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

2. 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

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

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

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

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

7. 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

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.

9. Concordia
Language Villages

10. Lakeland College Lakeland College Music Camps
Lakeland College Sports Camps

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

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

13. 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: :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.

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

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

19. University of Chicago
(ages 9-17)

20. Michigan Tech Mindtrekkers Summer Camps - 6-8th grade
Pre-College Explorations th grade

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

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

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

24. 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

25. 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: