Camp GISD at Hillside Academy - Garland, TX,http://www.garlandisd.net/departments/enrichment_programs/campGISD.asp Open to grades 1-5. SMU Summer Youth Programs - Legacy-in-Plano campus, http://www.smu.edu/continuing_education/youth/summerfun/ Offers Lego Rocketry, American Girl Dolls, Computer Game Design, and more in one-week courses throughout the summer. SMU Talented and Gifted (TAG) Summer Program,http://www.smu.edu/continuing_education/youth/tag/index.asp 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. Summer language camps,www.languageconservatory.com Available in Spanish, Japanese, French, Chinese, German, Russian and Italian in a country-club setting at Spring Park Community Center in Garland. iD Tech Camps,www.internalDrive.com Offers summer computer camps for kids and teens ages 7-17 at SMU in Dallas, the University of Houston and UT Austin. 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 preschool through 8th graders. Science Place Summer Camps,www.natureandscience.org Ages 4 – 12, older students can earn volunteer credit hours. 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. "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,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.
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.
The Dallas area offers numerous opportunities this summer for young children to explore their artistic capabilities. Summer is a great time to try something you've never done before, or learn more about an area you don't have time to study during the school year. Listed below are a few of the possibilities. For more details, choices and information, visithttp://www.guidelive.com.
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