On-line Educational
Searches - Courses and Colleges
College
Information - Application and Admissions
Benchmark Associates
www.bmarkassoc.com
www.collegeconnections.net
Assessment, learning & organizational
strategies, and cognitive behavior management.
CSS Tutoring Service -SAT/ACT I
Preparation
The Brown Miller
Group -Career and college counseling
CIEE
For Young People Age 14-18
http://us.councilexchanges.org/opportunities/under18.html
Outdoor
Educational Research & Evaluation Center
www.wilderdom.com/research.html
American Camping Association
www.acacamp.org
College Board
www.collegeboard.com
Princeton Review
www.princetonreview.com
Colleges by State & alphabetically
www.utexas.edu/world/univ
Gap
Year
(a postgraduate year between high school
graduation and college). |
Sea-Mester Programs
The
Center for INTERIM Programs, LLC
Global
Quest
| High
School Summer Programs |
Government/Career/Leadership Programs
The Washington Workshop Foundation
Sports
Programs
People to People -
Sports Ambassador Program
(students compete with students
of other countries in the sport of their choice)
www.sportsambassadors.org
Environment/Conservation
Programs
School
For Field Studies
Environmental studies in the U.S. and abroad
www.fieldstudies.org
Earthwatch
Institute
Environmental studies located in many different countries
www.earthwatch.org
Travel/Study Programs (programs that combine study,
travel and some outdoor adventure)
Student Conservation Association
AFS
Year long exchange programs and summer
cultural programs – living with a family
www.afs.org
Beyond
Touring
http://www.beyondtouring.com/
Greek Summer
www.afs.edu.gr
The
Experiment in International Living
www.usexperiment.org
Where There Be Dragons
www.wheretherebedragons.com
Putney Student Travel
(Global Awareness Program)
Arts
Programs
Encore
youth theatre group located in Provence France
( run by Americans)
www.learntheater.com
New York Film
Academy
Studies
in film making and acting – many locations in
the U.S. and abroad
www.nyfa.com
Spoleto
Study Abroad
An arts program located in Spoleto Italy ( music, drama,
creative writing, photography)
www.spoletostudyabroad.com
Tisch
School of the Performing Arts
www.nyu.edu/tisch
The
Swanee Summer Music Festival
http://sewaneetoday.sewanee.edu/ssmf/topicout/396.html
Brevard Music Camp
www.bervardmusic.org
Aspen Music Festival
www.aspenmusicfestival.com
Photography Programs
Barat
Foundation
Small family run language school located in Provence
( American family)
www.baratfoundation.org
Centre International Antibes
French language program on the Riviera
www.french-france.com
Concordia Language Villages
www.concordiaLanguageVillages.org
Enforex International Summer School in Spain
Spanish language school – many locations
in Spain – run by the Spanish
www.enforex.es
Putney
Language Learning Programs
www.goputney.com
Abbey Road Overseas Program
www.goabbeyroad.com
Ecole Roaches in Normandy
and Paris
Overland Adventure Programs
www.overlandadventures.com
National Outdoor Leadership – NOLS
www.nols.edu
Long Acre Expeditions
www.LongAcreExpeditions.com
Elk Creek Ranch
www.elkcreekranch.com
Sail Caribbean
www.sailcaribbean.com
Deer Hill Expeditions
www.deerhillexpeditions.com
Adventures Cross Country
www.adventurescrosscountry.com
Moondance
Adventures
www.moondanceadventures.com
Wilderness Ventures
www.wildernessventures.com
Apogee Adventures
www.apogeeadventures.com
Mountain Shepherd
www.mountainshepherd.com
Adventure Treks
www.adventuretreks.com
Broadreach
www.gobroadreach.com
Sea Camp
www.seacamp.org
Mountain
Workshops
www.mountainworkshop.com
Academic Study Associates
www.asaprograms.com/asa_intro.html
Foundation Programs
www.foundationprograms.com
Harvard Summer Programs
www.ssp.harvard.edu
Summer Scholars Program –
Washington and Lee University
www.summerscholars@wlu.edu
Duke
Summer Programs
Summer creative writing and drama classes for high school
student
www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth
National High School Institute Northwestern University
(debate, theatre, Media Arts)
www.northwestern.edu/nhsi
Oxbridge Programs
www.oxbridgeprograms.com
American Institute of Foreign Study Summer Division
EF
Foundation of Foreign Study (known internationally as
EF High School Year)
www.ef.com
Putney Student Travel
(Excel Programs)
St. Christopher’s Junior Summer
Program
www.stchristophers.com
EF
www.ef.com
Putney
Travel
Service programs, travel/study programs, language programs
(French & Spanish), adventure
www.goputney.com
Westcoast Connection’s
www.westcoastconnection.com
| Programs
Which Include Middle and High School Opportunities |
Language
Language
programs offer opportunities to live with families or
in residences while experiencing the language and the
culture of the country.
