Good Old Summertime… Sure, It's Dark and Cold Now… but Summer Is on the Way, and the Time to Make Your Summer Plans Is NOW

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Summer Stuff 2016

FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Good old summertime… Sure, it's dark and cold now… but summer is on the way, and the time to make your summer plans is NOW. Will Read this first. you be looking for a job? Many of the best ones have early application deadlines. What about a high-quality academic WHEN WE MEAN… WE SAY… program, internship or volunteer program? You may need ASAP �� As Soon As Possible. In to write an essay and get letters of recommendation from a other words, NOW. teacher or adult mentor, and that can take time. There are BPS �� Boston Public Schools lots of great things to do in and around Boston. You could get a job, take dancing lessons, learn to sail or play golf, act in Entering grades �� The grade you will a play, volunteer at a museum or homeless shelter, plan for enter in September 8 college, intern in a science lab or on a farm, and go to free 2016 concerts and films. (You could even work on your math skills.) FC/FS �� First Come, First Served. Some programs call this Need ideas? Summer Stuff 2016 is full of good ideas. (We've even thrown in some ideas for this spring and next "rolling admissions." school year.) Read it through, circle the ones that interest you, then visit their websites or call. They're waiting to hear Deadline .... The last day to apply from you. Next, apply—now. In many cases, you can apply on-line or print an application from the website. Don’t be put off by the cost of some programs. Many have scholarships, and they are looking for Boston students. In fact, some programs are only for students who go to the Boston Public Schools.

Good luck—and have a great summer!

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ACHIEVE AT NOBLE & GREENOUGH ABCD (ACTION FOR BOSTON Action English also offers one-day and weekend SCHOOL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT) programs. (Here's your chance to try whitewater February 2016 rafting!) Achieve is a tuition-free educational program YOUTH ENGAGED IN ACTION For ��English language learners entering serving low-income middle school-age children YEA! Youth Engaged in Action is a three-week grades 6-12 that seeks to increase students' academic skills, course offered to 150 income-eligible middle- Location ��Daily bus pick-up and drop-off at motivation and self-confidence. It includes school youth. YEA builds on their ability to Madison Park High a rigorous and engaging six-week summer become young leaders through awareness, Dates ��July 5-29 program plus support during the school year. advocacy and the opportunity to take action. (5-day) sessions start every Monday The summer component takes place on Nobles' Throughout the session, they will learn how Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-4 pm beautiful campus in Dedham near the Boston Cost ��$259 per week government works, how to take positive action Deadline ��FC/FS city line. The three-year program continues on challenges that face our environment Contact ��Pietro Fiore  1-978-314-4752 year-round through the summer after 8th grade Summer Stuff 2016 and how financial wellness is important for [email protected] and offers guidance through the high school themselves and their communities at large. Website ��actionenglish.net is produced by the application process . Boston Public Schools For ��Middle schoolers, ages 13-14, income- For ��BPS students who are in grade 6 now, eligible ACTORS' SHAKESPEARE PROJECT Communications Office. income-eligible, in good academic Location ��8 ABCD neighborhood service centers SUMMER YOUTH INTENSIVE standing Dates ��July 18-August 5 Spend your summer with the Bard! Join ASP's Neither the Boston Public Schools nor Location ��Dedham Hours ��10 am-2 pm Dates ��June 27-August 5, plus 2 Saturdays a Cost ��Free; participants earn $100 in gift cards four-week Summer Youth Intensive, culminating its employees make any endorsement, month during the school year Deadline ��June 30 in a full production of a Shakespeare play. The recommendation, or representation as to the Hours ��8:20 am-3:20 pm plus bus ride Contact �� 617-348-6583 youth ensemble works daily with Shakespeare's suitability or appropriateness of any non-BPS Cost ��Free; meals and transportation are Website ��bostonabcd.org/youth-engaged-in- language, voice, movement, and stage provided action.aspx combat, guided by ASP company members and program, organization, or resource listed in Deadline ��Priority deadline February 12; final experienced teaching artists. this publication. deadline March 4 ACTION ENGLISH, INC. Contact ��Nora Dowley-Liebowitz 781-320-7125 For ��Age 14 and older, regardless of Website ��www.nobles.edu/achieve ENGLISH ADVENTURE SUMMER CAMPS experience with Shakespeare Looking for summer ideas English Adventure is a one-week summer day Location ��Charlestown Working Theater for younger students? A STEP AHEAD BASKETBALL camp just for English language learners. It Dates ��July 5-31 The Boston Public Schools also combines ESL instruction with a full schedule of Hours ��9 am-4 pm weekdays and one weekend This program offers clinics and camps year-round Cost ��$1,300; some scholarships available publishes Summer Stuff Jr. for around for serious basketball players at several activities. There are two five-day programs. Deadline ��Apply by June 1 Kindergarten-Grade 8. locations near Boston. ASA also encourages In Outdoor English Adventure, you will meet at Contact �� 617-776-2200 ext. 228 It's available in March 2016 in schools, youth to become leaders and role models on and Madison Park High School and travel by bus to Website ��actorsshakespeareproject.org libraries, neighborhood centers, off the court, to exhibit good sportsmanship, the Blue Hills in Milton for lessons plus hiking, Some Boston Public Schools students may be and on the BPS website: and to respect their peers, parents, teachers and mountain biking, map reading and nature study. eligible for credit for programs run during the bostonpublicschools.org/summer coaches. In Urban English Adventure, you will explore the school year! Call for details. ) 617-635-9265 All A Step Ahead (ASA) programs: Freedom Trail, learn how to use the MBTA—the For ��Boys and girls ages 9-17 "T"—, and visit local colleges and universities. Contact �� 617-909-5990 All materials, lunch, and transportation are

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u n u n u n u n u n u n u n u n u n u n u n u n u n u n u n u n AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER (A.R.T.) & 826 BOSTON SUMMER THEATER & WRITING CAMP BPS Summer School In this project-based writing program, students The regular school year may end in June, but many Boston Public Schools students will be back in school in July. will work in small groups to script, stage, and perform their own original plays. The program BPS has many special summer programs. All are free—but only eligible students may attend. (In fact, some students must attend in order to be promoted to culminates in a one-night-only performance at a the next grade.) To find out if you are eligible for one of these programs, ask the principal or teacher. partner theater. Presented by 826 Boston and the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.). SMARTER SUMMERS (GRADES 3-8) Location ��Madison Park/O'Bryant complex, East ARABIC SUMMER ACADEMY For ��Ages 11-14 Boston High, and Charlestown High. Location ��3035 Washington St., Roxbury This is the primary BPS summer program for Students who attend the exam schools: The Arabic Summer Academy is an intensive Dates ��Mid-July to mid-August students in grades 3-8. In partnership with the Boston Latin School language course designed for high school Hours ��Mon.-Thu., 1:30-5:30 pm BELL Foundation, the program provides a 6-hour Dates ��July 11-August 11 students who have never studied Arabic. Cost ��Free; $40 deposit requested at program, offering rigorous academics as well as Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8 am-12:30 pm In addition to learning to read and write registration which will be refunded if enrichment activities and field trips. Students Cost ��Free the Arabic script, students become familiar the student attends all five weeks Deadline ��Ask your guidance counselor will be invited by his/her principal according to enough with the Arabic language and Deadline ��Round 1 registration: March 18 (est.) Contact ��Your guidance counselor Round 2 registration: May 6 (est.) the following priorities: culture to interact with Arabic speakers at a Remember: only eligible students will be Contact �� 617-442-5400 1. Students who have not yet attained basic level. They end the course with greater invited to these programs. Ask the principal or [email protected] "proficiency" on PARCC, not met BPS grade curiosity and sensitivity towards the Arabic- Website ...... 826boston.org headmaster if you are eligible. The grades are the level benchmarks, or who are in danger of speaking world through cultural encounters in grades the student is in now (2015-2016 school being retained at grade level classes, co-curricular activities, and field trips. year). Those who complete the program may receive 2. Students who could benefit from an credit for a full year of high school Arabic. The engaging and rigorous summer experience SUMMER ARTS INTENSIVES program can accommodate students who to make gains and be prepared for the next are not fluent in English. Instruction will be year Register today for free summer programs in ( instrumental music, vocal/performing arts and primarily in Arabic. 3. Students who can reasonably make enough dance. Beginning in July, students will spend 5 For ��Students now in grades 9-12, academic gains in 5 weeks to be promoted weeks developing skills, performing with peers including graduating seniors; AMERICORPS NATIONAL CIVILIAN to the next grade and connecting with professionals in the arts. All priority for BPS students Location ��Charlestown High School COMMUNITY CORPS experience levels are welcome. Students must Dates ��End of June-early August, TBD Are you looking for a job where you can serve the RISING SCHOLARS (GRADE 8) be enrolled in BPS schools, entering grades 6-12 Hours ��Mon.-Sat., 8:30 am-3:30 pm community in a meaningful way? If you are 18 In partnership with the BELL Foundation and in September 2016. See descriptions below for Cost ��Free or older, the National Civilian Community Corps the High School Office, this program is designed details. Breakfast and lunch are provided. All Deadline ��Applications available online in (NCCC) may be for you. As a member of an NCCC to support 8th grade students in the transition programs culminate in closing performances the March to grade 9 at select high school host sties where final week. Contact ��director@arabicsummeracademy. team, you live away from home as you work on org the students will attend in the fall. Students will environmental projects, education, public safety, Summer Symphony Lizz Huntley  617-398-7333 & be invited to this program by the principal of the disaster relief, and other important jobs. Start the school year ahead of the pack! Wind, Alex Kalamaroff  617-635-9914 x High School he/she will attend. This is a 10-month commitment—not a summer percussion and string students of all levels are 172 Website ��arabicsummeracademy.org job—and members must complete 1,700 hours invited to spend the summer strengthening their of community service. But the benefits are great. SMARTER SUMMERS/RISING technical and musicianship skills through fun NCCC provides training, housing, meals, medical SCHOLARS repertoire. Play in large and small ensembles, coverage, child care and uniforms to young Dates ��July 11-August 11 (Thursday) participate in music theory workshops, and work adults ages 18-24 who are citizens or permanent Location ��Eligible students in grades 3-7 will with top Boston musicians during master classes. residents of the U.S. Members live on NCCC be assigned to the program closest to campuses in Sacramento, CA; Charleston, SC; home. Eligible students in grade 8 who Summer Stage d Denver, CO; Perry Point, MD Vicksburg, MS and are assigned to participating schools Singers, dancers and actors of all backgrounds, will be assigned to the high school they experience and abilities are invited to join us for Vinton, IA. For their service, they earn a stipend will attend. Eligible grade 8 students and also get an education award for college, Summer Stage! This unique program unites four OTHER BPS SUMMER PROGRAMS THAT not at a participating high school will disciplines—chorus, dance, spoken word and graduate school, or training programs. be assigned to the program closest to MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR MIDDLE AND home. theatre—into fun classes designed to make you HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS For ��Anyone ages 18-24 committed to a stronger performer. At the end of the program, community service Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8:00 am-2:00 pm Summer Learning Project (grades 3-12): Location ��Campuses in five states Cost ��Free; breakfast and lunch provided share your skills during an original show created A partnership among targeted schools Dates ��10-month cycles begin October 1, 2016 Contact ��The student's teacher or principal for just for Summer Stage students. more information and community based organizations to and February 1, 2017 For ��BPS students currently in grades 4-11 deliver academics, skill development, and Cost ��Free; you will get a stipend for living Parents of students who are recommended to Locations ��To be announced; check bpsarts.org for enrichment to high-need students. expenses plus an education award attend Smarter Summers or Rising Scholars will updates Deadline ��April 1 for Oct. 2016 admission; Oct. 1 English Language Learners Summer receive a formal notice and will be required to Dates ��July 5-15 for Feb. 2017 admission; Hours ��Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-2:30 pm Academy (grades 2-12): Intensive ESL complete an enrollment form. selection is continuous, so apply early Cost ��Free (English as a Second Language) instruction Deadline ��June 24, but register now; these for English Language Learners (ELL). SUMMER REVIEW (GRADES 9-12) programs fill quickly. To register, visit www.bpsarts.org or contact your Extended School Year (ages 3-22): Support SUMMER REVIEW EXAM SCHOOLS school’s arts teacher or guidance for special education students who have Summer Stuff 2016 (GRADES 7-12) counselor this program in their IEP. Contact ��[email protected] 21st Century Community Learning A publication of the CREDIT RECOVERY (ONLINE)  617-635-9278 BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Website ��bpsarts.org Centers (Kindergarten-grade 12): Communications Office If you’re in high school or in one of the three Academic support and enrichment Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building exam schools and are failing one or two courses, opportunities for at-risk students. 2300 Washington St.  Roxbury MA 02119 you can attend the Summer Review High School. bostonpublicschools.org This program offers you a chance to pass your PULSE (grades 8-12): Academic support for [email protected] course(s) and earn credit(s) toward promotion students at risk of failing 10th grade MCAS.  617-635-9265 and graduation. All major courses are offered. Exam School Initiative (grade 5): Designed BOSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE You can take up to two courses. to prepare students to take the ISEE test Michael O'Neill, Chair You may not attend Summer Review High School in November as a means to attend one Hardin Coleman, Vice-Chair of Boston’s three exam schools. All grade Michael Loconto if you were absent more than 30 days. Alexandra Oliver-Dávila [ 5 students who have scored at least What if you can’t go, but need to? Ask your Jeri Robinson proficient (4) or advanced (5) in one Terra Regina Robinson headmaster if you can attend other summer Nova Standardized Test (reading/math) Miren Uriarte school programs or be tutored and tested to pass and at least a near proficient (3) in the SUPERINTENDENT the course. Some high schools allow that option. other are eligible for the program. Seats Tommy Chang, Ed.D. To sign up, see your guidance counselor as soon are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. SUMMER STUFF EDITOR as possible. Remember: only eligible students will be Gretchen O'Neill For ��High school students—public, invited to these programs. Ask the principal or FEBRUARY 2016 independent, and parochial—who live headmaster if you are eligible. The grades are in Boston; and students in grades 7-12 The Boston Public Schools does not discriminate on in the BPS exam schools the grades the student is in now (2015-2016 the basis of race, color, age, disability, sex/gender, school year). gender identity, religious beliefs, national origin, ancestry, retaliation, sexual orientation, genetics or military status and does not tolerate any form of intimidation, threat, coercion and/or harassment.

2 Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 Americorps NCCC (cont.) BERKLEE CITY MUSIC PROGRAMS BIKES NOT BOMBS Contact ��Donna Woodson  617-282-6110 x 25 or [email protected] If you live in Boston, attend middle school or high Contact �� 1-800-942-2677 or by webform, EARN-A-BIKE Website ��www.birdstreet.org school, have had one year of formal or informal Want to earn yourself a bicycle? Through the https://questions.nationalservice.gov SPORTS INTERNS Website ��www.nationalservice.gov/programs/ instrumental or vocal music training, and are Earn-A-Bike program, you pick out a bike, Bikes americorps/americorps-nccc thinking of a career in music, check out Berklee Not Bombs' expert mechanics teach you how In this program, students receive training City Music. These programs are competitive — to rebuild it, and then you keep it. You will also and hands-on experience to become coaches each candidate must interview and audition for go on fun bike rides and explore environmental and referees for outdoor leagues and camp. participation. issues. Requirements are a love of sports and kids. There are four BCM components: For ��Ages 15-18 Graduates of BNB’s programs can become paid Location ��Bird Street Community Center  Mentoring Program for grades 7-12, staff or volunteers as youth instructors of Earn-A- Dates ��July 5-August 19 September-May after school; free Bike or as BNB bike shop mechanics. Hours ��Vary, including days and evenings Deadline ��March 20  Preparatory Academy for instrumentalists For ��Ages 12-18 5 Instructors: ages 15 and up; riding and/ Contact ��Donna Woodson  617-282-6110 x 25 in grades 4-8 Saturdays, September-May; or teaching experience preferred or [email protected] and 1-week Summer Workshop; free Location ��284 Amory St., Jamaica Plain Website ��www.birdstreet.org APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB  High School Academy for grades 9-12, Dates ��July 5-22 or July 25-August 12 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TEEN WILDERNESS ADVENTURES September-May after school; free Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 2-6 pm Cost ��$50-$100; scholarships available Through this program, teens support Bird Street AMC Teen Wilderness Adventures is a unique  Faculty Outreach for grades 4-12 at 18 BPS by performing clerical tasks such as front desk/ summer outdoor program combining activities Deadline ��FC/FS and charter schools across the city; call for Contact ��Ashley Leary  617-522-0222 x 101 reception, program paperwork, and record like hiking, rock climbing, backpacking, kayaking, more information [email protected] keeping. canoeing, rafting, and mountain biking with Website ��bikesnotbombs.org Five-Week Summer Performance Program For ��Ages 15-18 with good computer skills spectacular destinations in New Hampshire, for ages 15 and older offers music theory, private Location ��Bird Street Community Center New York, Massachusetts and Maine. They have lessons, gospel, rock and jazz ensembles, and Dates ��July 5-August 19 teen summer camps designed for young people more. Hours ��Vary, including days and evenings ages 12-18 with and without previous outdoor Deadline ��April 1 experience. Teen Wilderness Adventures range Location ��All City Music Programs are housed at Contact ��Donna Woodson  617-282-6110 x 25 Berklee College of Music except the from 5-20 days beginning at about $1200. or [email protected] High School Academy, which is housed Website ��www.birdstreet.org Website ��www.outdoors.org/recreation/teen- at Boston Arts Academy wilderness-adventures/index.cfm Dates ��Five-Week Summer Performance EVENING PROGRAM ASSISTANTS Program: July 11-August 14 1 This program is for court-involved teens who ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY City Music Programs: school year do not qualify for SuccessLink slots. Youth will Cost ��City Music Boston: free BIRD STREET COMMUNITY CENTER YOUTH ARTS ENTERPRISE Five-Week Summer Program: $5,165, support evening program activities and plan Bird Artists for Humanity offers great arts and but merit-based scholarships are YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Street's End of Summer Gala. entrepreneurship programs for high school available for City Music students Bird Street Community Center in Dorchester For ��Ages 15-20 students during the school year and summer. Deadline ��May 1 for City Music. February 12 for offers part-time and summer employment to Location ��Bird Street Community Center Summer Program scholarships. Dates ��July 5-August 19 AFH’s Youth Arts Enterprise employs city teens youth as young as age 13 who show potential Mentoring Program and High School and take their jobs seriously. All youth employees Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 4-9 pm to work in a variety of art media learning new Academy: apply now for September Deadline ��April 1 must agree to participate in academic support skills, making art, and performing creative design Contact �� 617-747-2447 Contact �� 617-282-6110 x 25 services for business clients of AFH. Participants Website ��berklee.edu activities including MCAS/SAT prep, group CONNECTIONS TO COLLEGE earn a starting wage of $10 per hour for up to 9 tutoring, individual tutoring, and poetry group BERKLEE YOUNG PERFORMERS PROGRAM Experience a summer full of education and hours per week during the school year (after 36- four hours per week. Berklee's summer day programs are designed professional development as part of the hour unpaid training session), and up to 25 hours to allow middle school students, ages 12-14, JUNIOR COUNSELORS FOR SUMMER DAY Connections to College program. In partnership per week during the summer. the opportunity to experience all that Berklee GETAWAY with Northeastern University, Connections For ��Boston residents, ages 14 and older; College of Music has to offer in a flexible day For ��Ages 16-18 who are Boston residents to College offers high school students the Location ��The EpiCenter, 100 W. 2nd Street, South session format. Students may sign up for one-, and registered on SuccessLink; preference for youth with camp chance to take an introduction to sociology Boston two-, three-, or four-week sessions that are Dates ��Early July-late August; and after school experience and working with children course Monday-Thursday mornings over a 6 during the school year specifically designed with the middle school Location ��Hale Reservation, Westwood, MA and week period on Northeastern’s campus with Hours ��Summer: Mon.-Fri., 12-5:30 pm musician in mind. field trips a Northeastern faculty member. During the School year: Tues.-Thurs., 3-6 pm Students of all levels, styles, and backgrounds are Transport ��Provided to and from Bird Street afternoon, students are placed within internships Cost ��Free; stipends available for the summer welcome to attend. Community Center focusing on areas such as politics, community Dates ��July 5-August 19 plus one week of program organizing, business, and healthcare. Students To Apply ��Come to an Open House at the EpiCenter For ��Students 12-14 years old by the start orientation. on the first or third Tuesday of every of the program who have at least Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 7:30 am-5:45 pm also receive regular leadership training and month at 4:30 pm. Tour the facilities, six months of playing or singing Deadline ��March 20 professional development in order to make them meet mentors and teens, and get a experience. Contact ��Alicia Linton  617-282-6110 x 16 or more marketable in regards to pursuing higher sense of whether the program is a good Dates ��July 11-August 5; four 1-week sessions [email protected] education as well as full time employment fit. At the conclusion of Open House, Cost ��$995 per week Website ��www.birdstreet.org opportunities. Ages 15-19. contact information is collected and the Deadline ��FC/FS youth will learn about their next steps. Contact �� 617-747-2245 MATH IS NOT MY ENEMY PROGRAM Deadline ��Early April for the summer program This program offers seven weeks of intensive Contact �� 617-268-7620 x 122 or BIG PICTURE ART HOUSE individual, group and online math support for [email protected] BIG PICTURE SUMMER PROGRAM high school girls whose grades are good, with the Website ��afhboston.org Big Picture Art House offers a full schedule of exception of math. For ��Rising 7th, 8th, and 9th grade girls BALFOUR ACADEMY AT photography and film summer workshops. Photography workshops provide each student Location ��Bird Street Community Center, 500 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Columbia Rd., Dorchester with their own professional digital SLR camera. X This college success program offers summer Dates ��July 5-August 19 Film workshops are collaborative efforts, where Hours ��Mon.-Thurs., 10 am-4 pm enrichment classes, athletic activities and Friday the students write, shoot, act and edit their own Deadline ��May 1 BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE field trips for rising 7th graders. The program  short film in iMovie. Field trips around Boston to Contact ��Donna Woodson 617-282-6110 x 25 SUMMER ACADEMY then follows those students with after school shoot and film happen daily. or [email protected] tutoring and summer classes through grade 12. Website ��www.birdstreet.org In BAC’s Summer Academy, students work For ��Grades 6-10; average age is 13 Balfour Academy is looking for students who are individually and in small studio teams building Location ��Near Franklin Park; van pickup and drop ARTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP PRO willing to make a six-week, six-year commitment design skills in freehand sketching, perspective off from the Jamaica Plain monument As a Bird St. Arts entrepreneur, you commit to toward furthering their education. Dates ��June 27-July 1: "Photo Assignments" drawing and collage, model-making, mapping seven weeks of summer study, during which July 5-8: "Coastal Boston" and diagramming as they explore creative For ��Rising 7th graders who live in Boston; you will learn about creating a business plan, preference for BPS students July 11-15: "Street Photo" solutions to architectural problems at the scale Location ��Northeastern University July 18-21: "Developing Your Eye" designing and producing a product, and of the body, the building and the city. They also Dates ��June 27-August 5 July 25-August 5: "Two Week Fiction marketing and selling the product. Gain valuable gain valuable experience through presentations, Cost ��Free Film" movie making workshop business skills and self-confidence—and earn visits to local design firms, and field trips to new August 8-12: "Social Experiment" movie Deadline ��March 25; interviews will be held in a stipend. Options are girl’s dance, girl’s fashion and historic architecture and landscape design April making workshop. design, boy’s glass blowing, and social media. All Hours ��9:30 am-3:30 pm projects in Boston and Cambridge. Contact ��Cindy Curran, [email protected] arts entrepreneurs also participate two evenings  Cost ��$325 per week; 10% off for multiple For ��Students entering grades 9-12 617-373-4300 a week during school year. Website ��www.balfouracademy.neu.edu weeks Location �� BAC, 320 Newbury St., Boston Deadline ��FC/FS For ��Ages 13-16 Dates ��July 5-29 ; info sessions March 26, April Contact �� 781-696-1138 Location ��Bird Street Community Center 9, May 7, 11 am-1 pm [email protected] Dates ��July 5-August 19 Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-1 pm Website ��www.bigpicturearthouse.com Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-5 pm Cost ��$1,500 for full program; $400 for Deadline ��May 1; parent and participant contracts July 5-8; scholarships for diversity and required financial need Deadline ��FC/FS

Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 3 Summer in the City with Boston Parks & Recreation

For ��Ages 7-14 Dates ��July 5-August 19 For ��Ages 7-14 Location ��Sartori Stadium at East Boston One hour sessions at George Wright Locations ��TBD Memorial Park, East Boston once a week for 7 weeks, Tuesdays, Contact ��Woodley Auguste  617-961-3084 6 Dates ��July 6-August 12 Wednesdays or Thursdays. Two hour [email protected] Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-3 pm sessions at Franklin Park once a week Cost ��Free for 7 weeks, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. BOSTON CITYWIDE BASEBALL LEAGUE BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD BASKETBALL Deadline ��FC/FS Group lessons Mondays and Thursdays. In the summer baseball league, girls and boys to LEAGUE (BNBL) Contact ��Cheryl Brown  617-961-3085 Cost ��Free compete to be Boston’s best. The summer league [email protected] Contact ��Billy Sittig 617-961-3082 is comprised of neighborhood program teams. Established in 1969, BNBL is one of the oldest [email protected] municipal basketball leagues in the country. MADISON PARK SUMMER RECREATION For ��Girls and boys ages 10 -12 There are three divisions for boys and girls: 13 AND SPORTS CENTER SUMMER TENNIS AND READING PROGRAM Location ��Moakley Park, South Boston Dates ��July 5-August 19 and under, 15 and under, and 18 and under. In this drop-in program, youth can participate In partnership with BCYF, Tenacity offers a free Game times ��5:45-8 pm weeknights tennis and reading program in the summer for BNBLalso offers Pee Wee developmental in supervised activities including dance, sports, Cost ��Free programs forboys and girls ages 8-11. BNBL is games, and arts & crafts. Pre-registration is children ages 6 to 16 at 22 locations all across Contact ��Billy Sittig  617-961-3082 played at sites all over the city. recommended. Boston. Equipment is provided. See the Tenacity [email protected] listing on page 14 and visit their website for For ��Ages 6-18 For ��Ages 7-14 FENWAY CHALLENGE Location ��Sites throughout the city Location ��Madison Park Sports Complex, Madison locations and dates. Fenway Challenge gives girls and boys ages 7-12 Dates ��July 5-August 26 Park High School, Roxbury For ��Boston residents ages 6-16 Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 5-10 pm Dates ��July 5-August 12 Dates ��July 5-August 12 the opportunity to compete against other kids Cost ��Free Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-3 pm Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm (ages 6-10) and their own age for a chance to win Red Sox tickets Deadline ��Coaches should register teams by May Cost ��Free 1-4 pm (ages 9-16) and be honored on the field before a game at 16. Pee Wee program: call the local Deadline ��FC/FS Cost ��Free Fenway Park. center to register. Contact ��Woodley Auguste  617-961-3084 Contact ��Tenacity  617-562-0900 For ��Ages 7-12 Contact ��Michael Mitchell  617-961-3083 [email protected] Website ��tenacity.org Dates ��TBD [email protected] Location ��Parks throughout Boston; call for details Woodley Auguste  617-961-3084 MOAKLEY PARK SUMMER RECREATION WHITE STADIUM SPORTS CENTER Contact ��Billy Sittig  617-961-3082 [email protected] AND SPORTS CENTER In this six-week program, you will learn the In this drop-in program, youth can participate [email protected] BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD SOCCER fundamentals of a variety of sports. in supervised activities including dance, sports, SUMMER CULTURAL EVENTS LEAGUE (BNSL) For ��Ages 7-14 games, and arts & crafts. Pre-registration is Boston parks will come alive again this summer The BNSL is a six-week 6 v 6 league that offers Location ��Jamaica Plain recommended. Dates ��July 6-August 12 with free puppet shows, concerts, painting and young soccer players the opportunity to compete For ��Ages 7-14 Hours ��Tues.-Fri., 8:30 am-3 pm photography workshops, and lots of other arts against each other. The program divisions include Location ��Moakley Park, South Boston Cost ��Free and cultural activities for all ages. co-ed teams for ages 8-10 and ages 13 and Dates ��July 6-August 14 Deadline ��FC/FS; pre-registration required; space Contact ��Jennifer Widener  617-961-3047 under, and boys and girls teams ages 16 and Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-3 pm is limited. Website ��cityofboston.gov/Parks/TTD/parkarts. Cost ��Free Contact ��Larelle Bryson  617-961-3092 under. Teams are encouraged, pre-registration is asp required. Deadline ��FC/FS [email protected] Contact ��Barbara Hamilton  617-961-3093 There is also a reading, writing and math For ��Ages 8-16 RED SOX EXPERIENCE [email protected] Location ��TBD enrichment program at White Stadium. A once in a lifetime opportunity for youth Dates ��July 5-August 12 JUNIOR GOLF DAILY LESSONS For ��Ages 7-14 baseball players in the City of Boston, The Red Hours ��TBD This first-rate program provides basic Dates ��July 11-August 8 Sox Experience will teach participants various Cost ��Free Hours ��Mondays only, 8:30 am-3 pm baseball skills, while practicing inside Major instruction in the fundamentals of golf taught Deadline ��FC/FS; pre-registration required; space Deadline ��TEAM REGISTRATIONS ONLY League Baseball’s most beloved ballpark. Kids Contact ��Cheryl Brown  617-961-3085 by professionals at the City of Boston’s two is limited. [email protected] municipal courses. Equipment is provided. Contact ��617-961-3092 will run the bases, pitch in the bullpen, hit in Preregistration is required. [email protected] a batting cage, tour Fenway Park, and meet EAST BOSTON SUMMER RECREATION AND some of their favorite Red Sox players and For ��Ages 7-14 LACROSSE CAMPS SPORTS CENTER coaches. Space is limited. Pre-registration is Locations ��William Devine Golf Course, Franklin Learn to play lacrosse! Camps offer basic In this drop-in program, youth can participate Park, Dorchester, and George Wright required. instruction for players of all levels, new to in supervised activities including dance, sports, Golf Course, Hyde Park For ��Ages 7-12 advanced. Players are encouraged to bring their games, and arts & crafts. Pre-registration is Dates ��TBA recommended. own equipment, but equipment will be provided Location ��Fenway Park for use at the camp. Contact ��Billy Sittig  617-961-3082 [email protected]

Boston Architectural College (cont.) BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY Summer Film at BAA. Over the course of Location ��Boston two weeks, each student will create their own Dates ��July 6-August 19 Contact �� 617-585-0123, FOUNDATION film —designing, shooting and editing their Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-5 pm [email protected] SUMMER AT BAA Cost ��Participants are paid $11 an hour Website ��the-bac.edu/summer personal artistic work. All films will be shown at Be challenged and inspired to create with Deadline ��April 8; apply now! a mini festival in Boston Arts Academy’s black Contact ��Your guidance counselor or PIC career distinguished artists and educators at Boston BOSTON AREA HEALTH EDUCATION box theater. counselor. DO NOT call the Boston Bar Arts Academy in Summer 2016! CENTER (BAHEC) Dates ��July 11-22 Association! All Summer at BAA programs: Cost ��$600 Y2HC SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM For ��Ages 12-17; no experience needed Summer STEAM at BAA: Journey to Mars BOSTON BASEBALL CAMP BAHEC's Youth to Health Careers (Y2HC) Summer Location ��Boston Arts Academy, 174 Ipswich St., Through Science, Technology, Engineering, Boston Baseball Camp is an outstanding Enrichment Program is geared towards teens Boston (next to Fenway Park) Art and Math provides space for hands-on opportunity for Boston youth to develop and interested in pursuing careers in health care Hours ��8:30 am-4 pm; drop-off at 8 OR pick-up projects — coding, 3-D printing, laser cutting, improve skills on and off the field working with with a focus on the four areas of health: Primary at 4:30 is $50 additional per week computer-aided design and wearable technology the program's experienced and dedicated staff. Health, Allied Health, Complementary Health, Deadline ��June 1. Applications must — as part of a full-day, week-long STEAM You'll need to provide a current physical exam and Public Health. The goals of the 2016 SEP are include payment and a teacher workshop. The program is facilitated by BAA’s (within past 24 months) and an up-to-date to strengthen students’ desire to pursue health recommendation form. Tuition ��Scholarships are available for families in STEAM lab director, Dr. Nettrice Gaskins. record of immunizations. careers, increase their awareness of health need based on demonstrated need and disparities, and promote their academic and Dates ��July 5-8 For ��Boys and girls ages 7-14 availability of funds. Cost ��$250 Dates ��July 11-August 5; four 1-week sessions professional development.  Contact ��Adriane Brayton 617-842-5004 Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-2 pm [email protected] For ��Students living in Boston who are now BOSTON BAR ASSOCIATION Location ��Bajko Rink and Kelley baseball fields, in grades 8-11; high school students Website ��summeratbaa.org Hyde Park SUMMER JOBS PROGRAM must be registered on DYEE SuccessLink Summer Dance at BAA provides high Cost ��$110 for first child; $60 for second child; Location ��Boston quality training in a supportive and nurturing Since 1993, the Boston Bar Association (BBA) has $10 for each additional child; financial Dates ��July 5-August 12; attendance is environment that focuses on fostering a climate sponsored a paid internship program that places aid is available; no child will be denied mandatory for all 6 weeks Boston high school students in local law firms and participation because of financial need. Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4 pm of professionalism, creativity and discovery. legal departments. Through this program, hundreds Deadline ��Ongoing Cost ��Participants receive a stipend Students will experience rigorous training Contact �� 617-680-1781 (Mary) of local teens are given the unique opportunity Deadline ��March 18, but start now; you'll need to in ballet, modern, jazz, cultural dance, and [email protected] write an essay and get recommendations improvisation, while developing as artists in a to gain a better understanding of the legal Website ��bostonbaseballcamp.org Contact �� 617-534-5258 or [email protected] community setting. community and the responsibilities of working in the Website ��bphc.org professional world. And you'll be paid! Dates ��July 11-15 and July 18-22 Cost ��$325 one week; $600 both weeks For ��BPS students entering grades 11 and 12, recommended by their teachers or guidance counselors

