Summer Camp Opportunities- Please check out the following websites and phone numbers. The Guidance Office has a binder with these applications on file. Be sure to stop by or call for more information! *** For a comprehensive listing of summer camp options, visit www.childcareservices.org or call a CCSA Referral Counselor-For Durham County: 919-403-6950, for Wake County: 919-779-2220, For Orange County: 919- 967-3272. 1. Year of Opportunities Durham (YO! Durham)-www.yodurham.org/OurPrograms.html This program offers service learning, mentoring, internships, year-long support from adult mentors, and a paid 6-week long summer camp. 2. Star Foundation Inc, Fun in the Sun Summer Camp http://star-foundation.org/default.aspx Monday through Friday, 8-5, 10 week program, $150 per week. This program offers arts & crafts, summer reading, creative writing, computer lab, outside recreation activities, and more. 3. Light of the World Ministry Summer Camp for Kids. June 15-August 7. $75 per week, Monday through Friday, 7am-7pm. Call 919-246-4060 or 919-724-5614. Registration is due by June 10th. 4. DPS & NCCU's Legal Eagle Law Camp. June 29-July 3rd. $110, lunch not provided. For Rising 7th-10th grade students that are intersted in law. Cap for registration is 42 students. Scholarships are available. Call 919-560- 3816 or visit www.dpsnc.net for more information. 5. North Carolina State University's Reading Skills and Speed Reading Programs. Ages 4 through adults. For mor information, call 1-800-978-9596. Some classes start as early as June 18th. You may also contact the Program Director Judy Reilly at 1-888-202-5114. 6. Duke University's Football Camp. June 15-18th, ages 6-14. Call 919-684- 2635 to register. Cost is $200. 7. North Carolina State University's College of Engineering Summer Camp for elementary and middle school students. Cost of the program is $250 per week. Scholarships are available. This is a week-long camp 9-3 each day. For more information, check out their website at www.engr.ncsu.edu/summerprograms or you may also contact Nancy Candleana at engr.outreach@ncsu.edu or 919-515- 3263. 8. Duke Summer Camps- http://www.learnmore.duke.edu/youth/ 9. Durham Academy Summer Camp- http://www.da.org/podium/default.aspx?t=110115 10. Durham Arts Council summer camps & teen programs- http://www.durhamarts.org/pdf/spring09/Summer%20Camp.pdf 11. Durham Chamber of Commerce youth programs http://www.durhamchamber.org/chamber/programs/workforce/building_bridges.html 12. Durham County Library Summer Reading program volunteers 13. Durham Parks and Recreation Summer Camps http://www.durhamnc.gov/news/NewsDisplay.cfm?vNewsID=1276 14. Eno River Summer Camps Schoolhouse of Wonder http://www.schoolhouseofwonder.org/programs/camps/ 15. John Avery Boys and Girls Club http://www.johnavery.org/ 16. Mayor's Summer Work Program http://www.durhamnc.gov/mayor/youth_program.cfm 17. Museum of Life and Science Volunteer and Camps http://www.ncmls.org/get-involved/camps-and-classes 18. Shodor Foundation Summer Science and Math Camps http://www.shodor.org/ssep/prl/succeed.html 19. The Volunteer Center http://www.thevolunteercenter.org/ 20. Five Oaks Club Tennis Camp http://fiveoaksclub.com/SummerCamp.html 21. YMCA Summer Camps http://www.ymcatriangle.org/Durham_YMCAs/Programs/Youth?Summer_Day_Camp.aspx 22. North Carolina State University's Pre-College Initiative. July 18-20th, for grades 6-12. For registration information contact Tyrik Hicks at tthicks@ncsu.edu or 910-616-1379. 23. Girls in Science Summer Outdoor Ed-Ventures. Camps for Risign 7th grade girls that are interested in science. contact http://www.naturalsciences.org or contact M.T.Fore at 919-733-7450 ext 621. 24. Duke AHEC Health Careers Exploration Summer Camp for Rising 8th & 9th graders. From July 21-25. Applications are due by May 16th. Contact Ms. Debbie Carter at 919-477-2644 ext 237 or carte022@mc.duke.edu 25. IBM is teaming with area public schools and nonprofit organizations to sponsor two offerings of a two-day technology camp for 64 young ladies entering either the seventh or the eighth grade in the fall of 2009. The camps will be held at the IBM Research Triangle Park facility July 23 - 24, 2009, and August 6 - 7, 2009. Each camp will contain a different set of young ladies, so those selected will attend one of the two offerings. Please share with your mentors and their parents, your church members, and other community members and friends. Camp applications need to be postmarked by May 22, 2009. Please contact Christina Wetli, wetlic@us.ibm.com, or René Johnson, alishar@us.ibm.com, if questions arise. 26. Duke University Medical Center's ADHD Program is offering an Academic Summer Treatment Program for Middle School Students from August 3rd-14th from 9am-12pm Monday through Friday. This program is for rising 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students who have a diagnosis of ADHD. It emphasized note-taking strategies, academic support skills, behavior management, and parent education. The cost of the program is $700, but there are two need-based scholarships available that will cover half of tuition ($350). If you have any questions, you may contact Michelle Lepsch-Halligan at 919-416-2096. You can also check out their website at: http://www2.mc.duke.edu/dpets/psychiatry/adhd/myweb/index.html 27. Durham's YMCAis offering a Wellness Program for Girls Ages 12-15 at the American Tobacco Wellness Center, which will meet Mondays through Thursdays for 3 hours, for 6 weeks, beginning on June 21st. Cost of the program is $400. Please contact Kathleen Pace at: kathleen.pace@ymcatriangle.org with any questions.