Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Friday, April 10, 2009

Half of the 250 Fayette County Public Schools seventh-graders who participated in the latest Duke University talent search have qualified for state recognition or grand recognition, based on their scores on the SAT reasoning test or the ACT assessment college entrance exam.  

Duke’s Talent Identification Program (TIP) helps gifted students and their families find out how advanced the students’ abilities truly are. The advanced testing provides a far better understanding of where a student stands in relation to gifted peers and what level of challenge is appropriate. Duke also provides the participants with information about their abilities and introduces them to a network of services and educational programs. 

TIP students with the highest scores in Duke’s 16-state region are invited to the grand recognition ceremony, set for May 18 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. The Kentucky statewide recognition ceremony will be May 29 at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.  

Congratulations to all these FCPS students on their outstanding academic accomplishments.

• List of students by school

In addition, nearly 100 students from seven Fayette County elementary schools applied for the grades 4-5 talent search based on their national standardized test scores. Award ribbons are sent to each school for local recognition.

These students also can access online benefits such as lessons, a book club, a guide to academic resources, a newsletter and the Duke Gifted Letter in September.

• List of students by school