The program connects over 300 high school juniors and seniors from more than 100 communities annually, offering paid internships with local nonprofits and participation in a national leadership summit, thereby providing them with practical work and life experience.

Original academic and innovative concepts are developed for the TEAMS competition based on the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges, United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, or other engineering challenges. Undertaking these challenges requires critical job-readiness skills, such as collaboration, analytical thinking, and multi-dimensional problem solving.

The mathleague.org program includes a number of services focused on enhancing the quality and quantity of competitive mathematical opportunities available to students everywhere. We offer a variety of programs for students in grades 3-12.

The ImPactful Teen Innovation Sandbox pilot was a week-long spring camp experience for Linda Vista teenagers to engage in social good innovation. This unique partnership between the Jacobs Institute, Cloudcast Media, and the San Diego County Office of Education combines design thinking, the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and podcasting to promote civic engagement and create local impact.

Each summer more than 100 young people from all over the metropolitan area take part in The Theatre Lab’s acting, performance, and musical theatre institutes for teens. We offer serious theatre training taught by seasoned teachers and theatre professionals in a unique environment that’s friendly, supportive, and fun. Teens throw themselves into The Theatre Lab’s programs with abandon. At the end of every session students tell us they’ve grown over the summer—both as artists and as people.

If you participate in TASS, you will attend a three-hour college-level class each weekday, which will typically include discussions, small-group work, lectures by faculty, and other activities. You will be expected to read books and articles, view films and art, and participate in other class activities. You will also write essays during the summer, with help and feedback from the instructor team.