<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br>Sandra, sadly, the legislature decided several years ago to cease
funding the Summer Honors Institutes and Essex, so the latter is no
longer the honor it once was. No funding, so no nomination required,
and it's now open to sophomores as well as juniors, since they were
unable to get enough takers when it became one of many fee-based gifted
camps in the region.<br clear="none">Anne</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv8664121826"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;margin-top:5px;padding-left:5px;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;">
<div class="yiv8664121826y_msg_container"> <hr size="1"><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></b></font><div>The Martin Essex School for the Gifted and Talented is a WONDERFUL opportunity and a TREMENDOUS HONOR for your gifted high school student, should they be fortunate enough to selected to attend.<br clear="none"><snip><div class="yiv8664121826yqt5647682681" id="yiv8664121826yqtfd04111"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="yiv8664121826yqt5647682681" id="yiv8664121826yqtfd60963"><div>Parents, talk to your gifted coordinators and/or teachers and ask them to nominate your high school junior.</div><div>
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