Welcome to Smart Minds Summer Academy! Our summer camp offers the gifted and talented or highly motivated students entering 3rd through 8th grades the opportunity to engage in a captivating and an academically challenging program in the company of peers who share their enhanced abilities and love of learning.

We Inspire

Our priority is to create a passion for learning that will serve your child throughout an academic career.​

We Motivate

Our outstanding teachers apply strategies that have been proven to be effective in motivating the gifted and academically advanced students.

We Engage

Our project-based program uses hands-on experiments and investigations to engage each and every student.​

"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."

- Benjamin Franklin

Our Story

Our family of experienced and gifted educators' sole mission is to continuously inspire, motivate, and prepare your youth to be the future leaders of tomorrow. Our love for education and enthusiasm is contagious both inside and outside of the classroom. We believe in engaging your children in a fun, safe, dynamic, challenging, and positive learning environment.   We truly view our gifted scholars as active participants in an interactive educational process, rather than merely passive recipients of information. 

Our Program

We have organized our academy to offer a choice of morning program (9:00am - 12:00pm) featuring courses in Polyhedraville, Chemistry and Genetics, and Let’s Start a Business OR an All-Day program (8:00am - 5:00pm) that includes Polyhedraville, Chemistry and Genetics, and Let’s start a Business in the morning as well as Project-Based Engineering, Mastering Jeopardy, and Chess Strategies in the afternoon.

It is the philosophy and vision of our program, our distinctive approach to education, and the quality of our teachers that make our program unique and exceptional. All of our teachers are certified, highly qualified, gifted and/or content specialists who are among the most well-respected and distinguished educators in Arizona. They apply strategies that have been proven to be inspiring and effective in motivating gifted and academically advanced students.

​Why Arizona Smart Minds?

  • Smart Minds is a captivating program that illuminates the visions of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
  • Our curriculum and teaching practices incorporate the constant use of hands-on and interactive activities in STEM Education.
  • This prestigious program has been recognized as a premier summer program for the gifted and talented or academically advanced and motivated students.
  • Smart Minds provides a safe and fun environment that is conducive to the development of innovation and creativity.
  • The students who attend our program are very enthusiastic about returning, in fact, Smart Minds Summer Academy has an exceptionally high returning students rate.

​Parent Testimonials

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Thank you and your entire teaching staff for bringing back her enthusiasm for learning! Everyone was friendly, and enthusiastic and encouraged my daughter to think creatively. It was a summer camp she would never forget. When you decide to open your charter school with this format, I will be one of the first in line to sign up!

C. Scott

  
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Scottsdale, AZ

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 Across the board, the teachers employ a highly active, engaging, experiential approach to learning. They seem to intuitively create an atmosphere where kids feel inspired and learning just happens organically. 

C. Kaspszak

 
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Scottsdale, AZ

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I can't express enough how much my children and I love the Smart Minds Summer Program. My two oldest children have attended multiple times, and my youngest child will finally be old enough to attend this upcoming summer! Every summer they beg to attend the program, which speaks volumes about the teachers' abilities to make learning fun. 

C. Segneri

  
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Scottsdale, AZ

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I am very impressed with how they teach Math at Smart Minds. In the beginning, it looked just like what we would expect in regular classes, but then my son (2nd grade) came home and talked about negative numbers and decimals! 

Y. Chen

  
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Beijing, China

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Smart Minds is a one-of-a-kind camp that is exciting, fun and challenging all at the same time. We have sent our three boys through this program and they have loved it! The quality of teachers and their curriculum is outstanding. 

The Cooper Family

  
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Scottsdale, AZ

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It is great to be part of a program that encourages and motivates the kids to use their inquisitive minds.  My son believes schools should be more like Smart Minds. It is refreshing to see such enthusiasm.

C. Atlee

  
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Scottsdale, AZ

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My son has attended Smart Minds Summer Academy the past two summers. He just loved it and looked forward to going to the camp every morning. He can't wait until this summer. 

B. Woodman

 
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Scottsdale, AZ

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The learning environment is one of respect, dedication, and a lot of one-to-one time is spent with each child. This summer program also prepares children for the upcoming school year and they go back to school feeling ahead of the game because they have been participating in a safe, fun and challenging environment. 

T. Pena

 
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Scottsdale, AZ

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Imagine wanting to study math, science, and archeology in summer camp! Aidan wanted to come 15 minutes early everyday so he could "play" with the math games before the start of his regular math session. He was not alone- there were always children "playing" games when we arrived.

D. Desmond

 
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NE Mesa, AZ

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Our son Dan was so taken with Smart Minds from the start. Boys and girls actively learning debate skills, challenging one another with complex math problems, hands-on science experiments, educators creating a learning environment that engage children, and getting these students excited about what they were learning! Truly excited! 

M. Brown

  
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Scottsdale, AZ

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My daughter has been very fortunate to have had Mr. Parvin for her gifted teacher for the past few years.  My challenge as a parent is to find growth and learning opportunities during the summer that will complement her gifted abilities.  My daughter was so happy and excited about taking “SMART MINDS” over the summer with Mr. Parvin and his teaching staff.

Michael Tucker

 
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Scottsdale, AZ

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OUr Courses

Morning Program
9:00am - 12:00pm

  • Thinking Games
  • Polyhedraville
  • Chemistry & Genetics
  • Let's Start a Business

All Day Program
​8:00am - 5:00pm

  • Thinking Games
  • Polyhedraville
  • Chemistry & Genetics
  • Let's Start a Business
  • Lunch
  • Project-Based Engineering
  • Mastering Jeopardy
  • Chess Strategies
  • Thinking Games

2018 Dates & TUITION

Each session is 3 weeks long and students attend Monday-Friday.  
Please Note:  Session 1 and Session 2 are identical.
Session 1:  June 4 - June 22, 2018
​Session 2:  June 25 - July 13, 2018

All Day Program (8am - 5pm) - $995
Morning Program (9am-12pm) - $600

The tuition includes registration, and all the materials and supplies needed for all of our classes.  We offer a sibling discount of $50 for each additional child from the same family which would be automatically applied during the checkout process.

To ensure placement in the program, please register as soon as possible.

Locations

Phoenix
Scottsdale
Freedom Academy
(Paradise Campus)
​3916 Paradise Lane
Phoenix, AZ 85032
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​Education Building 
Assumption Greek Orthodox Church  
8202 E. Cactus Road,
Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Enroll Now

Your paid enrollment confirms your child's registration in the program. To ensure placement in our program, please register early!
Each session is 3 weeks long and students attend Monday-Friday.  

Please Note:  Session 1 and Session 2 are identical.
Session 1:  June 4 - June 22, 2018
​Session 2:  June 25 - July 13, 2018

We offer a sibling discount of $50 for each additional child from the same family which would be automatically applied during the checkout process.

Classes fill fast

Your child will have the most inspiring and fun-filled educational experience for 3 weeks!