Maybe summer courses at Johns Hopkins CTY or other summer programs for gifted children would be a good challenge.
Summer camps have been a great thing that our kids really have enjoyed. I'm beyond bummed that our in-state summer university program for middle and high school students has had severe cut-backs in funding this year. My ds has enjoyed CTY summer camp (intensive studies). Was it challenging? Maybe not at a high level, but it was challenging enough that he learned quite a bit and also had an engaged instructor.
OTOH, my ds is really into science. My dd wants to be a writer and she is really good at it, but it's much more difficult to find good summer camps for her (she's not ready to travel out of state yet, and the camps for middle school and up kids in our area are heavily weighted to STEM).
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