Michael Nardone, a student from West Palm Beach, was recently honored as one of the brightest young students in the nation at a regional awards ceremony for academically advanced children sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY).
The center honored Nardone, a participant in the CTY Talent Search, for his exceptional performance on a rigorous, above-grade-level test given to academically talented second-through-eighth-grade students.
He qualified through the SCAT exam, receiving the award of High Honors in both the quantitative and verbal sections of the exam. As a result, he was accepted into the Math Problem Solving program at Johns Hopkins.
As part of the CTY Talent Search, which is going on now, advanced young learners take above-grade-level tests that CTY has used for years to spot academic talent and reveal gaps between a child’s academic program and his or her actual capacity for learning.
Nardone, a student at the Weiss School, was one of more than 38,000 students from over 120 countries who participated in the CTY Talent Search. Because of the difficulty of the tests, only a small percentage of students who participated earned an invitation to a CTY Awards Ceremony, where they are individually honored for their academic performance and potential. Most students honored also qualified academically for CTY’s summer courses and online classes.
“The CTY awards ceremony congratulates students for their academic achievement, and it recognizes the defining roles that parents, educators and others play in developing the academic talents of our outstanding honorees,” said Elaine Tuttle Hansen, executive director of CTY. “For these advanced learners, as with all children, there should be no gap between their capabilities and the opportunities open to them.”
