LINC Internship with Golden Gate National Recreation Area

During this six week long program, students assist with service projects, gain career and leadership skills, and take field trips to special park sites such as Alcatraz and Muir Woods. Projects and activities vary by week and include trail work, plant propagation, and habitat restoration. In addition, students will get the opportunity to learn more about ecology and science. The 2017 summer will begin with a 4-day camping trip to Yosemite National Park, during which participants will support a service project, engage in team building, explore the sites, and take an 8 mile hike.

2017 Applications will go live in early February

website: http://www.parksconservancy.org/learn/youth/leadership/linc.html

Minds Abroad: Study, Volunteer and Travel in Asia

TITLE OF PROGRAM: Minds Abroad: Study, Volunteer and Travel in Asia

WHO: Minds Abroad is a US based organization that conducts study abroad programs in Asia for both individual students and customized groups from colleges and universities. We were recently named as a “Top 10 Program in Citizen Diplomacy” by the Center for Citizen Diplomacy and U.S. State Department.

WHAT: Our programs contain the following components:

• Small Sized Morning Mandarin Classes that are offered by highly experienced teachers of the faculty of our university partner
• Afternoon Volunteering at local NGOs, Internships at offices or Structured Language Exchange with local students
• Weekend Travel to places of academic interest from Beijing and Shanghai in the East, to the more 'typical ' Chinese city of Kunming in China's heartland, to small villages and towns in the Chinese Himalayas.

WHERE: Beijing, Shanghai and Yunnan Province, China's most diverse province and Lonely Planet's top choice in China.

WHEN: From June through to August

APPLICATION DEADLINE: At least sixty days prior to the program’s commencement  

FOR MORE INFORMATION: For more information on these programs, please visit MindsAbroad.com

EMAIL FOR INFORMATION: info@mindsabroad.com

FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE: Yes, inquire for more details.

NAME OF PROGRAM: Summer Study+Travel Programs

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM:  These programs combine morning Mandarin classes and constructive afternoon activities including language exchange with local students, volunteering or serious internships at local NGOs and offices as well as weekend travel to places of academic interest in and around Yunnan.  

Oxbridge Programs Academia de Espana

WHO:  Students in 8^th to 11^th grade

WHAT:  Study and live in Spain (dormitory)

WHERE: Barcelona, Spain (Oxbridge offers courses in other areas as well)

WHEN:  Summer

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Spring

FOR MORE INFO:  www.oxbridgeprograms.com

EMAIL FOR INFO:  info@oxbridgeprograms.com or 212-932-3049

FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE: Yes (Scholarship deadline 3/1/13)

NAME OF PROGRAM:  La Academia de España

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM:  La Academia de España is an academic program for students in grades 10-12 held in The Residencia Universitària Josep Manyanet, a university residence in an upscale residential area of Barcelona, Spain.

There are almost twenty courses available, including courses in English, such as Barcelona and Modern Culture, Global Medicine, and International Politics, and in Spanish, such as Spanish Language, España en el cine, and La Guerra y las artes.

College Impressions Recommendations

This is a list of summer programs all hosted on college campuses.  The list is compiled by the College Impressions Newsletter.  Click the link below to see their college program recommendations.

Recommendation List

Horizontes Futuros de Alianzas Internacionales

WHO:  Current high school students 

WHAT:  homestay program in Spain

WHERE:  Cordoba, Spain

WHEN:  Over the summer (6 weeks)

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  February 15

FOR MORE INFO:  http://www.hfai.org/

EMAIL FOR INFO:  hfai2013@gmail.com

FINANCIAL AID AVAILABLE:  Yes

NAME OF PROGRAM:   Horizontes Futuros de Alianzas Internacionales

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM:

• Explore the cities and countryside of Spain?
• Watch the sunrise from the summit of Spain’s highest peak?
• Join in La Romeria during El Festival de La Orotava?
• Gain an entirely new family as you live with a host Spanish family for 4 and a half weeks?
• Go _____* with your host sibling as you immerse yourself in Spanish culture? (* includes, but is certainly not limited to, “surf and relax at a black sand beach”, “explore a 500 year old building”, “catch a new movie”, “play tennis or soccer”, and “for a hike”. How will you fill in the blank?)
• Explore the caldera of the El Teide volcano under a full moon?
• Carry out a research project investigating one of the environmental issues facing the Canary Islands?
• Become fluent in Spanish 

HIGHLIGHTS:  Run by a former Bay School teacher, Spence Stevens. 

Summer@Brown

WHO:  Students completing 9^th-12^th grades by June 2012
WHAT:   Residential summer school at Brown University
WHERE:  Providence, Rhode Island

WHEN: June 17 - August 10, 2012

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  No application deadline for most programs

FOR MORE INFO (website): http://brown.edu/ce/pre-college/pre-college-courses.php

Student Participants Summer 2011: Will Sano ('12), Jesse Greenfield ('12), Robin Casset-Johnstone ('12)
A perspective from Will Sano ('12): 

NAME OF PROGRAM: Summer@Brown

SHORT SUMMARY OF PROGRAM: Summer@Brown is a summer academy for high school students that takes over the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The experience is meant to allow students to enroll in college-level classes while simultaneously enjoying their summer in the company of their intellectual peers. The length of the program depends on which classes you sign up for; some classes, like the Existentialist Literature class, last just a week, while others, like the intensive Pre-Med class, last almost seven. Class typically lasts about four hours per day, but this again depends on which classes you sign up for.

HIGHLIGHTS: I took a class entitled Laboratory Techniques in Biomedicine, and what I found most rewarding about this class was that I got to do experimental procedures and protocols too advanced for my high school curriculum. I also really enjoyed the activities Summer@Brown provided me outside the classroom, like a trip to Boston, a beach day in Newport, and a party on the last night. The quality and variety of the food options around Brown is excellent. I found myself returning to places like Kabob and Curry, East Side Pockets, and Mama Kim’s Korean Food Truck whenever possible. Though you might expect kids who go to summer school voluntarily to be insufferably intellectual and boring, I did not find this to be the case. Although I attended Summer@Brown with two of my friends from Bay, I met a whole group of kids who shared my interests with whom I could be myself and have fun.  

LOWS: This may be just a perceived low, but the classes at Summer@Brown do give out homework, and some even have tests and essays. While this does require you to spend some of your precious summer hours doing work, I can assure you it is work that you will enjoy. All of the classes at Summer@Brown are obviously elective, so your homework will likely interest you. Summer@Brown can also be very expensive, especially for those of us coming from the west coast who would require cross country airfare. Attendance for a two-week program (my suggested length of stay) is $3,540 for residential students, and $2,498 for students staying off campus. Scholarships are available, but are limited and competitive.

Feel free to contact me with questions about this program

Will Sano wsano@bayschoolsf.org

MIT Ocean Engineering Experience

The Ocean Engineering Experience ( O EX ) is a weeklong academic program for students entering 11th or 12th grade. Students gain experience in mechanical and ocean engineering through designing and building marine vehicles and structures. Students are submerged into real world scientific problems that require teamwork, science and engineering to solve. The program culminates in a demonstration open to the MIT community and the general public.

Topics covered during the week include: forces and moments, basic electric circuits, DC motors, engineering design and basic engineering measurement and analysis. Instruction is provided by MIT graduate and undergraduate students, research staff and faculty with experience in robotics, ocean engineering, mechanical engineering and other related expertise.

OEX takes place on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Participants are housed in dormitories and use MIT laboratories and other facilities to complete their work. The cost for the full week, including room and board, is $1,400. Partial tuition and travel scholarships are available.

WHO:  Coed,  rising junior and seniors
WHAT:  8 day residential ocean engineering program
WHEN:  July 9-16, 2011
WHERE:  MIT SeaGrant College, Cambridge, MA
MORE INFO:  http://theoceanengineeringexperience.mit.edu
                         617-715-5718
                         Email: oex@mit.edu

Nanoscale Science and Engineering Internship at UC Berkeley

From their website:

High school students will do hands-on scientific investigations in a dynamic research environment at UC Berkeley.  The students will work with graduate student researchers in NSE faculty laboratories, gaining first-hand experience in how science and engineering research is conducted.


Check the website for more information: http://nano.berkeley.edu/educational/sharp.html#

Coastal Marine BioLabs [California]

From the Coastal Marine BioLabs website: 
Located in Ventura Harbor, Coastal Marine Biolabs is a private, research-based science education organization that provides innovative field and laboratory-based learning experiences for high school students. Under the mentorship of CMB scientists, students use many of the key technological cornerstones of modern scientific discovery to explore contemporary questions that lie at the frontiers of scientific knowledge.


WHO:  Coed, juniors and seniors OR for summer sessions, rising junior and seniors
WHAT:  9 day residential marine science program
WHEN:  Different times throughout the year
WHERE:  Ventura, CA
MORE INFO:  http://www.coastalmarinebiolabs.org/

The Island School [Bahamas]

The Island School is a semester-long residential program in the Bahamas.  Classes at the Island School focus on the local environment, and cover the requirements to keep you on track to high school graduation.  The Island School is well established, and run with sponsorship from Lawrenceville Academy in Princeton NJ.

WHO:  Coed Students in 10th or 11th grade
WHAT: Residential Semester
WHERE:  Bahamas
APPLICATION DEADLINE:  Applications are due March 1 during your freshman or sophomore years
MORE INFO:  http://www.islandschool.org/

The Island School also offers a summer term: More Info

Waynflete School Sustainable Ocean Studies [Maine]

SOS is an inspiring and rigorous month-long summer program focused on promoting ocean health and sustainability.  Through engaging seminars and important field work along the Gulf of Maine, SOS provides a fun, empowering, and relevant learning experience that cultivates important skills for academic success in post-secondary studies.  Filled with adventure and a wide variety of field experiences, this program challenges participants to make full use of both their creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills while studying ecological and cultural sustainability.  SOS pays special attention to learning from local efforts in coastal Maine communities to preserve the marine resources on which those communities depend. Co-sponsored by the Coastal Studies for Girls.  


WHO:  Rising Juniors and Seniors
WHAT:  Month long academic program focusing on the oceans
WHERE: Waynflete School in Maine and Darling Marine Center. 
MORE INFO:  http://www.waynflete.org/podium/default.aspx?t=132374

Sea Education Association Summer Tall Ship Programs

Spend some time on a tall ship this summer studying science and sailing.  SEA primarily runs semester programs for college students that integrate into their college academic experience, but they offer a similar shorter experience for high school students during the summer.

WHO:  high school sophomores, juniors and seniors -- COED
WHAT:  maritime and science focused academic program.  About 10 days on land and 10 days at sea
WHERE:  Maine, Massachusetts or California
WHEN: summer
FOR MORE INFO:  SEA.edu