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The Governor's School is a summer residential honors program for gifted high school seniors. Students from varied backgrounds and regions of Alabama interact with professors and professionals from many disciplines. The Governor's School offers stimulating academic and extra-curricular activities that stress fieldwork, problem-solving, and application. The academic spectrum of the arts, humanities, and sciences are explored to define the Alabama Governor's School theme: "American Vision: World View".
http://www.samford.edu/groups/ags/
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The Arkansas Governor's School is a six-week summer residential program for Arkansas gifted and talented students who have completed 11th grade. The program is an intensive academic program where students pursue rigorous, intellectually challenging courses. Emphasis is placed on building thinking skills, i.e. abstracting general concepts from particular facts, developing theories, integrating theories, and creatively extrapolating facts and theories.
http://www.hendrix.edu/AGS/
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This is a one-week residential camp for academically gifted kids ages 12 to 13. It is operated by UNC-Wilmington's Marine Science department all summer long. It is field trip based, offering "a unique opportunity for students to study the unusual and mysterious marine life that dwell in the waters surrounding the Atlantic coastal region." Projects include "assembling and stocking individual salt water aquaria with animals and plants collected during field trips to the inlets, sounds and marshes that are minutes from the UNC-Wilmington campus." ...
http://www.uncw.edu/dpscs/marinequest/CoastTrekLocal.htm
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Grades 10 & 11; 2 weeks; residential. Open to advanced students who wish to refine their writing in a particular genre.
http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/Youth/cww/
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Duke Youth Programs is a part of Duke University Continuing Studies and has provided summer academic enrichment for academically motivated youth for over 20 years. Each summer approximately 650 youth from around the nation, representing some 22 states and 5 different countries, attend one of our summer programs. All programs seek to engage learners in innovative, interactive, transformative learning experiences. Co-curricular social and recreational activities are carefully planned and delivered to complement the instructional day. The camp "l...
http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/Youth/
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The Governor's Summer Program for Gifted and High-Achieving Students provides an opportunity for outstanding gifted and high-achieving students to participate in and use the resources of the universities and colleges in the State of Florida. Institutions of higher education, public or private, submit proposals to provide day or residential, summer programs for gifted and high-achieving students entering grades 8-12. Past programs have included: Discrete Mathematics Structures and Linear Algebra: An Application Perspective; Connecting to Florida...
http://www.firn.edu/doe/commhome/govsummr.htm
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"The Governor's Honors Program is a six-week summer instructional program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners."
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/support/sss/ghp.asp
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The Governor's School for Tennessee Heritage is a four week summer program for gifted and talented rising juniors and seniors from Tennessee high schools. The program is held at the East Tennessee State University and participants have the opportunity to explore drama, storytelling, folk music, archeology, historic preservation, and local government.
http://cass.etsu.edu/cass/govsch.htm
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"The Governor's Program for Gifted Children is seven weeks of academic enrichment, artistic opportunity, and friendship. A residential program at McNeese State University, the GPGC is the oldest and most comprehensive enrichment program for gifted students in Louisiana. With an approach that aims to develop the whole child, the GPGC provides for the intellectual, creative, and social needs of gifted children."
http://www.gpgc.org/
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This prestigious Governor's School in North Carolina is open to rising seniors only, with exceptions made for rising juniors in the performing/visual arts area. For six weeks the state-funded program offers gifted teens a curriculum that explores "the most recent ideas and concepts" in a number of interdisciplinary areas. These areas include: English, foreign languages (Spanish at Governor's School West and French at Governor's School East), mathematics, and natural and social sciences. The performing/visual arts disciplines include art, chora...
http://www.ncgovschool.org/
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"During an intense Charleston summer, students with recognized potential are exposed to courses, ideas, and instructors they may have never encountered in their hometowns. They defend, explore, and reconsider their ideas about how the world works. They find kindred souls from throughout the state who also consider these issues in creative, thoughtful ways. Perhaps most importantly, they discover that there remains much to be done in the world and in their own communities."
http://www.guvie.cofc.edu/
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This three-week summer science program draws together rising 11th and 12th graders (students entering 11th and 12th grade) with the resources of FAU’s Honors College and the world-renowned SCRIPPS Research Institute. Additionally, talented students can earn college credit.
http://www.fau.edu/divdept/honcol/hsi_index.htm
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The Davidson July Experience seeks to provide rising high school seniors the opportunity for a unique educational, social and creative three-week program on the campus of Davidson College.
http://www.davidson.edu/academic/education/julyexp.html
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"Mississippi Governor's School (MGS) is designed to provide academic, creative and leadership experiences for a select number of rising high school juniors and seniors who have demonstrated exceptional ability and achievement in their studies and who show high intellectual, creative, and leadership potential."
http://www.muw.edu/govschool/
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Quest: MESH (Math, English, Science and History) is a one-week residential summer program for 6th and 7th graders held at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Working in small teams, students create and propose solutions to real world problems with far-reaching implications and test their ingenuity in concluding which of the possible solutions discovered would be the best. Reliance on “back of the book answers” is replaced with confidence in a student’s own ability to solve problems creatively and ef...
