I am wondering if anyone has had any experience with these camps? They do not specify for gifted students (not like Duke TIP, for instance or MathPath), and so I am not necessarily wondering about whether the instruction is top-rate. I noticed a post, though, on Duke TIP Central, and will say that these camps seem to specify instructors well in advance of registration. My question is about the general feel of the camp-- if you sent a child there would you do it again? Well-supervised? Variety of activities? Happy child?
I have an extremely bright son who has not been away from home before, and before we send him off to a longer camp, we want just a one or two week experience overnight and away from home. I don't *need* high-powered academics, just friendly, responsive adults who know how to manage kids (like the MathPath people, for instance).
Thanks for any insight or other ideas if you have them!
http://www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/youth/summer-academy
Alex (I never post, but I have been a WTMer since 2000)