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Duke University Talent Identification Program

eswartzlander — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:05:30 +0000

The Duke University Talent Identification Program offers a variety of summer academic experiences for gifted and talented students in grades seven through twelve. Duke TIP’s Summer Studies Programs are superb academic opportunities and dynamic residential and social experiences for seventh through tenth graders. TIP’s Field Studies and Institutes offer challenging educational adventures to motivated, dedicated, and talented high school students who possess a desire to learn in a unique setting. And TIP’s Distance Learning programs provide students in the eighth through eleventh grades with a dynamic, interactive online experience not typically available in their middle or high school curriculum. For more information, go to www.tip.duke.edu.

Phone: (919) 668-9100
Fax: (919)-681-7921
Web: www.tip.duke.edu
Age/Grade level: Middle school and high school
Length of program: Varies by program
Cost: Varies by program
Financial aid? Limited, need-based financial aid is available.

Beloit College Summer Fields and Center for Language Studies

Beloit Summer — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:22:37 +0000

Sponsor: Beloit College, Office of Summer Programs, Box 218, 700 College St., Beloit, WI 53511
Phone: (608) 363-2393 Fax: (608) 363-7129
Web: www.beloit.edu/summerprograms
Email:
contact person: Alisa Pykett, Director of Summer Programs
age/grade level: Rising Juniors and Seniors in High School
type (day/overnight/other): Residential Overnight
length of program: 3-8 weeks
cost: Summer Fields $2,950; Center for Language Studies $3,674 (4 week) $7,248 (8 week)
financial aid?: Yes

Notes: Summer Fields is a for-credit residential summer program for high-achieving rising high school juniors and seniors. It is a hands-on immersion into the liberal arts and sciences for students who seek to engage in their studies and apply their intellect and passion out in the world. For three weeks, students pursue rigorous academic study around one theme while living on campus with other high school students in the program. The 2012 program runs July 8 – July 27. Students earn 4 semester hours of college credit.
Summer 2012 Courses:
• Creative Writing Workshop: Fish, Fowl, Flood, Water Lily, Mud: Water in the Literary Imagination
• China and America: Mutual (Mis)Understandings
• From Crime Scene to Courtroom: The CSI Effect
• Electricity, Electronics and Power Generation: Designing and Constructing Circuits and Analyzing the Impact of Power Generation

The Center for Language Studies (CLS) offers immersion language programs in Japanese, Arabic, Chinese and Russian. High-achieving high school students are encouraged to apply. Students earn 6-12 semester hours of college credit.

Mythbreakers

PVMCamp — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:41:08 +0000

Location: Camden, Ohio – 2 hours west of Columbus near Oxford, Ohio

Address: 1259 Swann Beatty Rd.

Camden, Ohio 45311

Phone: 937-452-3347

Fax: 937-452-5566

Web: www.pvmcamp.com

Email:

Contact Persons: David Maynard – Director Joyce Reke – Registrations

Subject/Content: Fun Science
Grade Level: 4-6

Type: Overnight/coed
Length of Program: One week sessions, Sunday – Friday
Cost: $390

Dates offered: Weekly starting June 12 – July 22

Financial aid: Partial scholarships according to financial needs

Discounts: Early registration discounts, sibling discounts, military discounts, new camper discounts, and bring a friend discounts available.

Notes: Is it fact or just another urban myth? Based on the popular Discover Channel TV show, Mythbusters, through trial and error you will take on myths and use modern-day science to challenge and demonstrate what is real and what is fiction.

Activities: 80-ft. high zipline, rock climbing tower, challenge course, swimming, canoeing, nature hikes, campfires, and more.

Religious Affiliations: Christian, non-denominational

Wellington School Summer Program

Peggy Berger — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:53:36 +0000

Name of Camp/Program: The Wellington School Summer Program
Sponsor Organization: The Wellington School
Contact: Peggy Berger
Address: 3650 Reed Rd.; Columbus OH 43220
Phone: 614-324-8882
Fax: 614-442-3286
e-mail:
Web: www.wellington.org
Type:
Age: PreK-12 through High School
Subject/Areas of Interest: Enrichment, Arts, Sports, Technology, Outdoor Adventures
Cost: varies
Aid Available? No

Have you ever wanted to go on an archeological dig? Or take a trip down the Nile? Ever wondered how to design a computer program that creates 3-D graphics you can control? It’s all in a Wellington summer.

Students from preschool to high school can choose from sports and day camps, fine arts classes and hands-on enrichment options such as Robotics, Creative Writing or Toy Hackers. Travel to Japan – or immerse in a foreign language right here at Wellington. Students will find a relaxed environment with passionate, caring instructors who inspire the pursuit of lifelong learning.

The Wellington Summer Program is a great value with full day, half-day, weeklong or all summer programs that run from June 13 to August 19. Find your fit at www.wellington.org or contact us at 324-8882.

Columbus Academy Summer Experience

Columbus Academy Summer Experience — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 19:55:27 +0000

Sponsor: Columbus Academy
Address: 4300 Cherry Bottom Road, Gahanna, Ohio 43230
Phone: 614.509.2267 or 614.509.2529
Fax: 614.509.2519
Web: columbusacademy.org
Email:
Contact Person: Alyssa King, Director
Subject/Content: academics, arts, and athletics
Age/Grade level: Pre-K, Elementary, Middle, High School
Type: day
Length of program: June 6 – August 12, 2011 (Monday – Friday: 9 am-4 pm)
Cost: average cost $250 per week for full day program (half and part day programs available)
Financial aid?: No
Notes: The Columbus Academy’s Summer Experience is the smart way to have fun this summer. We offer weeklong day camp programs in Academics, Arts, and Athletics. We have programs for Pre-K through 12th grades, as well as courses for high school credit. The CA Summer Experience has 10 weeks to choose from starting June 6th and ending the week of August 8th. We offer both before and aftercare programs. Whatever your child’s interest, you will find it at The Columbus Academy Summer Experience.

