Summer Activities for Middle Schools Students

Summer is a great time to be a pre-teen/teen in Seattle. Below are some of the programs that are designed with middle school students in mind. Many of them offer scholarships!

Note: We do not have personal experience with all of these camps. Be sure to get all the information you need before signing up.

General

Seattle Youth Connections: summer program with arts, sports, cooking, and academic enrichment
http://www.seattleyouthconnections.org/index.html

Studio Coyote: opportunity for middle school students to work with professionals in their studios
http://www.coyotecentral.org/stud_intro.php

UW Summer Youth Programs: A variety of specialized day camp opportunities
http://summeryouth.washington.edu/syp/

YMCA Summer Programs
http://www.seattleymca.org/page.cfm?id=youthSummer

The Arts

Burton Music Camp: an overnight camp on Vashon Island with a focus on music. There is a special week for Jazz Band.
http://www.burtonmusiccamp.com

Camp Bill: Shakespeare for youth
http://www.seattleshakes.org/education/campbill.shtml

Dance Fremont: summer dance & theater camps
http://www.dancefremont.com/

Seattle Center Academy: A special arts program designed for middle school students at Seattle Center.
http://www.seattlecenter.org/SCA.htm

Seattle Public Schools: Summer Instrumental Music Program
http://www.seattleschools.org/area/summersemester/music.htm

Seattle Public Theater (at the Bathhouse on Greenlake): youth drama classes and camps
http://www.seattlepublictheater.org/education/youth.php

Spectrum Dance Theater: drama and dance camps
http://www.spectrumdance.org/camp.htm

Computer

iD Tech Camp at the University of Washington
http://washington.internaldrive.com/

Cooking

Kaspar's: Summer cooking school for kids
http://www.kaspars.com/Events.htm#Kids

Science

Museum of Flight: aerospace camp
http://www.museumofflight.org/education/programs/ace.html

Pacific Science Center: Summer Science Camps
http://www.cmiregistration.com/user/org/category.jxp?id=2367&org=135

Seattle Aquarium: marine science camp
http://www.seattleaquarium.org/events/typeevents.asp?TypeID=4

Sports

Seattle Sounders: soccer camp
http://www.seattleaquarium.org/events/typeevents.asp?TypeID=4

University of Washington: sports camps
http://gohuskies.collegesports.com/camps/wash-camps.html

World Languages

Pacific Northwest Budo Association: JAPAN: Language Culture, and Martial Arts
http://www.pnwbudo.org

Concordia Language Villages: Many overnight language immersion camps - in Minnesota
http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/

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