4 Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 BOSTON CARES BEHIND THE SCENES (AGES 14-19) YOUTH & TEEN VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Build the set! Hang the lights! Make the Boston Cares engages young people and families in costumes! Learn from many of the top designers, production managers and technicians in the DYEE SuccessLink meaningful, team-orientated volunteer activities s you read Summer Stuff, you will see lots of listings for jobs that say, "You and leadership-building service opportunities industry about all the different areas of technical that promote youth and adult partnerships as a theater, including hands-on experience in must register on SuccessLink to apply." So what's up with this? lighting, costumes, sound, scenery, props and resource in community building. As the City of Boston’s youth employment program, the Department of stage management. Boston Cares offers young people many YouthA Engagement & Employment (DYEE) SuccessLink provides thousands of Boston For ��Ages 14-19; limited to 10 students; opportunities to serve through their monthly interview required teens ages 15-18 with job opportunities during the summer months. Participants work GoCreate projects, Service Clubs, Calendar Location ��Beverly, MA in a variety of jobs within community, faith-based, and government agencies. Positions program with more than 200 projects each Dates ��July 5-August 7 include administrative assistants, mural painters, peer leaders and many more! You will month, and projects of their own design. Hours ��9 am-4 pm earn $10 an hour. Program dates are July 5-August 12, 2016. For ��Ages 13-18 and families Cost ��$1,525 Dates ��Ongoing Register online: youth.boston.gov Locations ��All over greater Boston Cost ��This is volunteer work; $15 registration now through Friday, March 25, 2016. No registration by phone. fee for students Deadline ��Ongoing Find more jobs and volunteer opportunities at Contact �� 617-422-0910 ext. 208 youth.boston.gov/get-connected/volunteering/ [email protected] Website ��www.bostoncares.org { BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON NATIONAL HISTORICAL TV cable channels and website, creating content SCOOP SUMMER INTERNSHIPS BOSTON CITY LIGHTS PARK/BOSTON AFRICAN that addresses issues of concern, counters negative stereotypes, and promotes constructive SCOOP is the Student Career Opportunities The Boston City Lights Foundation is a free pre- AMERICAN NATIONAL HISTORIC Outreach Program, a summer internship for high youth activities and opportunities citywide. professional performing and visual arts school SITE students interested in health careers. As a SCOOP for inner city youth in Boston. Since 1979, this For ��Ages 15-18, registered on DYEE Boston National Historical Parks offer all kinds of SuccessLink intern, you will work at Boston Children’s Hospital South End performing arts training center has for 24 hours per week. Most of that time you will summer activities, from visiting historic sites to Location ��BNN Charles J. Beard II Media Center, offered an intense training program for children, 3025 Washington St., Egleston Square, work alongside a mentor in a patient services taking a guided tour with a park ranger. And it’s youth and young adults in dance, singing, acting, all free. Roxbury 02119 area. You will also work on developing a project sound production, set design, and community Dates ��July 5-August 12 Contact �� 617-242-5642 to be presented at the end of the program. participation and organization. Classes are Hours ��9:30 am -3 pm Monday-Friday, 25 hours Website ��nps.gov/bost – download For ��Students entering grades 10-12 who per week offered seven days a week. Students have the their mobile app. are interested in health care careers; 10 Cost ��Participants are paid $10 opportunity to perform in both benefit and paid African Meeting House and Deadline ��March 25 to register for SuccessLink positions available shows, to record their work in the BCL studio, and Location ��Boston Children's Hospital, Black Heritage Trail...... 617-742-5415 Contact ��Monique Douglas  617-708-3200 300 Longwood Ave. to learn to teach as interns. City Lights also offers www.afroammuseum.org Website ��www.bnntv.org Dates ��July 11-August 18 training camps in Maine. Bunker Hill Monument...... 617-242-5641 Hours ��24 hours per week For ��Students under age 24 Charlestown Navy Yard...... 617-242-5601 BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY Cost ��Free; interns may be paid Location ��1154 Washington St. (South End) and Dorchester Heights...... 617-242-5642 Deadline ��February 26 TEENS SUMMER READING PROGRAM Farmington, Maine Faneuil Hall...... 617-242-5642 Contact ��Eva Gomez  617-355-8524 Dates ��Every day, year-round Keep cool and exercise your brain at the Boston [email protected] Cost ��Free; the only cost is commitment and USS Cassin Young...... 617-242-5601 Public Library this summer. The Central Library in Website ��www.childrenshospital.org/centers- hard work USS Constitution...... 617-426-1812 Copley Square and all the neighborhood branch and-services/programs/f-_-n/ Deadline ��Rolling admissions; no one turned away Freedom Trail walking tours leave several times libraries have tons of fun activities and reading nursing-program/my-nursing-career/  Contact �� 617-451-9034 a day all summer from the Visitor Center, 15 State programs just for teens. career-opportunities/student-career- Website ��www.bclperformingarts.org opportunity-outreach-program Street in downtown Boston (State Street station  The 2016 teen summer reading BOSTON CONSERVATORY on the Orange Line). program runs from June 1-August 31. The Website ��cityofboston.gov/freedomtrail/ teen theme this year is "Build the Future” BOSTON CHILDREN'S THEATRE For information about all Boston Conservatory featuring books and activities that focus BCT ACADEMY SUMMER STUDIOS summer programs: BOSTON YOUTH CONSERVATION Classes and training at BCT Academy are fun, on creating, learning and engaging with Contact �� 617-912-9203 CORPS art, music, science, technology, writing, creative and an excellent way to discover your [email protected] and more. All summer long, there will be artistic potential. Studios for older students take Website ��bostonconservatory.edu SUMMER JOBS place at Shore Country Day School in Beverly (free Are you interested in the natural environment? programs that teens can participate in and BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUSIC transportation provided from the Back Bay). If you’re willing to work outdoors in all weather, win prizes. PROGRAM For more information on studios for all ages: YCC may be for you. This year, teams of youth  Tech programs, craft activities, and other This program is specially designed for BPS age 15-18 will work along the Neponset River weekly events will be offered in the Contact �� 617-424-6634 x 221 middle and high school instrumentalists and [email protected] Greenway in Dorchester and Mattapan, East Teen Room at the Central Library and vocalists. Through intensive ensemble work, Boston Greenway, Allandale Woods in West neighborhood libraries. Website ��bostonchildrenstheatre.org focused workshops and sectionals/ear training/ Roxbury, Hyde Park, and Roxbury. BYCC teens  For activity ideas, book lists, DVDs, and STUDIO THREE (AGES 9-14) musicianship classes, students in this program learn teamwork and job skills while engaged This is a pre-professional training program for will continue to develop their musical skills in a more, visit the Boston Public Library teen in park improvement projects involving page at www.bpl.org/teens. students interested in musical theatre. It includes supportive and demanding environment. environmental restoration, trail building, master classes taught by professional educators For ��BPS students in grades 6-12 landscaping, urban agriculture, and more. Youth  Don’t forget to see what’s happening at and rehearsals for a full musical production. Location ��Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway also participate in outdoor programming such as your neighborhood library. While you're Dates ��July 11-28 For ��Ages 9-14; audition required canoeing, as well as college/career workshops. there, ask about free and discount passes Location ��Beverly, MA Hours ��Mon.-Thurs., 1-4 pm to Boston’s many awesome museums. For ��Ages 15-18, Boston residents registered Transport ��Provided from BCT, downtown Boston Cost ��$75 for 12 sessions with the DYEE SuccessLink, and Milton Everything you need to know is at www. (with advance sign-up) Auditions ��Contact Dr. Walter Pavasaris, residents bpl.org. And remember, everything at the Dates ��June 27-July 23 [email protected] Location ��Outdoor areas in Boston BPL is free to all. Hours ��9 am-5 pm Deadline ��June 1 ; FC/FS Dates ��July 5-August 12 Auditions ��February 13 Still can't find what you're looking for? Contact BORN TO PERFORM! SUMMER YOUTH Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-1:00 pm Cost ��$1,975; financial aid and limited Teen Central at the Central Library at MUSICAL THEATER Cost ��Students are paid $10 per hour, scholarships available 617-859-2334 or www.bpl.org/teens. Summer Youth Musical Theater is the perfect 25 hours per week STUDIO FOUR (AGES 14-19) introduction for middle school students who Deadline ��March 9; March 25 for DYEE SuccessLink The Read Your Way to Fenway contest runs This is an intensive pre-professional training want to explore the world of musical theater in a Contact ��Linton Harrington from June 1 to July 31. The program is for  617-542-7696 x 2116 children and teens ages 5-17. Participants must program for student interested in musical fun and nurturing environment where everyone [email protected] theater. Led by Broadway professionals, it gets to perform. This one-week program offers Website ��thetrustees.org/about us-emp.htm read at least 3 books and write about their includes master classes taught by professional classes in music, dance, and acting, as well as favorite for a chance to win free tickets to a actors, workshops led by professional educators, group activities, afternoon rehearsals, and a BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD Boston Red Sox game in August. and rehearsals for full-scale musical productions. group performance at the end of the week. NETWORK (BNN) For ��Ages 14-19; audition required For ��Students entering grades 6-9 YOUTH VOICES Location ��Beverly, MA Location ��Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway Transport ��Provided from BCT, downtown Boston Dates ��Mon.-Fri., August 1-5 In the BNN-TV Youth Voices program, Boston (with advance sign-up) Hours ��9 am-4:30 pm; 8:30-5:00 available teens will receive training as media production Dates ��July 5-August 7 (extra cost) assistants and get experience in television Hours ��9 am-6 pm Cost ��$500; no scholarships production, including studio production, digital ¡ Auditions ��February 13 Deadline ��FC/FS field production, and multimedia. They will assist Cost ��$2,975; financial aid available with the production of programs to share on BNN

Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 5 BOSTON UNIVERSITY and work together to design and carry out an CAMP USA© 2016 investigation to solve problems in biotechnology. BU has a huge menu of summer programs for Camp USA© (United Student-Leaders of Students receive a hands-on experience and middle school and high school students—too America) is a free, non-partisan, and non-profit the freedom to design and plan their own Take a number. many to list here. You can find out about all of summer political program for middle school experiments. them on their website: bu.edu/mysummer H Lots of programs for teens require that you and high school students. The mission of Camp For ��Students entering grades 10-12 have a Social Security number. If you © Here are just a few: USA is to motivate young people toward Location ��72 E. Concord St., Boston don’t have one and you’re under age 18, early involvement in the American political Dates ��July 11-29; 1-week sessions ARTEMIS PROJECT you can apply by mail, get an application landscape. In its one-week summer programs, Artemis is a five-week summer program for Hours ��Mon.-Fri.; 9 am-3 pm; Wed. until 4 pm Cost ��$1,000 per week: Families qualifying for on-line, or go in person to a Social Security students participate in upbeat, high-energy, and rising 9th grade girls focused on computer free and reduced lunch are eligible for office. interactive sessions to explore the power and science. Participants learn computer languages financial assistance. promise of politics. Camp USA© 2016 will focus If you’re over 18, you must apply in person. such as Scratch, AppInventor, HTML, CSS, and Deadline ��Rolling admissions until June 1 on the presidential election, the 2016 Democratic Python. They also are introduced to robotics, Contact �� 617-638-5665 or [email protected] Bring a birth certificate and some other National Convention, 2016 Republican National Website ��bumc.bu.edu/citylab/summerlab cryptography, artificial intelligence, and circuits. identification, such as a copy of your medical Convention, and the most contested Senate and In addition, they learn how computer science or school records. If you are from another gubernatorial races across the US. Elected and is applied in the real world by hearing from country, also bring your passport (and your appointed government officials from both sides guest speakers and going on field trips. BU “green card” if you have one). of the political aisle will visit each session of undergraduates and/or graduate students lead ssa.gov Camp USA© and interact with the students. the program. Lunch is included each day. For ��Students in middle and high school For ��Girls entering grade 9 in the fall i  If you’re a male and ages 18-25, you must Location ��Boston; see website for details Location ��Photonics Bldg., 8 St. Mary's St., Boston register with the Selective Service Dates ��July and August 2016; program is one Dates ��June 27-July 29 (tentative) System to be eligible for many summer week. See website for days and times Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-3 pm PROMYS — PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICS programs and for all college financial aid. of each session. Cost ��$100 non-refundable registration fee Cost ��Free; all instruction and materials are FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS Pick up forms at any post office or register upon acceptance (no tuition) PROMYS is a challenging six-week program at provided at no cost to each participant Deadline ��May 1; apply beginning March 1 on-line: sss.gov Boston University designed to encourage strongly To enroll ��Send an e-mail to campusarocks@ Contact ��[email protected] gmail.com and include your name, Website ��bu.edu/lernet/artemis motivated high school students to explore in  If you are 18 years old, get a picture preferred session(s), and the grade you depth the creative world of mathematics in a will enter in the fall of 2016. Space is B.U. SUMMER PATHWAYS identification (ID) card from the Registry supportive community of peers, counselors, of Motor Vehicles. You can get a picture ID limited. Summer Pathways is an opportunity for young research mathematicians, and visiting scientists. Contact ��Caroline Shinkle,  937-532-4216 or women to discover the possibilities awaiting even if you don't have a driver's license. 937-532-4195 them in scientific fields. Students will live in a During the program, you'll live on the BU campus mass.gov/rmv/license/index.htm [email protected] Boston University dormitory as they experience near Kenmore Square, in a dorm supervised by Website ��campusarocks.org  a week packed with exploration, discovery, and college math majors. If you’re 18 years old, you should register meeting new people. The program combines How are PROMYS students selected? You'll have to vote. CASTLE SQUARE TENANTS field trips with hands-on activities, a taste of to solve a set of challenging math problems, cityofboston.gov/elections/vote/ ORGANIZATION college life, and valuable advice from career and write an essay, and submit grades and teachers' The Castle Square Tenants Organization (CSTO) college admissions experts. Included in the 2016 recommendations. offers programming for Boston residents of all summer program is an overnight on the historic For ��Students entering grades 9-12 (must ages. They also have employment opportunities Roseway, a 137-foot schooner built in 1925. be 14 years old by June 30); admission BROOKLINE ARTS CENTER through the Department of Youth Engagement & based on ability to solve math Participants will learn about the physics of sailing SUMMER INTENSIVES Employment for teens interested in working with and be active participants alongside the crew. problems, teacher recommendations, transcript and an essay Intensives include hands on learning in pottery them over the summer. Register on SuccessLink For ��Girls entering grades 11 or 12 who Dates ��July 3-August 18 and wheel throwing, jewelry and metals, by March 25! attend schools in the greater Boston Cost ��$3,800 or less; full and partial painting, drawing, graphic novels, print making, area and show promise and/or interest SQUARE ROOTS scholarships available: no qualified sculpture and more. Each is taught by a in science, math or engineering student turned away because of This EEC licensed school-age after school and professional artist. Location ��Boston University; students live on financial need summer learning program provides a safe campus for the week Deadline ��April 1 For ��Ages 10-12 and 13-17; older students and healthy environment where children are Dates ��July 8-15 may take adult classes Contact �� 617-353-2563 stimulated and challenged to grow as learners. Cost ��$675 including room and board; Website ��promys.org Location ��Monmouth St., Brookline, a short walk scholarships of up to $575 available to from the MBTA Green Line / C and D Students are introduced to new skills through students with demonstrated financial B. U. METROPOLITAN COLLEGE branches hands-on workshops that plant the seeds to need Dates ��One-week sessions, June 20-August 31 career interests, new hobbies, and developing an Deadline ��May 1; applications accepted starting INSTITUTE OF READING DEVELOPMENT Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-2 pm; bring a lunch identity. March 1 SUMMER READING SKILLS Cost ��$285 per week plus materials For ��Students in K2-grade 8 Contact ��[email protected] Boston University Metropolitan College offers Contact ��  617-566-5715 Website ��bu.edu/lernet/spathways Website ��brooklineartscenter.com Location ��476 Tremont St., South End weekly summer classes for all ages to foster Dates ��July-August, 7 weeks a love of reading, improve vocabulary and Hours ��Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm B.U. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING comprehension, improve note taking skills, finish CAMP HARBOR VIEW Cost ��$500 for Castle Square residents; $500 U-DESIGN SUMMER PROGRAM homework faster, and score higher on tests. Harbor View provides a healthy and fun outdoor for non-Castle Square residents; 10% discount for siblings U-Design offers a fun, hands-on engineering For ��Age 4-grade 12 (college and adult experience for middle school students, with experience in science, technology, flight and hiking, arts and crafts, sports programs and Deadline ��FC/FS until fully enrolled (52 slots programs also available) available) robotics. Laboratory workshops give students Location ��Boston University campus and 25 other swimming. The program also builds confidence, Contact ��Sophia Mei, Program Coordinator the opportunity to learn about science and locations in Massachusetts encourages creativity, and helps campers develop [email protected] technology by engaging them in the real work Dates ��Vary by age and program; visit their the leadership skills they need to succeed during  617-482-4605x107 of scientists and engineers: design, exploration, website for details school and beyond. Apply online now! Website ��www.cstoboston.org Hours ��Vary depending on grade level experimentation, and invention. Cost ��$329 for 5 weeks + $39 materials, HARBOR VIEW LEADERS-IN-TRAINING TEEN PROGRAM For ��Students currently enrolled in grades 1 day per week The LIT program keeps alumni campers CSTO's project-based youth development 6-9 Deadline ��FC/FS until programs fill; on-line program hires young adults to participate Location ��Boston University College of registration available now connected to Camp Harbor View through job Engineering Contact �� 1-800-964-8888 readiness, training, college preparation and fun in college and career focused workshops. Dates. ��July 11-15 : Robo-Alley and Electrical & Website ��bu.readingprograms.org during summer camp sessions and year-round. Our Peer Leaders develop 21st century skills Mechanical Gizmos through a series of art and vocational training For �� Boston residents ages 11-14 (on July 18-22: Robo-Alley & Flight School BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS July 1); Leaders in Training ages 15-17 workshops, including: film, video, graphic 101 who are former Harbor View campers design, entrepreneurship, goal setting and Hours ��Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 am-4 pm; and Friday, Here's a real bargain—for $5 to $25, you have Location ��Long Island in Boston Harbor financial literacy. Peer Leaders develop healthy 8:30 am-5:30 pm access to educational, recreational, cultural and Dates ��Two sessions: July 5-28 and August 2-26 Cost ��$425 for one workshop; $400 for relationships with their peers and adults sports programs all year round. Find out about Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-5 pm additional workshop; limited need- while learning the necessary skills to become summer hours and activities just for teens. Cost ��$5 per 4-week session based scholarships available successful, thriving members of society. Transport ��Provided at no cost from 14 locations Deadline ��FC/FS until May 25 BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS: www.bgcb.org throughout Boston For ��Students in grades 9 and up Contact �� 617-353-2800 Blue Hill (Dorchester)...... 617-474-1050 Deadline ��FC/FS; applications for new campers Location ��476 Tremont St., South End [email protected] Charlestown...... 617-242-1775 open mid-February Dates ��July-August, 7 weeks Website ��bu.edu/eng/u-design Chelsea...... 617-884-9435 Contact �� 617-369-5500 Hours ��Monday-Friday, 10 am-4 pm Condon (South Boston)...... 617-307-6075 Website ��chvf.org Cost ��Students are paid $9 per hour B.U. SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Franklin Hill...... 617-282-2800 Deadline ��June 13; 10 positions available Mattahunt (Mattapan)...... 617-635-5159 Contact ��Madeline Mulhberg, Program CITYLAB BIOTECHNOLOGY SUMMERLAB Coordinator  617-482-4605 x 114 SummerLab provides an opportunity for students Orchard Gardens (Roxbury)...... 617-516-5285 [email protected] to learn and apply basic techniques and concepts South Boston...... 617-268-4301 related to DNA science. Working in teams, they Sumner (Roslindale)...... 617-363-9938 assume the role of a biotechnology company Yawkey (Roxbury)...... 617-427-6050

