Programs

A free summer service-learning program at the Monterey Bay Aquarium where high schoolers build career skills, earn community service hours and support ocean conservation.

• Grades 9–11
• No fee

A team engineering and design challenge where students in Years 10–13 form a fictional company to design a space settlement in response to a Request for Proposal, with regional heats and a National Final.

• Year 10–13 / S3–S6
• Cost not published

Nevada FFA's 2027 state event where high-school members compete in agricultural career development events, proficiency awards and State FFA Degree ceremonies and attend leadership sessions; top finishers can qualify for the national FFA event.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

West Virginia DECA's 2027 state career development conference and competition for high-school members.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee charged, amount not published

An 18-week JA Nova Scotia after-school (or new virtual) program where high school students co-create and operate a small business with a company advisor.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

A five-day math day camp at SFU Burnaby for Grade 9 and 10 students, run with the Canadian Mathematical Society and PIMS, with teacher nomination.

• Grades 9–10
• Fee: $125 CAD

Belfast's senior youth symphony orchestra, run by the Education Authority Music Service, recruits post-primary musicians at Grade 6 or above by audition each May for a September start.

• Year 11–14 (NI)
• Fee: £257.99

Week-long in-person engineering summer programs at McMaster University for students entering Grades 9 to 12, with advanced labs and a design challenge.

• Grades 9–12
• Cost not published

A two-, four- or six-week paid summer work experience for Charlotte high-school students ages 16–18, with at least 25 hours a week at a minimum of $13 per hour.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

A City of Stockton summer jobs program giving about 100 Stockton youth aged 16–19 a five-week paid work experience in city departments.

• Up to grade 12
• No fee

A democracy-education programme of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) in which selected senior-high students act as legislators in Jakarta. The 2027 intake is not yet announced.

• Grades 10–12
• No fee

Canada's long-running Model UN conference for secondary-school and cégep delegations, run by students in Montréal since 1993.

• Grades 9–12
• Fee: $120 CAD