a bright spot for bright kids
Current Program Information
  • CBK Summer Programs have been entirely restructured in light of COVID-19 health and safety advisories and guidance as well as governmental restrictions. In-person programming is not yet canceled and it is not likely we will move programs online. Please see SUMMER 2020 for more details on our two new programs. Applications will be accepted until June 1 when final decisions are determined.
  • APPLY NOW for 2020 Summer Programs
  • The Western Academic Talent Search has effectively ended due to COVID-19 testing cancellations. All ceremonies have been posponed to fall. WATS Family Accounts must be established new every year for security.
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  • We are still accepting applications for the CBK Horizon Expedition. The Cradle Journey will travel in March 2021 to South Africa pending health advisories or the possibility of rescheduling the tour! See our Horizon page to join us on our next exciting adventure and for a presentation with further details!
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News
  • School/Local Coordinators, please contact us to send Summer Program Catalogues or WATS Bulletins in batch to distribute to your community by volume or to set up a Family Night presentation. The WATS Bulletin is also availble electronically on our Guides page.
  • Family Nights: Please contact us by email to set up a presentation for your community or school about the Center for Bright Kids, the Western Academic Talent Search, or summer programs. We are now scheduling spring presentation dates. Please see Family Nights for locations you can attend near you!
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
- Marianne Williamson, quoted by Nelson Mandela and used in Akeelah and the Bee and Invictus