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| This list shows the wide variety of programs and activities that are available for kids at U.Va., ranging from sports camps to writing workshops. To perform a comprehensive search of U.Va. programs and activities for kids, visit the OutreachVirginia Web site. |
- Art Museum Activities for Kids & Families: The U.Va. Art Museum offers a variety of programs for young artists and their families/caregivers, including Family Art JAMS, Writer's Eye, and Early Visions.
- Children's Programs in Aboriginal Art: sponsored by the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Museum of the University of Virginia, which also offers school and private group tours.
- Community Scholar Program: an opportunity for exceptional high school and home school students at the junior or senior level (minimum age 16) with a 3.00 GPA to take one on-Grounds credit course per semester at U.Va.
- Engineering, Explorations in: Introduces students to the world of engineering, including the role of engineers in modern society, an overview of the various fields of engineering, and modern methods used by engineers to solve problems and meet new challenges.
- Engineering Pre-college Program: Introduction to Engineering (ITE) program informs high school students about general requirements and demands of studies in engineering at U.Va.
- Family Art JAMS: Hands-on activities for young artists, ages 4-12, and their families/caregivers. Intergenerational experiences are encouraged.
- Go Girls Fitness Support Group: A support group at UVA for adolescent girls who may not love team sports or school gym class but still need physical activity. The adolescent girls in the Go Girls Support Group meet for an hour every week, but not to just talk about exercise and health. They spend most of their meetings doing Zumba, an aerobic workout that combines many styles of dance and other forms of movement, often with friends and family members who come to support them.
- High School Leaders Program: The Sorensen Institute for Political Leaders offers concentrated study in Virginia politics and government for high school students from across the Commonwealth.
- iD Tech Camps: offers summer computer camps and academies for kids and teens at 60 universities in the United States and Canada. In Virginia, U.Va. and William & Mary offer summer camps. (Ask about the U.Va. Faculty and Staff discount.)
- Kid's College: Where children of U.Va. alumni can be introduced to the U.Va. Art Museum and participate in hands-on activities designed to illuminate the visual arts; offered in June and presented in association with the Alumni Association.
- Marching Band Summer Camp: for high school drum majors, student leaders, color guard members, marching percussionists, middle school concert band students, and aspiring feature twirlers. Sponsored by the Cavalier Marching Band.
- Public Nights at U.Va. Observatories (McCormick and Fan Mountain)
- Robotics Systems Design Camp: At camp explore the amazing impacts that systems engineering has on people in the world. Do this through designing and building robots, learning key systems concepts such as finding the shortest path through a network and seeing how researchers are using natural systems as inspiration for solving problems that we all face in our daily lives.
- Saturday and Summer Enrichment Program, Grades K-5, Curry School of Education: offers academic study for children in grades K-5 in the sciences, math, arts, humanities, and the social sciences.
- School Field Trips to Blandy Experimental Farm: Topics include: It's For the Birds, Snake Savvy, Let's Sprout, Trees N Me, Scoop on Soils, Flower Functions, Worms!, Arbor Sleuth, Discover Diversity, Rocks Talk, Virginia Natives, and Science Explorations.
- Science Camp, Bernard Harris Summer: The ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp is a free, academic program of the Harris Foundation that helps to educate middle school, high school, and college students in the disciplines of science, mathematics, and engineering.
- SEAS Outreach to K-12: Engineering faculty and students enjoy sharing their interest in engineering, especially with students in middle and high schools, through open houses, class projects, competitions, virtual labs, teaching kits, exhibits, and more.
- Sports
- 4 Star Camps
- CavMan's Crew Kids' Club
- Summer Tennis
- Swimming's Cool Program
-Tennis & Swimming Private Lessons - Spring into Art, U.Va. Art Museum A Saturday morning art program for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students and their parents/ caregivers.
- Summer Arts, U.Va. Art Museum: Summer Arts @ the Museum provides an environment that encourages young artists to explore and create Art. (There will be no Summer Art sessions in Summer 2009. The Art Museum will be under renovations.)
- Summer Enrichment Program at U.Va., Grades 4-10, Curry School of Education A residential summer program for gifted and talented students who are currently enrolled in grades 4-10.
- Summer Language Institute for Advanced High School Students Enrollment for U.Va.'s Summer Language Institute is open to advanced high school students, graduate and undergraduate students, professionals, and members of the local community.
- Summer Nature Camps at Blandy Experimental Farm: Summer nature camps in the mornings and afternoons for children ages 5-13.
- "Technology in World History" — Listen to a 2-minute Podcast Lesson.
- "Tell Us a Tale" Radio Show on U.Va.'s WTJU fm 91.1
- Trick or Treating on the Lawn (Fall Event)
- Upward Bound Program: U.Va. assists college-bound high school students in developing the skills required to graduate from college.
- U.Va. Art Museum's Virtual Art Exhibit
- U.Va. Historical Tour
- Large group and private tours for kids are available. - U.Va. Saturday and Summer Enrichment Program, Curry School of Education: offers academic study for children in grades K-5 in the sciences, math, arts, humanities, and the social sciences.
- Virginia Festival of the Book: Program for Youth and Family
- Writer's Eye Program: an annual writing competition (of prose or poetry) organized by the U.Va. Art Museum and open to area students from grades 3 to 12.
- Young Women Leaders Program (YWLP): a free year-long mentoring program that focuses on promoting middle school girls' leadership abilities.
- Young Writers Workshop: for rising 9th graders to rising college freshman. Provides a comprehensive program for talented young writers.
- Zumba at the Go Girls Support Group: Support group for adolescents girls ages 10-18. Meet for an hour every week.
- Youth Recreation Instruction
- Camps/Clinic (Virginia Sports)
