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Academic Camps are designed to provide children who are enthusiastic learners with academic instruction and experiences beyond what they typically receive during the school year. Academic camps are often held at K-12 private school campuses and local universities.
Most academic camps utilize fun learning activities and frequent breaks to strike a balance between academics and summer fun. Be sure to also check out our directory of Science & Technology camps.
Academic Camps
Camp Edmo ~ San Francisco, Marin & East Bay Locations
Get curious! Join camp voted #1 twice by Bay Area Parent! Entering K-5th graders create Arts & Science activities designed with California Academy of Sciences, Exploratorium, & MOCHA. Wacky weeks include Super Spy, Underwater Wonders, Cosmic Creations, Claytoons, Comic Strips and Toy Stories. 8 locations in SF, East Bay, and Marin.
Camp Edtech ~ San Francisco & Marin
Get Animated! Entering 5th – 9th graders create, direct & edit Rock Out Video, Movie Making & 2D/3D Animation. Taught by industry pros and designed with Zeum. Locations in Corte Madera, Moraga and San Francisco Presidio Heights. Nominated animations featured in Youth Film Festival & MacWorld 2011!
Camp Lango ~ Foster City, Millbrae, Oakland, San Carlos, San Francisco, San Mateo
At Camp Lango, kids ages 4-9 will “travel” to South American jungles, rain forests and mountain villages & have a summertime blast while learning Spanish! Campers learn Spanish during “Solamente Español” time (Spanish immersion periods), engage in outdoor games, arts & crafts and cultural-immersion activities throughout a fast-paced, fun-filled week. Half-, full- and extended-day options are available.
iD Tech Camps ~ Stanford/Palo Alto, Berkeley, Moraga, Santa Clara University, Sacramento
SUMMER FUN AT NORTH AMERICA’S #1 TECH CAMP! Over 100,000 kids and teens have created video games, websites, movies, C++ and Java programs, iPhone® and Facebook® apps, robots and 3D animations at iD Tech Camps. Ages 7-17 enroll in these fun and challenging, weeklong, day and residential summer camps, located at 60 universities nationwide and Canada. This includes Stanford, Santa Clara University, UC Berkeley, Sacramento State, St. Mary’s College of CA-Moraga, UCLA, Harvard, Princeton and MIT. Check out Sports & Tech with Stanford Athletics. There are also Teen Academies. Save with code WD33.
iD Gaming Academy ~ Stanford/Palo Alto
Game on and learn from the pros! Teens immerse in the dynamic world of video game development and choose from one of four courses: Modeling & Animation with Maya®, Programming for Game Consoles, Level Design - Unreal® Engine 3 or Flash® Scripting for Web Games. Get ready for late-night gaming tournaments and tour a game studio. Locations include Stanford, Villanova, Emory, Lake Forest (Chicago) and UW (Seattle). Receive Continuing Education Units. Save with code WD33.
iD Visual Arts Academy ~ Stanford/Palo Alto and Berkeley
Filmmaking! Web Design! Photography! Teens choose one of three courses: Film Production with Apple Final Cut Studio®, Professional Photography or Professional Web Design. Graduates leave with a portfolio and the tools to excel in the rapidly changing field of visual arts. Go on fun, supervised excursions and visit nearby studios to see how the pros work. Locations include Stanford University, UC Berkeley and McGill University, Montreal. Receive Continuing Education Units. Save with code WD33.
iD Programming Academy ~ Stanford/Palo Alto
Code for the real world! Ages 13-18 learn from top instructors and interact with industry professionals and/or NASA researchers in this 2-week immersive programming academy. Teens choose from one of three courses: iPhone® App Development, Facebook® App Development or C++ Programming and Rocket Science. Here’s your chance to bridge the gap between writing code in the lab and watching functions come to life in the real world. Locations include Stanford University and MIT. Receive Continuing Education Units. Save with code WD33.
Lekha Creative Writing Camps ~ Oakland, Redwood City, San Jose, Sunol
A fun program where Kids write, author, and publish! They explore the many genres in creative writing and also improve basic writing and comprehension skills. Laptops are provided for each child to format their original works. Weekly sessions in small groups for grades K-8 throughout summer.
