© 2017 by Central Texas DI a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization.

OUR REACH

30 counties in Central Texas

125 teams, 18 school districts
800 student participants
200+ Volunteers

OUR FOCUS

7 Challenges in Science, Tech, Engineering, Fine Arts, Improv, Service Learning and Early Learning plus the Texas-only X-treme Challenge

7 Challenges in Science, Tech, Engineering, Fine Arts, Improv, Service Learning and Early Learning plus the Texas-only X-treme Challenge

OUR MISSION

Grow Destination Imagination in Central Texas.  Active teams in every county and school district in Central Texas by 2020.

Students who participated in the activities and tournaments provided by DI outperformed comparable students who had not participated in DI on assessments measuring creative thinking, critical thinking and collaborative problem solving. - University of Virginia Curry School of Education Study

PROVEN

EFFECTIVE

DI KIDS ARE...

More engaged and imaginative when completing tasks

More creative than non-DI participants

More self-confident and tenacious

Able to elaborate on and generate more ideas

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* From a study by Dr. Mark A. Runco, Professor of Educational Psychology for the Torrance Creativity Center at the University of Georgia, measring the student engagement and creative attitudes and values amount DI participants