ADMISSION CRITERIA
Target Group 1: These students must meet
the following criteria:
* Standardized achievement test composite score at the 90th percentile or above OR
*Stanines of 8 or 9 in Reading and Math on the FCAT norm-referenced test or stanines of 8 or 9 in
total reading, total language and total mathematics on a comparable standardized norm-referenced achievement test AND
* Final academic grades of B or above in grades six and seven
* Successful completion of the following prerequisite courses by the last day
of the regular eighth grade school year
* At least one year of a foreign language
* Algebra I Honors
Neither Algebra I Honors nor foreign langage will be available in summer sessions nor
in night school.
Target Group 2: If a student does not meet
the required standardized test score or the required academic grades, the admission committee will recommend one of the following:
* The applicant has the potential for the program and should be placed in Target Group
2.
* The applicant appears to lack potential and, therefore, does not qualify for the program.
An appeal procedure exists.
Admission criteria for grade 10:
Students making application for grade 10 must meet the following elegibility criteria:
* Meet all grade 8 eleigibility criteria
* Be currently enrolled in and successfully complete be the end of grade 9:
* Algebra II Honors or Geometry Honors
* Foreign language year II or above
* Science, preferably Biology, at the honors level
* Academic grades of B or above
* Seventh and eighth grade stanines of
* Math - 8 or 9
* Reading - 8 or 9
If the number of applicants exceeds the number of openings, a random computer
selection process is used.
