Summer Programs

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Please check out the SFUSD  PK-12 summer programming opportunities

Explore a comprehensive menu of SFUSD sponsored summer programming including:

• ESY - Extended School Year (for students with IEPs)  - slide 2
• Excel Summer 2024 for TK to 8  (slide 5) - contact the ExCEL agency on their school site (YMCA/ BACR/ RDNC for example) and ask how to register for free summer programs

SF Recreation & Parks Department’s Scholarship Program

General Registration opens on Saturday, March 16

• SFRPD Camp Registration Page

For more information on recreation program registration, or translated assistance in multiple languages, please call (415) 831-6800.

SF DCYF

Check out all of the summer programming providers featured at the 2024 Summer Resource Fair. View a comprehensive list of all day summer camps as well as programs that specialize in sports, STEM, arts, community service and more. Access links to individual providers to learn more. 

AIM HIGH Summer 2024

Aim High is designed for current 5th – 8th middle school students who have limited access to summer enrichment. Our no-cost summer program ignites a love of learning and prepares students for success in middle school, high school, and beyond.

Link to Application  

The Mayor's Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP) application is out! 

Get paid and earn work experience! Students must be entering high school next year. 

APPLY HERE - Applications are due April 12th, 2024.

Contact MYEEP for more info - info@myeep.org

Middle/High School

Opportunities for All

Opportunities for All (OFA) provides access to career exploration and workforce development for San Francisco’s youth and young adults. The initiative includes paid internships, mentorship, and pathways to employment, including job readiness, career training, and apprenticeship for participants ages 13 to 24. 

OFA Internship Application

Ages 6-18+

Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco

The Boys and Girls Club of San Francisco  offers high quality daytime summer services for youth that are accessible and affordable. No child is ever turned away for lack of financial resources. Our consistent schedule over the summer (open all five weekdays) helps youth stay engaged with educational activities and avoid summer learning loss. Through our summer offerings, our Clubs fill summer days for San Francisco youth with fun and academically stimulating experiences to ensure that kids continue to learn through play.

Check out BGCSF Summer 2024 Programs

Visit Summerat826

Summer 2024 information is coming soon!

• Exploring Leadership Summer Camp - Middle School

MS, HS

First Exposures is a free photography mentoring program for young people in the Bay Area, to empower young people to thrive, express themselves creatively, and become leaders in their communities. Mentees are 11 - 18 years old and have an interest in learning photography with the help of a group of mentors.  June 26-August 18

Application

Ages 6-14

SFArtsED Summer Camps

• SFArtsED summers are magical times, as children ages 6-14 immerse themselves in the arts—collaborating with many of the same extraordinary artists who teach in our residence programs in the public schools, and in our Players musical theater company. 

Learn more and register at SFartsED

Urban Trailblazers (UTB) is a youth leadership program designed for middle school-age youth that welcomes culturally and economically diverse students from San Francisco public schools to experience their national parks. Students can earn a $300 stipend for participating.  CLICK HERE for more information & to apply.  

Applications due March 8, 2024

For current 6th, 7th and 8th graders

Current 8th/Rising 9th

Summer Bridge is a five-week, in-person summer program designed to assist students with a smooth transition from middle to high school. Not only will students jump-start their high school education by earning 5 high school elective credits, but they will also earn an educational award . 

Location, time and application coming soon!

Questions? Email: syaepjobs@gmail.com or call (415) 822-3491

ALL LEVELS

Check out summer programming and other services through CYC.  Summer programs at the elementary, middle and high school levels are being offered.

https://www.cycsf.org/summer-program/

14-20 young women/

gender nonconforming (GNC) youth ages 14-19

GIRLFLY: a Summer Program for Art and Activism: The 2023 Summer Arts & Activism Project will bring 20 young women/gender nonconforming (GNC) youth ages 14-19 from San Francisco for four weeks to:

• Make dances in the air and in an urban garden led by professional choreographers 
• Earn $500
• Create and perform your own original dances
• Learn about issues of belonging, land and identity
• Create a visual arts project and writing of personal/political statements
• Connect with young women/GNC youth across neighborhoods, schools, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity
• Applications due May 1, 2024
• View application here