IMPORTANT NOTICE;  READ THOROUGHLY AND KEEP

                                                                                                           1/17/2008

Dear Parents

       Congratulations, your child has qualified to participate in the Motivation for Academic Performance (MAP) Program through Duke University.  In order to qualify, your 4^th or 5^th grade child had to score in the 95^th percentile or higher on his/her 2006 or 2007 Iowa Tests of Basic Skills in the verbal (reading total, reading comprehension, reading vocabulary, language total, and/or social studies), math/science (science, math problem solving, math concepts and applications, math computation, or math total), and/or total composite section of this achievement battery.  A child can also qualify be scoring 95^th percentile or higher on the quantitative or verbal sections of the Cognitive Abilities Test (COGAT).  Because your child qualifies for MAP, he/she is eligible to participate in the program’s offerings.  Please see enclosed MAP brochure for details.

       If you are interested in the MAP Program, please fill out the enclosed application and return to Duke University postmarked by March 1, 2008.  You can also apply for the MAP program online by logging on to www.tip.duke.edu and following the path to 4^th/5^th Grade Talent Search.  The Web registration deadline is March 17, 2008.    Students who enrolled in the MAP Program as 4^th graders last year do not need to reapply as 5^th graders. Your child’s qualifying scores are __________(verbal) ________(math/science)    __________(composite) on ______ test.    The following information needs to be placed on the application form:  St Leo School ID code is 550078-DK, the MAP Advisor is Terri Hardy and the School District is Diocese of Charlotte.  If you have any questions, please contact me at 748-8252.  Thank you.

Mrs. Terri Hardy

Guidance Services