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The Summer Program BookBearden Counseling Office (865)539-7809Visit our webpage at http://www.knoxschools.org/beardenhs. Hover over the SchoolCounseling tab and select College & Career Center, then Summer Programs (on the left).School Counselors:9thA-ZMr. James Michel10thA-ZMrs. Nicole Mullinaxth11A-KMrs. Karen Smileyth11L-ZMrs. Leslie Leeth12A-KMrs. Sarah Pattonth12L-ZMrs. Kelly NashCollege & Career CenterAll gradesMrs. Linda .lee ash@knoxschools.orglinda.mongeon@knoxschools.orgDo you want an adventure? Do you want to explore your passion in depth? Do you want to immerse yourselfin academic challenges? Do you want to expand your knowledge and broaden your horizons? If you arelooking for a fun and different way to spend some of your summer vacation.look here! The "SummerProgram Book" from the College & Career Center has just been developed (with the help of an awesome parentvolunteer!) and contains up-to-date information. There are opportunities as close as down the street, and asfar away as China. You can study the outdoors, engineering, art, dance, mathematics, porpoises, music, andscience; and just about anything else you can imagine. What a great way to boost your college resume, withan in-depth experience in your area of interest!!Take a few moments and look through the options. Some programs are expensive, some are not, and somehave scholarships available or reduced fees. Deadline dates vary, so start looking now! Students in all gradelevels can find something to do to enrich your summer experience and have fun too! Follow the links providedunder each program description to find applications, costs, requirements, deadlines, and more information.There is no substitute for research, so be proactive in the search for a program that suits individual needs.There are many more programs than there is room to list them. This is a sample of programs that have cometo our attention here at Bearden.Additional programs can be found at the links listed below:ANYWHERE - http://www.studenteducationprograms.com/IN TENNESSEE - htmlANYWHERE - http://summerprogramfinder.com/
Abbey Road Pre-College Academic Study Abroad and Enrichment Summer Programs for High School Students, VariousLocationsAbbey Road provides quality academic study abroad summer programs that facilitate cross-cultural understanding,personal growth and academic enrichment. Abbey Road was created through a collaboration of the best youngprofessionals and educators from top schools and esteemed institutions in the United States and Europe. The studyabroad summer programs are designed for high school students to be able to experience true cultural and languageimmersion abroad and pre-college preparation, SAT prep and enrichment in the U.S. Our academic curriculum includes awide variety of subjects, from international relations and leadership to environmental politics; from art and art historyto foreign languages and cultures; from sports to photography, fashion and cuisine.Participants: High school studentsProgram website: http://www.goabbeyroad.com/Alfred University Pre-College Summer Programs for High School Students: Alfred, New YorkAlfred University’s residential summer programs offer in-depth instruction in Astronomy, Art Portfolio Prep, CreativeWriting, Consumer Chemistry, Computers, Ceramic & Glass Engineering, Robotics, Renewable Energy Engineering,Theater, Equestrian and Swimming. Classes, taught by distinguished members of the University faculty and advancedgraduate students, are kept small to allow for lots of individualized attention. When not in class, campers enjoy funrecreational activities along with time to relax and get to know one another. Out-of-class supervision is provided by ourteam of Resident Assistants, who are specially trained to serve as camp counselors, positive role models, mentors andfriends. Our campus is located in a peaceful village in western New York State, surrounded by rolling hills and beautifulmeadows and valleys. Campers stay in clean, modern residence halls and all-you-can-eat, cafeteria-style meals areserved in the University dining hall. With Alfred University’s excellence in teaching and quality programming, this is theperfect place to spend an enjoyable week or two learning, making friends, and experiencing life on a college campus!Participants: Students aged 14-17Program website: http://www.alfred.edu/summer/camps/University of Alabama Early CollegeWith UA Early College, you earn college credit at The University of Alabama, online or on campus, while you are still inhigh school. You choose from a broad array of courses in subject areas like English, math, computer science, history,anthropology, political science, psychology, and foreign languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Spanish. You can applyto UA Early College anytime during your sophomore, junior or senior year of high school if you have a 3.0 or higherGPA,* cumulative from the 9th grade. Partial tuition scholarships may be available.Program website: http://uaearlycollege.ua.edu/University of Alabama Summer Engineering Program for High School Students: Tuscaloosa, AlabamaDescription: Student Introduction To Engineering (SITE) is a summer program for rising high school juniors and seniorswho are interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Students live in a UA residence hall, engage inteaming exercises, and tour an industrial plant to see engineers at work. Students take mathematics, engineering,computer science and English courses. Students also team with other ambitious students in a design competition.Participants: High school studentsProgram website: http://site.eng.ua.edu/University of Alabama Summer Computer Camps for High School Students and Middle School Students: Tuscaloosa,Alabama
