Montgomery Catholic Honors Five State Qualifiers for Duke Talent Search

Montgomery Catholic Honors Five State Qualifiers for Duke Talent Search 1Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School proudly honors five middle school students who have earned State Recognition for their SAT scores by the Duke Talent Identification Program.

The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) identifies academically talented seventh grade students in sixteen states across the Southeast, Midwest, and Southwest who have scored at the 95th percentile or above on standardized achievement tests. Montgomery Catholic had 17 middle school students who qualified to participate in the Duke TIP Program last fall with five students whose high scores qualified them for state recognition.

Montgomery Catholic students who will be honored at the Duke Talent Search State Recognition Ceremony held in May at the University of Alabama are Paige Barranco, Mandy Jones, Mary Janet McLaughlin, William Russell, and Maggie Ward.

Pictured: Montgomery Catholic Duke TIP State Recognition Honorees William Russell, Paige Barranco, Maggie Ward, Mary Janet McLaughlin, and Mandy Jones.

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