Join the Club
CIP Membership gives students access to a full season of creative problem-solving, team challenges, workshops, mentorship, and competition opportunities.
Who Can Join
CIP is open to students in 3rd grade through high school. Students are placed into divisions based on their grade level.
Division 1: 3rd–5th Grade
Division 2: 6th–8th Grade
Division 3: High School
2026–2027 Season
The CIP season runs from August through May. During the season, students participate in weekly practices, team challenges, creative problem-solving activities, building, performance work, and competition preparation.
Parent Involvement
CIP is a team-centered program, and parent support plays an important role in helping the season run smoothly. Families may be asked to help with communication, supplies, event support, practice assistance, transportation, competition preparation, or volunteer needs throughout the year. Parent involvement helps create a stronger experience for all students.
CIP Membership gives you exclusive access to important information, including competition details, division guidelines, event updates, and program resources - all in one convenient place.
What Membership Includes
CIP membership includes access to team practices, creative challenges, competition preparation, division-specific guidance, important season updates, team communication, and member resources. Students will have the opportunity to collaborate with teammates, develop original solutions, build with real materials, practice spontaneous problem-solving, and strengthen their creative thinking skills throughout the season.
Cost & Payment Options
Membership costs help support the materials, supplies, resources, competition preparation, and program needs for the season. Families may choose to pay the membership fee in full or through monthly installment payments. Full payment and monthly payment options are available at registration.
Membership scholarships are available for families who may benefit from additional financial support. Scholarship requests are reviewed individually and confidentially based on available funding. Families interested in applying are invited to complete the scholarship application below.
If you are enrolling students in both a competitive division (Division 1, 2, or 3) and the Primary Division, please click the link below to contact Coach Nancy for specific membership instructions.
Paying with ESA Funds?
ESA families have a slightly different membership process. To get started, please click on the link below and complete the ESA Membership Form. Our team will guide you through the next steps for submitting and processing your membership through ClassWallet.
CIP Membership gives you exclusive access to important information, including competition details, division guidelines, event updates, and program resources - all in one convenient place (membership for families with 2 kids in CIP)
CIP Membership gives you exclusive access to important information, including competition details, division guidelines, event updates, and program resources - all in one convenient place. -Single Student
CIP Membership gives you exclusive access to important information, including competition details, division guidelines, event updates, and program resources - all in one convenient place (for families with 3 kids in CIP)
CIP Membership gives you exclusive access to important information, including competition details, division guidelines, event updates, and program resources - all in one convenient place. -Two Students
Volunteer & Save on Your Membership!
Parents and volunteers can receive a membership discount by committing to help at the Central Regional Tournament. Volunteers as a trained judge and receive $100 off membership, or serve as a tournament worker and receive $50 off membership.
Parents and volunteers can also receive a membership discount by taking an active role in supporting CIP. Serve as a Head Coach and receive $250 off per student, or volunteer as an Assistant Coach and receive $150 off per student.
Click below to to learn about each role, its requirements, and how to sign up.
Your Gift Opens the Door
When you give toward a CIP membership, you are providing much more than a place in a program. You are giving a child access to an entire season of hands-on learning, creative challenges, mentorship, teamwork, competition experiences, and meaningful friendships. You are giving them a place where their differences can become strengths, where mistakes become part of the process, and where someone is waiting to say, “That is a great idea—let’s see where it can go.”
Give a Full Membership—or Help Us Build One Together
A gift of $500 sponsors one student’s full CIP membership for the season, but every contribution makes a difference. Whether you give the full amount or contribute toward a shared scholarship, your generosity brings a student one step closer to joining a team, discovering new abilities, and experiencing the pride of creating something that began as an idea of their own.
$50 Helps remove a barrier to participation
$125 Funds ¼ of a child’s CIP Membership
$250 Funds ½ of a child’s CIP Membership
$500 Funds one full-season of CIP Membership
$1,000 Gives two young innovators a year at CIP
One Membership Can Create a Lasting Impact
The child whose membership you help provide today may become tomorrow’s designer, engineer, performer, entrepreneur, problem-solver, mentor, or community leader. But before they can discover what is possible, someone has to give them the opportunity to begin. Your gift can be that beginning.
Help Another Innovator Join!
Every Child Deserves a Place to Discover What They Can Do
Some students simply need the right place to discover their voice, their creativity, and the confidence to share their ideas. At CIP, students are given the freedom to imagine boldly, solve real challenges, work alongside a team, and realize that their ideas have value. For some families, however, the cost of membership can stand between their child and an experience that could change how they see themselves and their future.
