Berkeley Ballet Theater Summer Intensive
A pre-professional ballet training program with Junior/Senior Summer Intensive tracks for ages 11-18, requiring a placement class before enrollment, offered alongside youth division classes and tuition-waived boys' classes at this Berkeley dance school.
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Berkeley Playhouse TeenStage
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BizWorld Young Entrepreneur Success (YES!) Program
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Chapman University Henley Lab Social Science Summer Pre-College Research Experience
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embARC Summer Design Academy
A four-week residential and commuter summer program at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design where rising high school juniors and seniors explore architecture, urban design, and sustainable city planning. The program combines an Architecture + Urban Design Studio, a Digital Design Workshop, a Materials Exploration Workshop, and a lecture series with practicing designers, with no prior design experience required.