French Woods offers summer camp programs in dance, theater, music, circus, magic, visual arts, sports, and horseback riding programs. Each child, works with our staff to design his or her own unique summer experience. Campers are able to focus on one particular area of interest, or they may choose to select a variety of activities. We are at the same time, a theater camp, an art camp, a dance camp, a circus camp, a horseback riding camp, a sports camp, a magic camp, and a camp that offers all the traditional camp activites, with world class programs that each child can choose a-la-cart.

French Woods is located on a private lake in the western Catskill mountains of New York State near the Delaware river and the Pennsylvania Border. The camp is approximately two and a half hours from New York City between Monticello and Binghamton.

Long Lake Camp offers a unique combination of incredible opportunities in performing arts, fine arts, music, dance, watersports and traditional camp fun. Our staff are passionate artisans and tremendous counselors who love to work with your children and promote a fun and exciting way of delivering their specialties. At Long Lake you can act sing dance swim and fly the in the circus. All in one day! Our approach is to friendly and trwt each camper as an individual who chooses their day and activities they will take part in.

Imagine having two whole weeks of opportunity to engage in creative expression! At iD Visual Arts Academy, you’ll have the chance to explore historic cities and college campuses, scouring landscapes for the perfect photo or film backdrop. Beginner to advanced students foster creativity and use industry-standard products like Photoshop, Lightroom, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, high-end camcorders, and more. This 2-week, pre-college, day and overnight program for Teens is held at Stanford and NYU.

iD Visual Arts Academy guarantees small class sizes (max 8:1) taught by top-tier instructors who have degrees in the field and impressive backgrounds in filmmaking and photography. Ages 13-18 learn personalized curriculum with a small group of peers to optimize learning and social experiences. Build your portfolio and let your creative side shine.

COURSES
Fun, artistic courses let you dive into a variety of photography or filmmaking interests. From the intro course iD Film Studios 101 to more advanced courses, choose from one of the following three options:

•iD Film Studios 101
Explore documentary filmmaking from pre-production through post-production in a creative, stimulating setting in California or New York.

•Visual FX with Final Cut Pro and Adobe After Effects
Designed for students with prior film editing experience, this course lets you develop your own visual effects reel as you delve deep into the best practices of Hollywood post production houses.

•Professional Photography
Learn the advanced technical features of a DSLR camera by finding the balance between light, composition, exposure, shutter speed, aperture, and raw vs. JPG to create stunning digital images.

iD VISUAL ARTS ACADEMY LOCATIONS
Held at Stanford University, Princeton, and NYU.

YEAR-ROUND LEARNING
New for 2012, students can complement their summer experience by subscribing to iDTech365.com – a new online learning community that offers exclusive tutorials, forums, and video lessons. And don’t forget about the FREE monthly online workshops taught by live instructors, available to iD alumni and students registered for the 2012 season.

OTHER SUMMER PROGRAMS
Additional 2-week immersive Teen academies include iD Gaming Academy and iD Programming Academy. Visit www.iDTeenAcademies.com for courses and university locations. There are also weeklong, day and overnight summer film, photography, and technology camps for ages 7-17 located at 60 prestigious universities in 27 states (www.internalDrive.com).

WHY iD?
Visit www.iDVisualArtsAcademy.com for more information and to register online (check real-time-up-to-the-minute-availability). Or call 1-888-709-TECH (8324) to speak to a Program Advisor who can recommend a customized summer schedule to develop a student’s interest.

ACTeen (est. 1978) is the nation's first on-camera acting academy developed for teens. Winner "Favorite Acting Coach/Classes for Teens" in Back Stage Publication's NY Reader's Choice Awards 2011 & 2010. Professional film and television acting courses (involving the intimacy of the camera) combine with over 16 electives incorporating theater technique and discipline. June, July, August, or Summer Saturday Program. Speech, Voice, Movement, Improvisation, Shakespeare, Musical Theater, Theater, Commercials & Voiceovers, Directing, Script Writing, Auditioning, Scene Study, Meisner Technique, Alexander, Monologues. Distinguished graduates in TV series, film, Broadway. Rigorous training and industry showcases. Recommended by over 40 talent agencies. Staffed entirely by working professionals, guest actors, casting directors. Intimate class sizes (8-12 students max ) provide individualized instruction and career guidance. Audition required. Long distance applicants may submit tape. Housing suggestions for ages 17+. Apply early!

Experience New York City like a New Yorker at the 92nd Street Y's Passport NYC. Join other teens entering 9th-12th grades, for an amazing sleepaway camp experience.

The Music Industry, Film, Culinary Arts, Fashion, & Musical Theater

Learn from NYC's top creative talent, experience New York culture and perform not-so-random acts of kindness. Learn how you can make a difference while making friends from all over the world, in a totally cool, totally New York environment.

