Student Accepted into Vanderbilt Summer Academy
Assumption Student Accepted into Vanderbilt Summer Academy
Contact: Laura Kline
Manager of Public Relations, Recruitment, and Admissions
502-458-6258
laura.kline@ahsrockets.org
May 22, 2008 – Louisville, KY – Assumption High School sophomore Morgan Wilson has been accepted into the Vanderbilt Summer Academy’s 2008 class (VSA), a program for gifted 8th through 12th graders hosted by Vanderbilt University’s Programs for Talented Youth (PTY).
VSA consists of one-week, two-week, and three-week sessions, each featuring challenging courses taught in university classrooms and laboratories by Vanderbilt faculty and graduate students. Wilson has chosen to study “The Greatest Novel Ever?” about Cervantes’ Don Quixote.
Students attending VSA are among the brightest in the country, scoring in the top tier on academic achievement tests such as the SAT and ACT. “Our classes develop students’ critical thinking skills, encourage intellectual exploration, and teach them how to thrive in a college classroom setting,” Elizabeth Schoenfeld, PTY director, said. “Most of all, Vanderbilt Summer Academy provides these extraordinary learners the opportunity to enjoy the friendships they make in a learning community of their peers.”
Vanderbilt University’s Programs for Talented Youth seeks to identify and aid academically talented youth from diverse educational, racial, and economic backgrounds by providing academic enrichment and challenge, balance, and healthfulness in their lives.
Parents, students, and educators interested in Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth are encouraged to contact the PTY office at 615-322-8261 or visit the website at pty.vanderbilt.edu.
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Assumption High School was founded in 1955 by the Sisters of Mercy. Located at 2170 Tyler Lane, the school brings almost 1,000 students together, grades 9-12, in a Catholic environment. Assumption is one of only 41 schools in the nation and the only all-girls school in Louisville to receive the U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence three times. For more information, visit www. ahsrockets.org.