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Summer Enrichment Programs

Summer is an ideal time for GFA students to develop their special interests and talents in the arts, athletics, adventure travel, foreign study, career-oriented programs, community service and academics.
Please click here for a complete listing of programs available to high school students.

Reference Texts

  •   Yale Daily New Guide to Summer Programs by Sara Schwebel
  •   Peterso' Summer Opportunities for Kids and Teenagers
  •   OxBridge Academics Summer Guide for Students in Grades 9-12


A Sampling of Summer Programs

  •  ActionQuest: Worldwide Summer Adventure Program (www.actionquest.com)
  •   Lifeworks: Global Service Learning Programs (www.lifeworks-international.com)
  •   Sea Seminars (www.sea.edu)
  •   The Road Less Traveled:Community Service Learning; International Language Study; Adventure Expeditions (www.theroadlesstraveled.com)
  •   Windsor Mountain Student Travel: Community Service Learning; Leadership;Environment and Adventure; Language Learning; Visual and Performing Arts (www.WindsorMountain.org)
  •   People to People Future Leaders Summit(www.FutureLeadersSummit.org)
  •   National Student Leadership Conference on The Arts, Business, Engineering, Forensic Science, International Diplomacy, Law, Medicine and Politics (www.nslcleaders.org) Nominations made through The College Office.
  •   The National Young Leaders Conference (www.cylc.org) Nominations made through The College Office.
  •   Glimpses of China(www.foundationprograms.com)
  •   Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Programs (http://choate.edu/academics/intl-summerprograms.asp)
  •   American Institute for Foreign Study Summer Advantage (www.summeradvantage.com)
  •   Academic Study Associates Pre College and Cultural Immersion Programs (www.asaprograms.com)
  •   New York Film Academy (www.NYFA.COM/HS)
  •   Pre College Programs for Juniors at Harvard, Stanford, Northwestern, University of Chicago, Boston College, Georgetown etc.
  •   The School for Field Studies offers two month-long summer sessions for high school students who wish to learn field research and environmental problem-solving skills, combing interdisciplinary lectures with field research and expeditions.Programs are located in Kenya, Costa Rica, Australia, Mexico, and Turks and Caicos.For more information, visit (www.fieldstudies.org).
  •   Summer Institute for the Gifted is a residential program held on ten college campuses for high achieving students in grades 4-11.Non-tradtioinal course titles include: Fantasy Fiction, Engineering in Action, Artificial Intelligence and Documentary Filmmaking along with a variety of visual and performing arts courses and fitness and recreation courses. Visit (www.giftedstudy.com) for more information.
  •   Builders Beyond Borders is offering
  • new summer programs in the Domincan Republic that feature service learning, education and adventure. The program is ideally suited forstudents who are rising sophomores and juniors(Skinner@buildersbeyondborders.org).

Also visit the College Office for brochures.



  
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