Sur la Table Cooking Camp

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: Sur la Table Cooking Camp

Focus: Cooking and baking

Age Eligibility: rising 9th graders (summer after 8th grade), rising 10th graders (summer after 9th grade), rising 11th graders (summer after 10th grade), rising 12th graders (summer after 11th grade)

Financial aid available?: Not sure

Description from student participant: It is a cooking and baking camp where you can learn to cook foods that you wouldn't normally cook.

Where is the program: Sur la Table at Union Square in San Francisco

Length: 1 week or less

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy
to email or talk to you about the program): Delainey Delagnes '19

UC Davis COSMOS

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: UC Davis COSMOS

Focus: There are tons of options for different "clusters" in the COSMOS program. I did cluster 7, which is the biomedical sciences cluster.

Age Eligibility: rising 10th graders (summer after 9th grade), rising 11th graders (summer after 10th grade), rising 12th graders (summer after 11th grade), You must qualify or try out

Financial aid available?: Yes

Description from student participant: This program was great. It allowed me to explore the UC campus, their state-of-the-art facilities, as well as connect with people and learn more about biomedical topics and issues. The work we did was the same work that college students do. We learned lots of basic lab techniques and a lot about infectious disease and had numerous professional lectures from people in the field of veterinary med, human med, disease prevention, etc.

Where is the program: This program happens at all UC's that have the program, but I did the one specifically at UC Davis.

Length: 3-5 weeks

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy
to email or talk to you about the program): Zach Johnson '18

FC Barcelona Escola Camp

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: FC Barcelona Escola Camp

Focus: To enrich your soccer skills.

Age Eligibility: all ages

Financial aid available?: No

Description from student participant: I really like this camp. I've done for 5 years in a row and it's very good. It's 2 weeks of hard work and exercise that really ends up paying off. There also tours of the city, the stadium, and there are workshops in which we learn FC Barcelona tactics.

Where is the program: Barcelona, Spain

Length: 2 weeks

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy
to email or talk to you about the program): Mariano Vergara '20

Berkeley Pre Colligate Summer Program

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: Berkeley Pre Colligate Summer Program

Focus: Lots of academic classes; in this case precalculus

Age Eligibility: rising 11th graders (summer after 10th grade), rising 12th graders (summer after 11th grade), You must qualify or try out

Financial aid available?: No

Description from student participant: By taking this class, I was able to skip AoF. I also got to have my first college experience.

Where is the program: UC Berkeley

Length: 5 weeks or more

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy
to email or talk to you about the program): Luca Angeleri '19

UC Berkeley Extension Math Course

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: UC Berkeley Extension

Focus: A variety of academic courses.

Age Eligibility: rising 11th graders (summer after 10th grade), rising 12th graders (summer after 11th grade), You must qualify or try out

Financial aid available?: Not sure

Description from student participant: I was able to finish my course which allowed me to take calculus this year.

Where is the program: Online

Length: 5 weeks or more

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy to email or talk to you about the program): Victor Leao-David '19

Great Books Summer Program

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: Great Books Summer Program

Focus: Reading and discussing difficult readings

Age Eligibility: Anyone from Bay can attend. There is an intermediate program (Middle school) and a senior program (High school).

Financial aid available?: Not sure

Description from student participant: This program got me to feel more comfortable with sharing my ideas. It also helped me with making new friends from around the world. Some of my friends came from China, Korea, and India. You meet plenty of people and you learn a lot.

Where is the program: There are many locations such as China, Oxford, and Dublin, but I attended the Stanford University program

Length: 1 week or less

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy to email or talk to you about the program): Halli Nguyen '20

Proyect Asis

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: Proyecto Asis

Focus: Wildlife care

Age Eligibility: high school

Financial aid available?: Not sure

Description from student participant: yes do it. You learn Spanish and help wildlife. It is a nonprofit.

Where is the program: Costa Rica

Length: 3-5 weeks

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy to email or talk to you about the program): James Fowler '18

James with his homestay family

FAC Lacrosse Camp

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: FAC Lacrosse Camp

Focus: Lacrosse Training

Age Eligibility: High School age boys and girls

Financial aid available?: Not sure

Description from student participant: There's a lot of lacrosse. It's a overnight camp and there is a lot of kids. I would suggest it because it really improves for lacrosse skills and you get to meet more people.

Where is the program: Lebanon Valley College, PA

Length: 1 week or less

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy to email or talk to you about the program): Ming Hill '20

Brigham Young University Independent Study

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: Brigham Young University Independent Study

Website: BYU Independent Study

Focus: All kinds of courses online for high school credit.

Age Eligibility: high school

Financial aid available?: Not sure

Description from student participant: I took Calculus through this online course.  I like Math so it was fun.

Where is the program: Online

Length: 2-3 weeks

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy to email or talk to you about the program): Jamie Corbus '19

National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp

What is official name of the program: National Outdoor Leadership School

Website: NOLS

Focus: Outdoor leadership in a variety of wilderness areas and activities

Age Eligibility: 16

Financial aid available?: Yes

Description from student participant: It's a really amazing experience where you learn a whole new set of skills. NOLS has plenty of courses all over the world, I did a rock climbing expedition to Wyoming and it was incredible. The vast beauty of the Wind River Range coupled with some of the best climbing in the world was awesome.

Where is the program: there are courses all over the world

Length: 3-5 weeks

Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy to email or talk to you about the program):
Toby Kaplan '19
Jamie Corbus '19

Images courtesy of Jamie Corbus

SF United Soccer

Type of Program:  Summer Enrichment Program or Camp
What is official name of the program: SF United
Website: sf-united
Focus: Soccer Training
Age Eligibility: You must qualify or try out
Financial aid available?: Not sure
Description from student participant: It's a hard camp that pushes players to their limit.
Where is the program: In the Bay Area -- Minnie and Lovie Ward Field in San Franciso
Length: 1 week or less
Bay Students who have participated (if email is included, they are happy to email or talk to you about the program): Tony Nguyen '20 

Inspiring Girls Expeditions

Inspiring Girls Expeditions provides FREE expeditions to snowy glaciery places.  Girls learn outdoor snow skills while learning about the glacier environment.  Their current programs include trips to 1) Resurrection Bay in Seward, AK, Mt. Baker in the Cascades (WA), Central Alaska and Switzerland.

Applications are online.  Check for more information at Inspiring Girls Expeditions.  Their webpage includes links to other outdoor programs too.