Irmo Middle School’s Logan Humbert and Dutch Fork Middle’s Kaylee Chen were honored during a Duke TIP Grand Recognition ceremony at Duke University this school year.

The two students qualified for Grand Recognition in the prestigious academic program.

The district’s 22 Duke TIP state recognition recipients were honored during a May ceremony at Furman University.

Duke TIP’s 7th Grade Talent Search identifies students across the United States who have scored at or above the 95th percentile on a grade-level standardized test.

School District Five students earning state recognition are: Ella Bothe (Chapin Middle); Hannah Carson (Chapin Middle); Alana Hinton (Chapin Middle); Zoe Jones (Chapin Middle); Andrew Lindler (Chapin Middle); James Moore (Chapin Middle); Drayton Privette (Chapin Middle); Alicia Qian (Chapin Middle); Luxi Qin (Chapin Middle); Sarah Witko (Chapin Middle); Dane Anderson (Dutch Fork Middle); Kaylee Chen (Dutch Fork Middle); Emerson Compton (Dutch Fork Middle); Ebonee Davis (Dutch Fork Middle); Hailey McCoy (Dutch Fork Middle); Hope Mitchell (Dutch Fork Middle); Eleanor Prosser (Dutch Fork Middle); Christopher Targia (Dutch Fork Middle); Saanvi Cherukumalli (Irmo Middle); Joshua Dean (Ir-mo Middle); Logan Humbert (Irmo Middle); and Surya Swaminathan (Irmo Middle)