Training Apprentice-Scholar will receive a stipend. ABCD SummerWorks Job Contact Joanne Crowell  617-585-1125 [email protected] - 33 -

Are you looking for an interesting summer Parker Hill/Fenway job? Do you want to make money and learn NSC...... 617-445-6000 some useful skills? If you’re 14-21 years old Roxbury Multi-Service and live in Boston, you may be eligible for Center...... 617-427-4470 Summerworks. In Summerworks, you will South Boston Action Center...... 617-269-5160 work at one of hundreds of non-profit South End NSC agencies in the city, doing jobs like (SNAP)...... 617-267-7400 answering phones or helping in a day care center. You’ll earn $8.00 an hour for a 20- - If you don’t have a Social Security number, hour work week. How do you apply? Call visit ssa.gov or call 1-800-772-1213. the office nearest where you live. Find out - If you are male and will be 18 by July 1, the hours to pick up an application. Then, register right away for Selective Service at any read and complete the application carefully post office. with a parent or guardian. Attach necessary - If you need help with any of this, call your local documentation: proof of residence, proof of APAC or NSC, listed in this box. age, and proof of family income. If you are under 18, your parent or guardian has to sign the application. Return it as soon as NORTHEASTERN possible to the office where you picked it up. Be sure to keep a copy. UNIVERSITY MARINE SCIENCE CENTER For Teens and youth ages 14-24 who live in Boston and whose families are income eligible COASTAL OCEAN SCIENCE ACADEMY Dates July-August Hours Between 9 am and 5 pm, including 20 Interested in the ocean and marine hours of paid work science? Learn about local marine habitats Cost None; you will be paid $8.00 an hour if like the rocky and sandy beach, go on a selected whale watch, visit marine research facilities, Deadline ASAP and get your feet wet. Participants will be Contact ABCD in your neighborhood introduced to field sampling techniques, Web site www.summerworks.net invasive species monitoring, beach clean-

Allston/Brighton up, benthic organism surveys, and more. APAC...... 617-783-1485 Asian American Civic Association For Students entering grade 9 and 10 (Chinatown)...... 617-426-9492 Location Marine Science Center, Nahant MA Boston Hispanic Dates August 9-21; Parent & Student Center...... 617-348-6565 Orientation July 28 at 6 pm Dorchester Hours Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-3 pm NSC...... 617-288-2700 Transportation From Northeastern; $100 Dorchester NSC Talbot additional Ave...... 617-282-2572 Cost $850 for 2-week program; $300 deposit East Boston upon acceptance; scholarships based on APAC...... 617-567-8857 financial need Elm Hill FSC Deadline FC/FS (Roxbury)...... 617-442-5900 Contact Carole McCauley 1-781-581-7370 x321 Jamaica Plain APAC...... 617-522-4250 Web site & 617-522-4830 www.marinesciencecenter.yolasite.com/summer John F. Kennedy (Charlestown) -programs.php FSC...... 617-241-8866 Mattapan Family Service NORTHEASTERN Center...... 617-298-1785 North End/West End UNIVERSITY NSC...... 617-523-8125 Young Scholars Program - 34 -

The Young Scholars Program offers future scientists and engineers a unique Princeton University opportunity for hands-on experience while Summer Journalism Program still in high school. Students work in state- of-the-art research laboratories on The Summer Journalism Program is a fun, Northeastern University's campus, gain fast paced introduction to the world of knowledge of the college application journalism for low-income students with process and career counseling through excellent academic records. It's too late to seminars and field trips, and experience apply for this summer, but make a note to college life. apply next winter. During their 10 days on campus, program participants live in For Mass. residents now in grades 10 and 11 Princeton University dorms, attend seminars who have an aptitude in mathematics and with professional journalists, and work side- science (grades of A or B in both) and an by-side with Princeton undergraduates and interest in studying science or engineering alumni who volunteer as coaches and Location Northeastern University, Boston mentors. Dates June 28-August 5 Hours Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 am-4:30 pm For Low-income students currently in grade 11; Cost Free must have 3.5 GPA Deadline April 9 Location Princeton, NJ Contact 617-373-8380 Dates 10 days in July-August Web site www.youngscholars.neu.edu Cost None; transportation from Boston, full room and board, and all expenses are provided Piers Park Sailing Center Deadline Early February 2011 (plan ahead!) [email protected] Summer Youth Programs Web site www.princeton.edu/sjp

The Piers Park Sailing Center offers a sailing program for youth ages 10 and up. Morning sessions are for beginners, and Project R.I.S.E. afternoon sessions are for more experienced sailors. Besides learning to Could you use a little academic support this sail, the program focuses on leadership and summer? Project R.I.S.E may be for you. It team building, improving self-esteem, and provides help in math, language arts, developing an appreciation of the natural science, history, study skills, and SAT/ACT environment of Boston Harbor. It is fully test prep. There are also activities to inclusive for youth with physical and develop social and cooperative learning cognitive disabilities. skills.

