Enrichment+opportunities

**Enrichment Opportunities and Ideas**
 * As colleges become more selective, students can stand out at admissions time by using their summers for enrichment, volunteer work, or internships. The TAG Department often receives notices about programs that might be of interest to gifted students, and we will add and subtract from this list during the year.**
 * --Enrichment Opportunities in the English/Language Arts Field **


 * Training:**
 * Camp Kingfisher, Leadership training. $80. For students entering 10,11 or 12th grade. Chattahoochee Nature Center: []
 * Volunteering:**
 * Library System—Variety of volunteer opportunities: []
 * North Fulton Community Charities—Book collection and some communications-related opportunities: []
 * Reading: Try any daycare center, retirement center or preschool program for read-aloud opportunities.
 * Internships:**
 * Local newspapers often have opportunities for unpaid internships or informal writing opportunities. Check [|www.neighbornewspapers.com] as well as online North Fulton news outlets.
 * Local governments may also allow limited internship opportunities. Please see Mrs. Moeller in B109 if this interests you.
 * Summer camps and writing programs:**
 * [] An updated list of summer programs for gifted students around Metro Atlanta.
 * Huge list of summer programs all over the country (some in Georgia): []
 * UGA Summer Journalism Program: []
 * UGA Debate Institute: []
 * Summer Writing Intensive at Agnes Scott College: []
 * Genre fiction, Poetry, and other workshops through a weeklong residential program at Warren Wilson College near Asheville: []
 * Other ideas:**
 * Look around the school for clubs that are related to this topic.
 * Check with your English teacher for recommendations on English electives


 * --Enrichment Opportunities for Science **


 * Volunteer:**
 * Chattahoochee Nature Center. More details: []
 * North Fulton Hospital (must be 16): []
 * City of Roswell—a few possibilities. Please see Mrs. Moeller if you are interested in this.
 * Training:**
 * Camp Kingfisher, Leadership training. $80. For students entering 10,11 or 12th grade. Chattahoochee Nature Center: []
 * Camps:**
 * Computer Camp—Emagination—Tuition for two week day camp: $1400. A variety of technology related topics based on students’ choices. []


 * Computer Game Design Camp—Emagination. Two week residential camp at Mercer University in Atlanta. Tuition: $2975. []


 * CDC Disease Detective—CDC—No cost, but application process is selective. Must be finishing your sophomore year. []


 * Emory Pre-College Camp—Two week ($2334 non-residential fee) non-credit courses [] and 6 week ($5200, non-residential) credit courses [] in a variety of fields—chemistry, biology, psychology and many others.


 * Georgia Tech CEISMC--http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/summercamps/2011/high.html $325 for a one week commuter camp in a variety of science subjects. All high school students.


 * Auburn Summer Camps-- [] A wide variety of camp opportunities in all subject areas. Prices vary.


 * --Enrichment Opportunities in Social Studies **


 * Training:**
 * Camp Kingfisher, Leadership training. $80. For students entering 10,11 or 12th grade. Chattahoochee Nature Center: []
 * Volunteering**:
 * Library System—Variety of volunteer opportunities: []
 * North Fulton Community Charities—[]
 * Many local historic sites would love to have volunteers for tours, clean-up, and other tasks—check with Bulloch Hall, Smith House and Plantation, Atlanta History Center, Margaret Mitchell House and Oakland Cemetery among others.
 * Internships:**
 * Local governments may also allow limited internship opportunities. Please see Mrs. Moeller in B109 if this interests you.
 * Summer programs:**
 * Huge list of summer programs all over the country (some in Georgia): []
 * UGA Debate Institute: []
 * Vikings, Secrets of the Pharoah and other workshops through a weeklong residential program at Warren Wilson College near Asheville: []
 * Other ideas:**
 * Look around the school for clubs that are related to this topic.
 * Check with your Social Studies teacher for recommendations on Social Studies electives
 * Consider “collecting” experiences at local historical sites or those around the southeast—Etowah or Kolomoki Indian Mounds, the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, Revolutionary War sites on the Georgia and South Carolina coasts, Andersonville Civil War prison, and many more.
 * History lectures at the Atlanta History Center and other local colleges. These items are usually available on college websites or through [|www.ajc.com]