Type: Acting, Arts & Crafts, Arts Education, Creative, Creative Writing, Dance, Day Camp, Film, Improv, Music, Musical Theater, Performing Arts, Photography, Sleep Away Camp (or Overnight Camp), Stand-up and Storytelling, Tech, Teen, Theater, Travel, Visual Arts, Voice

Description:

SOCAPA offers Teen Summer Camps & Intensives specializing in Filmmaking, Photography, Dance, Music, Acting, Screenwriting, Drama and Musical Theater. Join the next generation of visual and performing artists at SOCAPA—the School of Creative and Performing Arts. With summer intensives ranging in length from two to six weeks, and campuses in Los Angeles, New York City and Burlington, Vermont, there’s no excuse for not taking action. Find out more!

Since its inception, SOCAPA has quickly become one of the premier visual and performing arts programs for young people in the world. Our students travel from across the United States and all corners of the globe to participate in our Summer Camps & Intensives in the Arts. Whether a novice or an advanced student, each is dedicated to working hard and gaining the most that they can for the length of the program. Our teachers are leaders in their field and love teaching at SOCAPA. Many of our founding faculty are with us today! They are dedicated to their craft and to passing on their knowledge to the next generation of artists. Our support staff care deeply about the safety, education, and social experience of the students. They work tirelessly to ensure that each student has a rewarding experience at SOCAPA. This combined effort allows for our students to have one of the most fulfilling experiences of their lives.

SOCAPA offers programs in New York City, Los Angeles, and Burlington, VT with intensives in Filmmaking, Photography, Dance, Music, Acting, Screenwriting and Musical Theater. In addition, we take advantage of our beautiful locations, planning trips and time to enjoy new friendships in some of the most artistic cities in the USA!

Type: Adventure Camp, Animal Camp, Art & Nature, Arts & Crafts, Backpacking, Beach, Camps for Boys, Camps for Girls, Cooking, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Sleep Away, Sleep Away Camp (or Overnight Camp), Sports, Surfing, Travel, Water Sports

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Join our team of naturalists and ecologists for a five days adventure at Channel Islands National Park. Explore the national park from a whole new perspective. Snorkeling expansive kelp reefs, swimming amongst sea lions, kayaking and swimming through some of the world’s largest sea caves, surfing sand dunes, fishing, studying topography, and ecology of the islands and three gourmet meals a day. Visiting Santa Cruz, San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Barbara, and Anacapa Islands!

Experiential learning at its finest!

Taking place on a custom-built expedition vessel, this micro version of a semester at sea is the perfect ratio of adventure to learning, resulting in a respect and adoration for the marine environment that lasts a lifetime. Campers return with knowledge about island ecology, marine biology, geography, astronomy, resource conservation, and seamanship, all gained from their time aboard.

Ages 11-17

Type: Adventure Camp, Art & Nature, Beach, Day Camp, Jewish, Nature, Outdoors, Rock Climbing, Skateboarding, Surfing, Teen, Travel, Water Sports

Description:

Camp ViBeS is a unique summer program, the only Jewish Teen Day Camp in LA ON WHEELS, offering opportunities for teens to actively improve our community, all while having fun and socializing. This critically acclaimed program brings teens from all over LA County Teens get the benefit of giving back to those less fortunate, exploring the natural surroundings of our own backyard and experiencing tons of adventures like parasailing, kayaking, trapeze and more, all over the great city of Los Angeles!

We’ve added an additional location (pickup/dropoff) in Silverlake at SIJCC!

Camp ViBeS participants receive 10 hours of Community Service per week!

Type: Adventure Camp, Animal Camp, Art & Nature, Backpacking, Beach, Camps for Boys, Camps for Girls, Cooking, Dance, Global Ethics, Language, Nature, Outdoors, Rock Climbing Camp, Sleep Away, Soccer, Sports, Surfing, Teen, Travel

Description:

Since 1983, Rustic Pathways has been empowering teens to create positive energy, great friendships, and meaningful impact through inspired student travel programs. Join travel adventures designed for animal lovers, environmental activists, and explorers of all kinds between the ages of 12 and 22. Rustic Pathways students are a community of globally-minded, self-aware young people able to identify their passions, grow in confidence, and create positive impact at a local and global level.

Type: Academic, Coding, Creative Writing, Design, Fashion, Film, Global Ethics, Language, Music, Robotics, Science, Sleep Away, Soccer, STEAM, STEM, Tech, Teen, Travel, Visual Arts

Description:

For over 50 years, Summer Discovery has been the leader in delivering unparalleled summer experiences to over 100,000 students worldwide. Summer Discovery’s programs are designed to accelerate college preparedness and balance immersive and fun academic programming with off campus travel adventures and city exploration. Summer Discovery and Summer Discovery Institute for the Gifted are the largest providers of pre-college, enrichment, and gifted summer programs and experiences for students spanning grades one through twelve. Summer Discovery offers students across the globe an unrivaled summer experience with access to world-class academics, interactive enrichment courses, travel adventures, and the ability to explore their interests and build essential life skills outside the classroom, with programming both on and off campus. With over 300 courses, 15 prestigious college campuses, and the most experienced, visionary, and talented leadership team in the pre-college field, Summer Discovery has successfully crafted best-in-class programs and curriculums enabling each student to customize their summer. With a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety, Summer Discovery is a trusted choice for elite universities, educators, parents, and students alike.