Category Archives: Gifted & Talented

Science Adventure Camp

  • Camp/Activity Name — Science Adventure Camp
  • Sponsor: — 4-H Camp Clifton, Yellow Springs, OH 
  • Phone: 937-408-3741
  • Web: http://scienceadventurecamp.webs.com
  • Email: judysteritz@yahoo.com
  • Contact Person: Judy Steritz, Camp Director
  • Subject/Content: Science – Life Sciences, Physics, Chemistry, Space/Earth Science and Technology. Teamwork Leadership Skills with Science Adventure in High and Low Rope Team Initiatives, Orienteering, Rock Climbing, Swimming, and Repelling.
  • Age/Grade level:  Middle School – students entering grades 7-9
  • Type: — Co-Ed Overnight
  • Length of program: August 1-6, 2010
  • Cost: $500.00
  • Financial aid?: — Partial Financial Aid Available
  • Notes:   Join us this summer and share in science discovery while being introduced to hands-on experiments and activities. SAC reinforces the 5 core knowledge areas of science: Life Science, Physics, Chemistry, Space/Earth Science and Technology along with adventures in High and Low Ropes, Rocket Science, Orienteering, Rock Climbing, Swimming, and Repelling, in a positive, teamwork atmosphere. The Camp is held at 4-H Camp Clifton, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Camp Fees are $500 which includes Food and Housing, Camp Activities and Supplies, Camp Insurance and Science Explorer T-Shirt. For more information contact Judy Steritz, Camp Director at 937-408-3741 or email judysteritz@yahoo.com. Visit our website at http://scienceadventurecamp.webs.com. Become a Science Explorer taking science education beyond the classroom to spark interest in the world of science through exploration and discovery!

    • Thurber House Summer Writing Camps

    Sponsor: Thurber House
    (we meet at) Thurber Center, 91 Jefferson Ave., Columbus OH 43215
    Phone: (614) 464-1032 ext: 16 Fax: (614) 280-3645
    Web: www.thurberhouse.org
    Email: megbrown@thurberhouse.org
    contact person: Meg Brown
    subject/content: Creative Writing
    age/grade level: entering 2nd grade through 8th grade
    type (day/overnight/other): half day for 2nd/3rd grade camps; full day for 4-8 grade camps
    length of program: one week
    cost: $95-$165
    financial aid?: Yes

    Notes: There’s something for every budding writer at Thurber House Summer Writing Camp! We have fantasy, poetry, suspense, and everything in between. Our teachers can’t wait to show you different ways to express yourself that will help you create hilarious characters, beautiful settings and crazy plots.  In the end you will have a notebook full of stories, a new group of friends, and an enhanced love of writing. We hope to see you this summer!

    Wright State University Pre-College Programs

    Residential Camps and Institutes for incoming 6-12 grade students.

    • Camps (6-9 grade) include: Writing, Television Production, Structure and Design, Dramatic Theatre, Science of hte Solar System, Busted: Physics Facts, Amazing Flying Machines, Leadershiop
    • Institutes (10-12 grade) include: Law, Engineering, Writing, Performance Theatre, American Culture and COmic Books, Forensic Science, Social Psychology, Leadership

    Additional information at (937)775-3135 or www.wright.edu/academics/precollege

    • Cost of camps varies
    • Coed Residential Programs
    • One week programs

    Foster Family Woodcraft Scholarship (Ages 11-13)

    A Distinguished Merit Scholarship Program for Ohio Residents Ages 11-13

    Sponsor: Culver Summer Schools & Camps
    1300 Academy Rd #138
    Culver, IN 46511
    Phone: (800) 221-2020 Fax: (574) 842-8462
    Web: www.culver.org/foster
    Email: rymane@culver.org
    Contact person: Emily Ryman
    Subject/content: making this information available to you
    Age/grade level: Ages 11-13 who are residents of Ohio
    Type: 6-week leadership overnight camp
    Length of program: 6-weeks
    Cost: Free with Awarded Scholarship, Discounted with Financial Aid, or basic tuition is $4,950
    Financial aid?: Yes

    Notes: The Foster Scholarship provides campers, ages 11-13, with the summer opportunity of a lifetime.

    The Foster Scholarship is a full-tuition, merit scholarship that includes room and board, required fees, and uniforms. Preference will be given to those candidates qualifying for financial aid and those residing in Ohio.

    The scholarship is renewable annually. Recipients who continue to excel academically, as a camp leader, and in activities will realize a total value in excess of $15,000 over three summers at Culver.

    To be considered, applicants must have previously demonstrated excellence in academics, citizenship and character.

    Each scholarship recipient is expected to exemplify leadership in his or her cabin and to be in good citizenship standing while attending Woodcraft Camp and to report in September to the Foster family on his or her Woodcraft experience.

    A special added component of the Foster Scholarship will be the opportunity for recipients to attend a designated leadership conference during the school year to be determined on an individual basis for each recipient. The Foster Scholarship is open to campers who have displayed academic, citizenship, and character excellence, and who have been admitted to the Cardinal or Beaver level (ages 11-13) of Culver Woodcraft Camp.

    Culver’s Foster Family Woodcraft Scholarship is open to outstanding students. Competition for the Foster Scholarship will be keen. It is recommended that students apply for admission to Woodcraft Camp and submit their Foster Scholarship application well before the deadline. Applicants must be accepted for admittance to Woodcraft Camp before they will be considered for the Foster Scholarship. The Foster family’s generous gift to Culver will provide scholarship recipients the opportunity to learn, grow, and mature in an international educational environment with campers from around the world.