Dates:
Session 1: Sunday, July 1 - Sunday, July 22, 2012
Session 2: Sunday, July 29 - Sunday, August 19, 2012

Choose from five exciting specialties and earn up to 30 hours of community service credit! Campers will be living in the 92nd Street Y’s Residence on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, working and playing 5-8 hours a day in their chosen specialty and experiencing the best that NYC has to offer. Space is Limited

New York Film Academy offers hands-on, accelerated summer and weekend camps at locations throughout the world. Students can select 1-6 week courses in filmmaking, acting for film, animation, broadcast journalism, screenwriting, music video production, musical theatre, photography and more! Choose from fully supervised locations (residential options available) including New York City; Universal Studios, Hollywood; Disney Studios, Florida; Harvard University; London, Paris; Florence, Italy; and Lugano, Switzerland.

The New York Film Academy is honored to be the film school of choice of many Hollywood filmmakers and their families, including the son of Steven Spielberg, the son of former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan and the sister of director Luc Besson (Fifth Element, La Femme Nikita).

The camps at each location are closely supervised while providing a nurturing environment that encourages students to take creative risks. As part of the camp experience, students take part in a range of extracurricular activities and field trips particular to each location.

Students reside in dormitories, resort hotels, and residential apartment complexes depending on the location. Dining facilities are offered at all of our U.S. locations; at our overseas locations, our students choose from local eateries and may cook their own meals. Housing is either on campus or conveniently located to our classroom facilities.

Quality adult supervision of the New York Film Academy high school camps is our highest concern. All of our workshops are fully supervised. Our counselors are 21 years and older, and many have their undergraduate degrees in filmmaking or acting. Counselors reside in the dormitories or in the hotel rooms adjacent to the students depending on the location.

Contact us today to request more information!

MAKE A STATEMENT THIS SUMMER BY DOING SOMETHING TRULY EXCEPTIONAL - create movies, from script-to-screen! With Filmmakers Ink, aspiring young filmmakers will gain knowledge in every aspect of filmmaking. We offer film camps in Scarsdale NY, Harrison NY and NYC. The first week will focus on screenwriting with the Filmmakers Ink staff guiding your child through the script development process as they write their own screenplay. Our staff of professional filmmakers will then guide all of the young filmmakers as they work together as a team to produce films from these scripts with actors from our Acting For Film Program. From script development to creating lighting design and shot lists, the process of making your film will build confidence, hone your ability to work as a member of a team and leave you with a finished film to add to your portfolio. Filmmakers Ink Summer Film Camps are currently being held in NYC, Scarsdale and Harrison, NY; Fairfield, Hartford, Litchfield, New Haven and Middlesex Counties in CT; Longmeadow, MA; and Santa Fe, NM.

Get Ready for the Coolest Summer Ever

*Not offered in Summer 2007*

Welcome to Precollege Summer Camps at NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS). Students find themselves in the ideal environment to make lasting connections with industry professionals and to form friendships with interesting peers from all over the world.

NYU-SCPS Summer Camps are designed to provide a deeply enriching, intense period of study in subjects that fire the imagination while instilling confidence and pride by engaging fully in the creative process, from taking on artistic challenges to thoughtful and strategic problem solving. Students will develop expertise in a new or existing area of interest. NYU will provide a unique learning experience that is both fun and social, stimulating and purposeful. Camps are one to five weeks in length. Classes and activities are full day, five days a week. Class sizes are small to give each student individual attention.

Success Starts Here

Students in high school are gaining advantage in their future career paths by beginning studies early to edge out the competition. Today, the way in which teenagers spend their summer vacations can have a positive impact on the rest of their lives. NYU SCPS Camps provide students with the opportunity to: gain insight into how they would like to shape their own futures; formulate concrete ideas about pursuing goals; and make enduring relationships that bring lifelong rewards.

Why NYU-SCPS?

For 70 years, New Yorkers have turned to NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies for a dynamic, high quality educational experience. We offer hands-on learning in an environment that is intellectually lively and encourages innovation. Our award-winning faculty of successful professionals bring strong industry knowledge and passion to their teaching. Relevance to the real world is key.

This workshop will provide participants a perfect environment, where through hands on experience, they learn the techniques of video production as a method of self expression while in a diverse environment with other participants from different cultural backgrounds. In 2009, given the theme, "Japan in New York", each group will explore aspects of Japanese culture and business in New York, which will afford participants the opportunity to learn about cross-cultural communication and diverse aspects of New York. Participants will take English as a Second Language (ESL) or Japanese as a Second Language (JSL) classes. They will learn their target languages and have opportunities to use those languages through various activities and dormitory life. There will also be many activities lined up, such as computer music creation, dance, cross-cultural events, field trips to Broadway musical, etc.

Campers ages 4-7 enjoy a thrilling one-week launch into the world of multimedia storytelling. Kids 8-12 explore all aspects of filmmaking in a 3-week series of dynamic daylong workshops that include storyboarding, directing, special effects, costuming and make-up, watching movies, recording sound, stop-motion animation, and so much more! Teens 13-15 take part in a more advanced 3-week program, tailored to specific filmmaking disciplines. For ages 16-18, 3-week immersion programs in fiction and nonfiction filmmaking offer opportunities to participate in the entire production process, from storyboarding to shooting to editing. No experience necessary! At all levels, small groups are led by our renowned faculty and special guest instructors, assisted by trained counselors. Every session includes demonstrations, creative collaboration, and hands-on projects utilizing all the features of our state-of-the-art facility. Projects are kid-directed, so campers can build upon their skills by registering for multiple sessions. Each camp session ends in Family Friday, where families are invited to screenings of campers' finished projects. Campers will also take home a DVD of all their work. For ages 4-7, the camp day begins at 9am and ends at noon. For ages 8-15, camp sessions are 9am–4pm, with an 8am–5pm extended-day option. For ages 16-18, camp runs from noon to 7pm.

