Published Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:54 AM
Updated Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:55 AM

 

Dorchester District Two seventh graders named Duke University TIP Scholars

Dorchester School District Two announced that twenty-six seventh grade students have received state recognition for their academic achievement in the Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP). The Duke Tip and Talent Search identifies students in the Southeast who have scored in the 95th percentile on a grade-level achievement test. There were 154 students from Dorchester District Two middle schools who qualified to participate in the Duke TIP program. Those students took the above-level college entrance exams (SAT or ACT) and twenty-six scored high enough to be named Duke TIP Scholars and receive state recognition.

The State Recognition honors seventh graders who have earned scores equal to or better than 90% of college bound students who took the same test.

The following students have been named TIP Scholars:

 

Alston Middle School -   Alexander Armock, Catherine Eason

DuBose Middle School-   Victoria Coker

Gregg Middle School -   Richard Murphy, Susan Schuler

Oakbrook Middle School-   Sebastian Burton-Austrom, Johanna Cuda, Justin Del Mundo, Ryan Pearl,    Kaileigh Saeva

Rollings Middle School of the Arts - Ryan Becwar, Hilda Chan, Kathleen Crotty, Patrick Flannagan,

         David Hagan, Jessica Hagins, Eric Hofesmann, Sean Kamperman,

                                             Sloan Miler, Ashani Ranwala, Cody Scoggins, Alexander Todd

River Oaks Middle School ¬- Cailin Aucoin, Kevin Helton, Alexis Martinez, Christian McLeod