Summer Camp · Coming Summer 2026 · Weekend Studios
AI for Youth Academy is a four-year journey for middle and high school innovators. Explore, engineer, and launch responsible AI projects with guidance from FSRI mentors and college ambassadors.
Why This Academy Exists
We keep AI learning affordable and hands-on so motivated students can start building real projects, grow confidence early, and lead with purpose.
Our Guiding Beliefs
Five-stage progression
Students can jump in at the level that fits their experience, then follow the guided track of summer camps and school-year studios to keep momentum going.
Twelve-week bridge from block coding to competition-ready SPIKE Prime runs
Ideal for FIRST LEGO League teams in grades 5-7
Convert LEGO robotics momentum into Python confidence while targeting UNEARTHED™ missions with disciplined testing habits.
Curiosity-driven introduction to machine intelligence
Ideal for middle school grades 6-7
Two-weeks camp $1000 Now $700
Start with playful experiments that demystify artificial intelligence. Students build intuition about how machines learn by training models they can see and tweak in real time.
Build and train your first computer vision models with PyTorch
Designed for returning grade 7-8 students
Students transition from block-based experimentation to real code. They learn the building blocks of neural networks and train convolutional models to recognize custom datasets.
Solve real problems with foundation and language models
For advanced middle school and early high school students
Learners accelerate by orchestrating powerful pre-trained models. They test vision systems like YOLO and OpenPose and unpack MiniMind language models to power applications in sports, safety, and creative tech.
Student-led ventures that tackle real-world challenges
Open to high school leaders and alumni
The final year empowers students to scope, build, and launch original AI solutions. Alongside mentor guidance, they explore retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), multimodal workflows, and agent design to choose the right approach for their venture.
Learning experiences
Whether summer camps or weekend studios, every cohort blends collaborative play, rapid prototyping, and real-world mentorship. Students build confidence and community while solving meaningful problems.
Choose immersive week-long or multi-week camps that mix morning deep-dives with afternoon build sessions. Showcase nights bring families, educators, and community partners together to celebrate progress.
Weekly meetups keep the momentum going during the school year. Teams plan, prototype, and iterate with guidance from college ambassadors and industry coaches.
Students meet researchers, designers, and entrepreneurs who apply AI responsibly. Alumni get early access to internships, hackathons, and paid teaching-fellow roles.
Track planner
We currently run two themed tracks so families can align progression with school commitments. Each track covers the same four program years, but the timing and storytelling themes differ.
Track A
A rapid pathway for motivated students who want to experience every program year within four consecutive seasons.
Track B
A steady progression that gives younger learners time to deepen skills between program years while staying connected to a shared theme.
Join the waitlist
Seats are limited and selection is highly competitive. Share your details to receive the program guide, schedule a planning call, and get notified when enrollment opens. Students who are exploring on their own are always welcome to follow our self-paced study guides while they wait.