6 Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 CHARLES RIVER CANOE & KAYAK CITY OF BOSTON Deadline ��April 30. Notified of City Year's decision May 31; applicants have until June 15 to SEA KAYAK AND SUP PROGRAM MAYOR’S YOUTH COUNCIL accept. Drop back in… The Sea Kayak and SUP (Stand Up Paddling) Ready to be a decision maker? The Mayor's Youth Contact: ��Recruitment Dept.  617-927-2400 …to high school if you have dropped [email protected] program is designed just for middle schoolers Council advises Mayor Walsh on policy, programs, out. What are your choices? You can who are looking for a week of excitement and and services. In addition, representatives help to Website ��CityYear.org adventure on the water. manage $1,000,000 of Boston's capital spending register for the Boston Public Schools, For ��Youth entering grades 6-8 through Youth Lead the Change: Participatory enroll in an alternative program, or Location ��Programs meet in Newton and travel by Budgeting. sign up for GED classes. Just call! van to the day’s paddling destination. For ��High-school age Boston residents; must Boston Public Schools (BPS): Dates ��July 18-20 and August 8-10 like free food Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-4:30 pm Dates ��Year-round Re-engagement Center...... 617-635-2273 Cost ��$299 per 3-day session Hours ��About 10 hours a month: two evening Adult High School ...... 617-635-9300 Deadline ��FC/FS meetings, 5:30-7:30 pm at City Alternative Education...... 617-635-8035 Contact �� 617-965-5110 [ Hall, plus workshops, community Website ��paddleboston.com, click "For Kids" engagement, and youth forums Other Options: TEEN ADVENTURE KAYAKING PROGRAM Cost ��Free; participants earn volunteer hours COMMUNITY BOAT BUILDING ABCD ...... 617-357-6000 Deadline ��May 31 BCYF GED Program...... 617-635-4920 x 2540 Get outside this summer with CRCK's Teen CBB SUMMER CAMPS Contact ��Francesco Tena  617-635-1389 ESAC GED Plus Program...... 617-541-2632 Adventure Program at Kendall Square. Enjoy [email protected] At CBB camps, students build their own remote three days of kayaking fun in Boston and along Website ��youth.boston.gov/myc controlled sailboat, skateboard, or half-model EDCO Youth Alternative the Massachusetts coast. You will build new (school-year only)...edcoyouthalternative.com DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT & to keep, or they help build a 10-foot rowboat skills, see new places, make new friends — and Jobs for Youth...... jfyboston.org EMPLOYMENT YOUTH OUTREACH TEAM or a strip kayak while also learning to row and try the new sport of paddle boarding. La Alianza Hispana ...... 617-427-7175 x 238 Looking for something fun and engaging to studying aquatic animals. For ��Ages 13-16 do but don't know how to find it? The Youth For ��Students ages 6 and up (most are ages Location ��Kendall Square, Cambridge Outreach Team can help connect you to free and 10-14) Dates ��July 11-13 and July 25-27 Location ��CBB workshop, Fan Pier, Boston COMMUNITY ROWING, INC. Hours ��Mon.-Wed., 9 am-4:30 pm low cost youth programs, employment, volunteer Dates ��July 5-August 5; 1-week sessions Cost ��$299 per 3-day session and civic engagement opportunities, sports Hours ��9 am-4 pm ROW BOSTON SUMMER ROWING CLINICS Deadline ��FC/FS leagues, camps, internships, support programs, Cost ��$450 per week ($400 for July 5-8); Year-round, Community Rowing, Inc. runs Girls Contact �� 617-965-5110 fun events, and much more. The teen staff on includes snacks, materials and a pizza Row Boston (G-ROW) and Boys Row Boston for Website ��paddleboston.com, click "For Kids" the Youth Outreach Team also publish a monthly party; scholarships available Boston Public Schools students. newsletter update that's full of events, contests, Deadline ��FCFS; limited to 30 per session Contact ��[email protected] In the summer, Row Boston offers one-week and youth resources. Contact the Youth Outreach  617-428-0155, Margery Egan programs to teach basic rowing skills and Team weekdays, 11 am-7 pm, (10 am-6 pm Website ��communityboatbuilding.org/camp- have fun through games, drills, and teamwork during vacations and summer). programs/ exercises on and off the water. The program is Contact ��617-635-2240, 617-635-4202 geared to the beginning rower with no previous @ [email protected] COMMUNITY BOATING INC. rowing experience. Swimming experience is a Website ��youth.boston.gov JUNIOR PROGRAM plus but is not required. CITI PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH ENGAGEMENT & For an inexpensive membership at Community For ��BPS students entering grades 7-12 CITY SPOTLIGHTS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT CAREER PEERS Boating (as low as $1!), you can go sailing, Location ��Nonantum Rd., Brighton; transportation City Spotlights is a paid job that combines arts If you need help creating/editing your resume windsurfing, kayaking, or stand up paddle provided from Ruggles Station or preparing for an interview, the Career Peers Dates ��July 18-22; Aug. 1-5; August 15-19 and leadership training, community advocacy, boarding on the Charles River all summer—no Hours ��9 am-3 pm professional development, and performance can help! The Career Peers are a team of high experience necessary. You’ll learn basic sailing Cost ��$40 per week; fee may be waived if it is throughout Boston. There are auditions, but no school-aged youth who create and deliver a through advanced racing with expert staff and a hardship to the family performing arts experience is necessary. variety of professional development workshops volunteers. They even have adaptive programs to Website ��communityrowing.org/outreach/ For ��Ages 15-19; preference for students on career readiness and life skills to other young accommodate disabled sailors. lets-row-boston/ registered with SuccessLink people in the City of Boston. Youth can sign up to Any catches? Only two: You need parent/guardian LEARN TO ROW participate in peer-led workshops or stop by their Location ��Citi Performing Arts Center, 270 Tremont permission, and you have to prove you can swim Learn to row this summer! CRI's two-week day St., Boston office for help during Open Hours on Wednesdays 75 yards. Take a quick test at the site or show camps give youth the opportunity to develop Dates ��7 weeks from July through mid-August from 3-6 pm. Young people who are interested your swim card: YMCA (Fish or above), Red Cross rowing techniques and even to race at the end of Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 25 hours per week in learning from professionals in a given industry Cost ��Paid job; students earn minimum wage (Level 5 or above), Red Cross (Level 5 or above), each week in a friendly, intramural environment. Deadline ��Rolling admissions; apply soon! can also register for our Speakers Connect Series or a Scout merit badge (with card). If you can't held each month. For ��Ages 12-18 Auditions ��March 12 swim, learn how—call the Y or your local Boston Location ��Community Rowing Inc., Harry Parker Contact ��Sheryl Chen 617-532-1250 Cost ��Free Community Center about swimming lessons. Boathouse, 20 Nonantum Rd., Brighton [email protected]; contact her Location ��1483 Tremont St. Roxbury 02120 Dates ��July 11-September 2; 2-week sessions to sign up for an audition or sign up Website. ��youth.boston.gov/professional- For ��Ages 10-18 who can swim 75 yards Location ��Storrow Drive on the Esplanade, near Hours ��9 am-12 pm or 1-4 pm online. development Cost ��$395 per session Website ��citicenter.org/cslp the Charles/MGH Red Line station Dates ��June 13-August 19 Deadline ��Varies by session  CITY YEAR Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-3 pm Contact ��Ariel Handler 949-836-8446 THE CITY SCHOOL City Year is a FULL TIME program whose mission Cost ��Sliding scale fee based on family [email protected] SUMMER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM is to help students reach their full potential and income; $1 for the summer for low- SLP provides 75-100 teens from greater Boston significantly increase the nation's high school income families CROSSROADS Deadline ��Ongoing; membership sign-up starts with leadership skills to become powerful voices graduation rate. This is an opportunity for CAMP CROSSROADS February 1 online, first round of classes for change in their communities. The diverse group 17- to 24-year-olds to work for 11 months with open for sign-up on March 1 online Crossroads for Kids overnight camps immerse spends six and a half weeks getting to know one students in an elementary, middle, or high school Contact �� 617-523-1038 children and youth in a safe, supportive another and exploring topics such as education, in Boston (or in 25 other cities in the US) by being [email protected] community, preparing them to meet life’s health, immigration, community organizing, a tutor, mentor, and role model. The day of a Website ��community-boating.org challenges as they learn, grow, and discover their housing, homelessness, and more. They meet City Year AmeriCorps member is spent tutoring own unique potential. Their camps are low-cost, together Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays to students who are at risk of dropping out of high COMMUNITY MUSIC CENTER OF and financial aid is available. participate in academic seminars and youth led school, running after school programs, and BOSTON (CMCB) Camp Wing in Duxbury, MA is C4K's largest educational workshops, and on Tuesdays and supporting teachers in the classroom. SUMMERARTS AND SUMMERMUSIC summer program, is for students who have Thursdays at an internship site at local non-profit If you are accepted, you will be paid a biweekly COUNSELORS IN TRAINING completed grades 1-7. Daily activities include organizations. stipend, receive basic health insurance, receive CMCB has several Counselor-in-Training positions instructional and free swim, arts and crafts, For ��High school age youth, in or out of an MBTA pass, and earn a $5,734 Segal Education for ages 11-14. CITs enjoy group instruction sports and games, climbing wall, fishing, archery school; preference given to those Award when you complete the program. City Year in drama, dance, visual arts, pop songs and a and more. entering grades 10 and 11 in the fall alumni are also eligible for scholarships of 25%- Location ��To be determined, but on a train line cappella singing in addition to assisting the Camp Mitton in Brewster, MA, is for students Dates ��July 5-August 12 plus overnight retreat, 100% of tuition for at over 190 participating faculty and participating in all SummerARTS who have completed grades 1-8, provides June 28-30 colleges and universities. activities. traditional summer camp experiences for youth Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9:30 am-4 pm, plus evening City Year strongly encourages you to talk to a For ��CITs, ages 11-14 who have or are experiencing crisis situations and events and overnight retreat recruiter before you apply. Location ��South End need more individualized attention to succeed. Cost ��This is a paid job; also has a sliding Dates ��June 27-July 22 Dates ��July 1-14; July 16-Aug. 4; Aug. 7-26 scale; free for families making under For ��Ages 17-24, U.S. citizen or legal Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-2 pm Contact �� 617-765-7556 $50,000 resident, and have a high school Cost ��CITs: $785 Website ��crossroadsma.org Deadline ��Rolling; applicants are interviewed and diploma, college degree, or GED Deadline ��FC/FS Location ��City Year Boston is based near Back Bay accepted March-June until the program Contact �� 617-482-7494 x 26 C5 TEEN LEADERS is full; download the application Station, at 287 Columbus Ave. Website ��cmcb.org from their website; and register on Dates ��Late July-June (start date varies by Serving students grades 8-12, the Crossroads C5 SuccessLink! location) Leaders Program is a summer and school year Contact �� 617-822-3075 Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 50+ hours program that helps teen leaders define their [email protected] Cost ��Participants receive a biweekly living leadership style and expand their academic, Website ��www.thecityschool.org/programs.html stipend of $564 and health insurance career and civic horizons. Through a combination

Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 7 THE FOOD PROJECT instruments are provided. SEED CREW For ��Girls ages 8-17 Get a PIC summer job. Location ��Jamaica Plain The Seed Crew brings together around 60 teens Dates ��July 18-23 and August 8-13 ooking for a summer job? If you go to the Boston Public Schools, you’re lucky. The from diverse cultural, racial, economic, and Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-5:30 pm; Saturday Boston Private Industry Council—the PIC—has been finding great summer, geographic backgrounds to grow and distribute Showcase time to be determined thousands of pounds of organic produce on the Cost ��$375 per session; financial aid available L after-school and after-graduation jobs for BPS high school students for 20 years. Deadline ��Applications available April 1 Food Project's urban and suburban farms while If you are a high school student in good standing, see the PIC career specialist at your school developing important leadership, teamwork, Contact ��[email protected] Website ��girlsrockboston.org to learn about jobs, internships, resume writing, and much more. The PIC career specialist diversity, and civic participation skills. Each day will ask you to complete an application and will help you land a good summer job. PIC career is a mix of field work, games, workshops, and specialists can also help with your college and career search, community-building activities. or connect you with non-BPS alternative programs. For ��Ages 14 (completed grade 8)-17 Location ��The Dudley neighborhood of Boston; How can you reach your PIC career specialist? also Lynn and the North Shore; all Visit the PIC website: bostonpic.org/youth/bps and follow the locations accessible by MBTA Dates ��July 5-August 19 T link to contact the career specialist for your high school. Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4 pm What if you don't have a PIC counselor? Cost ��Youth receive a stipend of $200 per GIRL SCOUTS w week and a T pass Girl Scouts of Eastern Mass. has programs from The Department of Youth Engagement & Employment offers an Deadline ��March 4 array of workshops and opportunities for young people to help Contact ��[email protected] sailing to science, politics to physical fitness, teamwork to technology—and everything in them develop the skills necessary for obtaining and maintaining jobs and achieving career goals.  781-259-8621 x 23 Website ��thefoodproject.org/syp between! Visit youth.boston.gov You don't have to be a Girl Scout to take part in THE FORSYTH INSTITUTE Girl Scout summer programs. (You do have to be a girl.) Their overnight camps on Cape Cod Crossroads (cont.) EMERSON COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH PROGRAM SUMMER INTERNSHIPS and in New Hampshire offer drama, horseback of workshops and signature experiences PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS This program exposes students to the exciting riding, hiking, swimming, crafts, rock climbing, participants graduate with the confidence and Emerson offers several day and residential and rewarding world of scientific research. It sailing, biking, windsurfing, photography, and readiness to take the lead in their own lives and programs for students entering grades 11 and provides opportunities for highly motivated opportunities for Counselors in Training. At to create a better future for themselves and their 12. This summer, you can take Acting Program, high school students to work side-by-side in Camp Cedar Hill, their day camp in Waltham, communities. Creative Writers Workshop, Filmmakers Studio, the laboratory with world-renowned scientists you could try your hand at photography, rowing, Youth Leaders must be nominated and accepted Musical Theatre Program, and Stage Design engaged in cutting edge research. performance, even financial management—or Studio. based on an application, essay, reference form, A student intern is paired with a Forsyth develop your leadership skills as a day camp individual interview, and a group interview. Emerson programs are expensive, but ask about researcher/mentor as they learn basic laboratory assistant. There are lots of program choices for For details, visit crossroadsma.org. Under financial aid. techniques and participate in an ongoing girls entering grades 7-12. Buses to Cedar Hill Programs, click C5 Teen Leadership Program. Location ��120 Boylston St., Boston research project. At the end of the program, leave from many Boston neighborhoods. For ��Students entering grade 8 Contact �� 617-824-8280 students present scientific posters describing Visit their website for information on programs, Location ��Summer: Camp Lapham, Ashby, MA [email protected] their findings. They may continue working on camps (including camp staff applications), Website ��emerson.edu/academics/pre-college Dates ��Summer TBD; this is a five-year, year- their projects during the academic year (unpaid). financial aid, and on-line applications. For all Girl round program Scout programs and camps: EXPLORE JAPAN PROGRAM For ��BPS students entering grades 10-11 (from socioeconomic backgrounds or Contact �� 617-350-8335 DORCHESTER HOUSE The Explore Japan Program is a unique population groups under-represented in Website ��girlscoutseasternmass.org GENERATION NEXT ACADEMY opportunity for families to learn about another the sciences preferred); must have taken TEEN CENTER culture and have a fun and free activity this biology and have a B or better GPA . GIRLS WHO CODE summer! During Explore Japan, local families (Non-BPS high school students may Whether you need help academically, want to SUMMER IMMERSION PROGRAM host visiting Japanese students while their apply to the summer internship in an socialize with your friends, create an artistic unpaid/volunteer position. The program The Girls Who Code Summer Immersion children attend daily Japanese language and masterpiece, dabble in technology, get advice does not offer housing or transportation Program embeds 20 rising high school juniors culture workshops and go on Boston area field from a peer leader, or just want a cool place to to non-Boston residents.) and seniors inside a technology company or trips. For families who host a Japanese visitor Location ��Cambridge, near the Kendall/MIT hang out this summer, the Teen Center is for university setting. Young women get hands-on during the program, one child can attend Explore station on the Red Line you! The Teen Center also offers youth leadership experience in computing concepts, programming Japan for FREE! Dates ��July 5-August 26 development programs, mentoring, healthy Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-5 pm fundamentals, mobile phone development, For ��Students ages 8-18 from all eastern lifestyles education, and recreation in the gym Cost ��BPS students are paid minimum wage robotics, and web development and design. Mass. communities and pool. Deadline … April 7. See website for directions, Location ��Girls: Milton High School Daily classroom instruction is paired with talks, applications, instructions and forms. For ��Ages 12-18 Boys: Pierce Middle School, Milton demos, and workshops led by inspiring female Contact ��Dr. Martin Taubman  617-892-8314, Location ��Dorchester House, 1353 Dorchester Ave. Dates ��Girls: July 25-August 8 entrepreneurs, CEOs, developers, designers, and [email protected] Dates ��Year-round Boys: July 25-August 5 Website ��forsyth.org/educational-outreach- computer science majors. Hours ��Monday, Tuesday & Thursday: 1-8 pm Hours ��9 am-5 pm, Mon.-Fri.; Japanese Wednesday & Friday: 12-8 pm program For ��Girls now in grades 10 and 11 who can students stay with participating families commit to the full 7-week program; Cost ��Free for 2 1/2 weeks Contact �� 617-740-2488 FRANKLIN PARK TENNIS tech or computer science experience Cost ��Free for families who host a Japanese not required; girls from various ethnic, [email protected] student ASSOCIATION SUMMER CAMP Website ��dorchesterhouse.org/services/youth_ racial, cultural and socioeconomic Contact ��[email protected] backgrounds encouraged to apply services.html Website ��www.americanlearning.com COUNCILORS IN TRAINING This program offers tennis lessons and Location ��Akamai, Google, Microsoft and Twitter in Cambridge; TripAdvisor in Needham; EMERALD NECKLACE THE FLAGSHIP CLUBHOUSE tournaments as part of a fun-filled day. Under transportation is not provided CONSERVANCY SUMMER PROGRAM the supervision of senior counselors, CITs help Dates ��June 27-August 12 younger campers with activities including arts & Hours ��9 am-4 pm SUMMER YOUTH GREEN TEAM The Flagship Clubhouse at the Museum of crafts, football, swimming, drama, soccer, Field Cost ��Free; accepted students with The Emerald Necklace Conservancy Green Team is Science is a free design studio for youth from Day, and more. financial need can apply for financial a unique program that employs teens to engage ages 10 to 18 with activities such as animation, For ��Counselors-In-Training: ages 13-15 scholarships as well as scholarships in conservation, gardening, landscaping, park 3D design, film and music production. Their Location ��Melnea A. Cass Complex, Roxbury to cover transportation; lunch is maintenance and community outreach. Green summer program provides quality mentor Dates ��July 5-August 26 provided daily. Team youth also participate in educational support from local design professionals, exciting Hours ��8:30 am-4 pm; extended day to 6 pm Deadline ��March 1; apply online today activities and workshops led by experts in the workshops for beginners and experts alike, field Cost ��CITs are paid a $300 stipend Website ��girlswhocode.com fields of conservation and landscaping. The trips, and more. "Come create with us!" Deadline ��April 15 Contact �� 617-427-8900 program includes trips to places such as the For ��All students ages 10-18 Website ��franklinparktennis.org GRUB STREET Arnold Arboretum and Boston Harbor Islands and Location ��Museum of Science, Boston overnight camping. Dates ��July 5-August 26 (Tuesday-Saturday); YOUNG ADULT WRITERS PROGRAM For ��Ages 15-18 who are registered on the closed July 26-30 GIRLS ROCK CAMPAIGN BOSTON (YAWP) DYEE SuccessLink Hours ��1-5 pm This program uses music education and Did you know that Grub Street, right here on Location ��The Emerald Necklace park system Cost ��Free; no museum admission charge performance to empower girls and encourage Boylston Street on Boston Common, is the second in Boston: Back Bay Fens, Riverway, Deadline ��None; this is a drop-in program positive self esteem. Girls receive instrument largest independent center for creative writing Olmsted Park, Jamaica Pond, the Arnold Contact ��Kas Okeyo, [email protected]  617-589-0466 instruction (guitar, bass, drums, vocals or in the United States? Grub Street's mission is Arboretum, and Franklin Park keyboards), form a band, write an original to be an innovative, rigorous, and welcoming Dates ��July 5-August 12 Websites ��clubhousebeat.org Hours ��25 hours per week theclubhousenetwork.org song, and perform at a sold out rock venue—in community for writers of all levels of experience. Cost ��Students are paid $10 an hour just one week! As well as band formations, They have both school-year and summer Deadline ��March 25 to register on SuccessLink band coaching and band practice, the program programs just for teens. Contact ��Kent Jackson  617-522-2700 includes workshops such as self-defense, song For all Grub Street classes and programs: [email protected] writing, women in rock history and screen Contact �� 617-695-0075 Website ��emeraldnecklace.org printing. No musical experience is necessary, and Website ��grubstreet.org

