Walt Whitman High School

Summer Programs

• New York State Summer School of the Arts
• National Outdoor Leadership School
• Outward Bound
• Long Island Works Coalition (Internship Opportunities)
• Science Co-op/Internships & Summer Research Opportunities
• STEM Apprenticeship Programs
• Pathways to Science STEM Internships & Programs
• Affordable Summer Programs on College Campuses

Some notable FREE programs

• The Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP) is focused on global citizenship. Travel is subsidized by TASP, making it one of the most competitive programs out there.
• Boys State/Girls State is one of the oldest free summer programs for high school students. High schools send one male and one female student to their state capital to see how policy is formed. Particularly talented students are given an invitation to Boys Nation/Girls Nation, which is on a federal level.
• The Research Science Institute offers a free summer program for juniors on the MIT campus to study STEM and conduct research projects and MIT’s Office of Engineering Outreach Programs (OEOP) offers free STEM programming and college application mentoring. 
• The Bank of America Student Leaders Program gives students paid summer internships with nonprofits and invites them to participate in a national leadership summit. 
• Cold Spring Harbor DNA Learning Center STAR program is a two-week summer research experience designed to support the next generation of minority scientists, doctors, and other health professionals by providing students with state-of-the-art laboratory and computer science skills needed to succeed in STEM in college and beyond. 

Other notable programs:

• The Program in Mathematics for Young Students at Boston University offers students the chance to study mathematics at a level above most high school curriculum. Going beyond calculus, the program prides itself on its exploration of both pure and applied math.
• Also at Boston University, the Research in Science and Engineering program focuses on applied engineering, science, and other fields that are bound to be of interest to any future scientist, doctor, or entrepreneur.
• The Walter Cronkite School’s programs in journalism at ASU focuses on everything media from journalism ethics to sports broadcasting.
• Stony Brook University offers the Simons Summer Research Program for high school students to conduct and present research as part of a team. Separately the Garcia Center for Polymers at Engineered Interfaces offers high school students mentoring as they conduct their own research projects. 
• Carnegie Mellon University offers the Summer Academy for Math and Science (SAMS) where students learn through instruction and hands-on projects.
• The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University conducts the Young Women’s Institute for female students interested in a career in business. 
• The Jackson Laboratory’s Summer Student Program immerses a cohort of students who are interested in genetics and genomics research.