Who can nominate:          

• guidance counselors
• school principals
• gifted education teachers
• parents of home school students*

Who can be nominated:  

• Students who will complete the 7th, 8th or 9th grade at the conclusion of the current academic year, and
• Are high achievers as indicated by GPA, IQ, enrollment in gifted courses, high standardized test scores, or equivalent measurement, qualify for nomination, and
• Are recommended by their guidance counselor, school principal or gifted educator.
  Students who attended JBA last summer will be automatically nominated for the upcoming Joseph Baldwin Academy. You do not need to nominate them again.
  

Nomination information is emailed to school counselors during the month of September.

If your school is not on our email list, we would be glad to email them nomination information and add them to our list.

Nominators: Please note that we are aware that guidelines can vary, depending on your states achievement examinations.  To help identify students that will be successful at the academy, we recommend that your students’ standardized test scores should have scored in the advanced area, or at the 95th percentile (or above) in at least one area on a recognized and normed standardized achievement examination, such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, Texas Assessment of Academic Skills, Stanford Achievement Test, CTBS, and MAP. We also recommend nominations based upon a student that has been identified as gifted, without the above test scores.

With the consideration that some states use different standardized scoring methods, no longer use standardized national exams, or you potentially have a student that does not perform well on standardized exams, yet is identified/recognized as a gifted student, we will defer to your judgment for nomination.  Therefore, please use this information as a guideline for those students that you nominate.

Eligibility

• Have completed the 7th, 8th or 9th grade at the conclusion of the current academic year.
• Are high achievers as indicated by GPA, IQ, enrollment in gifted courses, high standardized test scores, or equivalent measurement
• Compete the application materials completely
• Have a letter of recommendation in addition to the nomination by an educator

* Home School Students:
Home school students may be nominated by a parent. Parents will need to supply a GPA, IQ, high standardized test scores, or equivalent measurement from the last two years. The Dean will handle such students on a case-by-case basis. School Counselors are encouraged to alert home school students in their area about this opportunity.