Montgomery Catholic Students Qualify for Duke 7th grade Talent Search Program

Montgomery Catholic Students Qualify for Duke 7th grade Talent Search Program 1Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School is proud to announce 17 students who have qualified for the Duke Talent Identification Program.

The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) identifies 7th graders in sixteen states in the Southeast, Midwest and Southwest who have scored at the 95th percentile or above on a grade-level achievement test. These students are invited to participate in the Duke TIP 7th Grade Talent Search and take either the SAT or the ACT.

Montgomery Catholic students who have qualified for the Duke TIP program are Gaten Armstrong, Paige Barranco, Henry Beesley, Michael Cordero, Marissa Craig, AJ Dragotta, Ann Faulkner, Sean Federspill, Brianna Foley, Stephen Holdorf, Amanda Jones, Ashley Karst, Mary Janet McLaughlin, Olivia Nobles, Bridgit Rossi, Allyson Taylor, and Maggie Ward.

Pictured: Montgomery Catholic’s Duke TIP Program qualifiers row 1: Ann Faulkner, Olivia Nobles, Maggie Ward, Bridgit Rossi, and Amanda Jones. Row 2: Brianna Foley, Allyson Taylor, Paige Barranco, Stephen Holdorf, Henry Beesley, Michael Cordero, Sean Federspill, Gaten Armstrong, Marissa Craig, Mary Janet McLaughlin, and Ashley Karst. not pictured: AJ Dragotta.

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