http://www.mycentraljersey.com/arti...gh-school-students-taking-summer-coursesRutgers sees rise in gifted high school students taking summer courses
By TOM BALDWIN • STAFF WRITER • May 30, 2010
The state university heads
toward the summer sessions this year with an
increase in students in both the gifted �high school�
and regular programs.
Why this is happening is not quite clear, though
school officials welcome the upticks and have some
theories as to the causes.
�We put a little brochure together and sent it to high
school guidance counselors,� said Elizabeth Hough,
director of the summer and special projects on the
New Brunswick campuses.
As far as high-schoolers taking college-level
courses, the growth, Hough said, has been charted
this way: 38 students in 2005, 49 students in 2006,
38 again in 2007, then 42 in 2008, 74 in 2009,
with more than 70 accepted so far this year.
Hough said, �We actually started accepting younger
students four years ago.� One was a 10-year-old,
Hough recalled, saying, �He was tested as
profoundly gifted.�
She said parents of the gifted grow frustrated as
their children zip through the grades. So Hough
said a group has formed as parents realize their
children require broader challenges. It is called
�HEROES,� for �higher-education, resources and
opportunities for exceptional scholars.�
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The HEROES web site is
http://www.heroesgifted.com/index.html .
