By JULIE GARRETT
Sun Staff writer
Eight students from across North Central Florida have earned grand
recognition from Duke University's Talent Identification Program for
being among the most talented seventh-graders in the United States.
Students invited to TIP ceremonies earned scores that would be the
envy of many graduating seniors - while only in the seventh grade.
The eight area students who scored high enough to qualify for grand
recognition are Terrence Ho, Daniel O'Donnell and Sarah
Yost at Howard Bishop Middle School; Congyi Wu and Jeffrey
Yelton at Fort Clarke Middle School; Stephanie Previc at St.
Patrick's Interparish Catholic School; Laura Mauldin at Williston
Middle School; and Amanda Walden at W.H. Beasley Middle School in
East Palatka.
STUDENT ACHIEVERS
GAINESVILLE
AMHERST, Mass.
Kallman graduates from Amherst
Clay Byron Kallman recently graduated from Amherst College
with a double major in economics and Spanish. He sang tenor for The
Zumbyes, an a cappella group; was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity;
and captained the Amherst crew team during the 1998-99 season.
Kallman is a 1996 graduate of the International Baccalaureate program
at Eastside High School, and is the son of Linda and Clayton
Kallman of Gainesville. His post-graduation plans include working
with an Internet startup company in Cambridge, Mass.