The University of Alabama Department of Computer Science offers summer camps for high school students and middleschools students. Students learn about multiple topics relating to the field of computer science and learn to program acomputer in different contexts. Students have the opportunity to learn in a project-based environment and toparticipate in exciting hands-on activities.Participants: High school students and middle school studentsProgram website: http://outreach.cs.ua.edu/camps/University of Alabama Birmingham Summer Writing Programs for High School Students and Middle School Students:Birmingham, AlabamaThe University of Alabama Birmingham offers summer writing programs for high school students and middle schoolstudents. The high school writing camps include Writing for the Act and Writing a College Admission Essay. The middleschool writing camps focus on high interest topics and enable students to improve their writing skills.Participants: High school students and middle school studentsProgram website: University of Alabama Birmingham Summer Writing ProgramsUniversity of Alabama Birmingham Summer Engineering Program for High School Students: Birmingham, AlabamaThe University of Alabama Birmingham Summer Engineering Program includes interactive lectures, hands-on laboratorysessions and a multi-day engineering design project. The program is designed to help participants learn about andexperience the field of material engineering.Participants: High school students and middle school studentsProgram website: search/mse/materials-campAuburn University Summer Architecture Program for High School Students: Auburn, AlabamaDescription: The Auburn University Architecture Camp is offered to rising 11th and 12th grade high students interestedin the field of architectural design. The program is an intensive, exciting, week-long workshop that begins with basicconcepts and ends with an architectural design project. Working in the School of Architecture studios each day, studentswill have hands-on exercises, technical demonstrations, and professional guest speakers.Participants: High school students and middle school studentsProgram website: ce/architecture.htmAuburn University Summer Engineering Programs for High School Students and Middle School Students: Auburn,AlabamaThe Auburn University College of Engineering provides opportunities for rising 8th through 12th graders to experiencethe world of engineering through resident summer camps. The camps will be conducted by faculty, staff, and studentsfrom the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering who will ensure that students receive a broad overview of the engineeringprofession. Camp activities include workshops, tours, and lectures guided by engineers and engineering students whowill answer questions about what courses students need to take to prepare them for success in college and a fulfillingcareer in engineering. Students will participate in a number of hands-on activities, tours of laboratory facilities, anddesign competitions.Eligible Participants: High school students and middle school studentsProgram website: -camp.htmlAuburn University Summer Writing Camp for High School Students and Middle School Students: Auburn, Alabama
Auburn University's English Department offers a Creative Writing Camp for high school students. The Creative WritingCamp is designed to give emerging writers an opportunity to develop their writing skills while living on AuburnUniversity's campus. Students have the opportunity to participate in daily workshops and writing craft classes, readgreat works of literature, and produce fiction and poetry of their own.Participants: High school studentsProgram website: ce/creativewriting.htmAmerican University: Washington, DCThis summer, take advantage of the opportunity to learn professional skills from American University's expert faculty!You will use Washington, DC as your classroom and laboratory for our experiential learning courses in communication,international studies, and politics. hool.cfm.Community of Scholars at AU’s School of International ServiceDesigned for rising junior and senior high school students, the Community of Scholars Program at AU's School ofInternational Service is an opportunity for academically-outstanding high school students to take a 3-credit course thatblends a week of online learning with two weeks of traditional on-campus classes. The program introduces students tothe advancing fields of U.S. foreign policy and international conflict resolution.For more information visit the Community of Scholars olars/index.cfm.Discover the World of CommunicationDiscover the World of Communication is open to all high school students grades 9 through 12, including those studentsentering 9th grade in the fall. Classes are taught by American University School of Communication faculty andcommunication professionals. Topics include Scriptwriting and Video Production, Professional Newswriting, BackpackJournalism, International Communication, Entertainment Communication, Investigative Journalism, Video Game Design,16 mm film and many more.Program website: rn University Resident Academic Summer CampsChoose from over 100 summer programs including, Academic Camps and Summer College for High School junior andseniors, designed to educate and inspire youth in a variety of academic, athletic, and extracurricular endeavors.Participants have the opportunity to further their education and skills while making new friends and experiencing life atAuburn University!Program website: palachian State University Pre-College Summer Youth Camps for High School Students and Middle School Students:Boone, North CarolinaAppalachian State University offers a variety of summer youth academic camps. The summer youth academic campsenable students to gain valuable experiences with high interest topics. The summer youth academic camps include ananatomy and physiology program, a forensic anthropology program, a math program, and other topics of interest tostudents.Participants: High school students and middle school studentsProgram website: ustin Peay State University SOARing with Mathematics Summer Program for High School Students: Clarksville,
