Program Overview

Young people who are the caliber of those selected for the DeBusk Enrichment Center for Academically Talented Scholars (DECATS) are the greatest resource that our nation has for the future.

The overriding purpose of the program is to identify and challenge young scholars at a critical period in their lives. The program seeks to make a direct impact on the learning environment of those selected for the program, as well as positively influence the lives of other students with whom the program participants are in contact with in their home schools.

Another purpose of the program is to encourage schools to become more aware of the unique and individual needs of these gifted and talented students and meet these in the curriculum. The program is designed to be a valuable partner, not a critic or competitor, of the elementary schools participating in the identification of these DECATS eminent young scholars.