Summer Programs
The summer is a great opportunity to continue learning about topics covered in school and also a chance to explore far beyond them. We strongly encourage your child to continue her or his academic and extracurricular life during the summer. Here are some lower cost and/or free opportunities to explore:
- All Star Code (rising 11th & 12th graders who are male)
- American Museum of Natural History – Saltz Internship Program (16-18 year olds)
- Applied Research Innovations in Science & Engineering @ NYU (10 & 11th graders)
- Asian American Journalists Association Camp (high school students)
- Bank of American Student Leaders Program (11th & 12th graders)
- Baruch College Science and Technology Entry Program (7-12th graders)
- Bella Abzug Leadership Institute @ Hunter College (high school girls)
- Boys Club of New York – Summer Cycle (ages 6-21)
- Breakthrough Collaborative (ages 15+)
- Brooklyn Museum Apprentice Program (ages 14+)
- Camp G.O.A.L.S. (rising 9th & 10th grade girls)
- Central Park Conservancy Summer Internship Program (at least 16 years old)
- Chinatown Youth Initiatives, Summer Leadership Institute (high school)
- City College Of New York – STEM Institute (9-11th graders)
- City University of New York- College Now Program (all ages)
- City Growers – Urban Roots Youth Leaders (high school)
- Coalition for Asian American Children and Families – Youth Leadership (9-12th graders)
- Cooper Union Summer STEM Program (rising 11&12th graders)
- Coro New York City Youth Council (10-12th graders)
- Dorot Summer Teen Internship Program (rising 10-12th graders)
- Fresh Air Fund Summer Camping Program (up to age 15)
- The Frick Collection (11 & 12th graders)
- Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Internship (high school students)
- Girls Who Code (10 & 11th graders)
- Green Girls (middle school)
- HIRES (STEM program for high school)
- Ichan School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Hospital Programs (10-12th graders)
- Inside Schools Programs (Listing of After School and Free Programs for all ages)
- Inspiring Girls Expeditions (16 & 17 year old females)
- Joan Mitchell Foundation, Summer Intensive Art Education Program (middle & high school)
- John Jay Educational Talent Search Program (rising 7th & 8th graders)
- Ladders for Leaders Internship (11th & 12th graders)
- Latino Youth for Higher Education (junior high school & high school students)
- LEAD Program @ NYU & Goldman Sachs (rising 11th graders)
- Legal Outreach – Law & Justice Institute (rising 9th graders)
- Minority Introduction to Engineering & Science (rising 12th graders)
- Museum of Arts & Design Artslife Internship (rising 10th & 11th graders)
- NASA New York City Research Institute (high school)
- NYC Center for Space Science Education (middle & high school students)
- NYC Department of Design & Construction High School Summer Internship Program (high school students)
- NYCDOE Summer Arts Institute (rising 8-12th graders)
- NYCDOE Environmental Study Center (middle & high school)
- NYC Parks Department Lifeguard Training Program (at least 16 years old)
- NYC Parks Seasonal Positions (high school)
- NYC Summer Youth Employment Program (ages 14-24)
- NYPD Summer Youth Police Academy (ages 10-16)
- New York City Youth Council (rising 10th & 11th graders)
- New York Historical Society Internship (10-12th graders)
- NY State Dept. of Environmental Conservation, Environmental Education Summer Camp (ages 11-17)
- NY State Summer School of the Arts
- NYU Computer Science for Cyber Security Summer Program (female high school students)
- Noguchi Museum Making Your Mark Program (rising 10th-12th graders)
- Preface @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (rising 11th & 12th graders)
- Princeton University Summer Journalism Program (11th grade)
- Prospect Theater Company Summer Intensive for Teens (ages 12-17)
- Sadie Nash Leadership Project (14-21 year old girls)
- Science Research Opportunities for High School Students
- Smithsonian Latino Center – Young Ambassadors Program (12th graders)
- Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program (10th & 11th graders)
- Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (rising 9th graders)
- Syracuse University, Summer College, NYC Scholarship Program (rising 12th graders)
- Trip of a Lifetime (8th-11th graders)
- UnitedHealthCare Summer Internship Program (rising 11th & 12th graders)
- Wave Hill Forest Project (rising 10-12th graders)
- Wave Hill Woodland Ecology Research Mentorship (high school students)
- Weil Cornell Medical College Youth Scholars Program (11th graders)
- Whitney Museum Youth Insights Arts Careers (rising 10-12th graders)
- Williams College Math Camp (high school students)
- Wingspan Summer Conservatory (middle & high school students)
- Wishbone (high school students)
- YMCA Lifeguard Certification Course (at least 16 years old)