TechKnowHow Computer and Robotics Camps ~ Locations from San Francisco to San Jose and now more East Bay Locations!
High-quality, fun and educational classes in Game Design and 3D Modeling, Motorized LEGO and K'NEX Projects, and Robotics. For students, ages 6-14. Many convenient locations, with classes starting at $215/week for half-day camps and $375/week for all-day sessions. Serving the Bay Area for over 15 years!
Camps at Nueva - Creative Academies ~ Hillsborough
Creative Academies serve children from kindergarten through fifth grade. Children in grades 3–5 will choose experiences with the themes Adventure, Innovation, Immersion, and Olympic Endeavor in stimulating, full-day sessions. Choose from topics such as forensic science, astronomy, gaming, physics, robotics, debate, math, cryogenics, biology, ancient civilizations, and design. Special field trips and extended skill-building sessions are offered.
Digital Media Academy Summer Computer Camp ~ Stanford, Berkeley
DMA is "The Summer Digital Art and Technology Camp for Kids and Teens!" DMA is ideal for students of all ages wanting exposure to the most relevant software used in Hollywood and the entertainment industry, video game design, and web design while gaining hands-on experience under the eye of accomplished professionals.
Delphi Academy Summer Camp ~ Santa Clara
Looking for Academics, Art, Athletics and Adventure? Don’t miss a summer of fun and learning at Delphi Academy! Activities for campers ages 4 – 13 include individualized studies with experienced teachers, weekly swimming, field trips and sports, workshops in junior engineering and movie-making, plus camping trips to exciting locations! Morning academics keep students’ minds active and learning. Afternoon activities, day trips and camping trips keep the fun going strong all summer!
Let's Play in Spanish Summer Camp ~ Campbell, Mountain View, Santa Cruz
Juguemos en Español is offering a fun and innovative Spanish Summer Camp Program for ages 3-8. With Juguemos Summer Camp, your child will be immersed for three hours a day, all week long. We will have an original curriculum with arts and crafts, music and dance, outdoor games and a variety of adventures. Children will have a lasting experience making the learning of a second language very effective. Check out the different locations and themes on our website.
Extended Year De Anza College ~ Cupertino
A summer enrichment program for kids and teens entering 1st through 10th grades: classes are for students performing academically at or above grade level. We also partner with the Euphrat Museum of Art to provide art classes taught by working artists with Master's Degrees in Fine Arts.
College for Kids ~ San Bruno and San Mateo
Voted “Best of 2009”, College for Kids is a 3-week academic enrichment program for youths entering grades 5-9th. Fun summer camp in a college setting! CFK enhances basic aptitude and encourages the development of new skills through classes in computers, art, math, sciences and language arts. Offered at Skyline College & College of San Mateo. Visit us at http://smccd.edu/collegeforkids (650) 574-6149.
Academic Talent Development - Berkeley
Academic Trainers - Menlo Park
The Academy - Berkeley
Active Reading Clinic - Walnut Creek
America Ed - San Jose
American Advanced Academy - San Mateo
Arts, Adventures & Academics - Walnut Creek
Bay Area Chess Summer Camps - Redwood City, San Jose, Santa Clara
Bellarmine Summer School - San Jose
Bentley School Advanced Studies Program - Lafayette
Berkeley Academics - Alameda
Berkeley Chess School - Berkeley
Camp BizSmart - Santa Clara
Camp Edmo - San Francisco, Marin, East Bay
Camp Galileo - 19 Bay Area Locations
Camp Quarry - Pleasanton
Classic Math School Summer Math Camp - Fremont, Los Altos
Classroom Matters Super Summer Enrichment Camps - Berkeley
Classroom Matters Summer Writing Intensive - Berkeley
College for Kids - Pleasant Hill, San Ramon
College for Kids - San Mateo, Redwood City, San Bruno
Crystal Springs Uplands Summer Programs - Hillsborough
Delphi Academy - Santa Clara
Digital Media Academy- Berkeley, Stanford
