The 2012-13 Duke Talent Identification Program students from Sampson Middle School are, front row, from left: Brendan Johnson, Austin Johnson, Eric Wynn, Grace Masterson, Aleisha Cooper, Laura Strickland; second row: Kristy Lawrence, Alejandra Rojas-Rodela, Tyneisha Williams, Lauren Gillespie, Kaitlyn Royal, Carol Mullins, Emily Summer, Charlie Marshburn, Brianna Lindly; third row: Charles Jordan, Tony McNeil, Trey Warren, Hampton Brock, Chase Jackson; fourth row: Blake Miller, Logan Spell, Kade Sutton, Jacob Bauman, Langdon Pope, Robert Turlington, Zachary Parker; and fifth row: Jarod Parker, Phillip Merritt, William Hales and Diego Lopez. (Courtesy photo)

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Forty-four Sampson Middle School seventh-graders qualified for the Duke Talent Search Program this year.

To qualify, students have to be in the seventh grade and had to score in the 95th percentile or higher on an accepted subtest or total battery/composite of a grade-level standardized achievement test, aptitude test, mental-ability test, approved state criterion-referenced test or have a standard score at or above 125 on the full scale or composite score on an IQ test that is no more than two years old.

The seventh grade Talent Search helps educators and families find out how advanced their student’s abilities truly are and what level of educational challenge is appropriate.

Eligible seventh-graders are invited to take either the ACT or SAT college entrance exams, which allows them greater insight into their abilities and also provides them with valuable benefits and resources.