Seventh Graders Qualify for Duke Talent Identification Program

For many years, Athens Academy’s Middle School has participated in Duke University’s Talent Identification Program.  The Duke TIP was established in 1980 to identify bright students and to enable gifted and talented programs to help these students develop their abilities.  This year Athens Academy is delighted to announce that 82% of the seventh grade class has qualified for the program.  These 59 students achieved scores at or above the 95th percentile on verbal or mathematical sections of nationally-normed tests approved by Duke’s program for the academically gifted.

Congratulations to the Athens Academy students who have qualified for the Duke Talent Search this year:  Hatton Abernathy, Madison Anderson, Eden Avolio, Jay Bangle, Alyssa Baugh, Katie Bell, Nicholas Billmayer, Alex Branch, Aidan Brown, Jack Bullock, Cooper Camp, Cason Chance, Isabel Chumbler, Doug Clements, Wesley Cline, Kate Cowles, Stewart Crymes, Jack Davis, Ian Drake, Tom Eskew, Joseph Fabregas, Elijah Gabriel, James Gaither, Lillian Glushka, Tom Goggin, Harrison Goodstone, David Gordon, Dakota Hamlin, Reagan Hatch, Gracie Irvin, Lawrence Jang, Lucy Kemp, Colton Kennedy, John Knight, Mary Lane, Holt Leach, Max Lorrain, Angus Macknight, Ryan Manfredi, Matthew Marvel, Riley Mayer, Barrett McLanahan, William McLanahan, Andrew Mote, Sally O’Steen, Katherine Parker, Vidhi Patel, Max Pinckney, Ronan Ruiz, Anna Sennowitz, Simon Sikes, Abigail Springer, Jack Thomas, Sarah Thurmond, Abney Turner, Tommy Warner, Michael White, Evan Williams, and Kate Williams.

The Duke TIP talent search involves students from 16 southern, southwestern, and mid-western states.  It is one of four university-based talent searches that combine to cover the United States.  Students who qualify may take the SAT or ACT college admissions tests.  The seventh graders who perform exceptionally well on one of these tests are invited to attend summer programs for the gifted at Duke University.  In addition, the higher scoring students are invited to a state recognition ceremony.