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Stretch your child's mind this summer with these fun summer camps and youth programs geared toward academic pursuits such as computers, writing, reading, math and robotics.

Academic Adventure Camp
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford offers an overnight camp for students in grades 6-8. Participants engage in classes and field trips related to a chosen focus group topic. This year's topics include: The Environment and Computing & Technology.

Almost Authors Day Camp
A one-week summer writing program for students who like to write poetry, fiction or non-fiction. Students are encouraged to experiment and share in a relaxed and supportive environment. Both experienced and novice writers are welcome.

Camp Entrepreneur
The National Education Center for Women in Business in Greensburg PA hosts two summer programs for girls ages 12-17 designed to help them develop the necessary skills to run their own business.

Camp Fitch Computer Camp
Summer camp provides age-appropriate instruction in several computer languages and a variety of applications, such as word processing, desk top publishing, data base construction, spread sheets, Web page design and the Internet. Traditional camp activities at Camp Fitch on Lake Erie also available.

Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College Program
Seven different six-week summer residential programs are offered on the CMU Campus: Advanced Placement Early Admissions, Summer Academy for Minority Students, Architecture, Art, Design, Drama, and Music.

Duquesne University Computer Academy
Summer program provides students ages 10-16 with a strong academic foundation in computer science, while also including sporting and cultural activities.

iD Tech Camp
internal Drive Tech Camps held at Carnegie Mellon and other prestigious universities across the nation, include programs for students ages 8 - 17 in areas such as building robots, Web page and graphic design, and video game or movie creation. To make it easier on parents, children can attend day camp, extended day camp or overnight camp.

National Computer Camp
Your child can learn to write a computer program, take apart a computer, create a graphics video, play volleyball, design a homepage and make new friends at this computer camp offered at LaRoche College.

RoboCamp
Robocamp, the brainchild of the National Robotics Engineering Consortium and The Pittsburgh Robotics Initiative, helps young campers learn about robots and control systems. This is a really cool camp!

Western PA Writing Project - Young Writers' Institute
YWI offers writers grades 3-12 creative writing workshops in poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and memoir. Students work with teachers who are fellows of the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project, or instructors from the Creative Writing Program at the University of Pittsburgh. The institute offers a teacher/student ratio of 2:15 and 7 locations around the Greater Pittsburgh area.

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