Four Washington Township Middle School Students
Recognized for Academic Excellence

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP - Four Washington Township Middle School students were honored at a statewide awards ceremony for gifted children held by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY) and hosted at Rider University on Sunday, May 4, 2008.

Bunker Hill Middle School 8th-grade student Jessica Seigel, Chestnut Ridge Middle School 7th-grade student Traz Daczkowski and 8th-grade student Arrienne Butic and Orchard Valley Middle School 7th grader Margarita Brown were invited to this awards ceremony sponsored by CTY (www.cty.jhu.edu) based on an exceptional performance on a rigorous, above-grade level test given Talent Search participants. Seventh and eighth graders took the SAT or ACT, the same tests used for college admissions.

Since 1979, CTY has sought the most academically able elementary and middle school students and encouraged their enrollment in the annual fall CTY Talent Search open September through November. Students then test in December or January.

The results of these tests give families a better idea of a child’s academic talents, particularly in comparison to the thousands of other academically talented students in the Talent Search. Students can also earn recognitions at CTY’s awards ceremonies, and their test scores may qualify them for CTY’s summer programs and distance education courses.

In 2006-07 along, over 73,000 students from 19 states and the District of Columbia participated in the Talent Searches offered through CTY. About 25-percent of the 7th and 8th-grade tests earned an invitation to an Awards Ceremony. CTY provided $4.52 million in financial aid to over 1,700 students in 2006-07.

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