Summer Experiences
In the chart below, please find an informal collection of local summer activities which might be of interest to your children. Registration times and costs vary, so please contact the programs directly for more information! (The programs listed are not run by or related to Orange County Public Schools.) If you have suggestions for local programs which should be added to this list, please email Miss Kelly! Notes: The first chart highlights programs which are not necessarily designed or geared towards identified gifted learners, but may be of interest to gifted learners. The second chart highlights programs designed for gifted learners. |
Title/Topic |
Location |
Grades |
Contact |
| Theatre Camp | Orlando Repertory Theatre - Loch Haven Park, Orlando |
pre-K-12 | http://www.orlandorep.com/education/index.htm |
| Theatre Camp | Shakespeare Festival - Loch Haven Park, Orlando |
pre-K-12 | http://www.shakespearefest.org/summer_camp.htm |
| Science Camp | Orlando Science Center - Loch Haven Park, Orlando |
K-9 | http://www.osc.org/classes/summercamp07.htm |
| Art Camp | Orlando Museum of Art | 1-8 | http://www.omart.org/edprograms/youth/ed.youth.camps.html |
| YMCA Camps | Central Florida YMCA | varies | http://www.centralfloridaymca.org/Programs.aspx?PageID=28 |
| Space Camp | Kennedy Space Center | 2-9 | http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/educatorsParents/camp.asp |
| Sports Camps | RDV Sportsplex | varies | http://www.mvpsportsclubs.com/rdvsportsplex/athletic-kids-stuff-camps.asp |
| City of Maitland Youth Programs |
varies | varies | http://www.itsmymaitland.com/youth_links.asp |
Summer Programs for Identified Gifted Learners This list of programs serves identified Gifted learners. Please contact
the program directly |
| Title | Location | Contact |
| HATS: High Achieving Talented Students Stetson University |
Lake Eola Charter School | http://www.stetson.edu/hats/summer2007.php |
| S.I.G.: Summer Institute for the Gifted |
varies - not local | http://www.giftedstudy.com/ |
| Yunasa Summer Institute | Fenton, Michigan | http://www.educationaladvancement.org/programs/students/yunasa/overview.php |
Information Warehouse Sites |
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| Cogito Johns Hopkins University, Center for Talented Youth |
http://www.cogito.org/programs/programslist.aspx?summerprograms | |
| IEA Gifted Resource Center Searchable Database |
http://www.educationaladvancement.org/resources/search/programs.php | |
| More listings for summer programs can be found on the FLAG website. Scroll a little over half way down to get to the summer programs listing! | http://www.flagifted.org/announcements.htm | |