EBA students to participate in Duke TIP
From Staff Reports

Fifteen seventh-graders at Edmund Burke Academy qualified to participate in the Duke TIP Program.

Each year, personnel at Duke University sponsor the Talent Identification Program (TIP) to identify verbally and mathematically talented students at an early age. This program is designed for seventh-graders and offers them a unique challenge - to take the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) or to take the American College Test (ACT) and, by doing so, prove their acumen for challenging endeavors.

A number of Edmund Burke Academy seventh-graders have qualified to participate in the Duke TIP Program for 2007- 2008. The students who qualified to participate are:

Aaron Boland, son of Daniel and Caroline Boland of Waynesboro; Alex Clemens, son of David and Rhonda Clemens of Waynesboro; Whitney Dixon, daughter of Herbie and Nell Dixon of Girard; Kasie Hargrove, daughter of Rickey and Michelle Hargrove of Millen; Elizabeth Jenkins, daughter of Curtis and Julie Jenkins of Waynesboro; David Mead, son of Joe and Mary Ann Mead of Waynesboro; Wyatt Meadows, son of Ed and Lynne Meadows of Millen; Seth Paulk, son of Melissa Beasley of Sardis and Winn Paulk of Atlanta; Steven Brantley, son of Jeffrey and Angela Gay of Millen; Austin Daniel, son of Audrey and Nancy Daniel of Waynesboro; David Dixon, son of Randy and Amy Dixon of Girard; Jessica Jenkins, daughter of Les and Sheila Jenkins of Sardis; Gray Lewis, daughter of Clifford and Sonya Lewis of Waynesboro; Chandler Skinner, son of Jamie Braswell of Vidette; and Clay Wilson, son of John and Denise Wilson of Waynesboro.

To qualify to participate in Duke University's TIP program, these students had to score within the upper five percent of national age-grade norms on a standardized math, verbal or composite section of an inschool achievement, aptitude or mental ability test battery. Seventh graders of any age who qualify can participate if they live within TIP's 16-state search region.

Students who meet the minimum qualifying scores on the SAT or ACT are invited to attend state recognition programs, and those who achieve exceptional scores are recognized in the Grand Recognition Ceremony held each year at Duke University. Summer enrichment opportunities are offered to students who qualify.