Center for Accelerated Studies

Located in Provo Peaks Elementary School Classrooms
665 E Center St
Provo, UT 
(801) 374-4800

​The Center for Accelerated Studies is a full-time gifted magnet program for students in grades 4-6 from across the district, which was created to address the unique instructional needs of academically gifted students. It serves about 90 gifted students who have demonstrated high proficiency in mathematics, science, and language arts.

​CAS provides unique enrichment activities that are particularly appropriate for students who learn at a more rapid pace, and desire to delve deeply into curricular topics, and work as practitioners in various fields of study. The flexible and more rapid pacing in the CAS classrooms meets the needs of gifted students. The CAS students become a close-knit group, as they have opportunities for many friendships with intellectual and social peers. The students learn to respect the differences, gifts, and achievements of peers.

CAS has a heavy math and science curriculum focus, which is appropriate to the abilities and potential of the gifted students identified for this program. It provides the opportunity for gifted students to move beyond core curriculum, as they have demonstrated mastery of grade level curriculum.