Five Rocky Hill School Middle and Upper School students were recently honored by The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY).

 

CTY is a nationally acclaimed program that recognizes students of the highest academic ability and offers them educational opportunities to develop intellect, encourage achievement and nurture social development.  Students become eligible for CTY by scoring at or above the 95 percentile on a nationally normed test.

 

Participating students then take above-grade-level tests and receive distinction or high honors for scoring at or above the mean of college-bound high school students. The purpose of this test is to help extremely talented students achieve their full potential 

 

Rocky Hill School students James C. Frost ’17 and Michael J. Santos ’18 received high honors for their performance on the  School and College Ability Test (SCAT), an above-grade-level test.

 

Read F. Frost ’15 and Shane M. Woolley ’15 received high honors for their scores on the ACT, a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions.  Amanda N. Siegel ’15 received distinction for her scores on the ACT. Woolley also received high honors for his performance on the SAT.

 

All five students and Abigail B. Siegel '17 received a special certificate for their performance on the CTY's spatial test battery (STB). Special talent in this area can be of great benefit for the later pursuit of mathematics, natural sciences, engineering, architecture, and other fields.   

Anessa Petteruti '17 and Sabrina Dumas '16 also became eligible for CTY by scoring at or above the 95 percentile on a nationally normed test.   

 

According to the CTY website: “About 25% of 7th and 8th graders and 33% of 2nd through 6th graders who test qualify to attend awards ceremonies. Considering that all students who enroll in the Talent Search are very bright, scoring at these top levels is a great achievement, and should be a source of pride.”