8 Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 Grub Street (cont.) For more information and registration for all For ��Ages 11-18 Call or visit the ICA Teens website for more Phillips Brooks House Summer Urban Programs: Location ��Boston information. YAWP SUMMER TEEN FELLOWSHIP Dates ��Weekday and weekend sessions, Website ��sup.pbha.org Grub Street's Summer Teen Fellowship is an June 29-August 20 Throughout the winter and spring, ICA runs Contact ��[email protected] Hours ��Many options: full day, partial workshops after school and during vacation intensive, three-week creative writing program  617-495-5526 for young writers. Through classes, workshops, day, some with enrichment and weeks in filmmaking, photography and more. and readings, students will generate new HARVARD SECONDARY SCHOOL individualized guidance Scholarships are available for BPS students. work, learn about the craft of writing, and PROGRAM (SSP) Cost ��Varies: $399-$769 per 4-week session ICA's next Teen Night is March 18, 2016, from gain knowledge of the writing/publishing Wondering what college is like? Experience it ACADEMIC SUMMER DAY PROGRAM 6 to 9 pm at the museum, 100 Northern Ave. world. Each student will receive a stipend upon yourself this summer in Harvard’s Secondary on the waterfront. Be there for free interactive, In this discovery-based academic and completing the program. The YAWP Fellowship is School Program. Alongside college and adult creative activities, demonstrations, and snacks. students, you can earn college credit in Harvard recreational program, students divide their time by application only, and only 18 students will be And keep in mind that admission to ICA is always courses and explore subjects not available at your between academic and recreational activities. chosen to participate. free for youth ages 17 and under. For ��Boston area students entering grades high school. You study with distinguished faculty, In the mornings, students are enrolled in two 9-12 use state-of-the-art labs, and have access to the individualized programs (usually ELA and All ICA teen programs: Location ��162 Boylston St., Boston largest university library system in the world. mathematics). Afternoon activities include arts Website ��icateens.org Dates ��July 11-28 and crafts, games, creative drama, and music. Contact ��Sean Snyder  617-478-3133 Hours ��Mon.-Thurs., 10:00 am-3:00 pm Harvard SSP is expensive — $2,950 for a Students also participate in many educational [email protected] Cost ��Participants receive a $300 stipend if 4-credit course. Scholarships are available, but field trips. they attend all or nearly all sessions the deadline was Feb. 1, 2016. Think about it for INQUILINOS BORICUAS EN ACCION Deadline ��March 28 next year. For ��Ages 5-13 Location ��Boston, Lexington, Malden, Newton, (IBA) WEEK OF CREATING WRITING FOR TEENS Dates ��June 18-August 6 Quincy YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM In this week-long camp you'll have prompts, Website ��www.summer.harvard.edu/programs/ Languages ��Chinese, English, Romanian, Spanish writing time, out-of-class activities to get your secondary-school Dates ��Pre-session: from the day after public IBA’s Youth Development Program fosters sensory descriptions flowing, and workshop. By school ends until July 1 socio-emotional, intellectual and artistic growth the end of the week, you'll have your toolbox full ID TECH CAMPS AND ID TEEN Session I: July 5-July 29 in young people between 13 and 19 years old, Session II: August 1-August 26 of ideas, beginnings, and some drafts to keep you ACADEMIES while helping them develop 21st century skills to Post-session: August 29 to the day be successful in life. going all summer. Gain a competitive edge! Build iPhone/ before public school starts For ��Writers ages 13-18 Android apps, video games, programs in C++/ Hours ��9:00 am-4 pm; extended hours The program provides academic support, job Location ��162 Boylston St., Boston Java, movies, and more at week long, day and available for additional cost readiness, arts education, leadership training, Dates ��June 27-August 19; 1-week sessions overnight programs held at colleges in and near Cost ��$599 per session full-day, $179 per civic engagement and advocacy opportunities. week for pre/post sessions or weekly Hours ��10:30 am-3:30 pm Boston (and farther away). iD Tech Camps offer For ��Boston residents, ages 13-19 enrollment (prices may vary for Cost ��$475; $450/members; scholarships small classes for ages 7-17 in a fun, challenging, Location ��100 West Dedham Street, South End different locations); vouchers accepted available Dates ��July-August, 6 weeks Deadline ��Varies by session un-school environment. They also have 2-week, teen-only academies: iD Gaming Academy, iD IDIIL INTENSIVE ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT Hours ��Mon., Wed. & Fri., 10 am-4 pm Cost ��Free for Boston residents; stipend Programming Academy), and iD Visual Arts PROGRAM HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL positions: advance registration required Academy. This is an intensive academic enrichment OF DESIGN (application and interview process) For ��Ages 7-17 program that can help students move ahead Deadline ��May 22; apply in person, online, or PROJECT LINK Location ��MIT, Harvard, Simmons, Northeastern, when they go back to school in September. through DYEE SuccessLink Project Link is an intensive, four-week program and campuses in Greater Boston and Each student will pick two individualized IDIIL Contact ��Erika Rodriguez  617-535-1755 that immerses high school students in the world around the US subjects. [email protected] Dates ��June 13-August 5; 1-week day camps Website ��ibaboston.org/youth-development/ of design. Students will be exposed to drawing, For ��Ages 5-13 and 2-week overnight programs modeling and representation techniques Location ��Boston, Lexington, Malden, Newton, Hours ��Day camps: Mon.-Thurs. 9 am-5 pm; Quincy JOB CORPS associated with architectural design, as well Fri. 9 am-4 pm Languages ��Chinese, English, Romanian, Spanish as landscape design, urban planning, graphic, Cost ��About $1,100 for 1-week day camp; Job Corps is the nation's largest career technical Dates ��July 529 and August 126 industrial, and fine arts design. The program $3,999 for 2-week overnight program training and education program for young Hours ��4 weekdays, 9:30-11:30 am; extended Deadline ��Limited space; register now; some people ages 16 through 24. Students can earn a fosters design skills and puts students on track hours available for additional cost programs are already full. for exploring these ideas at the college level. Cost ��$300 per session (prices may vary for high school diploma, a high school equivalency Contact ��1-888-709-TECH (8324) different locations); vouchers accepted. credential, or college credits through Job Corps. Project Link invites all students to the Design Website ��internalDrive.com Carnival on March 26, 2016, in Piper Auditorium SUMMER COMPUTER CAMP Job Corps offer career technical training in more at Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA. IDIIL LEARNING FOUNDATION In this discovery-based, project-driven and than 100 career areas. Students receive housing, Come and explore your creativity with us! meals, basic health care, a living allowance, All IDIIL Summer Programs: fun-filled computer program, students learn For ��Students entering grades 10-12 in Sept. Microsoft Office, multimedia web design, or training, and preparation for a career, all at no Location ��Harvard Graduate School of Design, Deadline ��FC/FS cost. Contact �� 617-795-0256 or 617-426-4126 game programming, depending on their level of Cambridge computer literacy. They also participate in many For up to 21 months after graduation, a career Dates ��July 5-29 [email protected]; [email protected] transition counselor will help you make the Hours ��9 am-3 pm Website ��idiil.com educational field trips. transition from Job Corps into the real world. Cost ��Free; T passes provided SAT/ISEE INTENSIVE PREP PROGRAM For ��Ages 9-16 Deadline ��Rolling admissions until May 25 Location ��Boston There are 125 Job Corps centers in the US, Contact ��[email protected] In this intensive prep program for standardized Dates ��July 5-29 and August 1-26 tests such as the SAT and ISEE (the Boston exam including three in Massachusetts, two in Website ��project-link.squarespace.com Hours ��9 am-4 pm; extended hours available Connecticut, two in Maine, and one each in Twitter: @pjtlink schools admission test), students will review for additional cost Instagram: @project_link and strengthen the concepts and skills necessary Cost ��$699 per session, full day; vouchers Vermont and Rhode Island. The Mass. centers for success on the tests. They will also learn and accepted are in Devens, Grafton, and Chicopee. After your HARVARD UNIVERSITY practice test strategies and thinking skills that initial training, you may qualify to transfer to another site for advanced training, to enter into PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE ASSOCIATION will help them deduct correct answers quickly INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY union apprenticeships, or to take courses at a SUMMER URBAN PROGRAMS and confidently. More than 90% of ISEE Prep ART BOSTON (ICA) nearby college. Phillips Brooks House, Harvard's student Program students scored high enough on the Information for ICA teen programs was not yet volunteer organization, runs summer programs exam to be admitted to Boston Latin School. available when Summer Stuff went to press. What if you've dropped out of school or have a for elementary and middle school-age students physical disability? You may still be eligible. Just all over Boston and Cambridge. While each ask. program is a little different, they usually consist Check out For ��Ages 16-24, legal U.S. resident or legal of a morning of classroom-based academic aliens, low income, who have graduated or dropped out of high school enrichment and afternoon trips and recreation. Dates ��Full-time, residential program, seven All are very low-cost—about $125 for the BostonNavigator.org The place for finding Out-of-School Time programs in the City of Boston days a week, for up to two years summer. Priority is given to returning families Hours ��Classes are Mon.-Fri., 8 am-4 pm and residents of the camp neighborhood. Slots This resource brings together program information from many sources. Check back often to learn more Cost ��Free; Job Corps students are paid a are limited, and new campers are accepted based about the many out-of-school time programs available for Boston’s youth. stipend Deadline ��Ongoing on availability in their age group. Programs Boston Navigator tracks programs that: operate June -August. Contact �� 1-800-733-JOBS (5627)  are located in the City of Boston; Website ��www.jobcorps.gov/Home.aspx PBHA’s Leaders! Program is a year-long  provide staff supervision for youth age 5 to 18; community leadership program for youth ages  operate during out-of-school time (including before school, after school, summers, weekends, LEARN 2 TEACH, TEACH 2 LEARN 15-18 in the Boston area. During the summer, and school vacations). PROGRAM Leaders! work as junior counselors in the Summer Use the Program Locator to search by: Do you want to get creative with technology? Urban Program. During the school year, Leaders! Do you like to make things? Do you want are paired with a college-age mentor while  the age of the child for which you are seeking programming; to teach to elementary and middle school working 4+ hours each week in community  the type of activity you want; and/or children in your community? Then apply to be a service or advocacy organizations. Throughout  the zip code in which the program must be located. Learn2Teach, Teach2Learn youth teacher! You'll the year, Leaders! work in groups to develop skills Boston Navigator was created through a collaboration of the City of Boston and Boston After School & Beyond. code animations and games, build robots, make as community leaders. Learn2Teach 

Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 9 Learn2Teach (cont.) professors and graduates of Lesley’s College Deadline ��May 1; call or visit the website for dates MASSART SUMMER INTENSIVES of information sessions and open house wearable electronics, design a T-shirt, and more. of Art and Design. Students also experience Summer Intensives offers a choice of studios Cambridge, Boston, and a New England summer days For ��Students ages 14-18 who live in Boston; Contact �� 1-866-MAS-CAMP (627-2267) for high school students who are serious about while living in residence halls on the Lesley registered on SuccessLink if you aren't  1-781-259-2183 art to help them develop their skills and build too young or too old to qualify; must University campus. Website ��wildwoodcamp.org studio practice. Studio choices include a range of be able to attend the whole program, For ��Students entering grades 10-12 disciplines in both fine art and design. Students April-August Location ��Lesley University campus (Cambridge) MASS. COLLEGE OF ART AND will have the opportunity to develop work for Location ��South End Technology Center Dates ��Grades 11-12: July 3-29 (4 weeks); their portfolio. @ Tent City residential program DESIGN Dates ��April-June (4 hours on Saturdays); Grade 10: July 3-15 (2 weeks) During the school year, don’t miss MassArt’s For ��Students entering grades 10-12 July 6-August 12: 20-24 hours a week Cost ��$3,900 (4 weeks); $1,950 (2 weeks); classes and studios on Saturdays, after school, Dates ��July 11-22 Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12:30 pm and Hours ��10 am -2 pm Saturdays, April-June; includes tuition, room and board, most and during school vacation weeks. Mon.-Thurs. 9 am-4 pm in summer meals, and activities 1:30-5 pm Cost ��Students earn $9.00 per hour first year To Apply ��Please visit www.lesley.edu/pre- For all MassArt youth programs: Cost ��Half-day, $630; full day, $1,260; scholarships available based on need Deadline ��March 14 college/young-artists-residency/ Location ��621 Huntington Ave., Boston Deadline ��FC/FS for scholarships Contact �� 617-578-0597, Susan Klimczak application/ for information on the Contact �� 617-879-7170 Contact �� 617-879-7170 [email protected] application requirements. Website ��massart.edu/youthprograms Website ��www.docs.learn2teach.net Deadline ��April 1 (priority deadline) MASSART CREATIVE VACATION Contact ��[email protected] or  617-349-8011 XTREME! WEEK Express yourself this summer! You can take LESLEY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF Website ��www.lesley.edu/pre-college/young- This is an intensive week of art-making for artists-residency/ morning and afternoon studios in drawing, ART AND DESIGN students in grades 7-12 during February and April vacation. Choose your focus for the week— painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, COLLEGE COURSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL Design Drawing (grades 9-12), Drawing & fashion design, computer animation, and more. STUDENTS Portfolio Development (grades 9-12), or Fashion You'll also explore museums and show off your Lesley’s college courses for high school students Intensive (grades 7-12). The grand finale is an work in a final exhibition. All skill levels are are designed to challenge the imagination exhibition and dazzling fashion show to celebrate welcome. and encourage creative growth. More than 50 student creations. For ��Students entering grades 3-9 courses are planned – and students can earn Location ��621 Huntington Ave., Boston For ��Grades 7-12 Dates ��July 5-15 college credit after successfully completing most Dates ��April 18-22 of them. Non-credit workshops and online Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-12 pm and ` Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9:30 am-4:30 pm 1-4:30 pm portfolio preparation courses also take place Cost ��$590; scholarships based on need and Cost ��Half-day, $590; full day, $1,180; plus during the summer session. MASS. AUDUBON SOCIETY available space $100 application fee; scholarships based For ��High school students (age 15-18) Deadline ��FC/FS on need WILDWOOD CAMP Location ��Lesley University campus, Porter In the summer, you can sign up for… Deadline ��FC/FS for scholarships Square, Cambridge Wildwood's one and two-week overnight camp MASSART SUMMER STUDIOS Dates ��July 5-29; morning and afternoon for ages 9-17 offers traditional activities like MASS. DEPT. OF CONSERVATION classes This is an intensive four-week program for the sailing, and hiking, as well as fun science and AND RECREATION (DCR) Cost ��$160-$210 per course + $40 nature activities like forest ecology, sustainable young artist who is serious about his or her work. registration fee; see YAP scholarship living, and animal tracking. Students from around the world come together DCR’s urban recreation division operates Boston information below to experience MassArt and the environment area pools, beaches, athletic fields, bike paths, Deadline ��FC/FS; June 6 for scholarships Teens entering grades 10-12 can sign up for a of a higher education institution in the visual camp sites, golf courses, sailing sites, and tennis Contact �� 617-349-8011 three-week Leaders-in-Training program to enjoy arts. Students take three required foundation courts. Website ��www.lesley.edu/pre-college the fun of camp, share their talents, explore classes and one elective and are able to see the environmental issues, and help younger campers. And there's more: hiking trails, rock climbing, YOUNG ARTIST SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM development of their work over the program. In Teens ages 14-17 can also venture to beautiful natural history programs, workshops, fishing, This program provides access to Lesley’s extensive addition, the program offers special events and a locations around New England on one-week Teen canoeing, ball fields, playgrounds, theater, pre-college courses for talented, urban high closing exhibition of student work. Students can Adventure Trips. bandstands, concerts, basketball, boat landings, school students with significant financial need. even take Summer Studios for credit. You must golf, and museums. All DCR activities are free or For ��Ages 9-17 The program provides full tuition and fees. submit a portfolio to apply. low-cost. Students must submit the scholarship application Location ��Rindge, NH For ��Students entering grades 11-12 Website ��mass.gov/dcr document and requirements, including parental Dates ��July 3-August 27; 1 and 2-week sessions Dates ��July 18-August 13 income tax returns. Cost ��One week: $1,075 for MAS members; Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-4:30 pm LIFE GUARD TRAINING Deadline ��June 6 $1,175 for non-members Cost ��$2,460; partial scholarships available Do you love to swim? Why not get paid for Information ��lesley.edu/pre-college/scholarships/ Two weeks: $1,925 for MAS members; Deadline ��FC/FS for scholarships; it? Visit the DCR website to find out the Contact ��[email protected] or  617-349-8011 $2,025 for non-members April 25 for credit-bearing sections qualifications and how to apply: Leaders-in-Training: $1,675 for MAS Contact �� 617-879-7170 www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/inside-our-agency/ YOUNG ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAM members; $1,775 non-members The Young Artist Residency Program is a 4-week Teen Adventure Trips: $1,350 for MAS employment/dcr-lifeguard-requirements.html program designed to offer a professional art members; $1,450 non-members. The American Red Cross offers lifeguard training college experience and open pathways to a career Scholarships available; call or e-mail for in Boston and nearby towns. This course teaches in art or design. Students study with college an application the skills and knowledge needed to prevent and respond to emergencies in the water and prevent drowning and injuries. For ��Age 15 and older; must pass a pre- Plan ahead for college. course. Location ��Boston University, Charles River Park, ummer is a great time to have everything you need to make career several languages. And it’s all free. Check Dedham Health & Athletic Complex, learn about careers and and college decisions: information on their website for tons of resources. and others Dates ��Many; see website colleges, and Boston has thousands of colleges, universities, and If you go to the Boston Public Schools, Cost ��About $350-$400 Sgreat (and air conditioned) places to technical/vocational programs; counseling you are eligible for financial aid and many Contact �� 1-800-733-2767 do just that: ASA College Planning on choosing a school and paying for it; [email protected] scholarships. Every BPS high school has Website ��www.redcross.org/courses/index. Centers at the Boston Public Library help completing admission and financial a uAspire advisor who can help you find jsp?_requestid=614958 in Copley Square and in many aid applications; computerized college, funding for college. Contact uAspire at neighborhoods. (ASA stands for career and scholarship search systems;  617-778-7195 or visit their website: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF American Student Assistance.) They and much more. Help is available in TECHNOLOGY (MIT) uaspire.org Right across the Charles River in Cambridge, on the Red Line (Kendall station), is one of the best ASA College Planning Centers ) 617-536-0200 to reach all centers . asa.org/plan universities in the country and one of the hardest to get into: MIT. But you can go to MIT while BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY CHINATOWN HYDE PARK you're still in high school—and take courses 700 Boylston St., Copley Square 02116 Asian American Civic Association Hyde Park Branch Library taught by MIT students and professors. They offer Summer Hours: 87 Tyler St., Boston 02116 35 Harvard Ave., Hyde Park 02136 many choices, year-round. Monday-Thursday, 9 am-7:30 pm Wednesday, 9 am-12 pm and 1-5 pm Call to schedule an appointment Friday and Saturday, 9 am-5 pm Chinese and English speaking counselors ROXBURY MIT JUNCTION CHELSEA DORCHESTER Egleston Square Branch Library Junction is a summer program for advanced, Bunker Hill Community College Codman Square Branch Library 2044 Columbus Ave., Roxbury 02119 self-driven high school students held on the 175 Hawthorne St., Chelsea 02150 690 Washington St., Dorchester 02124 Call to schedule an appointment MIT campus. The program gives students the Monday, 11 am-6 pm Call to schedule an appointment SOUTH BOSTON opportunity to execute an in-depth independent Spanish and English speaking counselors EAST BOSTON South Boston Branch Library study project through a unique mentoring Call to schedule an appointment 646 East Broadway, South Boston 02127 experience. 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10 Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 MIT Junction (cont.) MathPower (cont.) applicants will read mentor biographies and write to an exciting summer program that promotes a proposal to work with one of the mentors on an Take care of yourself. resiliency and life-long skills while increasing independent study project. Each Junction mentor AIDS ACTION INFORMATION BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS students' interest in pursuing a college will use these proposals to select seven students aac.org bridgeotw.org education. and help these students refine their proposals  1-800-235-2331  617-423-9575 (Monday-Friday) For ��Students entering grades 6-10 in throughout the summer to prepare them for Information about HIV and AIDS.  1-800-RUNAWAY (if you are a runaway and September 2016 Junction. need help) Location ��Northeastern University, Boston ALATEEN campus, near Ruggles station For ��Students entering grades 9 through Free programs and services for 14 to 24-year-olds ma-al-anon-alateen.org Dates ��July 6-August 9 freshman year of college; most are  508-366-0556 who are homeless, disconnected or high-risk; Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8:15 am-4 pm entering grades 11-12 runaway services; emergency youth shelter. Cost ��$705; includes $100 non-refundable Dates ��Two weeks in mid-August Information and referrals to support groups for deposit; significant financial aid Hours ��Full day; check website in March teens whose lives are being affected by someone FENWAY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER available to qualified families Cost ��Check website in March; generous else's drinking. Peer Listening Line (Mon.-Sat. 5:30-10 pm) Deadline ��FC/FS; qualified students are accepted need-based financial aid available fenwayhealth.org in the order they apply; space is limited; Deadline ��Mid-April; applications available in ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS  617-267-2535 or  1-800-399-PEER $100 deposit due by May 1 to ensure March www.aaboston.org your spot Website ��esp.mit.edu/learn/Junction  617-426-9444 An anonymous, confidential, non-judgmental forum where young people up to age 25 can get Contact ��617-373-5934 MIT SPARK Referrals to support groups for teens who abuse [email protected] alcohol. Line operates Mon.-Frid, 9 am-9 pm, and help, information, referrals and support for a Spark is a one-weekend program designed to Website ��www.mathpower.neu.edu Saturday, Sunday and holidays, 12 noon-9 pm. range of issues, including sexuality and safer sex give students the opportunity to explore a wide practices, coming out, HIV and AIDS, depression MEDICINE WHEEL PRODUCTIONS range of subjects. MIT students and community AMERICAN SOCIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION and suicide, and anti-gay/lesbian harassment members teach a bunch of short classes on HOTLINE and violence. PUBLIC ART INTERNS a huge variety of cool topics, from urban iwannaknow.org Medicine Wheel is a public arts organization orienteering to mathematics to Chinese brush Information, materials and confidential referrals MASSACHUSETTS SUBSTANCE ABUSE in South Boston offering classes, community painting, and everything in between. for anyone concerned about sexually transmitted INFORMATION & EDUCATION HOTLINE involvement, and programs for youth. Public  1-800-327-5050 For ��Students in grades 7-8 diseases and infections (STDs/STIs) and their Art Interns is a paid employment program for Date ��March 12-13 harmful consequences. Free and confidential 24-hour referrals to youth ages 14 and older. In the summer, students Where ��MIT campus in Cambridge agencies in your area for help. work 25 hours a week for 8 weeks on various BOSTON AREA RAPE CRISIS CENTER Cost ��$40; includes lunches individual and group projects as part of the main barcc.org MAYOR’S HEALTH LINE To register ��Online only, FC/FS; registration opens Medicine Wheel public art projects. During the on February 19  1-800-841-8371  1-800-847-0710 school year, participants work up to 15 hours per Website ��esp.mit.edu Free, 24-hour hotline with counseling, referral, A multilingual referral and advocacy hotline week. All participants receive job training, case and medical and legal advice for male and for anyone looking for health care services, and management and mentoring in addition to the female rape survivors. especially for people who do not have health insurance. Free or low-cost health insurance is hands-on art skills they gain. BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER available to all Boston children. For ��Ages 14-25 who are referred by DYS or ADOLESCENT CENTER ABCD or registered on The City of Boston bmc.org/pediatrics-adolescentcenter.htm SAFELINK DYEE SuccessLink Y  617-414-4086 x 2  1-877-785-2020 Location ��110 K St., 2nd floor, South Boston Medical care and disease prevention, patient Call if you are experiencing domestic violence Dates ��July-August and after-school, October-May education, family planning and counseling, and need emergency services. Hours ��Summer: 10 am-4 pm MIT SUMMER HSSP nutrition counseling, pre-natal education, social School year: 3-7 pm Summer HSSP has a wide variety of classes for services, and assistance with issues such as SISTER 2 SISTER PROGRAM Cost ��Interns are paid through DYEE or ABCD students in grades 7-12. The classes being offered housing, immigration, continuing education and www.meetme.so/sister2sister SummerWorks vary from year to year but could be anything career counseling. For ages 13-21.  617-858-0708, call or text Deadline ��March 25 for SuccessLink; FC/FS; rolling from “Bookbinding 101” to “Introduction to Join private and confidential, judgement free, admission for DYS BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION Traditional Chinese Poetry.” one-on-one conversations about sexual health Contact �� 617-268-6700 or  617-894-3171 www.bphc.org [email protected] For ��Students in grades 7-12 and wellness for young women (15-25) who live  Website ��medicinewheelproductions.org Location ��MIT in Cambridge 617-534-5395 in Boston. $25 gift card for participating! Contact Dates ��Sundays in July and August The Boston Public Health Commission works them to chedule an appointment. Hours ��10:30 am to 4:30 pm closely with the youth of Boston, providing MODEL U.N. SUMMER INSTITUTE Cost ��$40; generous financial aid available educational and health related opportunities for The Model UN Summer Institute introduces Registration �Check in May for details and personal, career, and community advancement. students to the field of international relations registration. through training in Model United Nations. You Contact ��[email protected] will take on the role of a diplomat, engage Website ��esp.mit.edu in independent research, and then debate There's also a Spring HSSP which meets on your country’s position on one of the many Saturdays fron February through early April. committees of the United Nations. Registration for 2016 was early February; make a Save this for next year. For ��Students entering grades 7-12 note for next year! Location ��Harvard University, Cambridge Contact ��[email protected] Dates ��July 11-15 and July 25-29 (students It's already too late to apply for some awesome summer entering grades 7-10); August 1-5 MASS MOTION DANCE programs and jobs. So clip and save this box, and start (students entering grades 11-12) Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4 pm TEEN INTENSIVE CAMP contacting them next fall. Cost ��$595 per week; some full scholarships Mass Motion’s Teen Intensive Camp offers for BPS students beginners to advanced students an opportunity BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL The 2016 deadline was February 5. Deadline ��FC/FS to dance in a professional environment. In CENTER SUMMER HEALTH CORPS https://mfdp.med.harvard.edu/dicp- Contact �� 617-482-4587 Website ��unagb.org addition, they have classes and camps for Through this volunteer program, motivated teens programs/k-12/high-school-programs/project- success dancers of all ages. ages 14-17 can explore various careers while MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (MFA) gaining valuable experience in a hospital setting. For ��Ages 12-18 (MS)2: MATH AND SCIENCE FOR Location ��100 Holton Street, Brighton The 2016 deadline was January 29. Apply starting STUDIO ART CLASSES MINORITY STUDENTS Dates ��July 25-29 and August 15-19 in mid-October. Work on a variety of media, including drawing, Hours ��10 am-4 pm bidmc.org/About-BIDMC/Volunteer-Services/ Academic courses plus career and college painting, print making, sculpture, photography, Cost ��$350; $600 for both weeks counseling workshops. Live at Phillips Academy Summer-Health-Corps-Program.aspx fashion drawing and more at the MFA. In these 4 Deadline ��FC/FS; March 15 for early bird discount in Andover for 5 weeks in the three summers and 5-day classes, you will explore works in the Contact �� 617-562-0550 DANA FARBER/HARVARD CANCER after grades 9, 10, and 11. Free. Minority museum collections, and then create works of art [email protected] CENTER CURE PROGRAM students in grade 8 in fall 2016 are eligible. Website ��massmotiondance.com in the studio classrooms. No previous experience Paid internship designed to introduce students Apply in November 2016 for next summer. is required for most classes. ages 16 and older to the world of cancer research. andover.edu/ms2/ MATHPOWER Students will be placed with a mentor who During April vacation week, the MFA offers 4-day MIT MITES (MINORITY INTRODUCTION ALGEBRA PLUS SUMMER ACADEMY conducts cancer-related research. intensive classes in different art themes, which TO ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE) Algebra Plus Summer Academy is a five-week The 2016 deadline was February 19. change from year to year. intensive program designed to strengthen cure.dfhcc.harvard.edu/ A rigorous, six-week, residential, free academic For ��Ages 12-18 students’ math proficiency by reviewing enrichment summer program for promising high Dates ��June 27-August 26; most are 4 and HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL PROJECT prior math knowledge and introducing next school juniors who are interested in studying and 5-day sessions; some 2 weeks SUCCESS Hours ��Vary by class: 9 am-12 pm, year's math curriculum. Hands-on learning exploring careers in science, engineering, and Paid, “hands-on” summer research project under 10:15 am-2:15 pm, and/or 1 pm-4 pm activities in morning classes are combined with entrepreneurship. Apply November 2016- the supervision of Harvard faculty for students in January 2017 for next summer. Cost ��About $250 per week through March educational activities such as coding, cooking 30; discount for memgers; $20 material grades 10-12 interested in a biomedical career. and engineering, in the afternoon. Students also web.mit.edu/mites fee; limited financial aid do a service-learning project. It all contributes Deadline ��FC/FS

Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 11 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY MARINE SCIENCE CENTER Get an ABCD SummerWorks job. COASTAL OCEAN SCIENCE ACADEMY The Coastal Ocean Science Academy (COSA) is re you looking for an interesting summer job? Do Allston-Brighton NOC...... 617-903-3640 a marine science summer day program that you want to make money and learn some useful Asian American Civic Association (Chinatown)...... 617-426-9492 aims to introduce and connect young people skills? If you’re 14-21 years old and live in Boston, Citywide Boston Hispanic Center...... 617-506-7917 to local marine and coastal habitats and the SummerWorks may be just what you're looking for. Dorchester NSC...... 617-288-2700 factors that shape them. The program is based at East Boston APAC...... 617-567-8857 For more than 45 years, ABCD has offered summer jobs to youth throughout MSC’s campus on the rocky shore of Nahant, but A Elm Hill FSC (Roxbury)...... 617-442-5900 includes off-site field trips to field locations both the City of Boston. In the past three summers, SummerWorks provided more Jamaica Plain APAC...... 617-522-4250 than 5,000 summer jobs at more than 500 partner work sites around the on and off the water. Littorina is the program for John F. Kennedy (Charlestown) FSC...... 617-241-8866 middle school students. Chondrus and Pagurus city. Check their website for their online SummerWorks 2016 job application, Mattapan Family Service Center...... 617-298-2045 are the introductory and advanced programs for instructions, required documents, and a list of neighborhood ABCD offices. North End/West End NSC...... 617-523-8125 high school students. For ��Boston residents, income eligible, ages 14-21 Parker Hill/Fenway NSC...... 617-445-6000 For ��Students entering grades 7-12; separate Location ��All over Boston; main office at 200 Tremont St., Boston South Boston APAC...... 617-269-5160 programs for middle school and high Dates ��July 5-August 12 South End NSC (SNAP)...... 617-267-7400 school Deadline ��Online application open now; must be completed by June 24 ABCD South Side (Roslindale)...... 617-327-1152 Location ��Marine Science Center, Nahant MA Contact ��www.summerworks.net (online application) Dates ��Middle school: July 11-15  617-348-6548 High school: August 8-19 Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-3:30 pm Transport ��From Ruggles, Wonderland or Central  If you don’t have a Social Security number, visit ssa.gov or call 1-800-772-1213. Square (Lynn) T stations; additional cost Cost ��$500 for middle school program; $1,000  If you are male and will be 18 by July 1, register right away for Selective Service for high school programs; lunch and at any post office. snacks included; scholarships based on > financial need  If you need help with any of this, call your local APAC or NSC, listed in this box. Deadline ��FC/FS through June 24; May 16 for scholarships Contact �� 1-781-581-7370 x 321 Museum of Fine Arts (cont.) For ��Students entering grades 1-8 Contact �� 617-973-6745 Website ��northeastern.edu/marinescience/ Dates ��July 11-August 19: one-week courses [email protected] visiting-the-MSC Contact ��[email protected] Hours ��9 am-12 pm and/or 1-4 pm; half-day Website ��neaq.org/education_and_activities/  617-369-3295 and full-day courses; 8 pm drop-off and programs_and_classes/teen_ PIERS PARK SAILING CENTER Website ��www.mfa.org/programs/studio-art- 6 pm pick-up available at extra cost programs/ classes/teen/summer Cost ��$300 per 1-week, half-day course; SUMMER SAILING $600 per 1-week, full-day course; The Piers Park Sailing Center offers a youth SCHOOL OF THE MUSEUM OF scholarships available but deadline has program for ages 6 and up. In Summer passed. Sailing, students will progress through 4 FINE ARTS Deadline ��FC/FS levels of curriculum and gain the confidence PRE-COLLEGE SUMMER STUDIO Contact �� 617-723-2500 Website ��mos.org/courses and knowledge to skipper and crew the boat The SMFA Pre-College Program is a rigorous g independently. summer program for high school students NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM For ��Ages 9-18; basic swimming skills and interested in the visual arts. Students from a health/immunization record required; variety of backgrounds and countries spend four HARBOR DISCOVERIES NEWTON COMMUNITY FARM adaptive gear available for sailors with weeks on SMFA's campus, utilizing the studios, Nature serves as the Aquarium's outdoor YOUNG FARMERS disabilities; wheelchair-accessible working with expert faculty and graduate classroom as you travel to sites exploring aquatic Location ��East Boston, in Piers Park near the How much do you know about the food you eat? mentors, building their portfolios, exploring the environments. One and two-week programs Maverick station on the Blue Line Do you know where it was grown and how? Did Museum of Fine Arts and Boston's cultural and include behind-the-scenes activities in New Dates ��June 27-August 19; 5-day sessions England Aquarium galleries, excursions to Boston the workers get a fair wage? And does it really Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm or 1-4 pm historic landmarks. Cost ��Free; donations appreciated Harbor Islands, field trips to north and south matter? Take a closer look at the workings of For ��Students entering grade 11 and up our current food system and empower yourself Deadline ��Registration opens March 16; FC/FS Location ��230 The Fenway, Boston (look for the shore habitats, and an overnight experience.  with the knowledge to make informed decisions Contact �� 617-561-6677 x 14 rhinoceros!) Meals and snacks are provided. [email protected] and choices regarding the food you buy and eat. Dates ��July 10-August 5 For ��Students entering grades 4-10 Website ��piersparksailing.org Strengthen your skills and knowledge of farming Hours ��9 am-5 pm for commuters Location ��Central Wharf, Boston Cost ��$3,300; scholarships available Dates ��July 5-August 26 through daily field work, harvest produce, Deadline ��Priority deadline April 15 Hours ��Mon.-Wed., 9 am-5 pm; prepare healthy snacks, and set up and manage Contact ��Daniel Embree  617-369-3636 Thurs. 9 am-Fri. 1 pm (overnight) a farm stand. [email protected] Cost ��1 week: $650 members, $725 non- Website ��smfa.edu/pre-college-summer-studio For ��Students entering grades 6-8 members; Advanced Programs, $725 Location ��303 Nahanton St., Newton members, $800 non-members; 2-week Dates ��July 18-22 MUSEUM OF SCIENCE sessions: $1,400 members, $1,500 non- Hours ��8:30 am-12:30 pm YOUTH VOLUNTEER/INTERNSHIP members; the scholarship deadline was Cost ��Friends of the Farm $200; Z February 5, but ask anyway. PROGRAM general public $220 Deadline ��FC/FS The Museum of Science has many exciting Deadline ��FC/FS; space is limited PRINCETON UNIVERSITY Contact �� 617-973-5206 Contact �� 617-916-9655 volunteer positions for teens ages 14-18. As a Scholarships  617-973-0253 Website ��newtoncommunityfarm.org SUMMER JOURNALISM PROGRAM youth volunteer, you might greet visitors in the Website ��neaq.org, click Summer Programs In this free residential program, students live on lobby, explain exhibits, or work with computers. SUMMER TEEN INTERNSHIPS NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY the Prineton campus and learn from reporters You can also receive free training in science The Summer Teen Internship Program is a and editors from top media outlets. They tour education and robotics. YOUNG SCHOLARS PROGRAM great opportunity for teens to challenge The Young Scholars Program offers future the NY Times, The Daily Beast and other media The museum also has paid internships for high themselves and learn useful skills while earning scientists and engineers a unique opportunity for companies, cover a pro sports event, conduct school students—but you must complete 50 money. The Aquarium offers paid summer and hands-on experience while still in high school. an investigative project, and publish their own hours as a volunteer to be eligible. So plan ahead volunteer internships for Boston, Cambridge Students work in state-of-the-art research newspaper. for next summer by volunteering this summer! and suburban youth for six weeks in July and For ��Students in grade 11, low-income, laboratories on Northeastern University's 3.5 GPA, interest in journalism For ��Ages 14-18 August. Interns receive valuable training and campus, gain knowledge of the college Location ��Princeton, NJ Location ��Science Park, Boston, on the MBTA hands-on learning experiences. Positions are application process and career counseling Dates ��August 5-15 Green Line available in various departments throughout Cost ��Free, including travel to the program Dates ��Early July-early September through seminars and field trips, and experience the Aquarium, including education, the gift Deadline ��February 26 Hours ��9:30 am-1 pm or 12:30 pm-4 pm college life. Website ��www.princeton.edu/sjp/ Cost ��Free for volunteers; interns are paid shop and camp. Teens will also be paid to attend For ��Boston residents who have completed Deadline ��FC/FS; applications available on-line at least one environmental stewardship trip to grade 10 or 11 who have an aptitude Contact ��[email protected] or places like the Boston Harbor Islands, Woods Hole in mathematics and science and PROJECT RISE  617-589-0380 Oceanographic Institute and other New England an interest in studying science or Could you use a little academic support this Website ��www.mos.org/volunteer-opportunities areas during the summer. engineering; priority for low-income summer? Project RISE may be for you. It provides www.mos.org/internships Location ��Northeastern University, Boston For ��Boston residents ages 15-18 who are help in math, language arts, science, history, Dates ��Orientation June 8; training June 23; registered on SuccessLink; Cambridge MUSEUM OF SCIENCE SUMMER COURSES program June 27-August 4 study skills, and SAT/ACT test prep. There are and suburban residents ages 14-18 The Museum of Science offers more than 30 Hours ��Mon.-Thurs., 8:30 am-4:30 pm also activities to develop social and cooperative Location ��Central Wharf, Boston summer courses for students in grades 1-8 in Cost ��Free learning skills. Dates ��June 27-August 19 Deadline ��March 31; apply online now science, technology, and engineering, from Hours ��25 hours per week During the school year, Project RISE runs an Contact �� 617-373-8380 dinosaurs and chemistry to rockets and live Cost ��Interns ages 15-18 are paid $10 per Website �� www.stem.neu.edu after-school program focused on academics in animals. Check their website for complete hour; 14-year-olds may volunteer Roxbury. information. Deadline ��FC/FS; March 25 for SuccessLink; jobs fill quickly, so apply now!

