Camp Invention,http://www.invent.org/index.asp A weeklong summer enrichment day program offered in local communities for children entering first through sixth grades. (Offered through Camp GISD in Garland. See link above.)
Dallas/Ft. Worth Area Camps
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Join us for four days of hands-on activities as your children learn about the science of our world, master academic skills, and discover new ways to express ourselves. This summer Prometheus Academy instructors will guide students through the wonders of film, science, food, theater, study skills, literature, and writing. The Prometheus Academy 2011 summer camps have something novel to captivate every student's curiosity. (Registration ends May 30.) Camp information:http://www.theprometheusacademy.com/summercamps/schedule_2011_summer_camps.pdf
SMU Talented and Gifted (TAG) Summer Program,http://smu.edu/education/youth/tag/ A three-week residential camp for academically gifted and talented middle school students (completing grades 7-9).High school students may attend the College Experience 5-week residential program (CE) to further explore career interests. Hurst-Euless-Beford ISD’s Rising Stars Advanced Academics Summer Academy, http://gapagt.org/images/2009_Rising_Stars_Brochure.doc For gifted students entering 6-8 grades.Contact Bettye Edgington at edgingtb@hebisd.edu or 817-399-2072. Summer Camps at UT Dallas, www.utdallas.edu/summercamps There’s fun for athletes, mathletes and future Nobel Prize winners.Come shoot hoops, play some chess or just put some fun into the equation this summer.
University of North Texas Elm Fork Education Center,www.efec.unt.edu/camp.htm Half-day Explorers Camps for 2nd-8th graders. River Legacy Living Science Center in Arlington,www.riverlegacy.org Summer programs about wildlife, ecology and the environment for Pre-K thru 8th grade. Science Place Summer Camps,www.natureandscience.org Ages 4-12, older students can earn volunteer credit hours.
"Shake Hands With Your Future" at Texas Tech University, www.ideal.ode.ttu.edu An academic enrichment camp for gifted and talented children in grades 4-11, offering a variety of classes to promote career exploration.
CompuCamp at the University of Houston,http://www.compucamp2006.com For those students whose fingers itch to get a hold of a computer keyboard!
Summer Institute for the Gifted - UT Austin,http://www.giftedstudy.com Offers residential and day programs for gifted and talented students, grades K -11, at schools across the country, including UT-Austin.
Out of State Camps and Additional Resources
Teen Ink, http://www.teenink.com/Summer/ Let Teen Ink help you find the coolest summer program! Our list of summer programs has something for everyone... Check out the great opportunities available on college campuses, nationwide and overseas.
TheSummer Program for Academically Talented Youth,www.usm.edu/gifted A three-week residential program for grade 7 - 10, at the University of Southern Mississippi. The program includes academic, cultural, and recreational experiences, through cooperative efforts with the Duke TIP. Application deadline is April 30th. Davidson Institute’s GT-CyberSource, www.gt-cybersource.org. Search “Summer Programs” under “Resources” for a long list of possibilities.