TennesseeDuring this exciting two-week summer residential program, students will have an opportunity to experience “hands-on”learning in small groups. Students will create and test parachutes and helicopters in order to analyze data, makepredictions, test conjectures, draw conclusions and make decisions. Students will also be taught how to use computersoftware to help represent and analyze the data. Topic in both descriptive and inferential statistics will be exploredduring the process of solving these engineering-based optimization and variation problems. A one-day field trip isplanned to provide students the opportunity to see mathematics and statistics in use in the real world.Participants: Rising high school sophomoresProgram website: http://www.apsu.edu/soarBabson College Summer Study for High School Students: Babson Park, MassachusettsBabson’s Summer Study for High School Students provides a living/learning laboratory for students to focus on applyingand advancing their knowledge in business and entrepreneurship. In this collaborative community, students will gain thetools and experience first-hand how to impact and reshape organizations, industries, and the world.Babson Entrepreneurial Development Experience is a residential, academic credit bearing experience for the current oraspiring entrepreneur who wants to create innovative, real-world solutions to economic, social, and environmentalissues through the lens of Entrepreneurial Thought and Action. Students will work together on new venture ideas todiscover how to develop and grow new ventures through lessons of market research, feasibility analysis, and otherbusiness concepts while identifying the ways in which their businesses fit into the greater world picture.Participants: High school studentsProgram website: high-school/Pages/home.aspxBarnard College, Summer Pre-College Programs for High School Students: New York, New YorkAt Barnard College, enrich your academic experience and get a head start on college in the world’s greatest city. Barnardoffers opportunities to discover New York City in and out of the classroom while taking fascinating classes with ourworld-renowned faculty, exploring careers and interests from architecture to psychology, making friends from aroundthe world, and getting a head start on college applications through our admissions workshops. Programs include 4-weekand 1-week liberal arts intensive, Young Women's Leadership Institute, Dance in the City, Entrepreneurs-in-Training, andSummer Science SeminarsParticipants: Rising high school junior and senior girlsProgram website: http://barnard.edu/summerBelmont University Summer Camp for High School Students: Nashville, TennesseeThe Belmont University Summer Winds Band Camp is a unique summer camp event for high school students enteringgrades 9-12. Camp students are under the artistic guidance of the outstanding Belmont instrumental and ensemblefaculty. The goal of the camp is to provide music education opportunities that enhance student growth in public schoolmusic programs in and outside the state of Tennessee. Opportunities include wind symphony, symphonic band, jazzensemble, and chamber music.Participants: High school studentsProgram website: http://cvpa.belmont.edu/summerwinds/Bentley University Summer Athletic Camps: Waltham, MassachusettsBentley University’s Summer Athletic Camps have earned the reputation as being one of New England’s the bestteaching camps for athletics. The college offers summer athletic camps for high school students within the sports ofbasketball, volleyball, field hockey and more.
Providing both a fun and interactive setting, along with state-of-the-art facilities, Bentley’s camps offer students anopportunity to learn games strategies and skills from quality players and top coaches.Program website: wBoston University Pre-College Summer Program for High School Students: Boston, MassachusettsBoston University offers a variety of summer pre-college programs for high school students. The programs include a highschool honors institute, a research internship, a summer challenge program with seminars, and a summer preview.Students have the opportunity to experience college life and explore the campus of Boston University.Participants: High school students (varies by program)Program website: dreach Summer Study Abroad and Travel Programs – Around the worldBroadreach Study Abroad and Travel Summer Programs are designed to help our students better understand the worldand the endless opportunities that await them, now and down the road. Broadreach is designed to provide studentswith a chance to explore their passions and abilities alongside like-minded teens in some of the world’s most incredibleplaces. Students can immerse themselves in unique learning experiences within a diversity of communities andecosystems.Participants: High school students and middle school studentsProgram website: http://www.gobroadreach.com/Bronfman Youth Fellowship: IsraelTHE BRONFMAN FELLOWSHIPS offers an unparalleled leadership experience that educates and inspires exceptionalyoung Jews from diverse backgrounds through an intensive Fellowship year and robust alumni community. Twenty-six(26) North American students entering their senior year of high school are selected each year for our prestigiousFellowship. The Fellowship begins with a 5-week, all-expenses-paid summer program in Israel whereFellows travel through Israel, explore their Jewish identity, and engage with thinkers, authors, artists, and