Programs & divisions
Students are placed into divisions by grade. Every division builds the same core skills — creativity, teamwork, resourcefulness, and resilience — at an age-appropriate level of challenge.
Fall in love with your brain and your team.
For our youngest participants to explore creativity. There is no formal competition or scoring — the focus is entirely on process, play, and confidence building.
Creative exploration, teamwork, simple building, performance, and beginner problem-solving.
Division 1 introduces the excitement of competition! Kids take the same creative problem-solving skills — teamwork, innovation, resourcefulness, and out-of-the-box thinking — and apply them in a more structured environment.
More advanced creative problem-solving, design, building, storytelling, independence, and teamwork.
Designed for middle school students ready to take creative problem-solving to the next level. Division 2 faces more complex thinking, stronger teamwork, and advanced skills in building, performance, and design. Kids push their ideas further, tackle bigger challenges, and show more independence in their solutions.
Advanced innovation, leadership, technical skill, project management, and polished solutions.
For high school students ready for an advanced level of creative problem-solving. Teams are expected to bring a higher level of innovation, technical skill, and polish to their solutions. Students think critically, engineer with precision, and perform with creativity — and many serve on CIP's student board.
Not sure where your child fits? Contact us and we'll help place them.
“You've got to bumble forward into the unknown.”
Frank Gehry is a world-renowned Canadian-American architect known for bold, imaginative, sculptural designs that challenge traditional architecture — the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Dancing House in Prague. His innovative style has made him one of the most influential architects of the modern era. Every season, our students bumble forward too.
FAQ
By grade level: Primary is K–2, Division 1 is 3rd–5th, Division 2 is 6th–8th, and Division 3 is high school. If your child is on a boundary or you're unsure, contact us and we'll help place them.
Teams practice weekly (about three hours) from August through May at The Village at Vistancia Clubhouse in Peoria, with additional practices as the February Regional tournament approaches.
No. Every skill is taught in-season. Students who love art, storytelling, building, performing, or organizing all find a role — creativity isn't limited to one type of kid.
Team practices, creative challenges, competition preparation, division-specific guidance, season updates, team communication, and member resources. Membership is $500 per student for the season with family and Primary pricing, installment plans, scholarships, and Arizona ESA acceptance.
Not at all. The Primary division has no scoring at all, and even in competitive divisions the trophies aren't the point — the process of solving hard problems with a team is.
“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”
Registration for the 2026–2027 season is open. Scholarships and Arizona ESA funds accepted.