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/1415.pdf
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"The Sewanee Summer Music Festival, at the University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee, is an internationally acclaimed summer festival which combines a five week program for advanced music students and a professional concert series. The Festival was established in 1957 to provide a comprehensive training program emphasizing performance experience. Sewanee not only prepares students for the challenges professional musicians must meet, but also makes them lifetime lovers of music."
http://sewaneetoday.sewanee.edu/ssmf/
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SMU's Talented and Gifted Program (TAG) is a residential summer experience that combines intellectual stimulation with a variety of cultural and social experiences. The program is open to academically talented seventh, eighth, and ninth graders.
http://www.smu.edu/continuing_education/youth/tag/index.asp
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High Achieving Talented Students is a three-part program sponsored by Stetson University. Working in collaboration with the Belin-Blank International Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development at the University of Iowa, Stetson is proud to provide outstanding educational opportunities for high achieving Florida students. These opportunities include the HATS Summer Program, above-level testing through the Belin Blank Center's academic talent search (BESTS), and Stetson scholarships.
http://www.stetson.edu/hats/
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The Summer Program for G/T Students (STARS) at Xavier University in New Orleans is a two-week commuter program for gifted/talented children in grades 1-8. Students choose from many diverse enrichment classes, including creative dramatics, science, and technology.
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The University of Louisiana Monroe's Summer Program for Talented and Gifted Students is a commuter day camp offering two-week sessions for elementary students. The curriculum has been designed to enhance cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills for high achieving students.
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/1415.pdf
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This is "Boot camp for your brain". The University's Summer Scholar Programs, established in 1991, are taught by outstanding University of Miami faculty members and present a unique opportunity for students to earn college credit in specific areas of concentration. Students learn firsthand what college is like by living and studying on campus. Students also take laboratory classes and have the opportunity to learn about their particular interest by visiting local sites that are relevant to their fields of study.
http://www.miami.edu/cstudies/ssp/
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The Summer Scholars Residential Program is a one-week residential program designed to develop the academic, leadership, and/or creative skills of 7th and 8th grade students who have demonstrated high levels of ability in their school work, in the arts or in their daily lives. The program focuses on academics, the arts, and personal development. Students select from courses designed to develop skills in new content areas or to pursue special interests; although students are encouraged to select a balanced schedule including courses in both acad...
http://www.coe.louisiana.edu/centers/summer_prgms/summer_scholars.html
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"Clemson University recognizes the importance of early exposure to the sciences and engineering and the need to encourage the work of talented students. To this end, the University offers gifted junior high and high school students the opportunity to participate in the Summer Science, Engineering and Architecture Enrichment Program."
http://virtual.clemson.edu/groups/summerscience/index.htm
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Summer Wonders is a specialty program for gifted children entering pre-K through 5th grade. This program offers several courses ranging from science to art. Their main goal is to inspire enthusiasm and motivation for learning by offering singular opportunities to explore diverse subjects taught by a stellar faculty in a challenging, creative environment. Must have a teacher recommendation when applying.
http://summerwonders.com/index.htm
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The Governor's School for Information Technology conducted at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee is a four week summer residence program designed to provide an opportunity for thirty gifted and talented high school students in grades 10-11 to develop their knowledge of information technology and business leadership. It is part of the Tennessee Governor's School program.
http://www.tntech.edu/govschool/
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The Tennessee Governor's School for International Studies is for the brightest and most talented 10th and 11th graders currently enrolled in Tennessee's public and private high schools. The Governor's School offers these highly gifted students the opportunity to explore and assess the economic, historical and cultural relationships of the nations of the world. Through courses, projects, lectures and discussions, students discover the complexities of international interdependence. They also have a unique opportunity to investigate and discuss wo...
http://cas.memphis.edu/govschool/about.html
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The Tennessee Governor's School for Manufacturing is a residential four week summer program for students in grades 10-11. The program engages students in the study of the Engineering, Technological, and Business strategies that govern advanced Manufacturing. Classroom activities will educate students in the key phases that are fundamental to the efficient and cost-effective production of superior products. The program will emphasize Computing, Mathematics, and English written as well as oral communication. Field trips to leading Tennessee compa...
http://www.engr.utk.edu/~gschool/Public/index.html
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The Tennessee Governor's School For The Humanities is a four-week immersion program for high school juniors and seniors. It is designed to expose high school scholars to a faculty from The University of Tennessee at Martin and other universities from across the United States. We believe the Tennessee Governors School for the Humanities is the most extraordinary intellectual experience you can have as a high school student, and an intense effort is made to encourage scholarly interaction between Scholars and our national faculty. Under the facul...
http://www.utm.edu/~govschol/
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The Leadership Studies Program, a one week summer residential program, is designed for students in grades six through eleven, who are recommended by school officials and who have a desire to develop and enhance their leadership ability. LEADERSHIP II, a continuation of Leadership I, is an intense study to further develop leadership concepts and qualities. Emphasis will be placed on the psychology of leadership, assertiveness training, and situational leadership. LEADERSHIP III is an extension of the program, with training focusing on the legal ...
http://www-dept.usm.edu/~gifted/Lead_Studies_Pro.html
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Summer Laureate University for Youth is a three week summer educational program in Little Rock, Arkansas for grades K-7 that provides unique learning experiences for students to explore and expand their talents and abilities in a university environment. The Summer Program offers a variety of classes taught by a staff that includes graduate students seeking masters' degrees in teaching the gifted and talented, certified master teachers, and other experts.
http://www.ualr.edu/~giftedpro/2003_slufy_layout.pdf
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The UL Lafayette's Academic Enrichment Program was established in 1975 and has become one of the nation's largest and finest summer opportunities for academically and artistically talented students. Each year the university faculty and master teachers from area schools offer summer mini- courses in computer programming, modern languages, and other areas in the sciences, arts, and humanities, for qualified preschool through 10th grade students.
http://www.coe.louisiana.edu/centers/summer_prgms/academic_enrich_pgms.html
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Vanderbilt University offers an intensive, enriched, three-week summer residential program for academically talented youth who are currently in grades seven through eleven. The goal of Vanderbilt PTY is to provide a stimulating and challenging intellectual environment, along with a full program of social and recreational activities. Students can be expected to learn at a high level, to have lots of fun, and to form lasting friendships.
http://pty.vanderbilt.edu/
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