Scholarships

• WATG provides summer program scholarships for children- here is the link to information and the application:

  • Application Deadline:  April 15th

• Wisconsin DPI Pre-college Scholarships:

  • For students in Grades 6-12

  • Full and partial scholarships are available

Comprehensive Listings of Summer Camps/Opportunities

• Hoagies Gifted
• UW-Green Bay
• UW- LaCrosse 
• UW-Whitewater 
• UW- Madison
• Madison College -Career Discovery Youth Camps

Academic & Intellectual

UW Madison Pre College Programs

• Growing Early Minds (GEM) - Grades 1-4

• Pre College Academic Campus Experience (PACE)- Grades 5-8

• Summer Transitional Enrichment Program (STEP) Grades 6-8 

• Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) - High School 

• Badger Pre College Online- High School 

• Badger Summer Scholars - High School

• Camp Biotech:  Grades 9 and 10 

• Youth Apprenticeship Program in Biotechnology-Dane County

• Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies:  grades 9-12 - Online Camp 

• Earth Focus Day Camps:  UW Arboretum - Kindergarten - Grade 8

• A Celebration of Life XXVII: Planetary Explorers! Grades 6-8

• Milwaukee School of Engineering Summer Programs:  Grades 4-9

• Milwaukee School of Engineering Summer Programs:  Grades 10-12

Greater Madison Writing Project:  Summer Writing Camps for aspiring writers entering grades 3rd-12th

• Young Writers Camp - Grades 3-8

• High School Writing Camps

• Graphic Novels Writing Camp- Grades 5-8

• Rise Up & Write Camps- High School 

• Youth Press Corps- High School

UW Whitewater:

• STEM Training for Early Engagement and Readiness STEER) Grades 6-8 
• ACT Preparation Camp Grades 10-12
• Global Awareness for Sustainability (GAPS) Grades 6-12

UW Stout:

• Summer STEAM Experience:  Grades 9-12

MAYDM Camps:  Maydm provides fun and engaging STEMS programs for students entering grades 6- 12.  Scholarships are available. 

Camp Invention: Entering grades 1-6 - (click on find a camp near me)

Concordia Language Villages: Summer Language Immersion Programs Ages 8-18 

Wisconsin Area Health Education Center: Summer Camps for high school students.  Upward Bound Summer Camp

Northwestern University Center for Talent Development: Academic Summer Day and Residential Camps  Grades 6-12

Purdue’s Gifted Education Research & Resource Institute (GER²I): Residential Summer Camps Grades 5-12

Stanford Pre-College Summer Institute: Current Grades 8-11

Stanford Summer Humanities Institute: Current Grades 10-11

EAGLE Summer Camps: entering grades 1-9; open to all Madison area gifted, talented, and advanced students; great array of programs for young learners including Art, Chess, Coding, French & Spanish, Dungeons & Dragons, Sports & Games, Speech & Debate, Baking & Cake Decorating, Music Technology, and Musical Theater

SOAR Camp: Traditional summer camp for gifted 3-8th graders in northern Wisconsin

Specialty Camps Leadership:

• Wisconsin Association of Student Councils Leadership Camp: Middle & High School Camps
• Civic Leadership Institute @ Northwestern University:  Grades 6-12    

Specialty Camps/ Activities Art:

• Monroe Street Fine Arts Center Ages 3-14 
• Midwest Clay Project Ages 6+
• Madison Museum of Contemporary Art- all ages

Specialty Camps Music:

• UW Madison Summer Music Clinics Junior Grades 6-8 & Senior Grades 9-12) 
• UW Whitewater Summer Music Camps Middle School and High School   
• Madison Youth Choir - ages 7-18    

Specialty Camps Dance:

• Madison Ballet ages 3 & up

Specialty Camps Drama:

• Young Shakespeare Players   
• Children's Theater of Madison - ages 4 & up

Specialty Camps Outdoor/ Nature:

• Hoofers Sailing Summer Youth Programs    
• Aldo Leopold Nature Center ages 4-16