Gifted middle schoolers sample college life

Seven

Hazelwood North Middle School seventh-grade students, including

Alexzander Totton and Jared Orange (above), have been accepted into

the Joseph Baldwin Academy for Eminent Young Scholars, or JBA, at

Truman State University. The other students are Bryce Berry, TeVon

Collins, Kel-Sei Dinkins, Quinten Eiland and Anthony

Johnson.

“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>They will spend three

weeks on campus this summer as college “freshmen.” Nominated by

their counselor, these students rank in the 95^th or

above percentile of a national standardized achievement examination

and successfully completed either the ACT or SAT test.

“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>“I’m very excited to go,

mainly to be around other students and to be in a different

environment,” said Totton, who is interested in crime scene

investigations.

“font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Verdana;”>“I want to work in

computer programming, graphic design or animation or something to

do with computers and robots,” said Orange.