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English Summer Camps in Seattle, Washington

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The Northwest School, Seattle:
The Northwest School is an independent college preparation and international boarding school serving students in Grades 6-12. During the summer, we provide a range of comprehensive English language courses at beginner to advanced levels. Courses include Reading & Writing, Speaking & Presentation, and Introductions to both Shakespeare and the SATs. We welcome ESL students ages 10–16 from Seattle, the U.S., and around the globe to experience the English language in a dynamic and enriching summer environment. We value community, diversity, and global perspective - embracing students and faculty with ranging ages, physical abilities, and backgrounds.

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About The Northwest School:

We are an independent school set in the Capitol Hill/First Hill neighborhood of Seattle. We provide a curriculum for grades 6–12 that offers an international perspective and encourages independent and creative thinking in every class. We educate and shape our students into global citizens who will one day shape our community, nation, and world.

Accreditation & Memberships:
The Northwest School is accredited by the Northwest Association of Independent Schools (NWAIS), and is approved by the Washington State Board of Education. Additionally, we are proud members of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), the National Summer Learning Association, the Diversity in International Education Network, the Pacific Basin Consortium, and the National Business Officers Association.

Summer Camp Programs for English Language Learners (ELL):

English language learners ages 10-16 are welcome to enroll in any of our Summer Camp classes (unless a class is listed as requiring native English proficiency). Below are classes specifically for ELL students who wish to improve their English language skills. 

Speaking & Presentation: Beginning & Intermediate Levels:
- Students work on pronunciation, enunciation, and projection

Reading & Writing: Beginning & Writing Levels:
- Develop your English vocabulary, and work on expressing your thoughts clearly in writing

Advanced ELL: Intro to William Shakespeare:
- Intended for Advanced ELL students preparing to study in a U.S. curriculum

Advanced ELL: Intro to the SATs:
- Students cover the different components of the SAT and discuss strategies and study tips

International Boarding Program:

Our boarding program features a truly international atmosphere. Each summer, the dormitory welcomes approximately 200 students from more than ten countries. The education of global citizens with a deep appreciation of different cultures is a founding principle of the school which extends to the summer programs.

Renovated Dormitories & Facilities:
Our recently renovated dormitory is located just one block west of the main school building, and houses approximately 50 students on gender-specific floors. Students live two to a room, sometimes with a roommate from a different country.

Common areas include lounges where students can relax, watch TV, or play ping pong and foosball, laundry facilities, and a study room. All students enjoy nutritious meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) prepared daily by our professional kitchen staff.

Activities & Excursions include:

- A ferry ride
- Bowling
- A Seattle Mariners baseball game
- A Seattle Storm WNBA game
- Visits to many of Seattle’s beautify parks and beaches
- The Pacific Science Center
- The Experience Music Project...

Updated: 2025-11-20
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Address: 1415 Summit Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98122, USA
Some interested visitors submitting program inquiries to our school up to 2024-07-02 were from:

Luoyang; China; WA; Zibo, Shandong, China; Yenimahalle, Turkey; Edmonds, WA; LACEY/WA; and more.
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ID Tech Camps, Washington State
Courses / Programs
iD Tech Camps in Washington State provide 1-week and 2-week technology and computer science summer camps for kids and teens, as well as the iD Programming Academy and iD Game Design & Development Academy. iD Tech Camps is America’s #1 Tech Camp, offering summer programs at over 80 prestigious universities in 28 states, including University of Washington - Seattle, and University of Washington - Bothell. 

iD Tech programs are taught in small, personalized classes. Instructors are able to work closely with each student in order to customize the course curriculum to each student’s skill and experience level. Whether you are a beginner or extremely advanced, the instructors find fun and challenging ways to develop your tech skills.

Discover how your technical talents and scientific passions can lead to a future career! These comprehensive week-long sessions include personalized technology instruction and a variety of fun summer camp activities.

“I really love how my instructor and everyone was supportive and caring. I made new friends here and would recommend this camp to everyone interested in game making.”
- Michael R., Student, University of Washington
Summer Tech Camps for Kids & Teens ages 7-18:

iD Tech Camp:
- Week-long Day camps for ages 7-17
- Week-long Overnight camps for ages 10-17

iD Programming Academy:
- 2-week, pre-college programs for ages 13-18

iD Game Design & Development Academy:
- 2-week, pre-college programs for ages 13-18

Accredited Continuing Education Units are available from all of our iD Academy locations.
Delphian School, Willamette Valley
Courses / Programs
Quality day and residential summer camps in Oregon for local, U.S., and international students!
Delphian School is a premiere, independent, co-educational day and boarding school located in Oregon in the Pacific Northwest of the USA. We offer fun and challenging summer school programs (for ages 5-18) on our 800-acre campus in the scenic Willamette Valley, 1 hour southwest of Portland, and approximately 4 hours drive from Seattle, Washington.

Our residential and day summer programs offer personalized academics, challenging activities, sports camps, weekend trips, ESL classes, and fun. Boarding students for the Summer Program are accepted from ages 8 through 18; day students can enroll from ages 5 through 18. 4 to 6 week sessions are offered. The Delphian School is nonsectarian.

Summer at Delphian School is always an international experience. Approximately 300 students attend our Summer Program each year from all across the United States and many other countries including Japan, Mexico, Korea, Taiwan, Italy, Germany, Canada, Austria, France, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Turkey, Brazil, Phillipines, Australia, South Africa, Switzerland, and Russia.

"We cannot say enough great things about Delphi's Summer academic program. They use many different study tools so the students really understand what they are learning. Attending the summer program in Oregon literally changed our daughter's life."
- Delphian Parent
Co-educational Summer Programs:
- Boarding programs for ages 8-18 
- Day programs for ages 5-18.