12 Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 Project RISE (cont.) Deadline ��March 25 for teen jobs: register on SMITH COLLEGE To be eligible for training and employment SuccessLink. in SL’s Workforce Development Program, SUMMER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING For ��Students of color entering grades 3-11 April 1-30 for program registration students must be in the SL Mission Possible! Contact �� 617-694-2223 PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS who live in and near Boston College Access Program. Through MP, students Location ��Thayer Academy in Braintree, MA [email protected] SSEP is a four-week residential program for receive academic support, test preparation, and Transport ��Provided from greater Boston Volunteers: [email protected] exceptional young women with strong interests guidance through the college application and Dates ��June 27-August 12 Website ��www.ssypboston.org in science, engineering and medicine. Each Hours ��Approx. 7:15 am (bus pickup)-4:15 pm financial aid processes. July, select high school students from across Cost ��$1,350 for 7 weeks plus $50 application SAMARITANS OF BOSTON For ��STEAM Team: grades 6-8 fee; includes transportation, breakfast, the country and abroad come to Smith College CRISIS SERVICES BEFRIENDING Youth Community Organizing lunch, academics, activities and field in western Mass. (one of the best colleges in Health Educators and Youth Music trips; no financial aid Each day, hundreds of people find themselves the U.S.) to do hands-on research with Smith Ambassadors: ages 14-18, registered Deadline ��May 27 struggling with loneliness, depression, or faculty in the life and physical sciences and in with SuccessLink or ABCD Contact ��Rob Dixon  1-781-664-2262 suicidal feelings. Since 1974, they have turned engineering. Health Careers for Youth: ages 16-21 [email protected] to Samaritans in search of respectful, non- Location ��Mission Hill/Roxbury Website ��www.projectriseboston.org For ��Girls entering grades 9-12 judgmental support. Location ��Northampton, MA Dates ��July 6-August 13 Hours ��8:30 am-3:30 pm Samaritans' 24/7 Crisis Services are staffed Dates ��July 10-August 6 RIVERSIDE THEATRE WORKS Cost ��$5,500; but more than half of Cost ��STEAM Team: Free mainly by trained volunteers, including teens Other programs: students are paid a TEEN BROADWAY BOOT CAMP participants receive financial aid, ages 15-18. While they do not necessarily share stipend; rate set by DYEE and ABCD Spend your summer singing, dancing and including some full scholarships any particular prior experience or training, Deadline ��Rolling admissions until April 11; Deadline ��May 27 for STEAM Team; ongoing for acting at RTW! Teens will audition, rehearse and Samaritans share a deep respect for human March 1 for scholarships other programs; register on SuccessLink perform "Legally Blonde Jr.," including costumes, Contact �� 1-413-585-2165, Amanda Anderson by March 25 life and a desire to reach out to those in pain.  props, lights and sound. [email protected] Contact �� 617-442-4299 x 12 Samaritans build on these in an extensive Website ��sociedadlatina.org For ��Ages 13-18 training course, learning the skills necessary in Website ��smith.edu/summerprograms/ssep Dates ��July 11-August 5 work as a befriender. Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 4-8 pm SOCIEDAD LATINA SOUTH BOSTON SUMMER Cost ��$800 before March 15; then $825 Volunteers are needed year-round, so summer Check out these opportunities for self- COLLABORATIVE Deadline ��FC/FS volunteers are welcome to continue volunteering improvement, employment and fun this summer The South Boston Summer Collaborative is a Contact �� 617-361-7024 during the school year. Website ��www.rtwboston.org with Sociedad Latina. partnership among the Tynan Community Center, For ��Ages 15 and up who are good listeners Condon Community Center, South Boston Boys STEAM Team is a academic and enrichment RTW also has Broadway Boot Camp for ages 8-12 and complete the training course & Girls Club, and South Boston Neighborhood program as part of the Summer Learning and Creative Dramatics Camp for ages 4-7. Visit Location ��41 West St., Downtown Crossing House. their website for more info. Dates ��Year-round Project for middle school aged youth with a Cost ��Free; this is volunteer work focus on academics and exploration of Science, For ��Juniors: Ages 5-6 Fun in the Sun: Ages 7-13 Contact �� 617-536-2460; call or text for a Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. SAINT MARK CATHOLIC CHURCH volunteer packet with a list of volunteer Teen Leadership and jobs: Ages 11-18 WAINWRIGHT PARK FUN PROGRAM orientation dates Youth Community Organizers train youth Location ��South Boston Transport ��Field trip buses provided The Wainwright Park Fun Program (a.k.a. Website ��samaritanshope.org ages 14-18 to advocate for healthy choices and Dates ��July 5-August 19; 7 weeks DOTS, Dorchester Over The Summer) includes to organize around community issues that affect youth and their families. You will receive training Hours ��9 am-3 pm; extended day available for recreation, guest speakers, theme days, field SCHOOL OF GROOVE additional fee trips, and lunch. The program staff is fluent in CAMP GROOVE in public speaking, writing editorials, community Cost ��$300 for 7 weeks Vietnamese, Cape Verdean Creole, and Haitian Join the band this summer, and learn what it outreach, and understanding the political system. All programs: sliding fee scale; Creole. takes to be a rock musician! In Camp Groove, Health Careers for Youth is a medical career financial assistance available; some paid positions students at all skill levels learn from experienced exploration program that provides internships at For ��Ages 6-15 Deadline ��Registration begins mid-May; Location ��Wainwright Park (also known as Dr. rock musicians, record original music, and work local hospitals, field trips to college campuses, then FC/FS Loesch Family Park), Dorchester together in a band to prepare a rock opera. help with academic and work skills, and Contact �� 617-268-1619 x 201 Dates ��July 5-August 12 For ��Ages 10-16 with at least 6 months' an overnight experience at a local college. [email protected] Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 10 am-4 pm experience on their primary instrument Applicants must be ages 14-21, in or out of Cost �� $20 per week, per child ($120 for the Location ��111 South St., Somerville, near entire summer) school, and interested in the medical field. SPORTSMEN’S TENNIS AND Lechmere and Central Square T stations Deadline ��FC/FS; pre-registration by June 10 Dates ��August 3-7 and August 10-14; 1-week Heath Educators trains high school students ENRICHMENT CENTER (limited space) sessions to research health inequities in the community, SUMMER CAMP Contact �� 617-825-1052 or Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4 pm identify innovative solutions, engage community [email protected] Enjoy a great summer camp experience in Cost ��$399 per week members, develop programs to help individuals Boston with caring, creative staff and a wide Deadline ��FC/FS WAINWRIGHT PARK FAMILY FUN DAYS manage their own health better, and help create range of activities. The morning includes tennis Wainwright Park Family Fun Days offer food and Contact �� 617-319-5113, systems and policies that improve community [email protected] instruction with youth grouped according to age family activities in the park for all ages on three health. Website ��schoolofgroove.com and skill level. In the afternoon, youth participate Saturdays, weather permitting. Activities include Youth Music Ambassadors is geared to in tennis games, field trips, literacy enrichment, School of Groove also offers private music recreation, games, music, face painting, pony exploring music and the arts. Youth Music and recreational sports including soccer and lessons: $150 for four 30-minute lessons and rides, and food from the grill. Ambassadors learn about and teach topics such swimming. $260 for four 60-minute lessons. For ��All ages as music production, recording lyrics, visual arts, For ��Ages 5-15 Developmental Tennis, Location ��Wainwright Park (Dr. Loesch Family and creating videos. Competitive Level (requires assessment) Park), Dorchester Location ��950 Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester 02124 Dates ��July 16, July 30, and August 13 Dates ��June 27-August 26; one-week sessions, Hours ��11 am-4 pm may also request single days Cost ��Free Hours ��9 am-5 pm; full day and half day Contact ��Andrea Sheppard Lomba options; extended day am & pm  617-825-2852 x 19, Go to a museum. available at an additional cost [email protected] Cost ��$185 per week full day; $145 half day; For web links to all Boston area museums, plus $50 registration ($75 non-Boston ST. STEPHEN'S YOUTH PROGRAMS visit: museumsofboston.org residents); vouchers accepted; financial B-SAFE SUMMER PROGRAM aid available Boston Children’s Museum...... 617-426-8855 Contact ��Nadine Houston 617-288-9092 B-SAFE, run by St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Commonwealth Museum ...... 617-727-9268 [email protected] provides a safe, fun, academically enriching Gardner Museum...... 617-566-1401 Website ��www.sportsmenstennis.org environment for elementary and middle school Harvard Art Museums...... 617-495-9400 students. Activities include numbers and word Harvard Natural History Museums...... 617-495-3045 STEM IN THE CITY 2016 "clubs," Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) time, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA).....617-478-3100 This fun and innovative annual summer camp hands-on exploration of science, technology and John F. Kennedy Library & Museum.....617-514-1600 features excursions to Boston-area companies, the arts, and field trips. John F. Kennedy National Historic organizations, or field sites that highlight U Site, Brookline (JFK birthplace)...... 617-566-7937 B-SAFE also offers meaningful work experience a variety of STEM (Science, Technology, Larz Anderson Auto Museum...... 617-522-6547 for teens as volunteers and as paid Counselors-in- ou'll be amazed at what Engineering, and Math) disciplines and a related Training and Junior Counselors-in-Training. MIT Museum...... 617-253-5927 classroom lab activity led by STEM professionals. Museum of African American History...617-725-0022 For ��Ages 5-18 you'll find in Boston's During the camp students explore a variety Location ��Sites in South End, Lower Roxbury, museums—and many have Museum of Bad Art, Dedham...... 617-325-8224 of STEM-related careers and the educational Upham’s Corner, Codman Square, Y Museum of Fine Arts...... 617-267-9300 pathways needed to attain those careers. In reduced prices for teens and times you Mattapan and Chelsea; all have K-5 Museum of the National Center addition, they are introduced to college life and programs and teen jobs; middle school can go for free. This is just a partial list. for Afro-American Artists...... 617-442-8614 academics through tours of the Wheelock College program at St. Stephen's, South End Museum of Science...... 617-723-2500 campus. Dates ��July 5-August 5 New England Aquarium...... 617-973-5200 You can get free passes to many For ��Students entering grades 8 and 9 in the Hours ��8:30 am-4 pm; Peabody Museum of Mattapan: 9 am-4:30 pm fall museums at your neighborhood Archeology (Harvard)...... 617-496-1027 Cost ��$500; $100 low income; camperships Location ��Wheelock College, Boston available; CITs and JCITs are paid $9.00 library. Trailside Museum (Blue Hills)...... 617-333-0690 Dates ��July 18-22 and July 25-29 per hour; teens can also volunteer Waterworks Museum...... 617-277-0065

Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 13 STEM in the City (cont.) CCA manages scholarships for several TECH SAVVY overnight camps serving campers ages When Summer Stuff went to press, this youth.boston.gov Hours ��9 am-4 pm; informal activities at 8 am 7-17. If you want to go to camp but need Cost ��$400 per week, lunch and snack included program could not confirm that it would be financial assistance, contact their Overnight Jobs. Services. Young Leaders. Contact ��[email protected] offered in 2016. The following information Scholarship Program. Get Connected! Website ��www.wheelock.edu/stemcamp is from 2015. Check their website for National Camp Association, Inc. current information. The Department of Youth Engagement STONYBROOK FINE ARTS (overnight camp only) Tech Savvy is a one-week program for middle & Employment is a one-stop shop  1-800-966-CAMP (2267) SUMMER TEEN INTENSIVES school girls sponsored by the Boston Area Girls resource center for youth in the city of summercamp.org Stonybrook Fine Arts in Jamaica Plain offers STEM Collaborative that focuses on computing, Boston. Their goal is to meet the needs classes in welding, bronze casting, jewelry, Student Camp and Trip Advisors engineering, and technology. Each day of young people by connecting them to a small metal casting, mold making, live figure  617-558-7005 or  1-800-542-1233 participants visit a different college campus or variety of opportunities, resources and free modeling, and stone carving for adults and campadvisors.com industry each day for hands-on activities, which or low-cost events in the city. teens. During the summer, teens can sign up These overnight camps are popular with Boston may include the opportunity to build phone Visit their website today! for workshops in jewelry making, welding and teens and pre-teens. All offer financial aid. apps, websites, circuits or robots. small metal casting. Teens can also take adult Agassiz Village in Poland, Maine. Inclusive For ��Girls entering grades 7 or 8 in workshops with permission. September for girls ages 12-13 (12 days); Passages for program for able and disabled campers. Teen For ��Ages 15 and older; Location ��Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary's St., boys ages 12-13 (12 days); and Environmental Location ��24 Porter St., Jamaica Plain Leadership Program for ages 14-15; and Boston Expeditions (14 days), a sailing and marine Dates ��July-August; 1-week, 3-day workshops INSTEP (Internship for Staff Training, Education Dates ��July 20-24, 2015 biology adventure for boys and girls ages 14-17. Hours ��All programs: Tues.-Thurs., 9 am-3 pm and Placement), a tuition-free leadership Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-4 pm For ��Ages 12-17 Cost ��All programs: $475 + $25 for materials; development program for ages 16-17. Cost ��$200; $40 low income (for students Dates ��June 26-August 14; 12-day and 14-day scholarships available  1-781-860-0200 eligible for free lunch) Website ��stonybrookfinearts.com Deadline ��Registration opens April 1 sessions agassizvillage.com Contact ��[email protected] Cost ��Connecting with Courage and Passages, Small Metal/Jewelry Casting Northwoods for boys and Pleasant Valley for Website ��bostongirlsstem.org/techsavvy $1,750-$2,350; Environmental In this class, students will learn ancient and Expeditions, $2,750; plus application girls, in Tuftonboro, N. H. Sponsored by YMCA fee; need-based financial aid available contemporary casting techniques to create of Greater Boston. TENACITY, INC. jewelry and small sculptures. The class also Deadline ��ASAP  617-927-8032 SUMMER TENNIS AND READING PROGRAM Contact �� 617-328-3900 x 144 covers cleaning up and finishing the pieces. bostonycamps.org This outstanding program, presented in [email protected] Dates ��July12-14 and August 9-11 Website ��thompsonisland.org Brantwood Camp in Peterborough, N.H. Serves partnership with Boston Centers for Youth & Teen Jewelry Families (BCYF), includes tennis lessons for youth ages 11-15 whose families might not TRINITY BOSTON FOUNDATION Wearable art has been around since before there otherwise be able to afford an overnight beginner through advanced levels, literacy, was fire. In this workshop, students explore the camp. Most campers are sponsored by social and fitness. Equipment is provided. Each group TEEP—TRINITY EDUCATION FOR Museum of Fine Arts' collections of jewelry and service agencies, schools, churches and youth meets for a three-hour session where time is split EXCELLENCE PROGRAM then create their own pieces. Using copper and organizations. between tennis/fitness and reading activities. TEEP is a free out-of-school time program brass, they learn various methods of sawing,  1-603-924-3542 STRP also provides jobs for youth; visit their for middle school students. Students join in filing, riveting, soldering and polishing. brantwood.org website for information. the summer before their 7th grade year and must commit to the 5-week summer program Dates ��June 28-30 and July 26-28 For more camp listings for elementary and For ��Ages 6-16 who live in Boston Locations ��21 sites in the city of Boston following grade 6, 7 and 8. At the core of TEEP Teen Welding middle school-age kids, pick up a copy of Summer Dates ��July 5-August 12; register for 2-6 weeks is an intense, all-day summer program. In the Welding is everywhere, from the cars we ride Stuff Jr. 2013 in BPS schools, public libraries and Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-12 pm (ages 6-10) and morning, students attend academic classes in to the buildings we live in, and has become community centers—or read it on the web: 1-4 pm (ages 9-16) (math, language arts, art, and music), taught common in modern art. Stonybrook welding bostonpublicschools.org/summer Cost ��Free by certified public school teachers with support students tour the MFA’s collection of welded Deadline ��Ongoing; registration opens April 14 from high school counselors. sculpture, then practice various welding SUMMER INK Contact �� 617-562-0900 x 27 Website ��tenacity.org (register online) In the afternoons, they enjoy sports and techniques in the studio. Students explore Summer Ink offers two summer writing enrichment activities, field trips to places like gas welding and arc welding and learn to use programs for students entering grades 5-10. THOMPSON ISLAND OUTWARD Fenway Park, the Museum of Science, Boston the many machines involved in welding and Besides writing, the day includes adventures and Ballet, the Boston Globe, and much more. finishing. trips such as rock climbing, canoeing, Kung Fu, BOUND Dates ��June 28-30, July 12-14, July 26-28, circus arts, squash, and swimming. GREEN AMBASSADORS For ��BPS students currently in grade 6 August 9-11 Through a partnership with the National Park Location ��Trinity Church (Copley Square) Simmons Program is for students entering Dates ��July 5-August 5 Service, Thompson Island Outward Bound grades 5-8. Hours ��8:30 am-4:30 pm Education Center provides Boston youth with Boston and Beyond is for students entering Cost ��Free; students pay to ride the MBTA for professional experience in the green job some field trips grades 9-10 who are interested in writing about sector. Green Ambassadors will work outdoors, Deadline ��Rolling admissions; don't wait – the their daily explorations around Boston. maintain trails, interact with environmental program fills fast! Applications available For all Summer Ink programs: scientists, educators and park staff, camp on the TEEP website.  overnight, learn about urban agriculture, do Contact ��Ana Gonzalez 617-536-0944 x 230 Contact ��Jennifer Toth  617-714-0263 x 2 [email protected] [email protected] community outreach and build leadership Website ��trinityinspires.org/teep # Website ��summerink.org skills. The seven-week summer employment SIMMONS PROGRAM position is part of a three-year curriculum, which U. S. COAST GUARD ACADEMY includes environmental science, natural resource For ��Students entering grades 5-8 ACADEMY INTRODUCTION MISSION (AIM) SUMMER CAMP Dates ��Session 1: July 11-22 management, and outdoor education. AIM (Academy Introduction Mission) gives Dozens of camps in our area welcome campers Session 2: July 25-August 5 For: ��Boston area residents, ages 15-18 through the mid-teen years. Some are day Location ��Simmons College in the Fenway (on the who are interested in environmental students thinking of applying to the Coast programs in and near Boston. Others are MBTA Green Line) stewardship and are willing to work Guard Academy a chance to experience the overnight camps in rural New England and Hours ��8:30 am-4:30 pm; campers can arrive as hard outdoors; preference for BPS life of a cadet. The week-long, residential early as 8 am beyond. If you are 14 or older, you could be a students; must commit to all 7 weeks program includes academics, exercise, sports, Cost ��$1,500 per session; includes day trips, Location �� The Boston Harbor Islands and information sessions. Apply online now. Counselor (or Leader) in Training. Older teens can snacks, and supplies; financial aid Transport ��By ferry; students must get themselves You’ll need to submit a great essay, letters of work as counselors. available for qualified families (apply to the dock recommendation, and other documentation. For free help finding a camp or camp job, contact: early!) Dates ��July-August; 7 weeks Deadline ��FC/FS Hours ��Tues.-Fri., 7:45 am-5:00 pm For ��U.S. citizens ages 16-18 who have American Camp Association, New England completed grade 11; some physical and BOSTON & BEYOND Cost ��Students are paid $9:00 per hour  1-866-534-2267 Deadline ��New applicants: March 31 medical requirements For ��Students entering grades 9-10 Returning for Year 2: March 18 Where ��New London, CT acane-camps.org Dates ��July 18-29 Returning for Year 3: March 1 When ��July 3-8, July 10-15, and July 17-22: Location ��Simmons College, 300 The Fenway ACA is the only national organization that Contact ��Samantha Lyon  617-830-5107, 6-day sessions run Sunday-Saturday Hours ��8:30 am-4:30 pm; campers can arrive as accredits summer camps. ACA-accredited [email protected] Cost ��$400; financial aid available early as 8 am camps must meet more than 300 standards Website �� tiob.wpengine.com/programs/green- Deadline ��April 1 for applications; May 18 for Cost ��$1,500; full and partial scholarships that affect health and safety, staffing, camp ambassadors/ scholarships; apply on line now available  management, programs and facilities. ACA Contact ��Admissions 860-444-8503 Deadline ��FC/FS; space is limited; apply early for THOMPSON ISLAND SUMMER Website ��cga.edu, click Admissions, then AIM New England provides free referrals by scholarships EXPEDITIONS telephone or via the internet to families Looking for adventure? Join Summer Expeditions UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS looking for overnight camps. ACANE also and you can sea kayak around Boston Harbor, sail BOSTON provides a free Summer Camp Guide that along the Massachusetts coastline, backpack, DIRECTIONS FOR STUDENT POTENTIAL lists all of the ACA-accredited day and rock climb and canoe in the White Mountains, overnight camps in New England. and go climbing on Thompson Island. Outward Are you interested in a university education but Cambridge Camping Association Bound courses emphasize leadership, teamwork, not sure of your abilities and goals? Directions for  ¨ Student Potential may be for you. Admission is by 617-864-0960 self-confidence, fun, and adventure. Visit their cambridgecamping.org website to learn more about their many summer invitation only. options, including: Connecting with Courage

