<p>I'm sure there are a myraid of answers to this question but what did your BS child do over their summer breaks?
Study abroad, internships (paid?, unpaid?, how did they find them? did the school help them?)
Academic camps? (at home or away?) Sports camps?
Jobs? Other things? </p>
<p>Just curious to see if there is something out there that we haven't thought of....</p>
<p>Several boarding schools have good websites with listings of summer opportunities - Andover’s is pretty good. Also check out Cogito, the CTY website, for a nice list of camps, internships, etc. </p>
<p>Don’t overlook getting a job as well - lots of great learning hard to get anywhere else.</p>
<p>Ours is burnt out, academically. Junior year is notoriously hard and the talk of colleges/visits, SAT/ACT exams ect. have taken their toll. As such, her plans are to:
<p>That is on her plate. My guess is that by mid to late July she will be ready to head back!</p>
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<p>DS did an unpaid internship with a local company last summer after freshman year that he found on the Internet. This summer he will be completing his Eagle requirements and project for Boy Scouts.</p>
<p>GG will work (babysitting, yardwork, possibly some busking) at the beginning and end of the summer and head off to a music program for 5-6 weeks in the middle.</p>
<p>ChoatieMom - our DS will also be working to complete his Eagle project this summer (all other requirements are done - yay!). He will be working at least 20 hours a week to earn some extra cash at a local tourist attraction (his first “real job” working for someone besides mom & dad) and also playing a few wedding gigs with three fellow string players.</p>
<p>I expect in his “spare time” he will go hiking (sometimes with me, more often with his sister!) in the mountains he loves!</p>
<p>Interesting to read, as in our neck of the woods, work for spending money for the school year is a given for any kids over the age of 13–with a week of camp or family vacation thrown in here or there. I hope my kid doesn’t read this thread! :)</p>
<p>Summer programs compiled by Davidson Institute</p>
<p>[Summer</a> Programs: Listed by Topics of Interest](<a href=“http://www.davidsongifted.org/db/Articles_id_10370.aspx]Summer”>Resources for Gifted Children & their Families | Davidson Institute)</p>
<p>D’s summer is shaping up as follows:</p>
<p>1) being a CIT at her sleepaway camp (2 weeks)
2) 1-week family vacation, and 1-week visit to extended family
3) 1-week visit from a school friend
4) possible 2-week local rowing camp (part day)
5) part-time mother’s helper</p>
<p>Some of her friends will be away for most or all of the summer but I want her home for the vast majority of summer. I can’t wait to have her around all the time! We have some tension over her preferring to just hang out with friends but I just don’t think teens end up with the most…constructive…solutions to boredom.</p>
<p>Summer jobs with a couple of weeks of vacation thrown in.</p>
<p>After freshman year: 12 weeks of work as waiter/lifeguard/gas monkey in one of the most breathtaking corners of the world. Hardly work, but he did get paid.
This summer (post sophomore year): 3 week international travel experience paid for entirely by BS (LC Scholar program), then 9 weeks back waiting/life guarding/pumping gas in God’s country.
Can I have this summer, please?</p>
<p>How do you get summer jobs? Through online applications or through known contacts?</p>
<p>1) 2 week programming camp (sleep away)
2) lacrosse camp
3) day camp near home
4) family vacation</p>