CAMP GUIDE 2009
OVERNIGHT
ACADIA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY
The Acadia Institute of Oceanography, located in Seal Harbor, ME, offers one and two week programs to students who wish to explore careers in marine science. Working onboard boat, at the tidal pools, beaches, salt marshes and in the lab, students will learn about the physical, chemical and biological aspects of oceanography.
Contact info: Sheryl Gilmore
9 Lower Dunbar Rd. P.O. Box 285
Seal Harbor, ME
Ph: (800) 375-0058
Fax: (734) 769-8810
E-mail: info@acadiainstitute.com
URL: www.acadiainstitute.com
Acting Manitou
Experience Maine, theater training and performance and a lifelong community of friends and fellow artists. Experience Acting Manitou! Overnight summer theater camp for actors ages 11-17.Contact info: Steve Borowka and Tim Brownell
160 Hopper Ave.
Waldwick, NJ 07463
Ph: (201) 857-5208
Fax: (201) 444-7933
Email: steve@actingmanitou.com
URL: www.actingmanitou.com
Appalachian Mountain Club's Teen Wilderness Adventures 2008
Explore the spectacular White Mountains of Northern New Hampshire and Western Maine on 5- to 28-day wilderness trips for 12-18 year olds. Hike, paddle, climb, and bike in small groups led by qualified instructors. Develop new wilderness skills and make friends. Trips start late June and run through August.Contact info: Emily Mitchell
PO Box 298
Gorham, NH 03581
Ph: (603) 466-2727
Fax: (603) 466-2720
E-mail: amceducation@outdoors.org
URL: outdoors.org/teenwilderness
DayJams Rock Music Day Camp
Are you an experienced musician? Then here's your chance to study with the best. Wanna play? Then DayJams is a fun jump start. Our friendly and creative curriculum-based environment guides campers through songwriting, instrument lessons, band promotion, and live concert performance. For ages 8-15.
Contact info: Newton & Bedford Locations
Newton and Bedford, MA
Email: info@dayjams.com
URL: www.dayjams.com
Ph:: (800) 295-5956
iD Tech Camps
America's # 1 Tech Camp. iD Tech Camps provide weekly, day and overnight summer programs for ages 7-17 at universities including MIT, Smith College, Merrimack College and more. Create video games, design websites, produce digital movies, build robots, learn programming and more.
Contact info: Client Services
HELD AT MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Ph: (888) 709-8324
Fax: (408) 871-2228
Email: info@internaldrive.com
URL: www.idtechcamps.com
Institute for Television, Film and Radio Production
The Institute for Television, Film & Radio Production is a five-week summer program at Boston University’s College of Communication that offers high school students a complete media production experience. In this workshop-style program, students work with experienced faculty and staff to create their own films, videos, webcasts and multi-camera productions.Contact info: Lauren Glaser
640 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Ph: (617) 353-5015
Fax: (617) 353-3405
Email: itrp@bu.edu
URL: www.bu.edu/itrp
Maine Youth Camping Association
Maine Summer Camps and Outdoor Adventure Programs. Your best resource for Maine's world-renowned summer camps, all in one free booklet. Find boys, girls, co-ed camps, family camps, residential, day and trip camps. Or visit our searchable directory at www.mainecamps.org, - find your child's perfect camp experience!
Contact info: Mary Ellen Deschenes
PO Box 1861
Portland, ME 04104
Ph: (207) 780-4628
Fax: (207) 780-4643
Email: myca@maine.edu
URL: www.mainecamps.org
Camp Move IT
Empowering girls to be their best through the arts and quality Maine camping. Girls rock, girls matter, become the best you can be at Camp Move IT!Contact info: Jill Powell
9 Claremont Ave.
Maplewood, NJ 07040
Ph: (877) 262-6512
Fax: (917) 591-2853
Email: jill@campmoveit.com
URL: www.campmoveit.com
NIKE TENNIS CAMPS
We think tennis is serious fun. We've thought this way for the past 33 years. We invite you to acquire better skills and a renewed enthusiasm for the game. We feature camps for juniors and adults of all skill levels. Join us this summer at our Massachusetts camps at Amherst College, Williams College, Offense-Defense at Stonehill College, M.I.T or Mount Holyoke.
Ph: 1-800-Nike Camp (645-3226)
URL: www.ussportscamps.com
Phillips Academy Summer Session
Phillips Academy in Andover offers a five week academic summer enrichment program to students from all over the world, representing an extraordinary diversity of geographic, religious, racial and economic backgrounds. The program, produced by a faculty of over 150, includes rigorous classes, recreational afternoon activities, trips to colleges, social and cultural opportunities and welcoming dormitories.
Contact info:
180 Main St.
Andover, MA 01810
Ph: (978) 749-4400
Fax: (978) 749-4414
Email: summer@andover.edu
URL: www.andover.edu/summersession
Sports Broadcasting Camp
Learn from the pros in the sports broadcasting industry. Meet sports celebrities. Make sports anchor, reporting, and play-by-play tapes. Participate in mock sports talk radio and PTI style shows, tour Fenway Park, and much more.
Contact info: Steve Goldstein
Ph: (800) 319-0884
Fax: (215) 735-3530
E-mail: info@playbyplaycamps.com
URL: www.playbyplaycamps.com
TAKE THE LEAD! Summer Action
Leadership Program. Take the lead! Summer Action is a two week teenage girls leadership program at Mount Holyoke College for idealistic young women in high school who want to make the world a better place. Camp runs June 29-July 12, 2008
Contact info: Laurie Boucher
50 College St.
South Hadley, MA 01075
Ph: (413) 538-3500
Fax: (413) 538-2691
Email: lboucher@mtholyoke.edu
URL: www.mtholyoke.edu/summeraction
Teen Wilderness Adventures
Teen Wilderness Adventures offer exciting, rewarding outdoor adventure education in New Hampshire and Maine for youth ages 12 to 18. Summer trips range from 5 to 23 days, and feature backpacking, canoeing, sea and whitewater kayaking, mountain biking, and rock climbing and more! Small group sizes and expert instructors make these trips memorable. To learn more visit www.outdoors.org/education/twa or call 603-466-2727.Contact info: Appalachian Mountain Club
P.O. Box 298
Gorham, NH 03581
Ph: (603) 466-2727
E-mail: amceducation@outdoors.org
URL: outdoors.org/teenwilderness
Walnut Hill Summer Theater
Walnut Hill Summer Theater is a five week intensive boaridng program. Six productions including four plays and two musicals. Students are cast in one play and one musical and are taking three classes a day in acting. Musical theater and dance. Program dates June 21 through July 27.
Contact info: Mike Bucco
Walnut Hill Summer Theater
12 Highland Street
Natick, MA 01760
Email:mbucco@walnuthillarts.org
URL: www.walnuthillarts.org
Ph: 508-650-2020
508-655-3726