Students

Curious about the ideal extracurricular opportunities for gifted kids? 

Anything that taps into the student's passions, allows them to interact with intellectual peers, and is mentally stimulating.

​Like what? Check out our suggestions, organized to match the flow of the school year!

• FIRST Lego Robotics (season registration/activities begin in August, events through April/May)
• Computational Linguistics Olympiad (registration from September; event January)  
• USA Biology Olympiad  (registration from September, initial event January)
• US Chemistry Olympiad (registration from September, local events in March)
• National History Bee (Ind) & Bowl (Team) (registration from September, regionals Feb/March, nationals May/June)
• American Mathematics Competition (MS registration Oct / event Nov; HS registration Dec / event Jan)
• Regeneron Science Talent Search (registration due November) 
• Speech and Debate (events from late fall; state late January/early Feb)
• Montana MathCounts (registration deadline December, local events in February, state in March)
• Destination Imagination (register by Dec-Jan, state tournament in April)
• Academic Decathlon for HS - Pentathlon for MS (nationals in April)
• US Chess Federation (events ongoing)
• Citizen science projects (events ongoing)
• Camp Invention (summer STEM programs)