Athens Academy Press Releases

Fifty-two students at Athens Academy, 80% of the seventh grade, recently qualified for the Duke University Talent Identification Program. Qualification required scores at or above the 95 percentile on verbal or mathematical sections of nationally normed tests approved by Duke's program for academically gifted students.

The Talent Identification Program was established in 1980 to identify bright students and to enable gifted and talented programs to help these students develop their abilities. The program's 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 entire United States.

Students who qualified will 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 at Duke. In addition, the higher scoring students are invited to a state recognition ceremony.

Athens Academy students who have qualified for the Duke Talent Search this year are: Nicholas Adams, Bharat Agrawal, Logan Allee, Meredith Anderson, Chase Brantley, Dillon Brooks, CJ Brown, Elizabeth Callaway, Austin Condict, Ben Daniel, Lauren Daniel, Priya Desai, Sarah Fenno, Davis Finney, Kelly Foster, Anne Lanier Gilbert, Ben Glauser, Maggie Haden, Bethany Hanscom, Ben Heery, Alex Knisely, Kristin Lawson, Chandler Lester, Morgan Maddox, Lauren Marbut, Meagan Marshburn, Daniel Masciadri, Mary Matthews, Ansley McAlister, Christopher McGahee, Ned McGregor, Jane Robbins Mize, James Netter, Samantha Nickerson, Sarah Pylant, Greer Ransom, Jordan Richardson, Mark Sanders, Adam Sapp, Chip Sherwood, Katlin Stephens, Carey Stewart, Ayman Tartir, Emma Templeman, Henry Terrell, James Waugh, Patrick Wellborn, Sara Wetzstein, Elliott Woodruff, Denver Wylie, Tony Xu, and Sarah Yoder.

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