Montgomery Elementary
DeKalb County School District
K–2 performance teams and grades 3–5 competition teams
Program details →Where creatives collaborate to compete
Big ideas begin with the courage to try.
Creative Catalyst Collective brings schools, families, and students together to accelerate creativity, collaboration, and competitive problem-solving.
IMAGINEBUILDCREATECOMPETE5thprogram year
5schools represented
13teams advanced to State
3World-qualified teams
Creativity in action
Imagine it. Make it. Share it.
Students turn sketches and questions into working mechanisms, original art, memorable performances, and proud team moments.
Our flagship program
Odyssey of the Mind
Teams of up to seven students choose a long-term challenge, then spend months designing, building, writing, and performing an original solution. Adults provide safety and structure; the ideas and work belong to the students.
- Creative engineering and performance challenges
- Spontaneous problem-solving under time pressure
- Teamwork, persistence, and confident presentation
- Opportunities to advance to international competition
Current host schools
Students from five schools have participated through our two host-school programs. We are building systems that can help additional schools launch and sustain programs of their own.
Help ideas take flight