Summer Learning Opportunities

Looking for an Additional Challenge? The following summer opportunities are available.

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Comprehensive Listing of Summer Camps/Opportunities

Hoagies Gifted
UW-Green Bay Summer Camp & Youth Programs
UW-LaCrosse Summer Pre-College Pograms
UW-Whitewater
UW-Madison Badger Precollege Program
Madison College-Career Discovery Youth Camps
MMSD Career and Technical Education Summer Programs (CTE)

Scholarships

Wisconsin Association for Talented & Gifted (WATG) provides summer program scholarships for children.
Wisconsin DPI Pre-college Scholarships:
- For students in Grades 6-12
- Full and partial scholarships are available

Academic & Intellectual
Specialty Camps

Academic & Intellectual

UW Madison Pre College Programs

Growing Early Minds (GEM) - Grades 1-4
Pre College Academic Campus Experience (PACE) - Grades 5-8
Summer Transitional Enrichment Program (STEP) - Grades 6-8
Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) - High School
Badger Pre College Online - High School
Badger Summer Scholars - High School

Additional Camps/Programs

BioPharmaceutical Technology Biotech Camp - Grades 9 & 10
BioPharmaceutical Technology Youth Apprenticeship Program -Dane County
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies - Grades 9-12. Online Camp
UW Arboretum Earth Focus Day Camps - Kindergarten-Grade 8
Milwaukee School of Engineering Robotics Programs - Middle and High School

UW Madison Greater Madison Writing Project

Summer Writing Camps for aspiring writers entering grades 3rd-12th

Young Writers Camp - Grades 3-8
High School Writing Camps
Graphic Novels Writing Camp - Grades 5-8
Rise Up & Write Camps - High School
Youth Press Corps - High School

UW Whitewater

STEM Training for Early Engagement and Readiness STEER) - Grades 6-8

UW Stout

Summer STEAM Experience - Grades 9-12

MAYDM Camps

Maydm provides fun and engaging STEMS programs for students entering grades 6- 12. Scholarships are available.

Camp Invention

Camp Invention - Entering grades 1-6

Concordia Language Villages

Summer Language Immersion Programs Ages 8-18

Wisconsin Area Health Education Center

Summer Camps for high school students. Upward Bound Summer Camp

Girls Who Code

High school students gain the computer science skills they need to make an impact and prepare for tech careers in free virtual summer programs.

Northwestern University Center for Talent Development

Academic Summer Day and Residential Camps - Grades 6-12

Purdue’s Gifted Education Research & Resource Institute (GER2I)

Purdue’s Gifted Education Research & Resource Institute (GER2I) - Residential Summer Camps - Grades 5-12

Specialty Camps

Leadership

Wisconsin Association of Student Councils Leadership Camp - Middle & High School Camps
Civic Leadership Institute @ Northwestern University - Grades 6-12

Activities Art

Monroe Street Fine Arts Center - Ages 3-14
Midwest Clay Project - Ages 6+
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art - All ages

Music

UW Madison Summer Music Clinics - Junior Grades 6-8 & Senior Grades 9-12
UW Whitewater Summer Music Camps - Middle School & High School
Madison Youth Choir - Ages 7-18

Dance

Madison Ballet - Ages 3 & up

Drama

Young Shakespeare Players
Children's Theater of Madison - Ages 4 & up
APT's ACT (Acting for Classical Theater) Camp

Outdoor/Nature

Hoofers Sailing Summer Youth Programs
Aldo Leopold Nature Center - Ages 4-16

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