The Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth

Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth (WCATY, pronounced WI-kuh-tee) is a non-profit organization for children advanced in the areas of English, reading, and leadership. The program is based in Madison, Wisconsin, with classes throughout the state. Created by Dr. Ellie Schatz in 1991, it hosted its first summer program in 1992. A variety of programs are offered, either residentially during the summer (the best known of which is the Accelerated Learning Program (ALP) for high school aged students), or year round with internet based courses. WCATY is accredited through NCA-CASI. WCATY is the Wisconsin affiliate for Midwest Academic Talent Search, through which students take out of level tests to qualify for programs or courses. These courses include meetings of the students three times throughout the course, and are known in the WCATY community as Face to Face meetings, of F2F's for short. The courses also include a Final Project in which the students encompass the skills learned from the course to create an overall representation of what they have learned.

The Accelerated Learning Program was originally held on the campus of University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, followed by the campus of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, and most recently the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This program serves students of high school age (plus qualified middle school students), offering courses from freshman high school classes to AP or college level coursework. Courses taken during these three weeks are eligible for their equivalent high school credits.

The Accelerated Learning Program gives gifted high school students the chance to learn and live alongside each other on the beautiful UW-Madison campus. While the campus is big, ALP is limited to 100 students and centers on an engaged and intimate learning environment; students enroll in just one class during the three-week period for an in-depth focus. As WCATY’s flagship program, it is an intense, three-week summer camp designed to push students to the next academic level.

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