Several Demopolis Middle School students participated in the Duke University Talent Identification Program’s 2012-2013 Seventh Grade Talent Search.

In all, 25 DMS seventh graders were chosen to be in the program. In order to be invited, students must have scored a scaled score of 722 or higher on ARMT+ Reading or 718 or higher on ARMT+ Math this past spring.

Participating students shown in the picture above were: (front row from left) Althea Yburan, Katherine McAlpine, Emma Lewis, Riley Reynolds, Hunter Lewis and Sarah D. Culpepper; (second row) William Durrett, Audrey Boykin, Wendy Garcia, Nadia Valdivia, Makala Durden, Mary M. Colgrove and Matthew Dollar; (third row) Keisha Bruno, Shaelin Jones, Mandrell Rembert, Brandon Simmons, Malik Moore, Taylor Conley and Lula Boone; and (back row) Benjamin Robertson, Noah Hay, Tyler Ward, Jake Malone and Nelson Haskin.