For Ages 10-18 (entering grades 5-12); basic For Students of color entering grades 3-11 who swimming skills and health/immunization record live in and near Boston required; adaptive gear available for sailors with Location Grades 6-11: Thayer Academy in disabilities; wheel chair accessible. Braintree, MA Location East Boston, in Piers Park near the Transportation Provided from greater Boston Maverick T-stop on the Blue Line Dates June 28-August 13 Dates One-week sessions from June 29- Hours Approx. 7:15 am (bus pickup)-5:15 pm August 21; check the Web site for details. Cost $1,200 for 8 weeks plus $50 application Hours 9 am-12 pm or 1-4 pm fee; includes transportation, breakfast, lunch, Cost None; donations appreciated academics, activities and field trips; limited Deadline Ongoing financial assistance Contact 617-561-6677 Deadline May 17 Web site www.piersparksailing.org Contact 1-781-664-2262 [email protected] Website www.projectrise.com - 35 -

For Boys and girls ages 10-15 Riverside Theatre Works Location Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center Dates 1-week sessions: June 28-July 2; At the RTW Summer Theatre Program, August 2-6; August 16-20 students get to produce a musical show and Cost $100 per week; lunch provided learn the many aspects associated with a Deadline FC/FS full-scale production. Along with theatre Contact 617-541-2478 experience they also learn discipline and Web site social skills. Exposing students at a young www.rcc.mass.edu/Athletics/default.html age to theatre increases their self- confidence and their ability to communicate clearly, and exposes them to working as a team. SAMARITANS OF BOSTON Teen Roadway Boot Camp SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

The Teen Musical Theatre Production Would you like to "be there" for people who program presents acclaimed, edgy hits. are struggling with loneliness, depression or Teens work every day for four weeks on suicidal feelings? Strengthen your listening presenting a fully staged, costumed, skills? Gain experience in a non-profit choreographed production. This summer’s human service agency? Volunteering with show is Pippin. Auditions are required, but The Samaritans may be for you. The anyone who auditions will receive a role. If Samaritans offer kind, compassionate you want to audition for a lead, prepare a listening to struggling individuals in the song from the show. Others can prepare Boston area. As a volunteer summer intern, any upbeat song. you will help staff the Samaritans 24-hour line during the summer months. All interns For Ages 13-19 must complete an intensive weekend Dates July 12-August 6; free audition class May 11, 7-8 pm training course. After training, interns must Hours Mon.-Fri., 4 pm-9 pm (and occasionally commit to working on the 24-hour line at during the day) least eight hours per week through August Cost $500 for 4 weeks at the Samaritans office. Volunteers are Deadline Auditions: May 27; 7-9 pm; contact the needed year-round, so summer interns are office to sign up welcome to continue volunteering during the Contact 617-361-7024 call to schedule an school year. audition Web site www.rtwboston.org For Ages 15 and up who are good listeners and complete the training course Location Near Downtown Crossing Roxbury Community Dates Early June-late August Hours 24 hours every day; volunteers commit to College eight hours per week Think Smart Basketball Academy Cost None; this is volunteer work Deadline June 1 The Think Smart Basketball Academy offers Contact 617-536-2460 Web site www.samaritanshope.org/volunteer a year-round program for groups and individuals who want to improve their basketball skills. In addition to skill building, students will participate in short blocks of School of Groove math and English and MCAS review. Camp Groove - 36 -

Contact Dr. Jamie Hutchinson 1-413-528-7231 Join the band this summer, and learn what it Web site www.simons-rock.edu (link is on takes to be a rock musician! Learn from bottom left) experienced rock musicians, record original music, and rock out in concert. Camp Smith College Groove is a summer rock camp series for Summer Science and Engineering Program beginning, intermediate, and advanced for High School Girls students. Advanced Camp will bring together the best of the best students of SSEP is a four-week residential program for rock. Campers will work together in a band exceptional young women with strong to prepare a rock opera. interests in science, engineering and medicine. Each July, select high school For Ages 8-18; audition required for Advanced students from across the country and Camp Location Cambridge and Lexington abroad come to Smith College in western Dates Advanced Camp: July 5-31 Camp Mass. (one of the best colleges in the U.S.) Groove: August 2-14 to do hands-on research with Smith faculty Hours 10 am-4 pm, early drop-off at 9 am, pick- in the life and physical sciences and in up by 5 pm engineering. Cost $1,700 for Advance Camp; $900 for Rock Camp For Girls entering grades 9-12 Deadline May 1 Location Northampton, MA Contact 617-868-1118 Dates July 4-31 Web site www.schoolofgroove.com Cost $4,800; but more than half of participants receive financial aid, including some full scholarships Simon’s Rock College of Deadline May 1; apply early Bard Contact 413-585-3060 Web site Young Writers Workshop www.smith.edu/summerprograms/ssep

Do you love to write? Here’s a unique program to help you develop your voice as a writer. Unlike conventional workshops, Snow Farm Simon’s Rock focuses on using informal, Summer High School Program expressive writing as a way to strengthen skills of language and thinking. While living For years, Snow Farm in western Mass. on campus, you will participate in Has been a mecca for people of all ages workshops and readings and enjoy the interested in arts and traditional New theatre, dance, and music offerings England crafts. If you're one of the lucky 60 available in the surrounding Berkshire students who get to go to their Summer in region. Admission is selective: you will need Arts residential program, you'll live and work to submit an essay and teacher's on the farm in Williamsburg with a faculty of recommendation. artists. Some of the classes you might take: photography, ceramics, metalsmithing and For Socially mature and academically motivated jewelry making, drawing and painting, glass students entering grades 9-12 blowing and textile art. You might even get Location Great Barrington, MA high school credit; ask your guidance Dates July 25-August 14 counselor. Cost $2,325; includes room and board; some need-based financial aid available For Ages 14-18 Deadline Rolling admissions; April 15 for Location Williamsburg, MA Dorothy West Scholarship (application is on their Dates June 27-July 10 and July 11-24 Web site) - 37 -

