- Want to control computers?
- Like to impress your friends with new skills?
- Curious about computing?
All camps are now full!
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Girls' week-long camps
Spend a week on the beautiful University of Washington campus making new friends and exploring the exciting field of computer science!
Faculty members, students and industry members will lead a variety of presentations, games and hands-on projects. Our primary focus will be on creating artistic programs using the Processing environment. Lunch will be provided every day and parents will be invited to a closing ceremony. See pictures from last year's high school camp.
Aug 12-16 or 19-23, 9am - 5pm
$220 ($60 with scholarship)
Learn more | both sessions full!
Jun 24-28 or Jul 8-12, 9am - 5pm
$220 ($60 with scholarship)
Learn more | both sessions full!
Co-ed offerings
Due to demand, we will offer co-ed sessions this summer! These camps will focus on two themes: building apps for Android phones and physical computing. Like our girls' camps, they are intended for students with no previous computer science or programming experience though we will accommodate some students with prior experience if space is available.
July 1-3 and August 5-9
Both sessions now full!
$220 long, $150 short (both $60 with scholarship)
Physical: Jul 16-19 9am - 4pm
Android: August 26-28, 9am - 5pm
$220 physical, $150 android (both $60 with scholarship)
Building Android apps
Students will get to design and create Android apps that will work on phones and tablets. They will be able to take their programs home at the end of camp so they can show them off to their friends and continue improving them. Everything needed will be provided for use during the camp (students do NOT need their own phones!). These camps will use Android App Inventor and will be led by Allison Obourn. We have two versions of the same camp: a 3-day version and a 5-day version.
Physical Computing
This four-day, co-ed camp will expose high schoolers to the basic concepts of computing and programming through activities centered around physical computing. Students will learn to think computationally and solve problems using the skills and tools necessary for success in the field of computer science. This camp will be led by Brett Wortzman, computer science teacher at Issaquah high school.
Alternate opportunities
We recognize that our camps do not meet everyone's needs. Here are alternate summer opportunities for K-12 students in the Puget Sound interested in computing:
- UW Summer Courses: advanced K-12 students can take UW's introduction to computer science (CSE 142 and CSE 143).
- Seattle Central Community College: CSC 142 (M-Th 9:40-11:10 6/24-8/16) is a transfer course for UW's CSE 142. CSC 110 is an introduction to programming in Visual Basic.
- Computers Demystified: a new program from our colleagues in Informatics. Play a computer-based puzzle game and contribute to NSF-funded research! (girls grades 9 and 10, July 29 - August 2).
- Lakeside summer programs: Computer Science I and Advanced Computer Science.
- UW Short Courses: programming in Java I and programming in Java II.
- Internal Drive Computer Camps.
- DigiGirlz High Tech Camp: a Microsoft camp for middle and high school girls.
- DigiPen summer workshops.