This list shows the wide variety of programs and activities that are available for kids at U.Va., ranging from sports camps to writing workshops. To perform a comprehensive search of U.Va. programs and activities for kids, visit the OutreachVirginia Web site.
Art Museum Activities for Kids & Families: The U.Va. Art Museum offers a variety of programs for young artists and their families/caregivers, including Family Art JAMS, Kid's College, Summer Arts, Writer's Eye, and Spring into Art.
Chamber Music Festival, Summer: an intensive five-day chamber music workshop during the summer. Open to college and high school students, advanced middle school students, and adult amateurs.
Children's Programs in Aboriginal Art: sponsored by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum of the University of Virginia, which also offers school and private group tours.
Community Scholar Program: an opportunity for exceptional high school and home school students at the junior or senior level (minimum age 16) with a 3.00 GPA to take one on-Grounds credit course per semester at U.Va.
Engineering, Explorations in: Introduces students to the world of engineering, including the role of engineers in modern society, an overview of the various fields of engineering, and modern methods used by engineers to solve problems and meet new challenges.
Engineering Pre-college Program: Introduction to Engineering (ITE) program informs high school students about general requirements and demands of studies in engineering at U.Va.
Family Art JAMS: Hands-on activities for young artists, ages 4-12, and their families/caregivers. Intergenerational experiences are encouraged.
High School Leaders Program: The Sorensen Institute for Political Leaders offers concentrated study in Virginia politics and government for high school students from across the Commonwealth.
iD Tech Camps: offers summer computer camps for kids and teens at 50 universities in the United States and Spain. In Virginia, U.Va. and William & Mary offer summer camps.
Kid's College: Where children of U.Va. alumni can be introduced to the U.Va. Art Museum and participate in hands-on activities designed to illuminate the visual arts; offered in June and presented in association with the Alumni Association.
Marching Band Summer Camp: for high school drum majors, student leaders, color guard members, marching percussionists, middle school concert band students, and aspiring feature twirlers. Sponsored by the Cavalier Marching Band.
MySummerCamps.com: another resource to search for summer camps in the Charlottesville area.
Robotics Systems Design Camp: At camp explore the amazing impacts that systems engineering has on people in the world. Do this through designing and building robots, learning key systems concepts such as finding the shortest path through a network and seeing how researchers are using natural systems as inspiration for solving problems that we all face in our daily lives.
School Field Trips to Blandy Experimental Farm: Topics include: It's For the Birds, Snake Savvy, Let's Sprout, Trees N Me, Scoop on Soils, Flower Functions, Worms!, Arbor Sleuth, Discover Diversity, Rocks Talk, Virginia Natives, and Science Explorations.
Science Camp, Bernard Harris Summer: The ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp is a free, academic program of the Harris Foundation that helps to educate middle school, high school, and college students in the disciplines of science, mathematics, and engineering.
SEAS Outreach to K-12: Engineering faculty and students enjoy sharing their interest in engineering, especially with students in middle and high schools, through open houses, class projects, competitions, virtual labs, teaching kits, exhibits, and more.
Summer Language Institute for Advanced High School Students Enrollment for U.Va.'s Summer Language Institute is open to advanced high school students, graduate and undergraduate students, professionals, and members of the local community.
Writer's Eye Program: an annual writing competition (of prose or poetry) organized by the U.Va. Art Museum and open to area students from grades 3 to 12.
