There are numerous summer study opportunities for
gifted and talented children in the Baton Rouge Area. The
AGTS frequently has brochures available and representatives
often attend our Spring membership meeting. Listed below
are a few links to local programs.Click
here for a list of
LSU Offerings
Elementary School
Children:
Live! Learn! Louisiana! at
the Louisiana State Museum
LSU College of Education Assistant Professor Jennifer Jolly from
the Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice will
host a two-week Gifted Summer Program that assists gifted and
talented children in creating an independent study project.
June 7-11 and 14-18, 8:30 - 11:00 am Contact:
jjolly@lsu.edu or 225
578-2049
Camp Challenge
at LSU
A large variety of half and
full day summer classroom sessions geared for the gifted
children. Follow the links
on
www.lsu.edu to the Continuing Education section.
UL Lafayette Center for Gifted Education:
Summer Enrichment Programs
Click here for a link to the site
BREC Summer Camp Programs
Baton Rouge Parks
and Recreation offers many unique and enriching summer day
camps, from the zoo to the observatory and wildlife centers.
Middle School
Children:
Timbuktu
Academy,
Southern University
A unique academy experience to
promoting minority student recruitment into science and
engineering.
Click here for the link.
Live! Learn! Louisiana! at
the Louisiana State Museum
LSU College of Education Assistant Professor Jennifer Jolly from
the Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice will
host a two-week Gifted Summer Program that assists gifted and
talented children in creating an independent study project.
June 7-11 and 14-18, 8:30 - 11:00 am Contact:
jjolly@lsu.edu or 225
578-2049
Baton Rouge Community College:
Digital MediaArts
Camp at BRCC (Entertainment Technology Camp 2010) May 27 -
June 25
Grades 6-12: Areas of concentration: digital filmmaking, game
making, art, animation Link:
http://www.mybrcc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=295&Itemid=274
UL Lafayette Summer
Scholars Program
Residential program for 7th and
8th graders.
Link to
their site
LSU Honors & Mini-courses
Students
receive high school or AP credit for a variety challenging
courses. Content and offerings vary. ACT and GRE
test preparation.
www.outreach.lsu.edu or follow the links on
www.lsu.edu to the Continuing
Education section.
Baton Rouge Community College:
In past years, BRCC has
offered Art and Entertainment
Technology Camp: Includes drawing/2D design and sculpture, Game
Making/Animation, Digital Photography, Photoshop and Movie
Making. It is uncertain if anything is being offered this year.
Call: 225 216-8439/8450 or go to
www.mybrcc.edu
Torrence Creative Scholars
This program
is designed to recognize and nurture highly creative students.
Sponsored by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Center
for Gifted Education, it is the only program of its kind in the
nation.
High School
:
LSU Get Animated! Summer Camp
June 7-11 2010 (9 a.m. - 3 p.m. each day)
Shaw Center for the Arts, downtown Baton Rouge
LSU’s Center for Computation & Technology (CCT), Red Stick
International Animation Festival and the LSU Arts,
Visualization, Advanced Technologies and Research, or AVATAR,
Initiative in digital media are hosting LSU Get Animated! Summer
Camp to give students experience creating original animations
and developing skills for careers in animation, video game
design, electronic composition, and more. During
this camp, students will work in small groups and produce an
original animated film on a topic of their choice, which they
are welcome to submit to festivals or film competitions. The
films students create during the camp will be screened at the
6th annual Red Stick International Animation Festival, Nov.
10-13 in downtown Baton Rouge.
Who Can Participate: Baton
Rouge and surrounding area middle and high school students
(grades 6-12) with an interest in digital media and/or
animation.
Registration & Submissions: Students
wishing to register must visit http://www.cct.lsu.edu/animate and
submit 1) the registration form, 2) a short statement describing
their interest in digital media and/or animation, how they are
engaged in this activity already, if they are considering
digital media as a career option, etc. and 3) a sample of their
creative and/or artistic work (drawing, writing, music
composition, short animation, etc.) Please
submit applications and art work samples by e-mail to: Karen
Jones, LSU CCT, kjones@lsu.edu, or
by fax: 225-578-8902, or mailed to: LSU CCT, Attn:
Karen Jones, 216 Johnston Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.
Fee/Supplies: Registration
fee: $250. Please do not send money when registering.
Students will be notified if they have been accepted into the
camp, and fees will be due at that time. Students must
bring their own lunch, sketchbook and sketch pencils to the
camp, and are responsible for their transportation to and from
the camp each day.
Deadline:
Submissions must be received by close of business Friday, April
9, 2010.
http://www.cct.lsu.edu/animate
Red Stick International Animation Festival
Phone: +1 225-578-8904 or +1 225-389-7182
E-mail: rsiaf@cct.lsu.edu
Web site:
www.redstickfestival.org
Twitter @ RedStickFest
Baton Rouge Community College:
Digital MediaArts
Camp at BRCC (Entertainment Technology Camp 2010) May 27 -
June 25
Grades 6-12: Areas of concentration: digital filmmaking, game
making, art, animation Link:
http://www.mybrcc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=295&Itemid=274
Baton Rouge Community College:
STEM Camp (Explore
careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math with field
trips to the morgue, CAMD, State Police Crime lab, etc.)
at BRCC. For rising
11th and 12th grade students.
Link:
http://www.mybrcc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=295&Itemid=274
Northshore School of the Arts,
Southeastern Louisiana University: Zoom into
Careers, Summer Career Workshops for High School Students.
Includes Video Production/Movie Making, Drafting/3D Design (CAD,
Inventor) and Pre-Med/Biology. Contact Joan Gunter or Pam
Ventibegna at 1-800 256-2771 or
joan.gunter@selu.edu
or pamb@selu.edu
Click
here for North Shore School of
the Arts Southeastern Louisiana University signup sheet and
contact info.
Baton Rouge Community College:
In past years, BRCC has
offered Art and Entertainment
Technology Camp: Includes drawing/2D design and sculpture, Game
Making/Animation, Digital Photography, Photoshop and Movie
Making. It is uncertain if anything is being offered this year.
Call: 225 216-8439/8450 or go to
www.mybrcc.edu
Timbuktu
Academy,
Southern University
A unique academy experience to
promoting minority student recruitment into science and
engineering.
Click here for the link.
Advance Program of
Northwestern State University
An intensive educational summer
program designed for academically gifted youth, ages 12-17.
Students take one class, 7 hours a day, for three weeks.
LSU Honors & Mini-courses
Students
receive high school or AP credit for a variety challenging
courses. Content and offerings vary.
ACT and GRE
test preparation.
Click here
for the Continuing
Education section.
Something for
Teachers:
Louisiana Lagniappe at ULL
Co-sponsored by
the Louisiana DOE and ULL on a Javits grant, the program offers
mini courses in a number of relevant areas.
UL Lafayette Masters of Education of the Gifted
link to website