Cost $2,800 for 2 weeks; $5,400 for 4 weeks; on computer lab projects, basic computer full and partial scholarships available training (including computer skill certification Deadline FC/FS courses), and other recreational and Contact 1-413-268-3101 educational activities—and they get to use Web site www.snowfarm.org Sociedad Latina's brand new recording

studio.

For Summer Seedlines Program Youth Sociedad Latina Leaders-in-Training: ages 13-14 Youth Community Organizing and Check out these opportunities for self- Music Club house: ages 14-18, registered with improvement and fun this summer with BYF or ABCD Sociedad Latina. Health Careers for Youth: ages 16-21 Location Mission Hill/Roxbury

Dates July 5-August 20 The Summer Seedlings Program is an Hours 9 am-4 pm enriching recreational and educational Cost Seedlings: $250; financial aid available; program with a focus on leadership. It goes sliding fee scale for families with more than 2 above and beyond other summer programs, children attending; vouchers must be through taking its participants to new places and the application process experiences. If you are ages 13-14, you can Deadline June 1 for Seedlings; rolling basis for attend for free as a Youth Leader-in- other programs Training. If you are ages 15-18 and Contact Jimmy Wyman 617-442-4299 x 120 registered with ABCD or the BYF Hopeline, Web site www.sociedadlatina.org you may be eligible for a part-time summer job as an Education Youth Leader. South Boston Summer

Youth Community Organizers trains youth Collaborative to advocate for healthy choices for youth and to organize around community issues The South Boston Summer Collaborative that affect youth and their families, including includes the Tynan Community Center, the Mission Hill Youth Noise. You will Condon Community Center, South Boston receive training in public speaking, writing Boys & Girls Club, South Boston editorials, community outreach, and Neighborhood House and Old Colony. They understanding the political system. If you run programs and camps for all ages. are 14-18 and interested in getting involved in your community, why not apply? For Pre-Teen Bus (daily trips): Ages 12-14 Teen Leadership & Teen Jobs: Ages 13-18 Health Careers for Youth is a medical Location South Boston career exploration program that provides Transportation None to site; field trip buses internships at local hospitals, field trips to provided college campuses, help with academic and Dates July 6-August 20 Hours 9 am-3 pm work skills, and an overnight experience at Cost Juniors & Fun in the Sun: $250 for 7 weeks. a local college. Applicants must be ages 14- Pre-Teen Bus: $300 for 7 weeks. All programs: 21, in or out of school, and interested in the sliding fee scale; financial assistance available medical field. Deadline Registration begins early to mid May; then FC/FS Sonic Life is a technology career Contact  617-268-1619 x 28 exploration program. Teen tech tutors learn about and teach topics such as computer Sportsmen’s Tennis Club maintenance, music production, recording Tennis Camp lyrics, and creating videos. Tech tutors work - 38 -

STC summer camp provides a total experience. Youth receive outstanding CCA manages scholarships for several tennis instruction from experienced overnight camps serving campers ages 7- coaches, along with educational enrichment 17. If you want to go to camp but need from a team of educators who “serve up financial assistance, contact their Overnight knowledge." Campers will have the Scholarship Program. opportunity to be part of a USTA Pro Circuit Tournament in July. National Camp Association, Inc. (overnight camp only) For Ages 8-17 1-800-966-CAMP (2267) Location 950 Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester www.summercamp.org Dates July 6-August 27 Hours 9 am-5 pm; extended day available at Student Camp & Trip Advisors extra cost 617-558-7005 or 1-800-542-1233 Cost Full-day $175 per week; half-day $125 per www.campadvisors.com week; Tournament Camp (ages 9-17) $250 full- Here are four low-cost overnight camps day only; $175 half-day; plus $50 registration; vouchers accepted popular with Boston teens and pre-teens. All Deadline FC/FS offer financial aid. Contact 617-288-9092 [email protected] Agassiz Village, in Poland, Maine. Web site www.sportsmenstennisclub.org Inclusive program for able and disabled campers.  1-781-860-0200 www.agassizvillage.com Summer Camp Northwoods for boys and Pleasant Valley Dozens of camps in our area welcome for girls, in Tuftonboro, N. H. Sponsored by campers through the mid-teen years. Some YMCA of Greater Boston. 617-927-8032 are day programs in and near Boston. Others www.ymcacamp.net are overnight camps in rural New England and beyond. If you are 14 or older, you could be a Brantwood Camp in Peterborough, N.H. Counselor (or Leader) in Training. Older teens Serves youth ages 11-15 whose families can work as counselors. For free help finding a camp or camp job, contact: might not otherwise be able to afford an overnight camp. Most campers are American Camp Association, New sponsored by social service agencies, England schools, churches and youth organizations. 1-866-534-2267 www.acane-camps.org 1-603-924-3542 www.brantwood.org

