Summer School/Camp Options
It is not too early to begin thinking about summer camp opportunities for your sons. There is also research suggesting that 7th and 8th grade is not too early for your son to be thinking about the type of college and general areas of interest that he might like to explore beyond high school graduation. Consequently, I am exploring some opportunities that might provide St. Mary's Middle School boys the opportunity to do both during the summer of 2013.
As many of you know, I am a tenured Professor of Education at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and I was most recently serving as the department chair in the education department. One of Luther College's flagship program is their music program that offers a summer camp for middle school students called Dorian Music Camps. The second camp program that is well-known for immersion language programs is the Concordia Language Villages which is offered in different locations in Minnesota. Luther College also is well known for their environment study programs and offers an outdoor education camp called Discovery Camp. Finally there is also a whole host of summer sports programs offered at Luther that would be great experiences for your son and can be explored through the Luther Sports Camps page.
My thought, if there was enough interest, is that I could arrange a three or four week summer camp experience for St. Mary's boys linking the music, language, environmental and sports camps together with the logistics and transportation provided through Luther College. In between camps and on the weekends, arrangements could be made to visit a variety of college campuses to include colleges like St. Olaf College (where my sons attended and had a great experience), Macalester College (known for having lots of international students), Carleton College (known for academic rigor), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis is one of the most liveable cities in the USA and known for the Mall of America) and potentially a variety of other colleges and universities in the midwest. I am a bit biased but I believe that Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin are the best of the USA and are great places to live and to attend college.
Or, if you just want so general ideas for individual summer camps for a week while your family is visiting the USA, these are good options to begin your exploration. There are many, many great opportunities to enhance your son's educational experience and now is the time to begin exploring the options for the summer. If you might be interested in a package of camps I would love to hear from you and if there seems to be enough initial interest I would continue to develop this idea.
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