WCATY About
The Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth is the only organization working with the state's most promising students on a year-round, statewide basis. Founded in 1991, WCATY provides a unique set of services to children from elementary through high school.

 We believe in their importance individually. We believe in their importance as a group, as potential leaders in our communities and professions. Their future is our future. WCATY will be increasingly effective and the recognized leader in serving Wisconsin's academically talented youth.

 UW-Madison and WCATY

WCATY and the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Strength Through Unity
WCATY's mission is to nurture Wisconsin's most academically talented students by providing and encouraging programs that support, motivate, and challenge them.

The WCATY Vision is focused on the following key points:

  • Commitment to providing year-round, state-wide programs for academically talented youth from the elementary grades through high school.

  • Identifying and serving a broad and diverse pool of students in communities throughout Wisconsin.

  • Cooperative relationships with every important group of stakeholders, including the legislative and executive branches of government.

  • Fiscal stability, including cost-effective programs and adequate annual support, endowment and reserves.

  • Wide recognition among the state's opinion leaders of WCATY's distinctive and critical role in preparing a generation of future leaders.

WCATY - Suite 264 Teacher Education Building, 225 N. Mills Street, Madison - WI  53706
(general programs line): 608-890-3260
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