CONGRATULATIONS to our 7th graders who have qualified for the Duke University Talent Identification Program. The Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) is a non-profit educational organization established with the premise that the future of this nation depends upon the fullest development of our best intellectual resources. The objectives of the Program are therefore to identify the very bright among our youngsters at an early age; to facilitate the education of these students; to follow and nurture their talent through the critical middle and high school years; and to develop an effective research effort to help understand the nature of academically talented adolescents. In order to be eligible for this program the student must be in 7th grade and have scored in the upper 5 percent of national age-grade norms on specific areas of their 5th or 6th grade Stanford Achievement Test. These students will now be eligible to take one of the college entrance tests during their 7th grade year:
- Alexes Aiken
- Dominick Bioc
- Darian Bouvier
- William Bower
- Cierra Chenier
- Diana Chern
- Maria Espinoza
- Jonathan Kwon
- Lindsey Manthey
- Heather McGittigan
- Cydney Menina
- Tina Nguyen
- Austin Simmons
- Vincent Thomas
- Drew Tortorich
