Our summer camps introduce middle and high school students to computer science & engineering topics in a fun, inclusive week of learning.
Our camps run from 9am until 4pm from Monday - Friday. We provide lunch and snacks at no extra cost to the student. All camps take place in the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering on the Seattle Campus of the University of Washington. Scholarships are available - students who qualify will be notified in their acceptance to the camp.
Cost is 220$, including a non-refundable 40$ deposit. Scholarships available.
Web Design
Learn to create web pages and websites with themes and design that interest and appeal to your audience, present information using fonts and graphics that communicate without distracting, and develop usability and interactiveness with HTML, Java applets, and multimedia. Learn coding essentials without losing focus on the intent behind a well-designed and interesting website.
For students entering grades 7, 8, and 9 in Fall 2017
August 14 - August 18 Session 1 is full! Waitlist
August 21 - August 25 Session 2 is full! Waitlist
Mindstorms Robotics
Learn how to design, program and animate LEGO® robots using fun, kid-friendly software while developing mechanical, engineering, and problem solving abilities. Student teams will explore the exciting world of robotics using a powerful microcomputer brick, digital sensors, and intuitive drag-and-drop programming software. Students will be creating robots on the first day, all while building interpersonal skills through working in a collaborative team setting. Classmates work as a team to complete projects and win games created specifically for their age level and the Mindstorms robots.
For students entering grades 7, 8, and 9 in Fall 2017
August 7 - August 11
Beginning Game Programming in the Quorum Language
The Quorum Language is designed to be easily learned by anyone including people with various disabilities. Please visit the Quorum website to learn more, https://www.quorumlanguage.com/. In this session students will learn the basics of programming, then apply what they have learned to create games that include physical properties such as gravity, friction, and collisions. Students will work in teams to design and build computer games.
For students entering grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 in Fall 2017
June 26 - June 30
High School Girls Leadership in Tech Camp
Participants will learn leadership and communication skills critical for success in college CS programs and tech internships. The girls will also hone core coding skills through teaching and working on a final project. During the first week, participants will learn leadership skills and develop a coding lesson. The second week, the participants will become leaders, teachers, and mentors by teaching the lesson they developed to coding novice middle school girls.
Applicants should be comfortable with CS basics including variables, conditionals, lists, and loops. The specific programming language does not matter.
For students entering grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 in Fall 2017
July 10 - July 14 and July 17 - July 21 (one session, two weeks m-f)
Middle School Girls Creative Coding Camp
Participants will learn basic coding skill using Processing JS to draw & animate. We will use Khan Academy to allow students to access their work and continue to learn after camp is over. Coding will be taught primarily by experienced high school girls under the guidance of the camp leader and counselors. Participants will be paired with high school mentors for individualized guidance.
Applicants should be rising middle school students (entering grades 6-8) with little or no coding experience and an interest in using computers in an artistic way.
For students entering grades 6, 7, and 8 in Fall 2017
July 17 - July 21
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:
Please note that these are not associated with the Paul G. Allen School or DawgBytes, but are other programs in the region
- Pacific Science Center camps: PacSci offers several computing-focused camps including some just for girls!
- Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program: Seven weeks of intensive instruction in robotics, web design, and mobile development with mentorship from female engineers in industry.
- Bots on the Sound: students gather on the campus of Mount Si High School to design, build, and program underwater robots made from LEGO and other components.
- Seattle Central Community College: CSC 142 is a transfer course for UW's CSE 142. CSC 110 is an introduction to programming in Visual Basic.
- Lakeside summer programs: Computer Science I and Advanced Computer Science.
- iD Tech Camps.
- DigiGirlz High Tech Camp: a Microsoft camp for middle and high school girls.
- DigiPen summer workshops.
- For elementary school: Camp Kode Kids
- For elementary and middle school: Coding With Kids
- For High School students in grades 10, 11, and 12 Game Experience America camp
- For high school seniors: Google Computer Science Summer Institute (App deadline March 5)
- For high school juniors and seniors: Microsoft High School Internship (App deadline Feb 28)