ACA is the only national organization that For more camp listings for middle school- accredits summer camps. ACA-accredited age kids, pick up a copy of Summer Stuff camps must meet more than 300 standards Jr. 2010 in BPS schools, public libraries and that affect health and safety, staffing, camp community centers—or read it on the Web: management, programs and facilities. ACA www.bostonpublicschools.org/summer New England provides free referrals by telephone or via the internet to families looking for overnight camps. ACANE also Teen Voices Magazine provides a free Summer Camp Guide that SHOUT! Mentoring Program lists all of the ACA-accredited day and overnight camps in New England. SHOUT! stands for Sisters Helping Other Unheard Teens—and that’s just what Teen Cambridge Camping Association Voices does. Teen Voices is all about  617-864-0960 www.cambridgecamping.org - 39 - supporting and educating teen girls to Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm or 1-4 pm amplify their voices and create social Registration www.tenacity.org or 617-562- change through media. How does it all 0900 x27 happen? Through production of Teen Voices and Teen Voices on-line, their Thompson Island Outward national and worldwide magazines by and about teen women. In both editions, you will Bound find articles on self-esteem, racism, sexism, Summer Expeditions culture and health, as well as poetry, fiction, and much more. As you work on Teen Looking for adventure? Join Summer Voices and Teen Voices on-line, SHOUT! Expeditions and you can sea kayak through teaches writing and editing, job readiness, Boston Harbor, sail along the research, interviewing, media analysis, Massachusetts coastline, backpack, rock research methods, and life and leadership climb and canoe in the White Mountains, skills—all wrapped up in an exciting, and go climbing on Thompson Island. empowering social justice package. Outward Bound courses emphasize How do you get into SHOUT!? You can be leadership, teamwork, self confidence, fun referred by your school support coordinator and adventure. Visit their Web site to learn or guidance counselor, a teacher, an more about their many summer options, agency, or someone from another program including: Connecting with Courage for you’ve been in. You must be connected to girls ages 12-13 (12 days); Passages for some summer funding source in order to be boys ages 12-13 (12 days); and a part of the summer program at Teen Environmental Expeditions (14 days), a Voices. sailing and marine biology adventure for boys and girls ages 14-17. For Young women ages 14-18, primarily low- income who attend BPS For Ages 12-17 Location 80 Summer St., downtown Boston Dates June 27-August 15; 12-day and 14-day Dates July 5-August 13 sessions Hours 10 am-5 pm (hours vary) Cost Connecting with Courage and Cost Teens get paid if registered with the BYF Passages: $2,195; Environmental Hopeline, ABCD summer job funding program, Expeditions, $2,650; includes application fee; or the Private Industry Council (PIC) need-based financial aid available Deadline March 15; FC/FS Deadline ASAP Contact Saun Green, Teen Program Director Contact 617-328-3900 x 144 or 142 617-426-5505 x 18 or Peer Leaders 617-426- [email protected] 5505 x 19 Web site www.thompsonisland.org

Tenacity Tony Williams Dance Summer Tennis and Reading Program Center

This summer’s program, presented in partnership with Boston Centers for Youth & Learn to dance this summer, right in Families (BCYF),is better than ever. It Jamaica Plain. The Tony Williams Dance includes tennis lessons, literacy, and Center, home of the Tony Williams School fitness. Equipment is provided. of Dance and BalletRox, offers classes in ballet, modern, tap, jazz, hip hop, African, For Ages 6-16 Mexican folk, belly dance and salsa. Locations In most Boston neighborhoods; 23 sites in all For Summer Dance Camp and Theater Dates July 6-August 13; register for 2-6 weeks Cost Very low cost; call for details - 40 -

Arts Camp: ages 6-14, beginner and intermediate dancers Advanced Dancer Are you interested in a university education Intensive: ages 11 and older but not sure of your abilities and goals? Location 284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain Directions for Student Potential may be for Dates Summer Dance Camp: July 12-16 and you. DSP is for motivated students who do July 19-23 Theater Arts Camp: August 23-27 not meet UMass Boston's admission Advanced Dancer Intensive: August 16-20 Hours Camps: 9 am-3 pm Advanced Dancer requirements but demonstrate the potential Intensive: call for details to succeed in college. It also helps prepare Cost Camps $325 per week; call for pricing on adults who would like to improve their Advanced Dancer Intensive; discounts for academic skills. DSP is a free, competitive, multiple weeks and siblings; some scholarship 6-week summer program that prepares assistance available students for academic success at UMass Contact 617-524-4381 [email protected] Boston by helping them improve their Web site www.TonyWilliamsDanceCenter.com language, math, critical thinking and study skills. More than 4,500 students have Tufts Summer Study graduated from the program. Students who successfully complete DSP are admitted to UMB's College of Arts and Sciences in the Just an MBTA ride away in Medford, Tufts fall. University offers Tufts Summer Study, a great way to find out what college is really For Students who have a high school diploma or like and get a head start on your college equivalent, are Mass. residents, and plan to career. If you are in grade 10 or 11 now, enter UMass Boston as a freshman you can apply for the Writing Program, an Location UMass Boston, Dorchester intensive workshop focusing on analytical Dates June 14-July 23 Hours 8:30 am-1:30 pm or 5-9 pm; 9 am-12 pm and creative writing; the Health Science or 6-9 pm for English language learners Honors Program, a course for students who Cost Free plan to enter the world of medicine; and the Deadline May 1 Ethics & Global Citizenship Program, a Contact Polly Welsh  617-287-6550 course that examines the ethics and Web site www.umb.edu/academics/dsp/ philosophy of controversial issues such as war, cloning, gay marriage and the death penalty. If you are in grade 11, you also can Summer Transportation Institute apply for College for Juniors and choose from more than 30 Tufts courses. In this unique program at UMass Boston, students explore the many opportunities For Students entering grades 11-12 that exist in the transportation industry. Location Medford, MA Participants will learn about bridge design, Dates July 6-August 13 transportation (of people and cargo), Cost $1,835-$3,970; financial aid is available, regulations and careers. They will also including scholarships for students of color participate in computer training, academic Deadline FC/FS; June 1 for Writing, Ethics & enrichment, field trips, and hands-on Global Citizenship, and College for Juniors; May projects. The program can provide special 14 for Health Science Honors Contact 617-627-3454 accommodations for students with visual, Web site www.ase.tufts.edu/summer hearing and other impairments; call for more information.

