Demopolis Middle School is congratulating a group of students upon being invited to participate in the Duke University Talent Identification Program’s 2016-17 seventh grade talent search.

A total of 27 students from DMS were chosen to participate in this year’s program. In order to be invited to participate, students must have achieved a qualifying score at or above the 95th percentile on the ACT Aspire test in Reading, Math, Science, or English sub-test.

Those who will participate include: (front) ShaKeyia Pearce, Arial Irby, Molly Katherine Harrison, Bridget Cobb, Josie McAlpine, Avery Schumacher, Veronica Ellis, Alyssa Dial; (second row) Abby Grace Cameron, Cassidy Crawford, Shon Jones, Jay Bell, Bill Stephens, Cooper Smith, Carson Kallhoff; (third row) Peter Michael Reynolds, Browder Braswell, Brandon Franklin, Brody Osburn, and Gage Bailey. Not pictured are: Mary Foster, Ra’Shelle Irvin, Buckley Nettles, Jayden Morris, Alesha Taylor and Vivian Willoughby.