SUMMER ACTIVITIES   

PAY TO GO TO CAMP, GET AN INTERNSHIP OR JOB, AND DON'T FORGET: THE SUMMER IS A GOOD TIME FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, TOO.

American Legion Boys State
http://www.legion.org/bstate.htm

American Legion Auxiliary Girls State
http://www.legion-aux.org/gstate.htm

Cool Works - seasonal jobs
http://www.coolworks.com/showme/

Duke Youth Programs Summer Camp - Young Writers, Action Science Camp for Young Women, Expressions! Fine Arts Day Camp, Constructing Your College Experience, Creative Writers Workshop, Drama Workshop, and new Computer Day Camps
http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/Youth/

Duke's Talent Identification Program - special summer programs in North Carolina and across the world are available to identified talented youth
http://www.tip.duke.edu/

Eastern Music Festival - audition for this great opportunity in Greensboro for students 14-20
http://www.easternmusicfestival.com/

Governor's School of North Carolina
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/gs/

Impact Online - matches volunteers with nonprofits nationwide
http://www.impactonline.org/

InternshipPrograms.Com - search engine for internships, some of which are summer opportunities
http://www.internshipprograms.com/

July Experience - for rising seniors, a chance to see college life at Davidson College
http://www.davidson.edu/academic/education/julyexp_information.html

Learn and Serve America - K-12 Community-Based Programs - Mentoring Initiatives - opportunities for students to become mentors and role models throughout the community and state. This site gives program descriptions and contact information.  A great summer activity.
http://www.governor.state.nc.us/govoffice/citizen/landsdoc.htm      or
http://serve.nc.state.nc.us/programs/learn/

NASA Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program - an opportunity for high school students to live on college campuses and work in NASA-related research fields
http://web.fie.com/htdoc/fed/nas/any/k12/prog/min/naspgalv.htm

National Institutes of Health Biomedical Summer Research High School Apprenticeship Program - an eight week apprenticeship program placing minority high school students in the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory
http://www.scied.bnl.gov/nihb.html

North Carolina School of the Arts Summer Session
http://www.ncarts.edu/summer/Summer%20Session.htm

Outward Bound  
http://www.outwardbound.org/index.html

Peterson’s Education - Summer Programs                                                                                             http://www.petersons.com/summerop/ssector.html

Raleigh Parks and Recreation - part-time and summer jobs
http://www.raleigh-nc.org/parks&rec/index.htm

Shad Valley - competitive entry (apply by December) for 11th and 12th graders interested in science and math, program in science, technology, and entrepreneurship takes place at several host universities in Canada.
http://www.naviss.com/shad/framedoc.htm

Space Camp
http://www.spacecamp.com

Student Conservation Association - High School Conservation Work Crew Program - no-fee summer travel, wilderness and outdoor program for students 16-19.  Includes travel in NC to work on resource management and conservation.
http://www.sca-inc.org/vol/cwc/cwc.htm

Success Oriented Achievement Realized - a non-profit co-ed wilderness program serving youth with learning disabilities and attention defecit disorders. Students go backpacking, whitewater rafting, horsepacking, rock climbing, mountaineering, and more. Western NC is one of the national sites
http://www.enr.state.nc.us/ENR/ee/eecntr/135.htm

Summer Jobs - find jobs by field or location
http://www.summerjobs.com/

Talisman Summer Camps, Wilderness Treks and Open Boat Adventures
http://www.stonemountainschool.org/camp.html

Telluride Association Summer Programs (TASPs) - six-week educational experience for high school juniors at Cornell University, with seminars similar to college classes. The Telluride Association Summer Programs are free (students pay only the costs of transportation and incidental expenses and qualified participants with need need may qualify for aid to cover travel).
http://www.telluride.cornell.edu

Upward Bound Math and Science Program - a six-week summer environmental education program for high school students across the Southeast conducted at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee
http://www.wcu.edu/ub_math_science/homebound.html

USAJobs, Summer - federal summer jobs, broken down by location
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/a7.htm