Academic talent search taps 5 students

Five children from Harbor Day School in Corona del Mar were recognized

by a national talent search.

The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth honored the

fifth- and sixth-graders because of their stellar academic abilities.

The students scored in the 97th percentile or higher on school

standardized tests. They then took additional above-grade-level exams to

provide further information about their verbal and mathematical reasoning

abilities.

The center identifies America’s top students in fifth through eighth

grades and provides programs, services and resources to help them make

the most of their abilities.

The students are Nicole Wagner, fifth grade; Blaine Bolus, fifth

grade; Olivia Fankuchen, fifth grade; Peter Fankuchen, sixth grade; and

Hayley Pappas, sixth grade.