Summer Youth Programs: “No Child Left Behind"

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Summer Programs to the Rescue! No matter what your budget here are 25 of our favorites

summer programs for the

children in your life.

Positive Youth Development is a policy perspective that emphasizes providing services and opportunities to support all young people in developing a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and empowerment. While individual programs can provide youth development activities, the youth development approach works best when entire communities including young people are involved in creating a continuum of services and opportunities that youth need to grow into happy and healthy adults. When I was a young girl, I was always in some summer program, class, summer league or working a summer job. I believe that those summers as a young girl really give me the drive and know how to want to do better for myself all year row. I’m a firm believer that when you are doing what you love there is no need to take a vacation or time off to get away because you enjoy every day to the fullest when you are whole and living out your dream. One of the amazing things about these summer activities is it gives the small people in your life the opportunity to take the time to find themselves and open up the possibilities to create a different world outside of their everyday institutionalized 7 am to 3 pm mundane monotony. With that said, school is about to be out. Don’t have your children, nieces, and nephews sitting around the house this summer. Look into this amazing summer programs and see which one might me the best fit for your little rug rat/ teen dream. Summer Youth Programs. ( Note: The list is not in any participatory order)

1.Camp Atwater

http://www.campatwater.org/

The camp’s goal is to create experiences that will equip youth with the skills to become happy, healthy, successful contributing adults with an Afrocentric environment.

2. Interplay Jazz Camp

www.interplayjazz.com/

Offers a week-long holistic jazz workshop that integrates meditation, yoga and natural foods to enhance creativity and support a relaxed approach to practicing and performing.

3. Jazz in July: Summer Music Program at UMass

www.umass.edu/fac/jazz/

Over thirty years of jazz instruction connecting innovation, education, and inspiration.

4. School of the Museum of Fine Arts: Pre-College Summer Studio

www.smfa.edu/precollege

The five-week Pre-College Summer Studio is a unique

and rigorous program focused on making art, sharing art, and living art

5. Pennsylvania School for Global Entrepreneurship at Lehigh University

www.iacocca-lehigh.org

PSGE was developed to inspire the spirit of entrepreneurship, and expose students to the creative processes, cultural understanding, and effective business practices of tomorrow leaders.

6. African Leadership Academy

www.alagapyear.org and www.africanleadershipacademy.org

Students live and learn on the beautiful African Leadership Academy campus in the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa for an intense, 10-month pre-university program building lasting friendships with Africa’s future leaders, engage in deep study of the African continent, and design and implement a community service project.

7. Phillips Academy – Andover

www.andover.edu/summersession

Fostering a passion for lifelong learning, the Summer Session combines a full boarding, pre-college experience with small classes in a multicultural community with innovative pedagogy complementing traditional areas over a five-week period

8. Junior Statesman of America

www.summer.jsa.org

For students interested in politics, law, economics, and philosophy, JSA is a nationally recognized program located on the campuses of five, highly selective college campuses. Students are involved in classes and sessions designed to develop their knowledge of political systems, their ability to speak and write persuasively, and their appreciation for intellectual and ethical principles.

9.Duke University

www.tip.duke.edu

A challenging experience for academically talented and motivated students, Duke offers a range of activities outside of class, including student government, drama, intramural sports, and community service.

10. Four Winds Westward Ho Camp

www.fourwindscamp.org/

This place is where kids can get away from technology and modern comforts and discover new friendships and interests in the great top-notch

11. New York Film Academy Camps

https://www.nyfa.edu/summer-camps/ So your kid wants to be in the movies? With the Film Academy Camps around the world, tweens and teens can learn about filmmaking, animation, acting and more. From the Universal Studios back lot to locations in Paris.

12. Surf Diva's All-Girls Overnight Surf Camp, California https://www.surfdiva.com/ This all-inclusive camp is only for girls and its focus — as the name suggests — is surfing. The girls get two surf lessons per day. In the evening, there are other activities such as movies, arts and crafts, talent shows and more. Located in always-sunny San Diego, Surf Diva's All-Girls Overnight Surf Camp is heaven on earth for girls who love the water.

13. Big Brothers, Big Sisters of America (BBBS)

http://www.bbbsa.org

BBBS goal is to help all children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with volunteer mentors.

14. Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program

http://idra.org/ccvyp

The program strives to prevent Hispanic students with limited English proficiency, ages 12 to 21, from dropping out of school by training them as tutors for elementary school students.

15. Youth Build USA

www.youthbuild.org

Youth commit to a 12 to 18-month program that alternates training in construction with academic instruction. As part of their training, participants rehabilitate abandoned buildings to provide affordable permanent housing for the homeless or those with low incomes. In addition to the supervised construction work –for which they are paid a weekly stipend – youth participate in counseling, leadership development, and academic and job skills training.

16. Billion Oyster Project

http://www.billionoysterproject.org/get-involved/schools/

A hands-on field science program aimed at restoring New York harbor and educating thousands of young people about the ecology and economy of their local marine environment.

17. Hispanic Counseling Center

http://www.hispaniccounseling.org/summer-camp-program/

A 6 week summer camp aimed to enrich the lives of young people, ages 12-17 and foster economic independence and nurture dreams for generations to come.

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