Summer Tech Camps & Teen Academies Held at Stanford
Stanford University, 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305
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Summer Tech Camps & Teen Academies Held at Stanford offers hands-on activities including coding, game development, robotics, and 3D printing. Participants also take part in ultimate frisbee, capture the flag, kickball, sports, board games, and outdoor activities on playing fields. The program includes themed dress-up days, dance-offs, gaming tournaments, raffles, Pie-Your-Instructor Fridays, campus exploration, movie nights, project work, and meals in campus dining halls.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Day and overnight camps with 1-week iD Tech Camps sessions and 2-week iD Teen Academies sessions; camps at Stanford run from June 21–August 14
• Price: iD Tech Camps starting at $1,379 and iD Teen Academies starting at $5,199, with payment plans available, including options as low as $375
The daily schedule for day and overnight camps includes morning check-in between 8:30–9am, morning announcements and team-building at 9am, course work starting at 9:30am, lunch at noon, more instruction at 1pm, a computer break with outdoor time and board games at 2:30pm, and project work until a 4:30pm wrap-up, with day camper pick-up from 4:30–5pm. Overnight campers follow this same daytime schedule, with wake-up and breakfast at 7:15am, dinner at 6pm, free time at 7pm with optional sports, gaming, movie nights, or project work, and lights out at 10pm.
The organization behind the program states that it pioneered the first tech camps for kids and teens in 1999, growing from 280 students per year to 50,000 students per year, and refers to a 25-year legacy. It describes itself as the original and most trusted STEM camp, the nation’s original and most trusted youth STEM educator for kids and teens, and the world’s largest and most trusted tech program, and notes that it is trusted by the world’s top universities and over 1,000,000 parents. The program is described as the top-rated tech camp for over 25 years and notes that over 50,000 girls have graduated from its camps and academies.
The program’s mission is to create life-changing tech experiences that embolden students to shape the future. The leadership team includes co-founders Kathryn Ingram-Cauchi and Alexa Ingram-Cauchi, first CEO Pete Ingram-Cauchi, and CEO Tana Barton Haas. Instructors are described as STEM professionals recruited from elite universities, including inspirational, relatable, world-class instructors from universities like Stanford and NYU, a Director who is a game design guru from EA, and a Lead Instructor who is a software engineering undergraduate at Caltech.
The program describes its teen academies as having startup vibes, intensive curriculum, and peer-to-peer learning, and notes that both camps and teen academies serve beginner through advanced skill levels. It also highlights next-gen labs with tech and pop culture icons on the walls and energetic music. The organization states that it will offer more scholarships than ever before to students from underserved communities, with a goal of helping to bridge the digital divide.
The program notes that over 75 prestigious universities around the country host its programs. It also mentions a promo code, CAMPNOW, offering $200 off camps and academies, $100 off virtual camps, and $50 off private lessons, with specified conditions. Families can receive an automatic $50 savings when adding courses or siblings, with specified conditions, and a Refer-a-Friend program offers a $25 credit per new referral, also with specified conditions.
Last updated June 8, 2026.
• Ages: 7–18 years old
• Schedule: Day and overnight camps with 1-week iD Tech Camps sessions and 2-week iD Teen Academies sessions; camps at Stanford run from June 21–August 14
• Price: iD Tech Camps starting at $1,379 and iD Teen Academies starting at $5,199, with payment plans available, including options as low as $375
The daily schedule for day and overnight camps includes morning check-in between 8:30–9am, morning announcements and team-building at 9am, course work starting at 9:30am, lunch at noon, more instruction at 1pm, a computer break with outdoor time and board games at 2:30pm, and project work until a 4:30pm wrap-up, with day camper pick-up from 4:30–5pm. Overnight campers follow this same daytime schedule, with wake-up and breakfast at 7:15am, dinner at 6pm, free time at 7pm with optional sports, gaming, movie nights, or project work, and lights out at 10pm.
The organization behind the program states that it pioneered the first tech camps for kids and teens in 1999, growing from 280 students per year to 50,000 students per year, and refers to a 25-year legacy. It describes itself as the original and most trusted STEM camp, the nation’s original and most trusted youth STEM educator for kids and teens, and the world’s largest and most trusted tech program, and notes that it is trusted by the world’s top universities and over 1,000,000 parents. The program is described as the top-rated tech camp for over 25 years and notes that over 50,000 girls have graduated from its camps and academies.
The program’s mission is to create life-changing tech experiences that embolden students to shape the future. The leadership team includes co-founders Kathryn Ingram-Cauchi and Alexa Ingram-Cauchi, first CEO Pete Ingram-Cauchi, and CEO Tana Barton Haas. Instructors are described as STEM professionals recruited from elite universities, including inspirational, relatable, world-class instructors from universities like Stanford and NYU, a Director who is a game design guru from EA, and a Lead Instructor who is a software engineering undergraduate at Caltech.
The program describes its teen academies as having startup vibes, intensive curriculum, and peer-to-peer learning, and notes that both camps and teen academies serve beginner through advanced skill levels. It also highlights next-gen labs with tech and pop culture icons on the walls and energetic music. The organization states that it will offer more scholarships than ever before to students from underserved communities, with a goal of helping to bridge the digital divide.
The program notes that over 75 prestigious universities around the country host its programs. It also mentions a promo code, CAMPNOW, offering $200 off camps and academies, $100 off virtual camps, and $50 off private lessons, with specified conditions. Families can receive an automatic $50 savings when adding courses or siblings, with specified conditions, and a Refer-a-Friend program offers a $25 credit per new referral, also with specified conditions.
Last updated June 8, 2026.
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