Spotlight Overview

Welcome to Salem Spotlight — we’re excited that you are thinking of joining us this summer! Spotlight is the ideal place for students to spend two weeks in a residential community, immerse themselves in academic courses, and enjoy their summer vacations.

Spotlight is Salem Academy and College’s premier summer academic program for rising 7th-11th grade girls. Located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Spotlight provides an environment in which young women meet to share experiences, discover new interests, and grow as individuals. Our summer sessions foster a tightly knit community in which girls spend their days making friends, learning and having fun.

Spotlight students live and learn together in a collaborative, positive environment. Girls engage in exciting activities and achieve outcomes they never thought possible. They make friendships that thrive long past the end of summer, and they challenge themselves both socially and intellectually.

In addition to taking courses not offered by most junior high and high schools, Spotlight students take part in activities that are completely new to them and that focus on team-building and individual expression. Students choose a single course of study, and all students take academic and non-academic field trips during their two-week stay. The daytime class schedule is balanced by social evening activities and stimulating seminars as well as time to hang out and relax.

Our specialized academic environment allows students to learn from teachers who are leaders in their fields. The Spotlight staff members are young, vibrant women from around the country who are responsible educators and wonderful mentors.

Salem Spotlight offers two two-week sessions, and students are welcome to attend one or both.