UCSD Spaces Summer Summit is a 6-day residential program that teaches campus life, interpersonal and leadership skills, plus university admissions policy and more.
Participating GPA Students: Alondra Lopez Trinidad, Asa Head, Gloria Vasquez, Jazmin Cole, Jenny Phonsongkham, Joselynne Barraza-Diaz, Julie Mancilla, Lizbeydy Avila Solis, Melisa Mauricio Cardozo, Valeria Castellanos, Amanda Chanthanivong, Cindy Hernandez, Fernando Perez Vargas, Jocelyn De Jesus, Julian Padilla, Kianna Collins, Laura Trinidad Ruelas, Linda Velasquez, Senait Hagos, Stephany Sysavath, Angel Gonzales, Jorge Ulloa, Lizette Valdez, Miguel Guijosa
UCSD’s Triton Summer STEM Academy prepares select rising high school seniors through exploring campus life and academic disciplines related to STEM fields. The program culminates with an extensive UC application workshop.
Participating GPA Students: Alondra Lopez Trinidad, Carolyn Razo, Maricela Lopez Salgado, Kaylene Sayachak, Melisa Mauricio Cardozo, Valeria Castellanos, Amanda Siri, Asa Head, Marelyn Marentes, Joana Medina Fisher, My’kayla Shropshire, Peter Moua, Jeremiah Liaina
The UCLA Acting and Performance Summer Institute is a 3-week intensive program for high school students in theater arts, encompassing performance training classes, movement-based techniques, guest workshops and field trips.
The Harvard Secondary School Program is immersive, collaborative, and transformative. As part of this program, Lizbeth and Muhammad worked alongside peers from around the world, earning Harvard credit for courses ranging from public speaking to journalism.
The Princeton University Summer Journalism Program aims to diversify college and professional newsrooms by encouraging outstanding high school students to pursue careers in journalism. Students from the program have gone on to write for college newspapers and major media outlets across the country.
Outdoor Outreach is a summer-long outdoor leadership training, followed by opportunities for part-time leadership positions within local non-profit organizations. The program gives young people a way to turn their passion for the outdoors into paid, working positions, such as guiding outdoor hiking, biking and rock climbing trips for high school students.
Participating GPA Students: Alejandra Arguello, Josselin Garcia Sereno, Lawrence Vallejos
As part of the Girl Scouts Leadership Camp, Day Camp Aides (DCAs) and Counselors-in-Training (CITs) are campers in grades 7-12 who support younger girls in partnership with adult staff. These teen mentors take on leadership opportunities such as planning and leading activities.
The SAT & ACT Test Preparation Courses at the University of San Diego help students get into their dream college. The program has been helping San Diego’s students succeed for over 35 years.