Centre International
d’Antibes
(a French program with locations in Nice, Cannes, Biarritz
and Antibes)
www.french-france.com
Abbey Road
(A French program led by American directors
in France)
www.goabbeyroad.com
Barat Foundation
(a French program lead by an American
couple – students are housed with the directors
in a farmhouse in Provence)
www.baratfoundation.org
Enforex
(a Spanish language camp with locations
in Madrid and Marbella)
www.enforex.es
Putney Student Travel
(Offers programs in France and Spain- Program provides
outdoor adventure)
www.goputney.com
Ecole Roaches in Normandy
and Paris
Community
Service
Lifeworks
Wilderness Experiences and Outdoor Adventure
Programs, which emphasize leadership and self-reliance
Summer
on the River Sailing Programs
Elk
Creek Ranch and Trek Programs
www.elkcreekranch.com
Wilderness Ventures
www.wildernessventures.com
Adventure Venture Europe
(includes community service project)
www.aave.com
Longarce Expeditions
(includes community service project)
www.LongacreExpeditons.com
Overland
www.overlandadventures.com
Adventures
Cross Country
www.adventurescrosscountry.com
Deer
Hill Expeditions (wilderness
expeditions and service learning in the American Southwest)
www.deerhillexpeditions.com
Moondance Adventures
www.moondanceadventures.com
Wilderness
Ventures
www.wildernessventures.com
Apogee
Adventures
www.apogeeadventures.com
Mountain Shepherd
www.mountainshepherd.com
Adventure Treks
www.adventuretreks.com
Government and leadership
The Washington Workshop
Foundation
(seminars for middle school students in Washington,
D.C.—housed at Trinity College)
www.travelseminars.com
Gifted Programs
Duke
University Talent Identification Program
www.tip.duke.edu
Math Path
(offers middle school students who
are talented in Mathematics an opportunity to learn
at a pace that matches their abilities)
www.mathpath.org
Summer
Institute for the Gifted
(located in a number of colleges including Vassar, Drew,
Bryn Mawr and Oberlin College – offers a number
of opportunities in all disciplines)
Vanderbilt
Program for the Gifted
http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/pty
Sports
People to People -
Sports Ambassador Program
(students compete with students
of other countries in the sport of their choice)
www.sportsambassadors.org
Brevard
Music Festival
www.bervardmusic.org
Aspen Music Festival
www.aspenmusicfestival.com
General
Study
Duke Summer Youth Programs
(creative writing, science, drama, fine
arts, computer camp)
www.learn.duke.edu/youth
Oxbridge
Programs (enrichment
programs at Cambridge)
www.oxbridgeprograms.com
Marine
Life/Scuba/Sailing
Action
Quest ( sailing, scuba, Marine Biology)
Whale Camp
(located in the Bay of Fundy off Nova
Scotia – offers a photography, exploring the world
of whales, porpoises, seals and sharks, sailing, kayaking—also
has a special Authors of the Sea Workshop led by leading
artists and authors)
www.whalecamp.com
Sea Camp
(located in the Florida Keys focuses
on a combination of academic and recreational activities
– also independent research projects, marine investigations,
scuba photography and lifesaving)
Aloha Adventure Camps
(located in Maui Hawaii— intensive photography
course, lots of outdoor adventures – swimming
with sea turtles and dolphins, exploring the islands
and the marine life, learning about Hawaiian culture
and traditions)
www.alohacamps.com
Broadreach
(marine biology, scuba, sailing)
www.gobroadreach.com
Sail Caribbean
(scuba,
sailing)
www.sailcaribbean.com |
Journeys in Learning Beyond the Classroom
