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Enrichment Opportunities

Some other Summer Opportunities to Check out:
Day and Week camps at WCU -there are some opportunities close to home - day camps are fairly reasonable in price -        opportunities in music, science, leadership, etc....main link page to summer camps at WCU - all ages
 
A week at UNC-A - focus on a special topic: Pre-College Program Rising sophomores to seniors
 
Are you interested in UNC-Chapel Hill?  They have several outreach programs that provide students the opportunity to experience life at Chapel Hill  UNC-Chapel Hill - Middle to High School Students
 
Science and Space Camps at PARI   There are limited scholarships available for this camp which will cover most of the cost.  Well worth checking out- PARI camp grades 6-12  
 
Music Camp at Mars Hill Music Camp Middle and High School Students
 
Astro Camp at Smokey Mountain Elementary - starting June 15.  Astro Camp
 
Duke TIP Talent Search  - Grades Grades 4-6 MARCH 31 DEADLINE Duke Tip Talent Search
 
Youth camps at Duke  Duke Youth Camps
 
More camps at DukeDuke Camps
 
A week at the BEACH!  There are several weeklong residential camps at UNCW:  UNCW - Summer Residential Camps Ages 12-17
 
A list of summer camps around Asheville - day and residential 2020 Asheville Summer Camps
 
More Asheville area camps Asheville Directory of Camps
 
Youth camps at Appalachian State - App State youth camps
 
Summer Institute For Gifted - Summer programs around the country National programs
 
  • Health Careers

The PROMISE Health Careers Summer Camp 2020 dates have been set and the application finalized! You all are the FIRST group to receive the application!  Below is the poster for the FREE event, and the dates are June 21st through June 24th. The link below is to the google form/application. Please read the intro BEFORE you continue, as you cannot save your progress. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions that you or your parents might have. I encourage everyone to APPLY EARLY, and make sure that ALL of the requirements are complete when submitting (incomplete applications are not reviewed). APPLICATION ARE DUE BY MARCH 6th.

 

Students, please forward/share this with your friends!

https://forms.gle/Dq79LpQvXwosKGqt6

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Stem Camp - Rising Sophomores
 
United States Naval Academy - offers two different summer programs, Summer Seminar, designed for rising seniors interested in attending the academy and STEM Summer provides rising 9th-12th grade students to the opportunity to study at a premier engineering school, you do not have to want to attend the academy to find this program useful.  Applications open in January.

Summer STEM

Summer Seminar

United States Military Academy - offers a week-long summer program for rising seniors interested in attending the US Military Academy.  Applications open in January. Summer Leadership

United States Coast Guard Academy - offers a week-long summer program for rising seniors interested in attending the US Coast Guard Academy.  Applications open in February. AIM Summer
 
DEADLINES PASSED
NC Governor’s School: The Governor's School of North Carolina is a five and one-half week summer residential program for intellectually gifted high school students, integrating academic disciplines, the arts, and unique courses on each of two campuses. The curriculum focuses on the exploration of the most recent ideas and concepts in each discipline and does not involve credit, tests, or grades.  This program is for rising seniors and students, exception, rising juniors in the field of the performing arts.    NC Governor's School
 

Duke Tip: 

Registration for Fall Programs with Duke Tips starts October 1st.  Academic Adventures and e-Investigations programs fill up extremely fast!  Duke TIPs requires that students achieve at or above the 95th percentile to be eligible for these programs or  have a 120+ composite on an ability score such as CogAT. Here’s some quick links. https:// tip.duke.edu (general site) or https://tip.duke.edu/programs (programs)  https://www.facebook.com/duketip/  (Facebook)

 

North Carolina School of Science and Math: The mission of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics is to: educate academically talented students to become state, national, and global leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; advance public education in North Carolina; and inspire innovation for the betterment of humankind, through challenging residential, online, summer, and virtual learning driven by instructional excellence and the excitement of discovery. 

https://www.ncssm.edu/

 

 
Summer 2019