For Students entering grades 9-12 in the fall; University of special accommodations for students with visual, hearing, and other impairments Massachusetts Boston Location UMass Boston, Dorchester Directions for Student Potential Dates July 5-30 - 41 -

Hours Mon.-Thurs., 9:30 am-4:30 pm; Fri., 9:30 Need help getting ready for college? Sign am-12:30 pm up for Upward Bound! Upward Bound and Cost Free Upward Bound Math/Science programs Deadline FC/FS are offered in the summer and during the Contact Tomas Materdey  617-287-6435 school year in four colleges and universities Web site www.sti.umb.edu in Boston. Students enroll while they are in UMass Urban Scholars grades 9 and 10. Upward Bound is a college prep program for high school If you go to Burke High School, or one of students from low-income families, or the high schools in the Dorchester or South whose parents don't have a college degree. Boston education complexes, or one of In UB summer programs, you'll take classes these schools—McCormack, Gavin, Rogers in literature, math, science, SAT, MCAS and or Young Achievers—you are eligible for TOEFL test preparation, study skills, and Urban Scholars. writing. You'll also get tutoring, do community service, receive counseling, and This after-school and summer program is go on trips all over the city and state. for talented middle and high school students Classes and other support continue in the who want to go to college. Does it work? fall with after-school enrichment programs Almost all former Urban Scholars have been and college and financial aid counseling. accepted to college, and more than 80% are Upward Bound Math/Science encourages in college or have graduated from college. students to develop their potential to excel Keep in mind that you have to be nominated in science and math and to pursue college by a current Urban Scholar, teacher, coach degrees in these fields. It offers intensive or guidance counselor. If you are interested summer programs, year-round counseling in the program, see your guidance and advising, computer training, and counselor. If you're lucky enough to be research opportunities with college faculty accepted, you'll go to the seven-week and graduate students. summer program at UMass Boston. You'll What does all this cost? Nothing; students take courses, get individual college and receive a stipend! And here's an added career counseling, have some fun—and get bonus: Boston University and UMass paid to participate. During the school year Boston programs include residence on (provided that you stay at one of the target campus. Applications for the summer schools), the support continues with more program are now available. Priority is given courses, tutoring, group projects, and to current Upward Bound students and cultural and recreational activities. students who enroll now for the academic year program. Call for dates and other For Students in grades 9 and 12 at the Burke, details at each location. Some programs are Dorchester Education Complex, and South limited to students who go to certain high Boston schools or live in certain neighborhoods, so Education Complex; and students in grades 6 be sure to ask which programs are for you. and 7 at the McCormack, Gavin, Rogers, and Young Achievers Upward Bound: Location UMass Boston, Dorchester For Students who meet income and education Dates School year plus summer requirements; see contact list for grade levels Cost None; students are paid a stipend who may apply Deadline FC/FS; Rolling admissions Locations See contact list below Contact Chris Kelly  617-287-5830 Dates June-August and school year Web site www.urbanscholars.umb.edu Cost None; students are paid a stipend Deadline Varies by program Contact Boston University (grades 9-10) 617- Upward Bound 353-3551 www.bu.edu/ub; Roxbury Community College 617-427-0060 x 5213; UMass Boston - 42 -

(grades 9-10 and academically strong 11th join the Summer Archaeology Institute at graders) 617-287-5848 the Wakefield Estate and get real hands-on www.upwardbound.umb.edu experience on an actual, ongoing archaeological project. Upward Bound Math/Science:

For Students who meet income and education For Boston area students entering grades 9 -12 requirements; see below for grade levels who Location The Wakefield Estate, Milton, MA may apply Dates Session I: June 14-June 25; Session II: Locations See contact list below July 5-16 Dates June-August and school year Hours Monday-Friday, 9 am-3 pm Cost None; students are paid a stipend Cost $200 per session; scholarships [available Deadline Varies by program Deadline May 1 Contact Boston University (grades 9-10) 617- Contact Mark Smith  617-333-0924 353-3551 www.bu.edu/ub; UMass Boston-Noble [email protected] & Greenough School, Dedham (residential; Web site www.wakefieldtrust.org preference for students in grade 9) 1-781-326-

