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January 2003

My 9 year old son wants very much to go to a computer camp this summer. We live in Berkeley and we're looking for a day camp, not a sleep-over camp. Any and all recommendations appreciated! Kim

Check out Cybercamps by Giant Campus. Based in Seattle, but they have programs all over -- including at UC Berkeley. Takes kids from 7 to 16. Good instructors. My daughter (11) went last year and loved it. Pricey, but each kid has her/his own computer and doesn't have to share as in some other programs. Here's the link to their home page. http://www.giantcampus.com/cybercamps/index.asp Norm

Re: Computer Programming for Teens (Feb. 2002)
My son has gone to computer camp a couple weeks every summer for the last three years. He's attended Cybercamp because it offers robotics, video classes, game programming and C++. The college kids and grads who lead the classes are great and there's flexability for anyone who changes their mind about what they want to try out. Unfortunately, it's very expensive. So this year, having taken robotics and other related subjects, he's mainly interested in C++. My plan is to wait until the camps issue of Parent's Press comes out, and see if there's a less costly alternative, though I highly recommend Cybercamps is you can afford it. I look forward to hearing what other parents have to recommend. Thanks for asking. Dusky

March 2001

St. Paul's Episcopal School near Lake Merritt in Oakland has a good summer computer camp that is pretty reasonable. My daughter attended last year and enjoyed it. Info for the 2000 summer session is at http://www.spes.org/about/summer/desc.html, and they will be posting info for the 2001 sessions soon. I know that they have brochures available for 2001- if you call they will send you one. Dianne

March 2000

Two years ago my son attended East Bay Schools of the Arts on Virginia Street in Berkeley. He took computer graphics and magic classes for 3 weeks, half day. They have a 3 weeks or 6 weeks half or full day program.....variety of classes. It's expensive but he enjoyed it. At the end of the three weeks they had an open house for families. I would read Parent Press for summer ideas. Doreen

Go to www.internaldrive.com for a great computer camp- it's unique because during certain weeks it has a "girl specific" option. Usually these sessions have about 50/50 boy-girl ratio,both in students and staff, unlike most computer camps which are almost all boys. Closest camp is St. Mary's College in Orinda- very close to Berkeley/Oakland, small classes, and beautiful college environment. Other sites are Stanford, Santa Clara. See the site for details. -- Diane

Two years ago my son attended East Bay School of the Arts on Virginia Street in Berkeley. He took computer graphics and magic classes for 3 weeks, half day. They have a 3 weeks or 6 weeks half or full day program.....variety of classes. It's expensive but he enjoyed it. At the end of the three weeks they had an open house for families. -- Dorene

May 1999

For the parent who's looking for a computer-oriented summer program for her 11 yr old son, I recommend the 2-wk computer summer day camps for 3rd thru 8th graders (one is computers and science, and the other is advanced computers) at St. Paul's Espiscopal School near Lake Meritt in Oakland. I'm not sure if they're full yet, but call and ask for the summer program director. -- Dianne

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