The Anatomy of an Academic Summer Camp

Academic summer camps are a great alternative to summer school for many families. Students gain valuable new learning, but they get away from the school environment and into a summer camp setting, which enables them to recharge their batteries during their time off.

One such academic camp is SuperCamp, a summer academic program that has been helping students since 1982. Bobbi DePorter, the co-founder and president, first studied accelerated learning methods with educational pioneer Dr. Georgi Lozanov. These methods are the basis of SuperCamp. Ms. DePorter felt that students are seldom taught learning skills, and that learning how to learn can make a big difference in their academic results as well as in their lives.

The first teen summer camp, with 64 students attending, was held in July 1982. Results were so impressive that the company grew quickly and the word spread. SuperCamp has now graduated over 50,000 students from all 50 states and over 80 countries.

SuperCamp is based on concepts that make learning fun and easy, along with positive peer support and carefully orchestrated environmental factors. It is one of the most comprehensive summer camp programs for helping students, including teens, pre-teens and college-age students, by providing lasting skills in such diverse areas as reading comprehension, study skills, writing skills, critical thinking and life skills, to name a few.

Thanks to the vision of Bobbi DePorter and the energy of thousands of talented staff members SuperCamp has grown over the years to become one of the most highly respected summer camp programs among parents and educators. SuperCamp will hold 25 programs in the U.S. this summer for approximately 2,500 students.

SuperCamp programs are held on prestigious college campuses throughout the U.S. including Stanford and Cal State San Marcos  in California, the University of Washington in Seattle, Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Drake University in Iowa, Cornell University in New York, and Wake Forest University in North Carolina. Internationally, programs are offered in Switzerland, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bermuda. and Turkey.

To learn more about SuperCamp's summer enrichment programs, visit www.SuperCamp.com or call 800-285-3276.