educators in atransformative experience, while learning about themselves and each other. The Fellows remain in close contact andparticipate in two educational seminars in New York in December and March focusing on the North American Jewishexperience as well as virtual seminars. In addition, each Fellow pursues a Ma’aseh (social action) project during theirfellowship year, for which each Fellow is paired with an alumni mentor.Program website: http://www.bronfman.org/becomeUniversity of California - Berkeley, embARC Summer Design Academy for High School Students Berkeley: Berkeley,CaliforniaembARC is an intensive four-week summer design academy for high school students held at UC Berkeley’s College ofEnvironmental Design (CED). The program brings together students from diverse backgrounds to study architecture,urban design and sustainable city planning through a series of workshops, lectures, field trips, and design:build studios.Participants will experience what it is like to work on their own design projects in a studio environment. With a locallybased project, students will have the opportunity to make first-hand observations of the area through numerous guidedsite visits, which will help inform the individual design proposals. Additionally, students will learn about the constructionprocess through a hands-on design/build project in CED’s fabrication workshop. Working along trained professionals,students will build a full size structure for the benefit of a local community organization. Students who fulfill the courserequirements will receive a letter grade for a 1-unit college course. Residential and commuter options are available.Participants: Rising high school seniors and exceptional students entering their junior year are encouraged to apply
Program website: embarc-design-academyBrown University Pre-College Summer Program for High Schools Students: Providence, Rhode IslandBrown University offers various summer studies programs for students including: courses, mini-courses, a leadershipinstitute, a theatre program, and an exploration of language and culture.Participants: High school studentsProgram website: ity of California, California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) – Irvine, Santa Cruz,and Davis, CaliforniaCalifornia State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS) is a four-week summer residential program thatgives rising 9th-12th grade high school students who have demonstrated skills within STEM subjects (science, technology,mathematics and engineering) opportunities to explore beyond their usual high school curriculum. Students are able towork on advanced topics with renowned faculty members, scientists and researchers as well as experience state-of-theart lab environments and facilities. Participants will also have the opportunity to take university-level courses and gainan awareness of both educational and career options within the STEM fields. The students attending the program live incampus housing with other program participants. Full and partial scholarships are available.Participants: high school studentsProgram website: https://cosmos-ucop.ucdavis.edu/University of California (UCLA), Sci Art NanoLab Summer Institute for High School Students: Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe Sci Art NanoLab is a highly competitive summer program for high school juniors and seniors interested incollaborating with diverse and notable minds to challenge traditional, polarized perspectives of the arts and sciences.Throughout the 2-week intensive program, students will make connections between cutting edge scientific research,popular culture and contemporary arts. Lab visits, workshops, hands-on experiments, and meetings with worldrenowned scientists will be balanced with visits to museums, daily movie screenings and meetings with famouscontemporary artists who collaborate with scientists.Participants: High school juniors and seniorsProgram website: http://artsci.ucla.edu/summer/University of California, Academic Connections – San Diego, CaliforniaThis three week program helps prepare high-achieving high-school students for success by allowing them to experiencecollege-level academics. Students are able to immerse themselves in study of a particular academic subject taught bygraduate students and/or renowned faculty researchers within the field of study. The program is specific to collegebound high school students, so students must be in high school, grades 9-12, and have a minimum cumulative GPA of3.3 or above.Participants: high school studentsProgram website: http://academicconnections.ucsd.edu/University of California, Rosetta Institute's Molecular Biology of Cancer and Molecular NeuroscienceSummer Workshops for High School Students: Berkeley & San Diego, CAAn advanced class for high achieving high school students interested in pursuing a career in medicine or related fields,such as pharmacy, nursing, biomedical research or drug development. Through engaging lectures and hands-onlaboratory classes, students learn about normal molecular and cellular biology, and then learn how these normal
