Citizen News Article
Melrose Students Rank High at Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Citizen News
May 12, 2010
Last September several students at The Melrose School, in Brewster, NY, were invited to participate in the annual Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY). Eight Melrose students participated in the CTY testing: the SCAT, for students grades 5 & 6, and the SAT or ACT (college entrance exams), for students grades 7 & 8. The results of that testing are now available and all eight Melrose students did exceptionally well. Melrose 5th and 6th graders Jacob Engelbrecht, Stephen Flamio, Emma Belak, Claire Donovan, Tyler Marcos, and Jeb Perera scored at or better than 75% of 8th and 9th grade students applying for independent high school admission.
Melrose 7th & 8th graders Dan Cascaval and Kieran Minor, taking the college entrance exam performance, scored well above the 50th percentile for college bound seniors. Other Melrose students who are John Hopkins Scholars are Maurice Pierre, grade 6, and Lara Manbeck, grade 8.
“We are so proud of our students for achieving such great results at the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. It is a great testament not only to their exceptional abilities, but to our very talented teaching faculty at the Melrose School,” stated Head of School Diane Cikoski.
Since 1979, the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) at Johns Hopkins University has focused on the needs of students with exceptionally high academic abilities. The CTY community includes very bright students from all over the world whose talents place them well ahead of their age mates. These students need special attention: greater academic challenges, interaction with intellectual peers, and teaching strategies designed especially for the gifted.
The Melrose School is a co-educational Pre-K3 through 8th grade day school. Melrose is noted for its small classes, challenging curriculum and outstanding faculty. Melrose students score in the top percentiles of all U.S. schools on achievement tests, and many of the school’s 6th through 8th graders are recognized as Johns Hopkins Scholars.