Education Program for Gifted Youth - Stanford
Education Unlimited - Berkeley, Stanford
EXCEL for Youth - Rohnert Park
Extended Year College for Kids and Teens - Cupertino
Extreme Learning Center - Morgan Hill
FasTracKids - Fremont, Los Altos, San Ramon
Great Books Summer Program - Stanford
Harker School - San Jose
Head-Royce School - Oakland
iD Tech Camps - Stanford/Palo Alto, Berkeley, Morago, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Davis
iD Gaming Academy - Stanford/Palo Alto
iD Film Academy - San Francisco/Berekely
John Hopkin's Talented Youth - Stanford
Jumpstart Learning Camp - Novato
Kittredge School - San Francisco
Know Chess - Atherton, Fremont, Milpitas, Palo Alto, Portola Valley
Learning Bee Learning Center - Fremont, Palo Alto
Learning Plus - San Jose
Lekha Creative Writing Camps - Oakland, Redwood City, San Jose, Sunol
Los Altos KidzAdventure Summer School - Los Altos
Living Language Camp (girls) - El Sobrante
MEEP Summer Camp - San Francisco
Mastery of Math - Los Altos Hills, Palo Alto
Mercy High School - Burlingame
Mitty Camps - San Jose
Money-Ed - Cupertino
Notre Dame's Middle School Academy - Belmont
Notre Dame San Jose - San Jose
Nueva School - Hillsborough
Ohlone for Kids - Fremont
Omega Teaching - Menlo Park
Orinda Academy - Orinda
Robotics Learning - Cupertino, Fremont
Russian School of Mathematics - San Jose
Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory - San Francisco
Sally Ride Science Camp - Stanford
Sierra School - Santa Clara
Stanford University Math Camp - Stanford
Summer at Saint Francis High School - Mountain View
Summer Gate - San Francisco
Summer College for Kids - Saratoga
Summer Odyssey - San Rafael
Sunset Learning Center - San Francisco
Super Camp - Stanford
TechKnowHow Computer and Robotics Camps - 20 Bay Area Locations
The Tech Summer Camps - San Jose
Town Tiger Camp - San Francisco
Turtle Rock Institute - Corte Madera
Vision Tech Camps - San Ramon, Danville, Lafayette, Milpitas
Woodland School - Portola Valley
Young Writers' Camp - Berkeley
Language Camps
Camp Lango ~ Foster City, Millbrae, Oakland, San Carlos, San Francisco, San Mateo
At Camp Lango, kids ages 4-9 will “travel” to South American jungles, rain forests and mountain villages & have a summertime blast while learning Spanish! Campers learn Spanish during “Solamente Español” time (Spanish immersion periods), engage in outdoor games, arts & crafts and cultural-immersion activities throughout a fast-paced, fun-filled week. Half-, full- and extended-day options are available.
Let's Play in Spanish Summer Camp ~ Campbell, Mountain View, Santa Cruz
Juguemos en Español is offering a fun and innovative Spanish Summer Camp Program for ages 3-8. With Juguemos Summer Camp, your child will be immersed for three hours a day, all week long. We will have an original curriculum with arts and crafts, music and dance, outdoor games and a variety of adventures. Children will have a lasting experience making the learning of a second language very effective. Check out the different locations and themes on our website.
Camp Lango Spanish Immersion - San Francisco Bay Area
Chinese American School - San Francisco
De Colores Spanish Summer Camp - San Francisco
German International School of Silicon Valley - Mountain View
Girotondo Italian School - San Rafael
Globalanguages Language Center - San Francisco
Global Montessori Summer Mandarin Camp - Berkeley
Hindi Immersion Summer Camp - Fremont, Los Altos, Palo Alto
Hola Kids Academy - San Francisco
International School of the Peninsula - Palo Alto
Juguemos Spanish Summer Camp - Campbell, Mountain View, Santa Cruz
Mandarin Chinese Language Immersion & Youth Theater Summer Camp - Palo Alto
The Scandinavian School - San Francisco
Shu Ren Chinese School Immersion Camp - Berkeley
Stanford Language Camps - Stanford
Teen Spain Study Abroad Program
Universe of Colors Foreign Language Immersion Camp - San Mateo Welcome Amigos - Burlingame, San Mateo
Writing Camps
Lekha Creative Writing Camps - San Jose, Redwood City, Oakland, Sunol
Peninsula Young Writers Summer Camp - Redwood City
Take My Word for It - El Cerrito