Summer Opportunities
Summer Opportunities
Summer Opportunities
Disney Youth Education Series programs are now available for individual enrollment. During
most of the year, these programs are only available for groups of more than 10 youth. However, due to
popular demand, they’ve added summer programs for small groups of students and individuals between
June 14 and August 29. A parent or chaperone must accompany each participant(s). This is a unique
opportunity to experience 2 ½ - 3 ½ hour interactive, in-depth programs in several areas of study and
experience the Disney Theme Parks at a deeply discounted rate! For more information visit
www.disneyyes.com/openenrollment .
The Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) at the University of Oregon is a residential summer
program that supports the academic enrichment of gifted and highly able students in grades 6 - 10.
SEP applications for 2011 are now available at www.uoyouth.org. If you would like to receive paper
copies of SEP applications, brochures, or other informational materials, they will accommodate requests
for mailing program materials in batches of two to two-hundred.
The Davidson Institute has a resource available for summer programs across the nation at
http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10370.aspx which lists programs for gifted sorted by
topics of interest.
The University of Northern Colorado is offering two summer programs to challenge gifted,
talented, and high-ability students: a Leadership Enrichment Program for students entering the 11th
and 12th grades in Fall 2011, and a Summer Enrichment Program for those entering fifth through tenth
grades. Both programs run July 10-23. For more information go to sep@unco.edu or visit
www.unco.edu/sep.
Information about summer programs across the nation is available at the NAGC web site:
http://www.nagc.org/index.aspx?id=1103 and http://www.nagc.org/resourcedirectory.aspx.
For language immersion, gifted students may appreciate Concordia Language Villages with
information at http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/programs1.php .
Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development has summer, and online, programs
for all ages, including educators and parents: http://www.ctd.northwestern.edu/summer/
The founder of MathPath (grades 6-8) is launching a new math camp for ages 8-10.5:
http://www.epsiloncamp.org/index.php
Stetson University’s HATS program offers DeLand campus classes to be held July 18-22 and July
25-29. Other locations will be announced soon. A new addition to the HATS Program, the BERETS:
Beginning Enrichment Recognizing Emerging Talents is for students in grades K-2 who participate in a
gifted program and younger siblings of current HATS students are eligible to attend. hats@stetson.edu
Energetic Einsteins offers summer programs and camps for gifted 3rd-9th graders as well as
Internship opportunities for older gifted students. Summer program dates for 2011 will be: Session 1
July 25-29 and Session 2 August 1-5. giftedinfo@biophi.org. Brains and Behavior Program: The
neuroscience faculty at the Clearwater, FL location offers a hands-on, minds on exploration for 6 th -9th
grade gifted students to learn about brain anatomy and function, neuronal communication, and brain
health and diseases July 25-29. The science faculty at the Clearwater location will reveal the science
behind the magic and provide hands on explorations in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
Participants: Gifted 3rd-6th graders August 1-5. Cost: $450/week ($50 discount for Multiple Class or
Sibling Discount) Limited number of scholarships available! Register at www.EnergeticEinstiens.com.
The Center for Gifted Studies at the University of Southern Mississippi with Frances Karnes
offers a Summer Leadership Studies program for students in grades 6-11 from June 12-17; a Gifted
Studies program with a wide variety of courses for students in grades four through eight from June 19-
24; and A Summer Program for Academically Talented Youth in grades 7-10 from July 3-22.
http://www.usm.edu/gifted
Epsilon, a new summer camp for the exceptionally (EG) and profoundly (PG) gifted, ages 8 to 10
years old (students must be under the age of 11 during camp), who love math. This new camp, directed
by Dr. George Thomas, founder of Mathpath and Canada/USA Mathcamp, will be held at Colorado
College from July 24 through August 14, 2011. Epsilon Camp combines an intellectually rigorous student
camp running in parallel with a parent workshop addressing the concerns and challenges of raising
EG/PG children. Epsilon students will be exposed to mathematics enrichment not available anywhere
else at this time for their age group. For more information, including eligibility requirements and how to
apply, please visit http://epsiloncamp.org/index.php
The Green River Preserve is an environmental summer camp, located on a 3400 acre private
wildlife preserve in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Unique program offer a creative,
nurturing, and intellectually stimulating approach to connecting children to the joy and wonder of the
natural world. Programs are available for students rising into grades 2-12 as well as a family camp. For
information go to http://www.greenriverpreserve.org/.
John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth lists a range of summer program options at
http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/summer-programs.html.
Duke University Youth Summer Programs include a variety of courses that include the sciences,
the humanities and the arts. Gifted kids interested in science will find a course to take, but so will kids
who are more interested in creative writing and even the performing arts. Programs run for about two
weeks and are available to kids in grades five through eleven, although the range varies depending on
the course. A residential plan is available. http://www.tip.duke.edu/summer_programs/.