Gap Year & Summer Program Resources

  • Pre-College and Summer Programs

    Here is a list of Pre-College and Summer College Programs from all over the country that students can choose to participate in to accelerate their academic and college process.  Any questions see Mr. Smith in the College & Career Center. 

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  • West Point - Summer Leaders Experience

    At West Point we develop Leaders of Character, and we are looking for high-achieving young people who are in great standing with their school and community, and who want to challenge themselves. Please see the attached flyer to share with your students, educators, and parents!

    What is SLE?

    • SLE is a one-week program for current Juniors (High School Class of 2025) to visit West Point in June.
    • Students in this program get to spend the week with our cadets, live in the barracks, and eat in the mess hall.
    • Learn about West Point’s world class academics by trying 4 of our 17 academic workshops.
    • Learn about military training and becoming a Leader of Character at West Point by completing two military days to include rappelling, Zodiac boats, combatives (like Jiu-Jitsu) training and more!
    • Challenge themselves physically by attempting the Candidate Fitness Assessment, conducting physical training, and sports.
    • Complete their admissions interview with a cadet.
    • Spend the week making friends with other students from all over the US who are applying to West Point.

    All the students that I have spoken with have really enjoyed this program and they especially enjoy interacting with the cadets. Your students may sign up for this program now by using the QR code in the attached “2024 SLE FLYER” or directly at westpoint.edu. We will accept applications until April 15th. SLE is competitive and not all who apply are offered to attend.

    Learn more about SLE- https://www.westpoint.edu/admissions/summer-program
    Apply now- https://apply.westpoint.edu/portal/candidate

    Please direct any questions to admissionsne@westpoint.edu.

    I appreciate all that you do for your students and thanks for helping us get the word out!

    Sincerely,

    Richard M. Simpson
    Major, U.S. Army
    Northeast Regional Commander
    Directorate of Admissions
    United States Military Academy

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  • AI and Social Science Summer Program by Stanford Alumni

    Inspirit AI is a 25-hour project-based AI program taught by Stanford graduates that introduces middle and high school students to fundamental AI concepts to build interdisciplinary AI projects across disciplines. In 2024, the team is excited to announce new projects such as Generating Language Safely with ChatGPT. No CS experience is necessary to apply and priority applications are due soon.

    The program fee is $1200, which includes 25 hours of live instruction & project mentorship from our team of Stanford, MIT, and top university graduates. Financial aid awards are available: students can request an aid application when they apply to the Inspirit program.

    Application Link: https://inspiritai.paperform.co/?utm_campaign=cc_na&utm_content=31884  

    Contact Jared Greene, Program Director

    jared@inspiritaischool.com 

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  • Europe GapYear Programs

    European Arts, Food and Culture - Travel throughout Ireland, Scotland, England, Holland, Germany and France over an 11 week, fully supported program. Learn and work with local chefs and artists along your journey, from making Celtic jewelry in Scotland to foraging with Scotland's finest chef, learning pottery in Provence and making your own Quiche Lorraine. Lots of free time to explore with new friends!
    European Leadership - Travel throughout Ireland, Scotland, England, Holland, Germany and France over an 11 week, fully supported program. Meet and work alongside different types of leaders throughout your journey, learning more about yourself and the leadership qualities you have waiting to burst out! From mountaineering leaders in the French Alps to leaders in Belfast working with young Protestants and Catholics to the leaders at Cambridge University developing renewable technologies. Lots of free time to explore with new friends!
    Internship - An Internship like no other, based on the North Coast of Ireland, in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Working with your fellow Interns, over 11 weeks, we will deliver a real-life project to one of our partners. This Spring it is the Wave Project. Our in-house mentors will up-skill you in video production and photography, sales, marketing, communication and presentation skills, project management, budgeting and much more. Lots of free time to explore and enjoy!
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  • miRcore Summer Camps for High School Students!

    Our camp sessions offered include the Computational Biology Camp (CB), Biotechnology Sequencing Camp (BTS), and R Programming & Machine Learning Camp (R Camp). We also offer a special 3-week Sequencing Your Genome Camp, where students can sequence their own genomes.  A unique feature of our camps is that following the summer, students can continue their learning experience with the miRcore Volunteer Program, which meets throughout the school year online (remote students) and in person (at the University of Michigan and Scripps Research Institute). Our volunteer program guides students in year-long group research to publish research abstracts and to present at our Annual High School Research Conferences (2024 keynote speaker: Dr. Anthony Antonellis, Chair of the Department of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan). Beyond personal research advances, the miRcore Volunteer Program supports student growth in leadership and healthcare advocacy through student-directed voluntary activities. Volunteers are trained to lead the school club Genes in Diseases and Symptoms (GIDAS), where they teach other students precision medicine and research methods to participate in the Conference. There are also opportunities to get involved in advocacy through miRcore Science Advocacy, where we train students to empathetically share important and sensitive science topics with others, such as genome privacy.  The flyer attached to this email includes the dates and times for all the 2024 summer camps we offer. Please let students know about this amazing opportunity! MiRcore would love to have motivated students from Newburyport High School join our camps! For more information about MVP, visit our website https://www.mircore.org/.

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