ONU Summer Honors Institute

ONU — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:30:33 +0000

Ohio Northern will have three weeks of camps:

Check out our website at onu.edu/summerhonors for more information and application forms.

Camps held in 2010 were:

June 13-18 – CSI (beginning), Design. Think.Know.Do, Engineering, Pharmacy, Physics and Robotics

June 27 – July 2 – CSI (beginning), Chemistry, Mock Trial, Ohio’s Natural History, Philosophy

July 25 – 30 – Explore the Medicinal Herb Garden, CSI (advanced), Young Women in Leadership

University of Dayton – Summer Honors Engineering Camp

hartelis — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:02:28 +0000

The University of Dayton’s Summer Honors Engineering Camp offers hands-on projects allowing you to experience engineering. In these courses, you will have the opportunity to use our state-of-the-art facilities and interact with our professional faculty and engineering students. Students will be regrouped for each instructional component to foster interpersonal relationships and provide new and exciting intellectual challenges. More simply, the camp has been designed to answer the question, “Why engineering?”

Experience engineering during the Honors Engineering Camp at the University of Dayton, June 17 – 22, 2012. The camp is open to all honor students currently in grades 9, 10, or 11. Visit http://www.udayton.edu/engineering/hs_programs/summer_honors_institute.php for more information. Applications are due May 1, 2012.

Digital Photo Camp

PVMCamp — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:31:19 +0000

Location: Camden, Ohio – 2 hours west of Columbus near Oxford, Ohio

Address: 1259 Swann Beatty Rd.

Camden, Ohio 45311

Phone: 937-452-3347

Fax: 937-452-5566

Web: www.pvmcamp.com

Email:

Contact Persons: David Maynard- Director

Tricia Carlton - Registrations
Grade Level: 4-6, 6-10

Type: Overnight
Length of Program: One week sessions, Sunday – Friday
Cost: $390

Dates offered: Starting June 12th

Financial aid: Partial scholarships according to financial needs

Discounts: Early registration discounts, sibling discounts, military discounts, new camper discounts, and bring a friend discounts available.

Notes: This is the place to stretch the digital boundaries of photography. Campers will use state-of-the-art equipment to shoot digital photos of camp activities, learn how to use Adobe Photoshop and upload photos each day to the PVM website for parents to see. Photos will also be placed on the camp DVD produced that week and made available to all of the campers at the end of that week.

Activities: 80-ft. high zipline, rock climbing tower, challenge course, swimming, canoeing, nature hikes, campfires, and more.

Religious Affiliations: Christian, non-denominational

Kids in College

cfowler6 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:17:17 +0000

Applications for Kids in College are now available. Kids in College is two weeks of “college” experience (June 14-25, 2010) designed for kids entering the 4th, 5th, or 6th grade in September 2010. Fun, exciting, hands-on learning experiences, held on a real college campus. Two learning tracts will be offered. Exploring the Future deals with creativity, art, self-esteem and exploring personal skills. Tooling Up for the Future is technical, scientific program, with strong emphasis on robotics, environmental science, and computers. There will also be field trips and special events each day. Cost of the two week program is $320.00. A limited number of need-based scholarships are available. For applications, contact Claudia Fowler, 614/287-5961.

Sorry, this will not be available in 2012!

B-W Summer Academic Institute “So, You Want to Work in Sports Management?”

Pierre David — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:04:19 +0000

Sponsor: Baldwin-Wallace College, 275 Eastland Road, Berea, OH 44017
Phone: (440) 826-5925 Fax: (440) 826 3868
Web: http://www.bw.edu/tag/sports-manager/
Email:
Contact person: Pierre David
Subject/content: summer academic institute designed for students interested in sport-related professions
Grade level: Students entering 9th to 11th grade in Fall 2010
Type: resident
Duration: Sunday, July 25, 2010 – Friday, July 30, 2010
Cost: $800
Financial aid?: None available

B-W Summer Academic Institute “So, You Want to be an Engineer?”

Pierre David — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:03:40 +0000

Sponsor: Baldwin-Wallace College, 275 Eastland Road, Berea, OH 44017
Phone: (440) 826-5925 Fax: (440) 826 3868
Web: http://www.bw.edu/tag/engineer/
Email:
Contact person: Pierre David
Subject/content: summer academic institute designed for students interested in engineering-related professions
Grade level: Students entering 9th to 11th grade in Fall 2010
Type: resident
Duration: Sunday, July 18, 2010 – Friday, July 23, 2010
Cost: $800
Financial aid?: None available

B-W Summer Academic Institute “So You Want to be a Writer?”

Pierre David — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:02:07 +0000

Sponsor: Baldwin-Wallace College, 275 Eastland Road, Berea, OH 44017
Phone: (440) 826-5925 Fax: (440) 826 3868
Web: http://www.bw.edu/tag/writer/
Email:
Contact person: Pierre David
Subject/content: summer academic institute designed for students interested in writing-related professions
Grade level: Students entering 9th to 11th grade in Fall 2010
Type: resident
Duration: Sunday, June 13, 2010 – Friday, June 18, 2010
Cost: $800
Financial aid?: None available