Summer Programs
Camp Summit for the Gifted
Camp Summit for the gifted, talented, creative is a week long overnight summer camp designed specifically for gifted students ages 9 through 15. Created especially for developing the "inner and outer nature" of gifted youth, Camp Summit offers stimulating and challenging activities combined with a staff uniquely qualified to nuture such a community located in beautiful, pictureseque settings.
Camp Summit opened its first camp in June, 2008 in the Marin Headlands, in the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area just north of the Golden Gate Bridge on the California coast. At Camp Summit West, campers enjoy engaging activities such as LARP (Live Action Role Play), visual and creative arts, Rube Goldberg Machines, outdoor ecology studies, strategy games, hands-on and self exploring design projects and workshops, along with more typical camp activities such as hiking, beach and mountain adventures, storytelling, sing-along by the campfire, capture the flag and other outdoor/indoor games.
Now, as the Camp Summit moves into its seventh year of operation, we are thrilled to announce the grand opening of its second location August 7-13, 2016 to serve the needs of gifted children on the eastern seaboard - Camp Summit East located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Camp Summit East will feature, alongside the usual activities, new adventures such as rock climbing, spelunking, night hikes featuring Astronomy, ropes courses, and much more within the spectacular setting of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains.
http://www.campsummitforthegifted.com/ |
Sturgeon City
Who are we?Sturgeon City is a non-profit organization specializing in civic and environmental education. We provide programs and events to area youth to cultivate a love and understanding of science and the environment.
The nonprofit operates out of the administration building of the former Wilson Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant. Sturgeon City plans to build an environmental education center, which will contain about 43,000 square feet of space for classroom space, native flora and fauna displays and applied research. The center will also include demonstrations on how the City of Jacksonville worked with area residents to help restore Wilson Bay and how the City continues to support other areas in need of restoration. Current operations provide for a laboratory, exhibition space, meeting space and offices. http://www.sturgeoncity.org/ |
MarineQuest
MarineQuest is the official marine science outreach program for the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Watson College of Education, and the Center for Marine Science providing young people with opportunities to explore, discover and value our marine habitats. Whether you experience MarineQuest as a summer camper exploring the ocean or as a student on a school field trip discovering the marsh, the outcome is the same: MarineQuest is more than just another day at the beach; MarineQuest is making waves in environmental education!
http://uncw.edu/marinequest/index.html |
Washington Youth Summit for the Environment
George Mason University along with distinguished partners the National Geographic Society and the National Zoo is proud to host the Washington Youth Summit on the Environment (WYSE). Each summer, WYSE welcomes 250 High School National Youth Delegates from all over the country. National Youth Delegates join the Mason community, which includes students and faculty from all over the world. Mason is both the largest public university in Virginia and one of the most culturally diverse universities in the nation. This year’s summit will take place June 24 to 29, 2018.
Mason attracts proven and innovative leaders in conservation, climate change, and the environment. Faculty members have developed the WYSE curriculum to suit the needs and potential of the nation’s most talented future leaders in the field. Curriculum includes hands-on learning with industry leaders, not only from Mason, but from international conservation experts and Washington insiders. High School National Youth Delegates will experience an integrated and forward-thinking approach to the environment, while acquiring valuable “in-the-trenches” knowledge. http://wyse.gmu.edu/ |
The Washington Journalism and Media Conference
George Mason University is the host of the Washington Journalism and Media Conference (WJMC) and each summer welcomes high school student leaders from all over the country as National Youth Correspondents. National Youth Correspondents join the Mason community which includes students and faculty from all over the world. Mason is both the largest public university in Virginia and one of the most culturally diverse universities in the nation. This summer’s conferences will take place July 8 to 13 and July 15 to 20, 2018.
https://wjmc.gmu.edu/ |
Martha Guy Summer Institute
MGSI is held every July for three weeks. Students will come to Appalachian State's campus learning about business and developing professional skills. Among the activities is a group project that involves developing a business plan. Each group presents its plan to a panel of business professionals at the end of the first two weeks. The experience includes exploratory travel to various business and cultural sites.
Overall participants will:
https://marthaguy.appstate.edu/about |