14 Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 UMass DSP (cont.) Deadline ��FC/FS Boston University UB Math Science Hours ��Tues.-Fri., 8:30 am-3:00 pm Contact �� 617-287-6431 For students who attend Brighton, Cost ��Interns receive a stipend, paid biweekly. DSP is a free, competitive, 6-week summer [email protected] Charlestown and Chelsea high schools Deadline ��June 1 program that prepares students for academic Website ��www.sti.umb.edu or live in Chelsea, Dorchester, East Contact �� 617-333-0924 x 22, success at UMass Boston by helping them improve Boston, Hyde Park, Mattapan and [email protected] their language, math, critical thinking, and study UMASS URBAN SCHOLARS Roxbury Website ��wakefieldtrust.org  617-353-3551 – bu.edu/ubms skills. It is for motivated students who do not This after-school and summer program is for meet UMass Boston's admission requirements but talented middle and high school students who Suffolk University WHEELOCK FAMILY THEATRE  617-994-6862 demonstrate the potential to succeed in college. SPECIALTY WORKSHOPS want to go to college. Does it work? Graduates of suffolk.edu/academics/20555.php It also helps prepare adults who would like to the program have a college enrollment rate of 98 Dorchester Academy and TechBoston Wheelock Family Theatre offers one-week classes improve their academic skills. percent, compared to 57 percent for their peers Academy students; Dorchester residents for ages 6-18 in all kinds of theatre arts, from acting technique to musical theatre. More than 4,500 students have graduated from non-exam Boston high schools UMass Boston from the program. Students who successfully Keep in mind that you have to attend one of the For grades 9-10 and academically Also check the website for spring and April strong 11th graders who attend Burke, complete DSP are admitted to UMB's College partner schools (listed below), and you have Vacation Week programs. And here’s a bonus: all of Liberal Arts or College of Science and to be nominated by a current Urban Scholar, Madison Park, or Excel  617-287-5848 students who take a Wheelock Theatre class may Mathematics. teacher, coach, or guidance counselor. If you are www.upwardbound.umb.edu audition for their excellent theatrical productions. interested in the program, see your guidance For ��Invited students who have a high Website ��wheelockfamilytheatre.org/classes_ school diploma or equivalent, are Mass. counselor. VIET-AID SUMMER PROGRAM FOR summer.aspx residents, and plan to enter UMass If you're lucky enough to be accepted, you'll go Boston as a freshman YOUTH (VSPY) STORY TROUPERS to the seven-week summer program at UMass Location ��UMass Boston, Dorchester The Viet-AID Summer Program for youth serves For four weeks, the teen actors in Story Troupers Boston. You'll take courses, get individual college Dates ��June 13-July 21; Mon-Thurs. elementary and middle school students who rehearse an original show based on children’s Hours ��8:30 am-1:30 pm or 5-9 pm; and career counseling, have some fun—and are Vietnamese and/or from the Fields Corner short stories. They then tour and perform daily 9 am-12 pm for English language get paid to participate. During the school year neighborhood. The teen staff play an important for young children at day care centers, hospitals, learners (provided that you stay at one of the target role as teaching assistants and assistant counselors. camps, and libraries throughout greater Boston. Cost ��Free schools), the support continues with more Deadline ��March 1 but apply anyway; admission is Teaching assistants work in the morning providing To be accepted, you will need some experience courses, tutoring, group projects, and cultural by invitation only academic support. Assistant counselors work in the and an audition or permission of the instructors. and recreational activities. Contact ��Richard Truong  617-287-6116 afternoon assisting groups during field trips, clubs You also must commit to the full four-week Website ��umb.edu/admissions/ug/dsp For ��Students in grades 9-10 in these and other enrichment activities. program. high schools: Boston Green Academy, UMASS BOSTON SUMMER TAG Jeremiah E. Burke, Dorchester Academy, For ��Teen staff: age 15 by July 5, a rising For ��Ages 12-16 with theatre experience and Excel sophomore, registered on DYEE Location ��Wheelock College, The Riverway Summer TAG offers an intensive five-week Students in grades 6-10 at Boston Green SuccessLink, and interested in education Dates ��July 5-29 summer program at UMass Boston that prepares Academy, TechBoston Academy and and working with elementary and Hours ��9 am-12 pm close to 275 students for the following school Dearborn STEM Academy middle school aged youth Cost ��$950 year. Students take academic classes in the Students in grades 6-7 at McCormack Location ��Dorchester Deadline ��FC/FS to June 30 Dates ��July 6-August 12 morning and recreational activities in the Location ��UMass Boston, Dorchester Contact �� 617-879-2252 Hours ��8 am-4 pm [email protected] afternoon. Classes are taught by highly qualified, Dates ��School year plus summer Cost ��Free; students are paid a stipend Languages ��Primarily Vietnamese and English Website ��wheelockfamilytheatre.org/classes_ culturally competent, and diverse teachers, Deadline ��FC/FS; rolling admissions Cost ��These are paid positions summer.aspx and are supported by teaching assistants, most Contact �� 617-287-5840 Deadline ��March 25 for Success Link and for Viet- of whom are TAG alumni. The Summer TAG [email protected] AID program WORLD OCEAN SCHOOL program not only offers 24 junior or seniors in Website ��umb.edu, click Academics>Academic Contact �� 617-822-3717 x 21 SUMMER AMBASSADOR: YOUTH SAILING high school and college students a summer job, Support Services>Pre-Collegiate [email protected] Website ��vietaid.org EXPEDITION ABOARD ROSEWAY but also gives them a meaningful experience Programs Students set sail for the Gulf of Maine for two with rigorous training in teaching and youth weeks—expanding their perspective of the development with the hopes that they will UPWARD BOUND AND UPWARD world, immersing themselves in and contributing pursue a career in education. The program is BOUND MATH SCIENCE to different cultures, and practicing community specially designed for Latino students, but open Need help getting ready for college? Sign up for building aboard the historic landmark schooner to all students in Boston Public Schools, with Upward Bound! Roseway. During their expedition at sea, a component dedicated to English Language Upward Bound is a college prep program for students will learn and practice seamanship and Learners (ELL), who can also receive summer high school students from low-income families, navigation as they operate and maintain the school credit in math and English. ) or whose parents don't have a college degree. 137-foot schooner that is their home, as well as For ��BPS students in grades 6-12 Upward Bound programs are offered in the carrying out community service projects. Location ��UMass Boston, Dorchester summer and during the school year in five WAKEFIELD ESTATE Dates ��July 5-August 5 For ��Students ages 12-16 Hours ��Mon.-Fri. 8:45 am-2 pm colleges and universities in Boston. Students SUMMER ARCHAEOLOGY INSTITUTE Location ��Boston to the Gulf of Maine and back, Cost ��Free for BPS students enroll while they are in grades 9 and 10. The Archaeology Institute is a hands-on aboard Roseway Deadline ��Late June In UB summer programs, you'll take classes in archaeological excavation at the historic Dates ��June 26-July 9 Cost ��$2,900; scholarships available Contact ��[email protected],  617-287-7638 literature, math, science, SAT, MCAS and TOEFL Wakefield Estate in Milton, MA. The institute is Website ��www.umb.edu/tag Deadline ��April 30 test preparation, study skills, and writing. You'll specifically designed for high school and college Contact �� 617-816-9247 also get tutoring, do community service, receive students interested in learning about local [email protected] counseling, and go on trips all over the city and history and archaeology. Participants will work Website ��worldoceanschool.org state. Classes and other support continue in the side by side with graduate archaeology students fall with after-school enrichment programs and from Boston University. Possible field trips and WRITEBOSTON college and financial aid counseling. special events include visiting the Boston City TIP SUMMER JOURNALISM INSTITUTE Archaeology Lab and meeting specialists from _ What does all this cost? Nothing; students even Have you ever wanted to see your name in print? nearby archaeological museums. receive a stipend! And here's an added bonus: Do you wonder what it's like to be a newspaper UMASS BOSTON SUMMER Boston University and UMass Boston programs For ��Students entering grades 9-12 and reporter? Do you want to give voice to teen college bound freshman TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE include residence on campus. issues? TiP (Teens in Print) may be for you. Location ��Wakefield Estate, Milton, MA In this unique program at UMass Boston, Applications for the summer program are now Dates ��Session I: July 5-15 The TiP summer program offers young students explore the many opportunities that available. Priority is given to current Upward Session II: July 18-29 people a fun way to improve writing, build exist in the transportation industry. Participants Bound students and students who enroll now for Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 9 am-3 pm communication skills, and explore interesting will learn about transportation (air, land, water, the academic year program. Call for dates and Cost ��$300 per session, $450 for both; places in Boston like The Esplanade and the and intermodal), technology, bridge design and scholarships available other details at each location. Some programs Deadline ��June 19 Harbor Islands. You will also contribute articles to careers. They will also participate in computer are limited to students who go to certain high Contact �� 617-333-0924 x 22, the September edition of Boston Teens in Print, training, academic enrichment, field trips, schools or live in certain neighborhoods, so be [email protected] the only citywide newspaper written by and for hands-on projects, and sports and recreation sure to ask which programs are for you. Website ��wakefieldtrust.org teens. programs. The program can provide special For ��High school students who meet income SUMMER YOUTH INTERNSHIPS If you are registered with SuccessLink (see page accommodations for students with disabilities; and education requirements; see The Wakefield Estate is an historic 23-acre 5), you may be eligible for paid opportunities call for more information. contact list for eligible grade levels property in Milton. Each summer, the Wakefield of $250 a week. If you are too young for For ��Students entering grades 9-12 in Locations ��See contact list below Dates ��Summer and school year Estate offers a small number of 6-week SuccessLink, you can still apply and receive credit the fall who have a strong interest for community service hours. in a math, science, transportation Cost ��Students are paid a stipend internships for high school juniors and seniors or technology career; special Deadline ��Varies by program: BU priority is interested in working outside at a historic For ��High school students living in Boston accommodations for students with April 15 property/arboretum and learning landscape Location ��Northeastern University visual, hearing, and other disabilities Contact ��Boston University UB management skills. Participants must be Dates ��July 5-August 12 For students who attend Brighton High, Location ��UMass Boston, Dorchester available for the entire term of the internship. Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 8:30 am-2:30 pm (free Dates ��July 5-15 English High, CASH, and Snowden; or breakfast and an hour for lunch) Hours ��Mon.-Thurs., 9:30 am-4:30 pm; live in Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde For ��Students entering grades 12 and first Cost ��Free Fri., 9:30 am-12:30 pm Park, Mattapan, and Roxbury year of college Deadline ��To be announced Cost ��Free; lunch and T pass provided  617-353-3551 – bu.edu/ub Location ��Wakefield Estate, Milton, MA Contact ��Ric Kahn 617-541-2651 Dates ��July 5-August 12 [email protected]

Boston Public Schools  Summer Stuff 2016 15 YOUNG WRITERS' WORKSHOP AT YMCA ACHIEVERS SUMMER INSTITUTE For ��BPS students now in grade 10 Cost ��$100-$125 per week for income- The Achievers Summer Institute is an innovative Location ��Summer 1: Classes at Mass. College of eligible; others $200 UMASS BOSTON Art and Design and off-site activities. Deadline ��Registration packets available in April summer learning experience for middle Here's a challenging and rewarding writing Summer 2: Design firms, marketing 2016 school and high school students. Youth will experience sponsored by the Boston Writing agencies and creative departments of Contact �� 617-267-5877 Project and UMass Boston. You and your fellow be introduced to various careers in the arts, non-profit and for-profit organizations [email protected] in greater Boston students will have the opportunity to write, government, and health. They will also get a Website ��yeskids.org sneak peak at college life through field trips, Dates ��July 5-August 18 and school year express yourselves dramatically, talk with YES also has year round programs focusing on speakers, workshops, and activities on the Information sessions: March 10 and 16 local poets and authors about their craft, and at 4 pm; March 19 at 1 pm; all at Mass leadership development, career exploration and campuses of area colleges and universities. complete an anthology of original works. The Art Tower, 621 Huntington Avenue preparation for college. Learn more on their Through each session, students will gain high school group will also concentrate on Interviews on Saturday, April 23 website. writing for college. The grand finale is a reading knowledge that will help them shape their own Hours ��30-35 hours per week for family members and invited guests. career paths and college aspirations as they Cost ��Interns can earn up to $1,750 each develop leadership and networking skills through summer ZUMIX To apply, e-mail a sample of your best work to fun, interactive, hands-on activities. Students can Deadline ��April 5 : deliver your completed One of the liveliest programs around, ZUMIX in Nancy O'Malley and say why you want to be participate in one-week or two-week sessions. application to your school's PIC East Boston offers year-round music programs for in the workshop. Please include your name, counselor Boston teens. If you play a musical instrument— For ��Students entering grades 8, 9 and 10 address, grade, and school name. Contact �� 857-277-1737 if you like to sing, rap, or write—if you are Location ��3134 Washington St., Roxbury (Egleston [email protected] For ��Students entering grades 7-12 who love Square) Website ��youthdesign.org interested in music production or engineering— to write. Two groups: middle school Dates �� July 11-August 19; 1 and 2-week ZUMIX is the place for you! (grades 7-8) and high school (grades sessions; each session is different Here’s what’s happening this summer: 9-12), 25 students per group Hours ��8:30 am-2:30 pm Location ��Healey Library, UMass Boston, Cost ��1-week sessions: $90; 2-week sessions: . African drumming: Take part in a high- Dorchester $190 energy drumming ensemble where you’ll Dates ��July 5-29 Deadline ��Applications available April 1; space is learn teamwork, communication skills, and Hours ��Mon.-Fri., 12-4 pm limited; register early West African rhythms. Cost ��Free for BPS students; Contact �� 617-522-0946 f $300 for non-BPS students; [email protected] . Drumline: Develop skills on the snare, lunch provided in campus cafeteria Website ��ymcaboston.org/achievers-summer- tenor and bass drums with a team of other Deadline ��June 1; FC/FS institute percussionists. Contact ��Nancy O’Malley  617-669-6501 YOUTH ENRICHMENT SERVICES . Songwriting & Performance: Con [email protected] YOUTH DESIGN OUTDOOR ADVENTURE la Corriente Latin dance, RockEd rock Liz Henry, ekurkjianhenry This summer Youth Enrichment Services (YES) @bostonpublicschools.org Are you a Boston public high school sophomore bands, Street Program song writing and takes you to the great outdoors on hiking, biking, who loves to draw, create art, or design? Do performance, Voces vocal group, and canoeing and camping trips. YOUTH LEADERSHIP FORUM you dream of using art or design skills to earn a Theater Troupe — it's all at ZUMIX this living? Think you might like a career in graphic Hosted by Partners for Youth with Disabilities in In Outdoor Adventure Sessions (ages 9-13), summer. design, architecture, product design, web participants join YES for a full week of adventures partnership with the Massachusetts Rehabilitation . Z-TECH: Learn basic audio technology design,or fashion design? Apply to be a Youth that includes kayaking on Mondays, rock Commission and collaborating organizations repair, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Designer! climbing or mountain biking on Tuesdays, a field across the state Learn how to use specialized tools and day on Wednesdays, and a 2-night overnight at Youth Design is… equipment to build or fix cables and basic YLF is an overnight conference for youth Swann Lodge in Monterey, Mass. and young adults with disabilities who have  Two years, including two PAID summers— circuits. Graduates of Z-TECH Studio can demonstrated leadership potential and concern build art/design skills, college readiness, Outdoor Adventure Intensives (ages 12-18) also work as technicians in the Zumix for their communities. YLF participants stay and life skills through college classroom focus on a specific skill or activity for the duration recording studio. of the program (up to a week). These intensives in dorms at Bridgewater State University and learning and jobs in design workplaces . ZUMIX Radio: build their leadership skills as they learn about feature activities like fishing, rowing, rock  Mentoring by and networking with design Radio Active – If you love listening to, self-advocacy, assistive technology, independent climbing, or surfing at a variety of locations. professionals talking about, and sharing your love for living, employment skills, career exploration, For ��Ages 9-18  School-year workshops and opportunities music, then this is the class for you! You will higher education, legislative advocacy, the Location ��Trips leave from YES, 412 Mass. Ave., to build skills and prepare for design jobs Boston (across from the Mass. Ave. learn how to run equipment, structure a disability rights movement, and community and college, & participate in the region’s Orange Line MBTA station). Overnight music program, and how to use your voice participation. vibrant arts and culture scene camp: Monterey, MA effectively over the airwaves. For ��Ages 16 (Classes of 2016 and 2016)-25 Dates ��July 6-August 28: One-week sessions Location ��Bridgewater State University, To apply, you must attend a Youth Design Hours ��Day trips: approximately 8:30 am-4 pm Reality Radio – In this class you will Bridgewater MA Information Session in March. Overnights: Wednesday-Friday connect with community members of East Dates ��July 12-14 (for YLF Delegates); July Boston, conduct interviews, record and 11-14 (for YLF Peer Leaders) edit audio, and use a state-of-the-art radio Cost ��FREE! studio to produce the stories you uncover Deadline ��May 6 on ZUMIX Radio. All you need is a curiosity Contact ��617-556-4075 x13, Susan Nicastro, How to get an Employment Permit [email protected] about the world around you! website ��pyd.org/youth-leadership-forum.php re you planning to get a job this summer? Keep in mind that you must have For ��Ages 7-18 an Employment Permit, sometimes called "working papers." The first step is Location ��260 Sumner Street, East Boston YMCA to find an employer who is willing to hire you. Next… Dates ��July 6-August 20; Program placement interviews: end of The "Y" has all kinds of summer and school- A June year programs for teens: swimming, fitness, IF YOU ARE 14 OR 15: IF YOU ARE 16 OR 17: Hours ��11 am-8 pm; hours vary by program weight lifting, dance, basketball, crafts, aerobics, 1. Get a white Promise of Employment Card 1. Pick up a yellow Educational Cost ��Free for most programs counseling, job skills, and much more. You from your guidance counselor/student Certificate from your guidance Apply ��Apply for summer anytime online at don't have to be a Y member for most activities; www.zumix.org support coordinator or your school's main counselor. Have him or her fill it out Contact �� 617-568-9777, [email protected] but if you plan to go often, check out teen office. and sign it. Website ��zumix.org memberships, available at all Y branches. 2. Take this card to your doctor's office or 2. Return the Educational Certificate to ZUMIX also offers private instrument lessons. Some Y branches have special extended hours health center and have a doctor or nurse sign your employer. However, students are strongly encouraged to and activities just for teens. and date it. If you have not had a physical DURING SCHOOL VACATIONS AND THE sign up for programs, as all private lessons have Links to all branches: ymcaboston.org within the last year, make an appointment SUMMER: very long wait lists. YMCA BRANCHES IN BOSTON: to have one. If you have had a physical in You can also get a Promise of Employment Achievers (Egleston)...... 617-522-0946 your school within the last year, your school Card or Educational Certificate from the Charlestown...... 617-286-1220 nurse can sign and date the card. Boston Public Schools Office of Guidance Dorchester...... 617-436-7750 3. Take this card to the prospective employer to Services. It is located in the Boston Latin East Boston...... 617-569-9622 fill out, sign, and date. Academy building, 443 Warren Street, Huntington Ave...... 617-927-8040 Suite 3 (corner of Warren and Townsend Hyde Park...... 617-361-2300 4. Take your Promise of Employment Card Oak Square (Brighton)...... 617-782-3535 back to your guidance counselor/student St.), Dorchester, telephone 617-635-8030. Office hours are Monday through Friday, x Roxbury...... 617-427-5300 support coordinator or main office and ask Wang (Chinatown)...... 617-426-2237 for an Employment Permit. It is also white, 8:30 am to 4 pm. You must come in person West Roxbury...... 617-323-3200 but larger than the Promise of Employment and bring two forms of identification, such as a birth certificate, baptismal record, YMCA CAMP, LIFEGUARD TRAINING AND Card. Have a great summer! student ID, driver's license, social security COUNSELORS IN TRAINING/CITS 5. Fill out the Employment Permit and have card, health insurance card, or passport. YMCA camps Northwoods and Pleasant Valley your parent or guardian sign it on the back. in New Hampshire are popular among Boston Also bring the name and address of your 6. Once your parent or guardian has signed it, teens. You can find out about their leadership employer. bring the completed Employment Permit to training programs, outdoor activities, character development, and more on the Y camp website. your employer. bostonycamps.org  1-603-569-2725

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