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Challenge and empower yourself through experiences designed to fuel your passions and spark your interests.

How It Works

Supported by your mentor, students are awarded scholarships to participate in summer experiences after your sophomore and junior years of high school.

Once you return home, partner with your mentors and reflect on your experiences to build on what you learned.

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After Your Sophomore Year…

Your first summer experience!

Most Summer Searchers head outdoors and experience a hiking/backpacking adventure, featuring lots of time connecting with peers and opportunities to gain leadership skills.

Pictured: Seattle students on an Outdoor Adventure with YMCA ATREVIDO Y ORO on the Olympic Coast in Washington.

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Next Up: After Junior Year

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After Your Junior Year…

Time for your second trip!

High school juniors are usually offered an array of experiences to choose from, including service-learning abroad, academic programs on college campuses, hybrid leadership development programs, internship opportunities, and more.

Pictured: Philadelphia students on an Brigada de Justicia Ambiental experience.

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Next Up: Senior Year & Beyond

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Your Senior Year and Beyond…

The learning and growth continues (not just during the summer)!

Beginning in your senior year of high school, you have access to numerous people, resources, and opportunities year-round.

From experiences like additional academic programs and workshops, to career-focused internships/externships, webinars, networking events, and even opportunities to connect with career coaches, and more.

Pictured: Summer Search alumni, staff, and partners connecting at the 2023 Alumni Summit and Leadership Conference.

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Next Up: After Sophomore Year

Why learn experientially?

Try something new.

Expand your comfort zone.

Apply your strengths and embrace your opportunities.

Build friendships and connections.

Discover more about what you’re capable of.

Explore who you are and who you want to become!

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“In all honesty, this trip was amazing and it will be a core memory for me. There were so many highlights.”

~ Elisha (left) from Búsqueda de verano en el Área de la Bahía, reflecting on her trip, a 21-Day “Young Women’s Adventure” with Compañeros de viaje medioambientales (ETC).

Read more reflections from Summer 2023

Outdoor Adventures

Challenge yourself, explore the world!

From hiking, backpacking, camping, or canoeing programs in your region or beyond, to service and cultural immersion experiences abroad, and more.

Pictured: Deer Hill Expeditions has partnered with us for 30+ years. Deer Hill provides Summer Searchers with a unique blend of outdoor adventures and cross-cultural service projects, leaving students feeling more confident to share their gifts and strengths and as though they have gained a new family.

Explore Our Summer Experience Partners

Academic Programs

Learn, discover, grow!

From academic programs on a college campus, to in-person/virtual classes and workshops, to international volunteer programs, to social justice initiatives, and much more.

Pictured: William shares about his experience on a two-week coding/STEM program con SAP NS2.

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Internships & More

Grow your skills and build your network!

Opportunities to participate in paid internships, externships, and apprenticeships, as well as leadership development workshops, career coaching, and more.

Pictured: Summer Searchers and partners in an “Internship Intensive” to prepare students who are participating in paid internships this summer.

FAQs

Are Summer Experiences free?

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Where do we go?

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How long do they last?

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Why should I participate?

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En Su Area

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Bay Area Summer!

En 2023, 197 Bay Area students participated in a summer experience, a number we hadn’t reached since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Summer Searchers went on transformational trips across the globe, including outdoor adventures in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, an arts program in Southern California, academic programming at Brown University, and service-learning trips in South America.

We were also thrilled to expand our summer experience offerings through new partnerships with local organizations, such as YMCA San Francisco and GirlVentures, an Oakland-based BIPOC nonprofit that combines outdoor adventure with social emotional learning for adolescent girls. Through these partnerships, we have been able to offer shorter experiences for students who aren’t able to attend our 2-3 week-long trips and forge relationships with organizations whose values align with those of Summer Search.

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Siguiente: Boston

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Boston Summer!

En 2023, 239 Boston students participated in a summer experience. We offered 38 total Summer Experiences and around 95% of students were placed on one of their top three choices.

Each program partner hosted an orientation for all participants and students were supported by their mentor by talking through expectations, managing challenges, and setting goals.

One of the goals of 2023 was to have our trip partners be 15% BIPOC or women-led. We are happy to report that 60% were BIPOC or women-led/owned!

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Next Up: NYC

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New York City Summer!

En 2023, 167 NYC Summer Searchers participated in outdoor adventures, academic programming, enriching internship opportunities, powerful Environmental Justice experiences, international service trips, and more.

Our young people, many of whom have never participated in summer enrichment experiences, return from their trips with anew purpose and realize the strength they have within themselves to achieve anything.

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Siguiente: Filadelfia

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Philadelphia Summer!

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Siguiente: Seattle

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Seattle Summer!

En 2023, 84 Seattle students went on a summer experience.

We also continued to diversify our experiential offerings with camps focused on a variety of skills in business, healthcare, and technology while also sending students to places like Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and Fiji for free.

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Siguiente: Área de la Bahía

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Socios en veranos transformadores

Nuestros socios del programa de verano brindan becas y equipos para los programas y oportunidades esenciales que lanzan a nuestros estudiantes de segundo y tercer año de secundaria a una nueva forma de ver el mundo.

We partner with organizations that allow Summer Searchers to connect and bond with others, explore identity in a safe space, and challenge themselves as much as they’d like.

Explore Our Summer Experience Partners

Beyond High School:

People, Resources, and Opportunities

Beginning in your senior year of high school, you have access to numerous people, resources, and opportunities year-round.

This includes experiences like additional academic programs and workshops, to career-focused internships/externships, webinars, networking events, and even opportunities to connect with career coaches, and more.

Explore opportunities on Summer Search CONNECT or speak with your mentor to learn more.

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