Academic Summer Programs for Rising 7th and 8th graders

Prep School Admissions
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<p>If you know of any academic summer programs for rising 7th and 8th graders, please share, and if you have experience with any of the programs, please share that as well. </p>

<p>Portsmouth Abbey School
Four weeks.
Portsmouth</a> Abbey School - Summer Program Overview
AM Academic program and PM Enrichment/Sport program
Unique feature: on the bay, Frequent trips to beach, Environmental and Marine Science program (hands-on, due to location).
Golf, Sailing, and Horseback riding for extra fees. </p>

<p>Cushing Academy
5 Weeks
Cushing</a> Academy ~ Summer Boarding School - Cushing Academy
AM Academic program and PM Enrichment/Sport Program
Unique feature: focus on study skills and time management to assist with transition.</p>

<p>Randolph-Macon Academy
Summer</a> Classes for High School Credit | Randolph-Macon Academy
4 weeks
Skills courses and Enrichment Courses
Unique feature: theme for Summer Camps 2012 is the Civil War. Flying program for older kids. Can receive HS credit. Less then 1/2 price of other programs I've seen.</p>

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<p>Summer @ Rectory, Rectory School, just down the street from Pomfret in Pomfret, CT. 4 weeks.</p>

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<p>Access Exeter. Not run by Exeter itself but pretty good, for 7th and 8th graders. Not sure how low Andover goes gradewise, has similar summer camp.</p>

<p>Center for Talented Youth (CTY) coordinated by Johns Hopkins. Pretty perfect for 7th graders. My daughter LOVES CTY. Probably full by now. Must take test to qualify.</p>

<p>Center for Talent Development (CTD) at Northwestern, TIP at Duke, EPGY at Stanford and a few others, regional variations similar to CTY.</p>

<p>Some states have “gifted” summer enrichment programs that last a week or two. Check Hoagies. Some are free.</p>

<p>Math Zoom, MathPath, MathCamp, Awesome Math etc. See summer programs CC threads for more info.</p>

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<p>A residential and a day academy based on the Middlebury College Language Schools are in your area. The Day Academies are at New England private high school campuses and accept middle school students: [Summer</a> Day Academy | Language immersion for middle and high school students](<a href=“http://mmla.middlebury.edu/summerday]Summer”>http://mmla.middlebury.edu/summerday)</p>

<p>The residential program is on college campuses and is a more intense experience, also accepting rising 8th graders: [Middlebury-Monterey</a> Language Academy | Language immersion program on college campuses](<a href=“http://mmla.middlebury.edu%5DMiddlebury-Monterey”>http://mmla.middlebury.edu) If you’re in New England, the residential program at Green Mountain College (near Middlebury College) is probably closest.</p>

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<p>+1 on MMLA experience at Green Mountain College. Our daughter had a great experience the summer before 8th grade and listening to her “before” and “after” tapes reinforces the gains in language skills that can be made in a relatively short time.</p>

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<p>Eaglebrook School in Deerfield, MA. They have the whole nine yards. Google the school and check out their website, it’s under programs.</p>

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<p>Check your local big private schools for summer programs, most of the time they offer some type of summer for middle schoolers.</p>

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<p>Does anybody know if going to andovee summee school before applying helps your chances of getting accepted?</p>

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<p>I’ve been going to Concordia Language Villages for three years now, and they’re great. </p>

<p>[Concordia</a> Language Villages - Concordia Language Villages](<a href=“http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/]Concordia”>http://www.concordialanguagevillages.org/newsite/)</p>