Test results from 2012 standardized assessments qualified more than 60 percent of Middle School students for the Western Academic Talent Search, a program for bright kids who score at or above the 95th percentile (national norms) on any ERB subtest.
Of these, 12 students scored highly on competitive exams through WATS. They scored in the top 25 percent (Honors) or top 10 percent (Highest Honors) compared to other high achieving students from New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho and Montana.
Congratulations to these bright kids!
Grade 5
Alden Alijani (Honors)
Eliot Hodges (Highest Honors)
Lili Zeisser (Honors)
Grade 6
Max Andrus (Honors)
Joe Cohen (Honors)
Jackson Dean (Highest Honors)
Mitch LaRocque (Highest Honors and Top Scorer in Reading and Science)
Will Morris (Highest Honors)
Peter Sauer (Honors)
Grade 7
Lily Dines (Highest Honors)
Evan Rumsfeld (Honors)
Grade 8
David Wolf (Honors)
The students listed above are those students who chose to disclose their scores to Graland. Some Graland students may have achieved this level in the WATS or other talent searches without our knowing, and we apologize for not honoring them in this publication.