Duke TIP

Calendar

2012»

December/January
Schools distribute 4th/5th Grade Talent Search materials. Enrollment begins December 1, 2011

Online benefits begin immediately upon enrollment
March 1
  Enrollment deadline  
April
 Reports mailed to schools listing enrollees with recognition ribbons
District reports including all participating schools is mailed
May
 Enrollees receive a merit certificate, Navigator, Digest of Gifted Research and Staying on Course
  July
First-year enrollees receive Academic 411
August 1
EXPLORE test registration information is sent to participants
August 15
EXPLORE test registration
begins
September
Fall issue of Navigator and Digest of Gifted Research is mailed

Writing Contest begins (guidelines are included in Navigator)
 
November
EXPLORE testing (dates and sites set by ACT): to be eligible for testing, a student must be a current participant in the 4th/5th Grade Talent Search and be in the fifth or sixth grade

2013»

January 3
Submission deadline for the 4th/5th Grade Talent Search Writing Contest
 
January/February
EXPLORE testing (dates and sites set by ACT): to be eligible for testing, a student must be a current participant in the 4th/5th Grade Talent Search and be in the fifth or sixth grade
March
Writing Contest winners are announced on Duke TIP Web site
May/June
Recognition ceremonies for students scoring in the 99th percentile and above on the composite section of the EXPLORE test