Date: Fri 21-Aug-1998

Publication: Bee

Author: MICHEL

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St Rose Students Qualify For Johns Hopkins Program

(with photos)

St Rose School has announced that a large percentage of its students qualified

to participate in the Johns Hopkins University Institute for the Academic

Advancement of Youth Program.

To qualify for this program, students must score above the 97th percentile

when compared to national norms in at least one major category of a

standardized aptitude or achievement test. St Rose School employs the Iowa

Tests of Basic Skills.

Seventh and eighth grade students in this program take the SAT college

entrance exam, normally administered to high school seniors. This year, about

40 percent of St Rose seventh graders and 25 percent of the eighth graders

were eligible for this exam.

Two students, Jennifer Ratzing and Stephanie Kraushaar received state awards

for ranking for among the highest scoring students in the State of

Connecticut.

The other eligible seventh graders who chose to participate were Maren

Anderson and Regina Gilroy.

In the eighth grade, Eric Quinn, Kurt Klingensmith and Cara Cimini took the

SAT.

In the fifth and sixth grades, 30 percent of the students qualified to

participate in the program, taking the Plus Academic Abilities Assessment

Test. The eligible students who chose to participate were Colleen Cummins and

Matthew Kelly in the sixth grade, and Kathleen Murphy, Lisa Dannen, Michelle

Serock, Simone Jamison and Brooks Smith in the fifth grade.

Of these participants, Colleen Cummins, Lisa Dannen, Simone Jamison, Kathleen

Murphy and Michelle Serock scored with distinction (above 350 in math and/or

verbal scores).

Colleen Cummins, Simone Jamison, Kathleen Murphy and Brooks Smith also

received state awards for their academic ability at the State Celebration of

Talent competition.

In addition, many students in second, third, and fourth grade qualified to

participate in the 1998 Johns Hopkins University Elementary Students Talent

Search.

About 30 percent of St Rose second and third graders and 35 percent of St Rose

fourth graders qualified.

Second graders who qualified are: Emily Boncek, Gregory Clinnin, Patricia

Culligan, Ryan Drummond, Kevin Heithaus, Justin Lemma, James O'Brien and

Amelia Smith.

In the third grade, Drew Taylor, Michael Shannon, Jessica Neufield, Michael

Murphy, Caralyne Leahy, Christian Del Rossi and Kevin Cahalane qualified.

Fourth graders Timothy Boncek, Kaitlin Clinnin, Will Culligan, Bernadette

Jamison, Brendan Kelly, Amanda Koller, Gregory Kraushaar, James Morrisey,

Brendan Reilly and Teresa Taylor qualified.

St Rose Principal, Donna DeLuca, said "we are very proud of them all."