- 4 to 6 week summer school programs with personalized academics, challenging activities, sports camps, weekend trips and fun.

Academic Course options:
• Mathematics
• Measurement
• Geometry
• Chemistry
• Earth
• Electricity
• Simple Machines
• Energy
• Engines
• Animal Kingdom
• Dinosaurs
• Fish and Birds
• Reptiles
Reach Cambridge - Academic Camps in UK & Online
Courses / Programs
• Get a unique introduction to your favourite academic subject at University level in the prestigious environment of Cambridge University!

• Reach Cambridge provides residential spring and summer courses for UK & international high school students ages 14-18 years old.

• With a wide range of academic subjects to choose from, our spring and summer camps are taught by experts in the field through interactive classes, lectures and workshops.

• Located just 50 miles north of London, students stay in one of Cambridge University’s colleges or in our central Cambridge headquarters, ‘Reach Hall’.

• Our fun, spring and summer programs give you the opportunity to experience an academically-rigorous summer program in one of the top educational facilities in the world.

• Our challenging and vibrant summer courses are specially designed to complement high school studies, whilst also offering a glimpse of University-style learning.

• As well as an unrivaled academic environment, students experience British culture in the stimulating and distinguished surroundings of the University City of Cambridge in the south-east of England.

• Your studies will be combined with a varied program of exciting activities and excursions across Britain.

Student Review:

"I had exceptionally high expectations for the Reach Cambridge Course, and I happy to report they were all reached and surpassed. The University is absolutely beautiful, the staff is incredible, and the experience was perfectly unique.'
2 & 4-week Summer Camps 2023 in July & August
• Biotechnology
• Computer Science
• Economics & Business Management
• Engineering
• English Language (ESOL) & Leadership
• English Literature & Creative Writing
• Journalism & Media
• Law
• Life Sciences & Medicine
• Maths
• Physics & Astronomy
• Politics & International Relations
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• SAT Preparation
• Social & Political Sciences
• STEM (science, technology, engineering & maths).

Online Pre-University Courses (Contact us for a full online course list).
Canoe Island French Camp
Courses / Programs
Summer fun with a French accent! L’été avec un petit accent! Learn to speak French and enjoy the fun of an overnight summer camp on a private island. Find a little bit of France in the San Juan Islands at this Northwest Washington sleepover summer camp, one of the country's premier French camps. Campers, ages 9-16, take part in a unique mix of French language and culture through artistic and outdoor activities.

At Canoe Island French Camp we try to insure that our older campers have opportunities to plan and do activities as a group with staff: sunset campfires on a beach, an off-island trip to Friday Harbor, and one- or two-night sailing and kayaking outings. Tipis are arranged by age and, where possible, French class and French Culture class, too. With only 45 campers on the island, you can choose your own experience - artistic and theatrical, adventuresome and athletic - or any combination. Days are filled with new friends and exciting activities all with a French flair. A gala Bon Voyage Banquet, talent show and awards ceremony end each session.
Mornings at camp are devoted to French language classes and activities: fencing, French cuisine, and culture, theater, art, and photography.

In the afternoon campers choose on a daily basis between swimming, sailing, kayaking, archery, art, rock climbing and a variety of sports. French songs, vocabulary for activities, and games are incorporated into each day.

Evening programs include campfires, theatrical and musical productions, beach cookouts and campfires, camp-wide games, and astronomy.
Youth Empowered Action
Courses / Programs
Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp is a unique and inspiring residential summer leadership program in Oregon, Massachusetts and California for youth 12-17 years who want to make a difference in the world. There will be two sessions in Oregon at Camp Adams in Molalla, Clackamas County. In Massachusetts, YEA Camp will be held at the beautiful Hilltop space of Nature's Classroom in Charlton, Worcester County. Our northern California camp will be held at the beautiful Quaker Center in Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, about a two hours drive south of San Francisco.

At a week-long sleep-away program in a beautiful camp setting, YEA campers choose an issue of importance to them (for example, some have chosen climate change, racism, homophobia, homelessness, or animal rights) and they build the knowledge, skills, confidence, and community to take action on that issue once they get home.
Summer Leadership Camps in OR, MA and CA:

- 1 week residential camps for ages 12-17
- Connect with what's important
- Learn about inspiring activists
- Create an action plan
- Learn to think strategically about issues
- Celebrate the accomplishments and our community
- Learn key activist skills
Catlin Gabel School, Portland
Courses / Programs
Catlin Gabel School is located in the south-west of downtown Portland in Multnomah County, adjacent to St. Vincent's Hospital on south-west Barnes Road. Catlin Gabel offers summer programs ranging from arts and music, modern languages, writing, SAT prep, outdoor education, service and more. Our summer programs are open to all preschool through 12th grade students, not just those who are enrolled at Catlin Gabel.

Most of our summer programs are one-week courses, with the exception of our Summer Beehive program for children entering preschool through 2nd grade, allowing you to select times that work best with your summer plans. Our summer school staff members are experienced and caring professionals, who strive to help each child succeed.

We also offer extended day programs for our youngest students. Our beautiful 54-acre campus offers the perfect place for a relaxed atmosphere of summer learning and fun.
Summer Programs:
- Extended day program: All ages
- Summer beehive program: Grades Preschool-2
- Photography Fun: Grades 4-8
- Creative Writing 1 & 2: Grades 4-9
- Sports Spectacular 1: Grades 4-8
- Kids in the Kitchen: Grades 3–6
- Outdoor Program Summer Trips: (Ages 11-18) Rafting, hiking, camping, climbing, backpacking, biking and exploring
- Elana Gold '93 Memorial Environmental Restoration Project: Grades 9-12
- PLACE: Planning & Leadership Across City Environments: Grades 10-12

and much more...