Supporting your GT child throughout the summer & outside the school day List compiled by Jessica Barrington & Jennifer Marten Plymouth Joint School District

Local John Michael Kohler Arts Center Spring Classes & Workshops John Michael Kohler Arts Center Summer Camps Camp Y Koda Camp Anokijig- scholarships available Plymouth Summer School

Local & Free The Artery at John Michael Kohler Art Center - open year round Michigan Tech’s Mindtrekkers at Lakeland College - May 10th Geocaching

Milwaukee Area Milwaukee County Zoo Summer Camps Milwaukee Public Art Museum Three Week Internship Program for grades 11-12. July- August Summer Camps- Variety of camps offered for ages 5-15 Drop in Programs

Legos & Robotics Beginning Lego Robotic Programming for Middle School - this summer in Waukesha BadgerBOTS - 2-8 grade - Middleton area Bricks4kidz - Appleton area US First - main website Robo Riot - Sheboygan Falls area

Online Opportunities E-gifted MOOC (Massive Open Online Classes) SYNC - YA Literature - free audio books

WCATY Accelerated Learning Programs for 9-12 grade Summer Transitional Enrichment Program for 7th - 8th grade Young Students Summer Program - 4th - 6th grade WCATY- Online Language Arts -during the school year, 8 week courses are offered to select students in grades 5-8

Wisconsin Center for Gifted Learners Summer Interdisciplinary Program - weekdays in July (5th - 29th), 8:30 a.m - noon, ages 4-11. Summer Latin Course - Tuesdays & Thursdays in July, 1:00 - 3:oo p.m., ages 8-11. Young Discoverers - Tuesdays & July, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., ages 2 ½ - 3 ½.

Concordia Language Villages

Lakeland College Lakeland College Music Camps Lakeland College Sports Camps

Marquette Engineering Leadership Academy 11-12 grade Engineering Academies - camps for K-12 grade Sports camps

St. Norbert College Summer Band Camp Girls Leadership & Development 1-8 grade Boys Overall Leadership & Development 4-8 grade Athletic Clinics & Camps

UW- Fond du Lac College for Kids- July 18-21, 2016, 9:00 a.m. - 3:20 p.m. For students in grades 5-8. LEAPS- July 25-28, 2016, 9:00 - 11:45 a.m. For students in grade 2-4. Robotics...We Got the Beat - June 13-17, 2016, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. For students in grades 5-8.

UW- Green Bay Variety of Non-Residential and Residential Camp Options Video Game Programming Reality Science High School/Middle School Art Aviation Day Robotics and Stem High School/Middle School Band, Orchestra, and Choir Nature’s Outdoor Lab Rock Academy- for budding rockstars! Athletic Camps

UW- La Crosse Scholarships Available! Residential Camps: Girls in Science- grades 4-6 Boys Science- grades 4-6 Non Residential Camps: Environmental Explorers- grades4-6 Youth Program- grades 5-9 Kids Culinary Academy- Cooking and Baking- grades 6-8 All About Learning/ Building Blocks- grades 1-8 Archaeology Workshops- grades 4-9

UW-Madison iD Tech Camps 7-12 year olds & 13-17 year olds Pre College Initiatives- grades 4-12 Atmosphere, Satellites, and Earth Science- grades 9 and 10 (residential) Camp Badger Exploring Engineering- grade 8-also available in Oshkosh and River Falls (residential) College for Kids I & II- grades 6 and 9 (non-residential) Summer Music Clinics Technology and the Arts- grades 5-8 (non-residential) Athletic Camps

UW- Whitewater Summer Residential Camps Music Camps- includes Band, String Orchestra, Piano, Solo voice Athletic Camps CyberGirls- grades 6-8 Theatre Academic Camps School Year Creative Writing- November 19, 2014

Northwestern Saturday Enrichment Programs - 4K - 9th grade Summer Programs - preK - 12 grade

University of Chicago http://www.giftedstudy.org/Residential/chicago/ (ages 9-17)

Michigan Tech Mindtrekkers Summer Camps - 6-8th grade Pre-College Explorations - 9-11th grade

Purdue University Summer Camps - 5-12 grade Super Summer Programs - K-4th grade

Davidson Institute Think Summer Institute 13-16 year olds Young Scholars 8-12 year olds

Ideas from Mensa Reading Lists/Challenge - all levels Movies with Gifted Kid Characters Books for Kids Recommended by Kids

Random Ideas Going on vacation? Let your child help plan - sites to see, mileage, cost, practice mapping WITHOUT GPS, etc Maker space - get together with friends and let them create - WARNING this may get messy. Check out this Pinterest board for ideas

WATG Scholarships Available for students who may need a bit of financial assistance to explore enrichment options in an area of passion. Variety of offerings and due dates. To download an application, please visit: http://www.watg.org/awards-and-scholarships.html