"For Fun, For Friends, Forever;" this is the heart of the Onyahsa experience- for the new camper or the veteran. Since its inception well over a century ago, YMCA Camp Onyahsa has been a great place for youth and families. Then as now, it offers security, authenticity, peace, and exciting fun; as necessary today as ever. In a beautiful wooded setting, on the edge of the lake, we don't only enjoy recreation; we aim to "re-create" in the Great Outdoors.

Celebrating its 112th year in 2010, Camp Onyahsa offers an exciting, genuine, and rewarding experience for any camper. Nestled in its own wooded bay on northern Chautauqua Lake, we offer traditional camp sessions, specialty camps, academic programs, teen activities, leadership development programs, extensive waterfront classes, outdoor environmental education, and much more. Each of our weeks has a fun theme as the focus of its activities, and is implemented by caring, committed and competent staff members.

Campers live in rustic single-sex, age-graded cabins or tents under the supervision of carefully selected and trained staff members. The Camp's directors and health staff also reside on site, and provide 24 hour per day supervision, and the Camp has a staff to camper ratio of at least 1:8.

All campers participate together in our special activities, such as campfires, skits, Club Time, theme nights, Olympic games, village nights, and other all-camp programs. Meanwhile, through age-group cabin and tent living with their adult counselors, campers learn as members of small groups to share and live cooperatively. The activities and living areas are staffed with well-qualified and highly committed counselors, who share the goal of making a stay at Onyahsa a truly rewarding experience for all members of the Camp Community.

The Onyahsa mission is to foster the healthy Spiritual, Intellectual, and Physical well-being of Camp Participants from diverse backgrounds within a nurturing outdoor environment, while creating a meaningful sense of Community among them through an active learning experience.

Here we seek to encourage Spiritual growth- through a non-denominational stress on compassion, social justice, human rights, and the strengthening of faith in a loving Creator; Intellectual growth by fostering tolerance, self-awareness, and multi-cultural mutual understanding- the foundations of peace; Physical health, an appreciation for the gift of life and a responsibility to nurture it; and the creation of Community- an authentic experience of belonging created by diverse members who share traditional common values including honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility.

The Onyahsa experience is set in a beautiful, natural outdoor environment, and is fostered by committed, caring and competent staff members and volunteers. Our goal is to provide a genuine, safe, healthy, and happy camp experience for youth and families through life-enriching, "back-to-basics" organized summer and year-round programs.

Join us for this wonderful, exciting, and necessary experience. And whether it's for the first time or the hundredth, Come Home to Camp Onyahsa.

Wagner College External Programs offers a variety of "Specialty" summer and year-round programs for children and teens, ages 6 to 17 on a beautiful, safe and secure college campus setting. Summer programs begin July 5 and run through August 19, 2011. Participants have the option to enroll full day or half day in a variety of camps. All programs are remain on the Wagner College campus. Lunch is included in all full day programs, and is consistently rated as one of the best by most campers. Some of the more popular camps include our Actor Children's Theatre, which will be exploring theatre styles from all over the world this summer. Other popular camps include Lego Robotics, Computer Game Design, Mad Science, Ceramics/Pottery, and Filmmaking.

The Kids Creative Summer Camp is a fun, creative, award-winning day camp where kids' imaginations thrive and all ideas are good. Our camp centers on the creation of an original musical play. Activities include:
-Story telling and brainstorming
-Music, theater and art
-Games, sports and sprinklers in the park
-Field trips

The summer culminates with performances of the original productions for friends and family.

6-Week Programs:
Create-A-Tale: Grades K-1
Create-A-Play: Grades 2-5
Create-A-Dream: Grades 6-8

2-Week Programs:
Create-A-Play Express: Grades 2-5

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, has introduced over 40,000 young people from the Greater New York area to the visual and performing arts, as well as nature and ecology, for over 40 years. Many have gone on to careers in the arts, and alumni include Mariah Carey, Jane Monheit and Natalie Portman. Time Magazine called it "One of the most unique camps in America."

Peconic Dunes Summer Camp provides 2 programs to meet the needs of our campers. Our 4-H overnight and day programs include basketball, kayaking, soccer, softball, swimming, canoeing, archery, campfires and cookouts. The E.C.O. program gives campers a chance to work on a variety of projects including, pond study, marine science, forest and woodlands. Training in outdoor survival skills as well as fishing and environmental crafts are part of both programs. Peconic Dunes Camp is co-educational, offering sleep away or day camp experiences for children ages 7-17.