Enrichment/Academic Opportunities

Competitions

• Academic Decathlon  http://www.usad.org/ ....                                Ga Academic Decathlon contact:   mcrawford@pagefoundation.com
  
• Destination Imagination   http://www.destinationimagination.org
  
• Future Problem Solving Program   http://www.fpsp.org/
  
• Georgia Future Problem Solving Program   http://www.georgiafpsp.org; State FPSP Director: argenhicks@gmail.com
• Giftedandtalented.com  http://giftedandtalented.com/?utm_source=giftedandtalented&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=gagc
• Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/about 
  
• Mathcounts  http://mathcounts.org/
  
• Odyssey of the Mind   http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/
  
• Science Olympiad  http://www.soinc.org/ 
  
• Science-by Mail   http://www.acm.org/sigchi/chi96/proceedings/intpost/Fusco/fm_txt.html
  
• Stock Market Game  http://www.smg2000.org/
  
• Torrance Legacy Creative Writing Awards   http://www.coe.uga.edu/torrance/

Activities/Programs

• Advanced Academy of Georgia State University of West Georgia http://www.westga.edu/~academy
  
• American Computer Experience (Emory University & Georgia Tech, as well as other sites).      Ages 7 to 16.  http://www.computercamp.com
  
• Aviation Challenge or Space Camp, Huntsville, Alabama, or Titusville, Florida. For ages 9-18    (plus family programs)http://www.spacecamp.com
  
• Camp Invention, metro Atlanta public school sites, including 3 in Atlanta, 2 in Roswell, and1 in Alpharetta.http://www.invent.org/camp_invention/
• Carlos Museum at Emory  http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/
  
• Center for Creative Learning, Inc.  http://www.creativelearning.com/
  
• Chattahoochee Nature Center  http://www.chattnaturecenter.org
  
• College Board Advanced Placement Program  http://www.collegeboard.com/ap/
  
• Davidson Institute for Talent Development  www.davidsongifted.org
  
• Duke University Talent Identification Program  http://www.tip.duke.edu
  
• Dunwoody Nature http://www.dunwoodynature.org
  
• Epsilon Camp http://epsiloncamp.org/
  
• Fernbank Museum of Natural History/Science Center http://www.fernbank.edu
  
• Georgia Governor's Honors Program  http://www.valdosta.edu/ghp/
  
• Georgia State Saturday School - https://saturdayschool.education.gsu.edu/about-us/general-session-information/
• Georgia Tech CEISMC http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu
  
• Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth at Johns Hopkins University 
  
•   http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/
  
• International Baccalaureate Organization  http://www.ibo.org/
  
• MidSummer Macon, Wesleyan College, Macon  GA
  
•   http://www.wesleyancollege.edu/Community/CampsYouthPrograms/tabid/1044/Default.aspx
  
• Spruill Arts Center http://www.spruillarts.org  
  
• Summer Camp for Academically Talented Middle School Students, The Center for Gifted  Studies,  Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY.- For rising 7th, 8th, and 9th graders,  SCATS  and VAMPY http://www.wku.edu/gifted/
  
• Summer Enrichment Program for Gifted & Talented Youth, Appalachian State University,  Boone,   NC http://www.conferences-camps.appstate.edu
  
• Summer Institute for the Gifted (SIG)  www.giftedstudy.com  or call (866)303-4744.
  
• The Center for Gifted Education at William and Mary http://cfge.wm.edu/
  
• The Summer Gifted Studies Program, The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.  
  
• For grades four through eight http://www-dept.usm.edu/~gifted/sfy/services_for_youth.html
  
• The Torrance Center for Creative Studies  http://www.coe.uga.edu/torrance/
  
• The University of South Carolina: Carolina Master Scholars Adventure Series -  www.saeu.sc.edu/adventures
  
• Vanderbilt Program for Talented Youth http://pty.vanderbilt.edu/
  
• Zoo Atlanta http://www.zooatlanta.org