3700 www.nobles.edu/home/content.asp?id=135 Wheelock Family Theatre Story Troupers

Wakefield Estate For two summer weeks, the teen actors in Landscape Internship Program Story Troupers rehearse an original show based on children’s short stories. They then The Wakefield Estate, a historic 23-acre tour and perform daily for young children at property in Milton, is seeking responsible, daycare centers, camps, and public libraries capable, and energetic students for 6-8 throughout greater Boston. To be accepted, week summer internships. Interns will you will need some experience and an participate in a two-fold program, learning audition or permission of the instructors. the basics of landscape maintenance and You also must commit to the full four-week arboriculture; and actively participating in program. the maintenance of this unique landscape. For Ages 12-16 with theatre experience For Ages 16-19 Location Wheelock College, The Riverway Location Milton Dates July 5-30 Dates June 21- August 20 Hours 9 am-12 pm Hours 9:30 am-3:30 pm; Tues.-Fri. Cost $800 Cost None, interns receive a weekly stipend, Deadline FC/FS paid bi-weekly Contact 617-879-2147 or 617-879-2235 Deadline May 14 Web site www.wheelock.edu/wft/ Contact 617-333-0924 Click Theatre Classes–Summer [email protected] Web site www.wakefieldtrust.org Specialty Workshops

Wheelock Family Theatre offers one-week classes in all kinds of theatre arts, from SUMMER classical acting and comedy to stage ARCHAEOLOGY combat.

INSTITUTE For Ages 12-16 Location Wheelock College, The Riverway Do you like to dig in the dirt and find lost Dates July 5-30: eight 1-week, 3-hour sessions objects? Would you like to discover an Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm and 12:30-3:30 exciting way to learn about history? Come pm - 43 -

Cost $235 per 1-week session, $850 for 4 Location 1125 Tremont St., Roxbury sessions; $1,550 for all 8 sessions Dates July 5-August 13 Deadline FC/FS Hours Tues. & Thurs., 10 am-3 pm Contact 617-879-2147 or 617-879-2235 Cost Free Web site www.wheelock.edu/wft Deadline Rolling admissions; FC/FS Contact 617-989-3137 Also check the Web site for spring and April Web site www.wshc.org Vacation Week programs. And here’s a bonus: all students who take a Wheelock WriteBoston Theatre class may audition for one of their T.I.P. Journalism Summer Session excellent theatrical productions. Do you want to use the power of the press Two-week advanced performance to cover topics that are important to Intensives teenagers? Are you interested in learning how to become a high school reporter while Staging Musical Theatre. This is for exploring different neighborhoods of the aspiring actors, ages 9-12, which have city? As an added bonus, how would you considerable training and stage experience. like to visit great city venues like Fenway The emphasis will be on developing the Park? You can do all that and more for free, many skills needed onstage and behind the while improving your writing skills, by taking scenes, to become educated in the theatre. part in WriteBoston's Summer Journalism

Institute. Then, you can feel the exhilaration Taking the Next Step—Scenes from of having your articles published in the fall Great Plays. Teens ages13-17 who are edition of the citywide youth newspaper, selected for this Intensive will be challenged Boston Teens in Print (T.I.P.). Sign up today to build upon their prior training and stage by phone, or Complete the application on experience. The focus will on deepening their Web site. Are you registered with the ensemble and character development skills BYF Hopeline? Ask about six-week paid while working on outstanding scenes from opportunities. the canon.

For BPS high students For Ages 9-17 Location Northeastern University and The Location Wheelock College, The Riverway Boston Globe Dates August 2-13 Dates July 6-29 Hours Mon.-Fri., 9 am-3:30 pm Hours Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 am-12:30 pm Cost $800 Cost Free Deadline FC/FS Deadline May 15 Contact 617-879-2147 or 617-879-2252 Contact Ric Kahn  617-541-2651 Web site www.wheelock.edu/wft [email protected] Click Theatre Classes > Summer Web site www.writeboston.org

Whittier Street Health The Writers’ Express Center DecisionArts The Writers’ Express offers three Summer Writing Programs for students entering DecisionArts is a 14-week violence grades 5-10. The camp at Simmons prevention and peer leadership program for College is geared towards students adolescent girls which uses the creative arts entering grades 5-9. Boston and Beyond to promote healthy choices. is for students entering grades 9-10 who are interested in writing about their daily For Girls ages 11-16 - 44 - explorations around Boston. Finally, Writers in the Woods, based in New Hampshire, appeals to outdoor enthusiasts in grades 7- Here's a challenging and rewarding writing 9. The adventure includes a multiday canoe experience just for BPS students, expedition, camping on an island, sponsored by the BPS, Boston Latin School whitewater rafting, rock climbing and crafts, Association, the Boston Writing Project, and in addition to journal writing and one-on-one UMass Boston. You and your fellow conferences to develop writing skills. For all students will have the opportunity to write, Writer’s Express programs: express yourselves dramatically, talk with local poets and authors about their craft, Contact Sheila Pundit  617-724-0263 x 2 and complete an anthology of original [email protected] works. The high school group will also Web site www.wex.org concentrate on writing for college. The grand finale is a reading for family members Summer Ink at Simmons College and invited guests. To apply, send a sample of your best work to Nancy O'Malley, c/o For Students entering grades 5-9 Boston Latin School, 78 Avenue Louis Dates Session 1: July 12-23; Session 2: July 26- Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115. Please include August 6 your name, address, grade and school Location Simmons College in the Fenway (on name. the MBTA Green Line) Hours 8:30 am-4:30 pm; campers can arrive as For Students entering grades 7-12 who love to early as 8 am write. Two groups: middle school (grades 7-8) Cost $1,200 per session; includes day trips, and high school (grades 9-12), 25 students per snacks, and supplies; financial aid available for group qualified families (apply early!). Location UMass Boston, Dorchester Deadline FC/FS Dates July 6-29