processes are distorted to cause the development of cancer. To conclude the workshop, students use what they havelearned to create an original research project on a gene of their choice.Participants: Mature, high achieving high school students ages 14-18 who have previously taken high school biology.Exceptions can be made for students who are constrained by certain circumstances.Program website: nce-workshops/crtyCambridge Scholars Program - London, EnglandThis is Britain and Cambridge’s premier summer school for intelligent high school students from North America, the UKand around the world. They provide a variety of courses, from the arts to the sciences, and a number of trips to explorethe country and learn about the history and culture of Britain. You will pick and choose your courses from a wideselection, so that you can try a range of subjects tailored to your interests. The program also includes tours of Britainand an optional tour of Paris.Program website: http://cambridgescholarsprogramme.com/Carleton College: Northfield, MinnesotaCarleton College's summer programs invite you to develop skills and challenge yourself academically in a rigorous butsupportive learning community. Located in Northfield, Minnesota—just 45 minutes south of the Twin Cities ofMinneapolis and St. Paul—Carleton College offers both the serenity of a small-town campus and the culturalopportunities of a major metropolitan area. Learn more about the following programs and their dates, deadlines andeligibility:Summer Writing ProgramSummer Humanities InstituteSummer Science InstituteCarleton Liberal Arts ExperienceSummer Quantitative Reasoning InstituteCarleton Ultimate Summer ProgramSummer Computer Science InstituteSummer Teaching InstituteSummer Language and Global Issues InstituteProgram website: http://apps.carleton.edu/summer/programs/Carnegie Mellon Summer Pre-college: Pittsburgh, PAOur summer Pre-College programs will show you what life at Carnegie Mellon is all about - from the classroom to what'shappening on weekends. You'll meet people from all over the world, be inspired by our world-renowned faculty, takepart in the excitement of campus and have the opportunity to explore the city of Pittsburgh. High school junior andseniors can apply for one of the following programs:Advanced Placement/EarlyDramaAdmission (AP/EA)MusicArchitectureNational High School Game AcademyArt & DesignProgram website: ege/Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Program for High School Students: A Summer of Exploration: Pittsburgh,PennsylvaniaCarnegie Mellon University's Pre-College Summer Program provides students with the opportunity to explore and gainexperience in an area of interest including: architecture, art and design, drama, or music.Participants: Students who have completed 10th, 11th, or 12th grade by the summer.Program website: http://www.cmu.edu/enrollment/pre-college/
Carnegie Mellon University, Summer Programs for Diversity : Pittsburgh, PACarnegie Mellon’s Pre-College programs allow students to explore college life both in the classroom and outside to seewhat’s going on outside of campus. Students are able to mingle with people from all over the world and participate inexciting summer activities that include architecture, art, design, drama, music and even advanced placement and earlyadmission.The best part? There are no tuition housing or dining fees for students who are selected to attend theSummer Programs for Diversity!Program website: rograms-for-diversityCase Western Reserve University, Pre-College Scholars Program: Cleveland, OhioHigh school students wishing to take regular university summer classes may apply to enroll through the Pre-CollegeScholars program. The Pre-College Scholars Program at Case Western Reserve University is very selective andcompetitive and is designed to give highly motivated and able secondary school students the opportunity to enroll inchallenging college courses prior to graduating from high school, either in the summer or during the academic year. ThePre-Scholars application is available on-line in March with an application deadline for summer enrollment in April.Program website: -program/University of Chicago: Chicago, IllinoisOur signature Summer Programs for High School Students vary in their duration, costs, etc. and we are confident thatyou will find the right combination for your summer studies. We recommend you read through the ProgramDescriptions, and view our Program Overview for a handy, side-by-side comparison and the Application Overview for anoutline of the application process. There you will also find information on Tuition Scholarships and other importantlogistical information.InsightExplore a subject in-depth and "hands-on."American Law and LitigationAncient Egyptian Language, Culture, and HistoryBiotechnology for the 21st CenturyContagion: Infectious Agents and Emerging DiseasesCreative Writing: FictionCollegiate Writing: The Art of DreamsDevelopmental Psychology: Theories andTechniquesField Studies in Urban SocietyGetting to Green: The Business Case forSustainabilityThe Physics of Stars: Their Structure and EvolutionPlanet at Risk: Climate Change, Extreme Weather,and Natural HazardsResearch in the Biological SciencesExperience "life at the bench" and learn cutting-edge molecular, cellular and microbiological research techniquesStones and Bones: A Practicum in PaleontologyWork behind the scenes in the Field Museum's preparation labs and join a museum expedition digging for fossils.Summer Quarter Undergraduate Course OfferingsTake intensive language with the Summer Language Institute, courses in the College's distinguished anddistinctive Common Core, or other courses from the regular College curriculum, and study alongside undergraduatesfrom the University of Chicago and elsewhere.Traveling AcademyTravel to Greece to study the role of drama and performance in ancient Greek culture.Program website: https://summer.uchicago.edu/highschool/programs
University of Chicago – The Young Scholars Summer Program (YSP)The University of Chicago’s Department of Mathematics offers an enrichment program, entitled the Young ScholarsProgram, which focuses on the subject of mathematics. The Summer Program is a f
Counseling tab and select College & Career Center, then Summer Programs (on the left). School Counselors: 9th A-Z Mr. James Michel james.michel@knoxschools.org 10th A-Z Mrs. Nicole Mullinax nicole.mullinax@knoxschools.org 11th A-K Mrs. Karen Smiley karen.smiley@knoxschools.org 11th L-Z Mrs. Leslie Lee leslie.lee @knoxschools.org
