University cites St. George’s students

Sixteen students at St. George’s School have been recognized by the Center for Talented Youth at Johns Hopkins University for outstanding performance on two challenging academic tests.

The students participated in a nationwide CTY Talent Search after scoring at the 97th percentile or higher on school standardized tests. They then took additional above-grade-level exams to identify the brightest learners.

Four of St. George’s fifth- and sixth-grade students were honored by CTY as top scorers on the PLUS Academic Abilities Assessment. The students are Kaitlyn Cambensy, Austin Henderson, Mattie Orme, and Carson Ramsden.

While 4,800 students nationwide were recognized by CTY, including 30 in Eastern Washington, the St. George’s students were the only Spokane-area students honored for scoring in the top third of all CTY participants taking the PLUS assessment.

St. George’s also had 12 students named SAT Award Recipients for their performance on the Scholastic Aptitude Test as seventh- and eighth-graders.

They are Sam Annan, John Cambareri, Michael Campareri, Mark Cassell, Leslie Cohen, Colleen Culbertson, Grant Evans, Hayden Heftel, Janet Hong, Emma Perkins, Kylie Sago and Nate Wynn. The students scored in the top 25 percent compared to all CTY Talent Search participants taking the college SAT.

Michael Cambareri also was named a National Mathematics Talent Search Award Recipient. The honor is given to students scoring at least 700 (out of 800 possible) on the mathematics section of the college SAT exam before the age of 13.