Hours Mon.-Thurs., 12-4 pm Boston & Beyond Cost Free for BPS students; $300 for non- BPS students For Students entering grades 9-10 Deadline June 1; FC/FS Dates July 19-30 Contact Nancy O’Malley  617-635-8895 or Location Simmons College  617-669-6501 [email protected] Hours 8:30 am-4:30 pm; campers can arrive as early as 8 am Cost $1,250; full and partial scholarships available YMCA Deadline FC/FS; space is limited

Writers in the Woods The "Y" has all kinds of summer and school year programs for teens: swimming, fitness, For Students entering grades 7-9 Dates August 9-15 weight lifting, dance, basketball, crafts, Location Kroka Expeditions base camp is aerobics, counseling, job skills, and much located in Marlow, New Hampshire more. You don't have to be a Y member for Cost $1,300; financial aid available for qualified most activities; but if you plan to go often, families (apply early!). check out teen memberships, available at Deadline FC/FS all Y branches. Some Y branches have special extended hours and activities just for teens: call and ask. Writers' Workshop at www.ymcaboston.org

UMass Boston YMCA BRANCHES: Central (Huntington Ave.)...... 617-536-7800 - 45 -

Black Achievers...... 617-927-8171 Contact Shauna Rigaud; Dorchester...... 617-436-7750 [email protected] 617-927-8176 East Boston...... 617-569-9622 Egleston Youth Center...... 617-522-0946 YMCA International Learning Center Hyde Park...... 617-361-2300 Oak Square (Brighton)...... 617-782-3535 The International Learning Center, based at Roxbury...... 617-427-5300 the Central Y on Huntington Ave., offers Wang (Chinatown)...... 617-426-2237 English as a Second Language (ESL), West Roxbury...... 617-323-3200 computer classes, and training for newly

arrived high school students and adults. YMCA Camp, Lifeguard Training & You will meet students from around the Counselors in Training/CITs world, have access to the Northeastern

University language lab, enjoy social YMCA camps Northwoods and Pleasant events, and even have opportunities for Valley in New Hampshire are popular community service. Enrollment is open and among Boston teens. You can find out ongoing. Classes take place in mornings, about their Leadership Training programs, afternoons, and on Saturdays, and cost outdoor activities, character development, from about $250-$650, depending on the and more on the Y camp Web site. number of weeks and hours per session.

Contact 1-603-569-2725 There is limited financial aid available as Web site www.bostonycamps.org well as discounts for volunteering.

Contact 617-927-8244 YMCA Black Achievers Web site www.ymcaboston.org/education- training/programs/adult_education/ Young Achievers Summer Institute

The Young Achievers Summer Institute is an innovative summer learning experience Youth Conservation Corps for middle school and high school students. Youth Conservation Corps Summer Jobs Youth will be introduced to various careers in the arts, government, and health. They Are you interested in the natural will also get a sneak peak at college life environment? If you’re willing to work through field trips, speakers, workshops, outdoors in all weather, YCC may be for and activities on the campuses of area you. This summer, three YCC teams of 10- colleges and universities. Through each 12 youth will work on conservation projects, session, students will gain knowledge that trail building, and other activities in natural will help them shape their own career paths areas on the Neponset River Greenway and college aspirations as they develop (Dorchester, Mattapan, Hyde Park), the leadership and networking skills through East Boston Greenway, and Urban Wilds in fun, interactive, hands-on activities. Jamaica Plain and Roslindale. You'll also Students can participate in one-week or two get to go canoeing and take part in college week sessions. or career workshops.

