The
Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities
(TALH) is a highly selective, early college
entrance program for gifted and talented
students eager for an enriched intellectual
program enhanced by the disciplines of the
humanities. The Academy is one of only two
residential programs for gifted and talented
high school-aged students recognized by the
Texas State Legislature. Though academic
achievement is firmly at the center of the
Academy's mission, Academy students are expected
to cultivate their leadership abilities by
investing a portion of their out-of -class/study
time in volunteer organizations, community
service, and in activities and programs
sponsored by the Academy. The ultimate aim of
the program is simple: to cultivate the
intellectual and ethical virtues of our state
and nation's future leaders. By earning a TALH
diploma, Academy graduates have demonstrated
that in respect to the fundamentals of
leadership, they possess:
- Intelligence: Students earn and
maintain high GPA's and exemplary SAT
scores.
- Responsibility: Our graduates have
successfully lived two years away from home
within a community of peers in a university
residence hall.
- Scholastic Commitment: Our
graduates have completed four semesters of a
major university's classes before most of
their hometown peers graduate twelfth grade.
- Social Skills: Our graduates gain
experience in dealing successfully with a
wide variety of individuals and beliefs and
regularly take leadership roles in Academy
and university affairs.
- A Mindset for the Future: Our
graduates benefit from positive and real
education in what it means to be a
compassionate leader through TALH's
humanities program and service projects.
Our students have been accepted to the nation’s
finest colleges and universities including Ivy
League schools like Princeton, Harvard, Yale,
Mount Holyoke, and Smith; the South’s best like
Duke, Washington and Lee , Vanderbilt, and
Tulane; powerhouses like the Universities of
Chicago, New York, Stanford, and Southern
California; the United States Service Academies,
and Texas’ most reputed institutions—both public
and private -- like Rice, UT, A&M, and
Trinity.
This year our graduates garnered over $3
million in scholarships. We have a record
number of presidential scholars and one Bill
and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholar.
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