Summer Programs for Teens and Adults

Academics Lifelong Learning Summer Programs

Summer Programs Pre-College Extension Signature Learning Community Au Pairs Precollege Student Life

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Writers’ Week

Virtual Session: July 6-9, 2027
On Campus Sessions: July 12-16 and August 2-6, 2027

For more than 25 years this program has offered high school students an immersive week-long experience with creative writing and the performance arts.

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Painting From Poetry is a multi-disciplinary intensive summer college art program for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors in high school that features a college-level curriculum led by active artist–faculty in modern studio spaces. Students can earn 3 college credits.

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Hudson River Ecology Course

July 12-16, 2027

A one-week, early undergraduate college-level course targeted for rising high school juniors and seniors and undergraduate students who are interested in learning more about the river ecology. Students have the option of taking this course for one transferable college credit.

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Musical Theater

July 19 - August 6, 2027

In the Rising Artists Musical Theater program, students work with Sarah Lawrence faculty to develop and hone the necessary acting, music, and dance techniques to be successful in musical theater. Students can earn 3 college credits and will present a musical revue at the end of the program.

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Young Writers Studio

July 19-23, 2027

Students choose one genre to focus on — poetry, memoir, fiction, or speculative fiction & fantasy — in an immersive workshop setting. The program includes a core genre class and workshop; elective in-depth craft talks on writing-related topics with guest authors; and one-on-one mentorship.

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Science Research: Methods and Ethics

July 19-30, 2027

This course examines scientific research methodologies and ethical practices across the physical, social and natural sciences, while allowing for individualized professional development and directed work in a particular scientific discipline under the guidance of faculty mentors and undergraduate students who are active researchers in their respective disciplines.

The Writing Institute

For 40 years, The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College has been a welcoming home for writers at all stages who value creativity and community as part of their lives. Virtual and on campus classes and workshops include classes for beginners, advanced prose and poetry workshops, teen programs, and publishing seminars.