For Students entering grades 8, 9 and 10 For Ages 15-17, Boston residents registered (ages 12-16) with the BYF Hopeline, and Milton residents Location YMCA, 316 Huntington Ave., Boston Location Outdoor areas in Boston Dates July 5-August 23; call for more Dates July 6-August 13 information on individual sessions Hours Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-1:30 pm Hours 8:30 am-2 pm Cost None; stipend is $8.00 per hour, 25 hours Cost 1-week sessions: $87.50 2-week sessions: per week $175 Deadline March 15 for BYF; March 31 for Deadline FC/FS; space is limited; register early program - 46 -

Contact Candice Cook  617-542-7696 x 16 Dates Fridays and Saturdays, year-round [email protected] Hours 7 pm-9 am the following morning Web site www.bostonnatural.org Cost Zoo members: $40 per person Non-members: $50 Deadline Minimum 4 weeks in advance booking Youth Enrichment Contact 617-989-3742 Web site www.zoonewengland.com Services Outdoor Adventure Program For more information about other educational programs at Franklin Park and Youth Enrichment Services (YES) takes you Stone Zoos, visit the Zoo New England Web to the great outdoors on hiking, biking, site. canoeing and camping trips. Get some exercise and explore new places! Youth ages 8-13 can go on day trips. Overnight ZUMIX trips for ages 11-17 include camping outdoors in tents, campfires and tasty One of the liveliest programs around, meals. You must wear hiking boots and ZUMIX in East Boston offers year-round appropriate outdoor clothing. music programs for Boston teens. If you play a musical instrument—if you like to For Ages 8-13 for day trips; ages 11-17 for sing, rap, or write—if you are interested in overnight camping music production or engineering—ZUMIX is Location Trips leave from YES, 412 Mass. Ave., Boston (across from the Mass. the place for you! Here’s what’s happening Ave. Orange Line MBTA station). this summer: Overnight camp: Monterey, MA Dates Ongoing; call for dates and availability - SONG WRITING & PERFORMANCE: A Hours Day trips: 7 am-5 pm; Overnight trips: song writing and performance program for Friday, 5:30 pm - Sunday, 5 pm socially conscious young musicians and Cost Varies; call for more information lyricists. It includes citywide and out-of-state Deadline FC/FS performances. Contact 617-267-5877 [email protected] Web site www.yeskids.org INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC:

- ROCK-ED: A unique opportunity to play in Zoo New England / a real live rock and roll band! Come Franklin Park Zoo together with people from diverse musical backgrounds and play rock and roll covers Snorin' roarin' Sleepovers program and your own originals. Each band will

Spend a night with your favorite creatures at rehearse weekly, with opportunities to play the zoo, and you'll see the animals in a its own live gig(s). This is a chance to whole new light—the dark! Your group will discover what it takes to be in a rock band. enjoy a variety of activities, crafts, games, No previous experience necessary. stories, flashlight excursions, animal - Adventures In Music (AIM): Private, low encounters, behind-the-scenes tours, cost instrumental lessons in guitar, bass, discussions with zookeepers, and more. drums, piano, saxophone and voice. Breakfast and a snack are included. - ZUMIX ENSEMBLES: Small instrumental NOTE: This is not a job opportunity. groups of various musical styles, including a nine-piece pop/Latin-pop group, a hip hop For Ages 6 and older; groups of 15-25 children, band and a jazz trio. Rehearsals are by request for groups of 26-30 weekly. Participation in AIM or another Location Franklin Park Zoo, Dorchester, and ZUMIX program is required. Stone Zoo, Stoneham - 47 -

- Z-TECH Audio Internship: A hands on your school nurse can sign and date the audio engineering experience for card. participants to run sound for bands of all 3. Take this card to the prospective styles at community concerts and outdoor employer to fill out, sign, and date. festivals. 4. Take your Promise of Employment - ZUMIX Radio 1630 AM: Take this 8-week Card back to your guidance counselor/ training program, and you’ll be ready for the student support coordinator or main office airwaves. Application is available online. and ask for a Work Permit. It is also white, - ZUMIX SPROUTS: This is an opportunity but larger than the Promise of Employment for younger participants to find out what Card. ZUMIX has to offer. Sprouts program and 5. Fill out the Work Permit and have your activities are generally for ages 6-13 and act parent or guardian sign it on the back. as a “feeder” for higher level ZUMIX 6. Once your parent or guardian has signed involvement. Classes include an it, bring the completed Work Permit to your introduction to music, theatre and dance, employer. with an emphasis on stage and performance techniques. If you are 16 or 17: 1. Pick up a yellow Educational Certificate For Ages 7-18 from your guidance counselor. Have him or Location 202 Maverick Street, East Boston her fill it out and sign it. Dates Program placement interviews: end of 2. Return the Educational Certificate to your June; students must sign up for individual times. employer. Programs run from July 5-August 21 Hours 11 am-8 pm; hours vary by program Cost None for most programs During school vacations and the Deadline FC/FS; check the Web site for more Summer: information You can also get a Promise of Employment Contact 617-568-9777 Card or Educational Certificate from the Web site www.zumix.org Boston Public Schools Office of Unified Student Services. It is located in the Boston Latin Academy building, 443 Warren Street, Suite 3, (corner of Warren and Townsend How to get “Working St.), Dorchester, telephone 617-635-8030. Office hours are Monday through Friday, Papers” 8:30 am to 4 pm. You must come in person and bring two forms of identification, such Are you planning to get a job this summer? as a birth certificate, baptismal record, Keep in mind that you must have "working student ID, driver's license, social security papers." The first step is to find an employer card, health insurance card, or passport. who is willing to hire you. Next… Also bring the name and address of your employer. If you are 14 or 15: 1. Get a white Promise of Employment Card from your guidance counselor/ student support coordinator or your school's main office. 2. Take this card to your doctor's office or health center and have a doctor or nurse sign and date it. If you have not had a physical within the last year, make an appointment to have one. If you have had a physical in your school within the last year,