Duke TIP participants are, front row from left: Amber Len Hendricks, Chelsey Adams, Neely Mann, Maggie Nehlsen; and second row: Michael Lariscy, Emily Hill, Carter Mobley, Robert Prescott, Henry Sherrod, Amber Chambers and Cal Lee. A dozen Edmund Burke Academy seventh graders have qualified for Duke University's Talent Identification Program (TIP), which identify verbally and mathematically talented students at an early age. This program is designed for seventh graders and offers them the opportunity take the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) or to take the American College Test (ACT).

The following students qualified: Chelsey Adams, daughter of Shannon Jones of Hephzibah, Amber Chambers, daughter of Carlton and Yvonne Chambers of Waynesboro, Amber Len Hendrix, daughter of Charles and Lisa Hendrix of Louisville, Emily Ruth Hill, daughter of Randy and Melissa Hill of Millen, Michael Lariscy, son of Larry and Terri Lariscy of Waynesboro, Cal Lee, son of Chris and Kathy Lee of Millen, Neely Mann, daughter of Chris and Cynthia Mann of Waynesboro, Carter Mobley, son of Bill and Laura Mobley of Evans, Maggie Nehlsen, daughter of Sandra Stewart of Waynesboro, Robert Prescott, son of Sid and Melinda Prescott of Waynesboro, and Henry Sherrod, son of David and Sarah Sherrod of Millen.

The major criteria for participation in Duke University's TIP program is to score within the upper 5 percent of national agegrade norms on a standardized math, verbal or composite sec- tion of an in-school 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 which includes most of the Southeastern United States.