Young Writer’s Enrichment Institute at The Taft School
Watertown, United StatesSummer at Taft
- Latest published dates
- Jul 13 – 24, 2026
- Duration
- 12 days
$2,750
Per week on a 2-week stay
Sold in packages from 2 weeks — $5,500
We'll let you know when this camp adds new dates.
A two-week residential summer course for middle school students at The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, focused on building fundamental reading, writing and organisational skills. Four blocks of classroom activity a day are balanced by athletics, cultural and recreational activities and trips off campus. Open to residents of the United States only.
Language
English
Program type
Art Camps
Accommodation
Campus
About
About the Course
A two-week residential course intended for middle school students, focused on the fundamentals of reading, writing and organisation. Participants engage in four blocks of classroom activity each day, and class sections are limited to twelve students. Enrolment is open to residents of the United States only.
What’s Included
The fee is all-inclusive: tuition, books, room and board, and school-wide trips and activities. A non-refundable application fee and an enrolment deposit are payable separately. A minimum deposit is also required to open a personal spending account, which can be used at the school store. Financial aid is not available for the two-week programmes.
Accommodation
A residential course: participants live in the residential halls used during the summer, with dormitory faculty and interns in the buildings and structured evening study halls. Because the campus buildings stand close together, students live where they learn.
Meal Plan
Full board on campus. The dining facilities serve a daily variety of fresh menu options, with breakfast before the first class, lunch in the middle of the day and dinner after afternoon sports.
Activities & Excursions
Participants take part in a daily athletic programme alongside their classes, as well as cultural and recreational activities and off-campus trips. Afternoon athletics are recreational; typical offerings include soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis, squash, running, weight training, aerobics and ultimate frisbee. The arts programme covers theatre, photography, pottery, studio art and video.
Facilities
The campus covers 226 acres. Facilities used by the summer programme include two residential halls, a science and mathematics centre, a 53,000-volume library, a language lab, a black-box theatre, photography dark rooms and an art studio, a 24-hour health centre, dining facilities and a student union with pool and table-tennis tables, an athletic fieldhouse with indoor tennis and basketball courts and an indoor track, an all-weather track, twelve all-weather tennis courts, eight squash courts and multiple playing fields.
Camp Experience
Classroom sections are limited to twelve students, and faculty are present through the day and in the dormitories in the evening. Four blocks of classroom activity each day are balanced by athletics, the arts and trips off campus.
Language Camp prices
Young Writer’s Enrichment Institute
20 Lessons · All levels2026 price
A two-week course for middle school students building fundamental reading, writing and organisational skills in a boarding-school setting.
Four blocks of classroom activity each day, with sections limited to twelve students. Alongside the classroom work participants take part in a daily athletic programme and in cultural and recreational activities.
Reading, writing and organisational skills for middle school students.
Daily Schedule
Breakfast
07:00–08:00
Classes
08:30–12:30
Lunch
12:30–13:30
Dinner
18:30–19:30
Evening activities
20:00–22:00
Lights out
22:30
Included items
Optional Extras
School
Summer at Taft
Summer@Taft is the summer programme of The Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, offering academic courses and enrichment for middle and high school students on the boarding school campus, with residential and day options.
