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TEEN CAMPS & TRAVEL AFS 800-AFS-INFO • www.afsusa.org 3-7 week summer programs depart June-July and provide opportunities to live with a host family, take language classes or perform community service abroad.
Apogee Adventures 40 Bowker St., Brunswick, Maine, 207-725-7025 www.apogeeadventures.com One, two and three week goal-oriented bicycle touring, hiking, rafting, sea-kayaking, and community service adventure trips for students ages 12-18.
Appalachian Mountain Club PO Box 298, 361 Rt. 16, Gorham, NH 03581, 603-466-2721 www.outdoors.org • Teen Wilderness Adventures Five to 20-night trips in the northeast provide an outdoor experience for youth ages 12-18. • Teen Volunteer Trail Crews 603-466-2721 x8156 • www.outdoors.org/volunteer/trails Ages 14-19 hike, camp, and learn to maintain trails in beautiful locations from Maine to New Jersey.
Montclair Art Museum SummerArt Camp 3 S. Mountain Ave., Montclair, 973-259-5139 www.montclairartmuseum.org Extensive selection of art camps for teens.
Morristown-Beard Day Camp 70 Whippany Rd., Morristown, 973-539-3032 x569 summer.mbs.net See complete listing under Day Camps.
Musical Theatre Conservatory St. Mary’s Church, 200 W. Mt. Pleasant Ave, Livingston 973-868-6259 • www.musicaltheatreconservatory.com See complete listing under Performing Arts Camps.
Oasis Summer Day Camp Madison, NJ at Drew University 36 Madison Ave, Madison, 800-317-1392 www.oasischildren.com Traditional Camp for children up to 6th grade; Teen Travel program offers daily trips and team building. See complete listing under Day Camps.
Palermo Show Stable 1555 Burnt Mills Rd., Bedminster, 908-719-7500 210-860-5688 • www.palermoshowstable.com See listing under Horseback Riding Camps.
Classic Thyme Teen Cooking Camps
Ramapo College Summer Camps
710 South Ave. West., Westfield, 908-232-5445 www.classicthyme.com See complete listing under Cooking Camps.
505 Ramapo Valley Rd., Mahwah, 201-684-7370 www.ramapo.edu/ramapocamps STEM camp for entering 7th and 8th graders and life skills camps for high school students include music, computer, financial literacy, game design, SAT prep and more.
Drew University SummerTerm Rt. 24, Madison, 973-408-3400 www.drew.edu/summer Summer courses on campus and in New York City are open to academically motivated high school juniors and seniors and for transferable academic credit to Drew and visiting college students. Non-credit Studio Art Portfolio Preparation course in Painting and Drawing is open to high school sophomores, juniors and seniors.
International Ivy Summer Enrichment Programs 908-899-1338 • Email: info@iisummer.com www.iisummer.com See complete listing under Academic Camps or S.T.E.M. Camps.
JCC Camp Ruach Road Rulz Teen Travel, Sababa & LIT Shimon & Sara Birnbaum Jewish Community Center 775 Talamini Rd., Bridgewater, 908-443-9018 Fax: 908-725-9753 • Email: LPaniccia@ssbjcc.org www.jcccampruach.org See listing under JCC Camp Ruach.
Madison Area Y Camp SummerQuest 111 Kings Rd., Madison, 973-822-9622 x2265 www.madisonareaymca.org Themed weeks for campers entering grades 6-10.
Mason Gross School of the Arts Extension Division, Rutgers University Rehearsal Hall, Room 101, 85 George St., New Brunswick 848-932-8618 • Email: summercamp@mgsa.rutgers.edu www.masongross.rutgers.edu/extension-division Summer camps and intensives for teens in music, dance and visual arts. See listing under Music/Dance Camps.
The Road Less Traveled 800-939-9839 • www.theroadlesstraveled.com Summer community service trips for teens.
Rustic Pathways 800-321-4353 • rusticpathways.com Provider of one to nine-week international experiential education programs for high school students.
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey: Junior and Senior Corps 36 Madison Ave., Madison, 973-845-6742 www.shakespearenj.org The Junior and Senior Corps is a dynamic alternative to the typical summer performing arts camp for ages 1118. Professional-caliber classes from a leading Shakespeare theater. 2-3 week sessions June-Aug.
Somerset County Parks Xtreme Adventure Somerset County Outdoor Education Center 190 Lord Stirling Rd., Basking Ridge, 908-766-2489 x328 www.somersetcountyparks.org Day and overnight trips for teens ages 13-16. No experience necessary. Register for one trip or all.
Student Conservation Association P.O. Box 550, Charlestown, NH 03603, 603-543-1700 www.thesca.org Service opportunities for high school and college students in National Parks, Forests, Wildlife Refuges and other public and private agencies.