PEG Prestige

PEG is routinely named a premier program for gifted young women. PEG has been cited as exemplary in publications that include The Handbook of Gifted Education by Colangelo and Davis; Genius Denied by Jan and Bob Davidson; Excellence in Educating the Gifted by Feldhusen and Van Tassel-Baska and Seeley; A Handbook for Counseling the Gifted and Talented by Kerr; Early Entrance to College by Michelle Muratori; Teaching the Gifted Child by Gallagher and Gallagher; Exceptional Learners, Introduction to Special Education by Hallahan and Kauffman; and Work Left Undone by Reis.

PEG students are high achievers. Most go on to graduate programs in a wide variety of fields at prestigious universities including Case Western Reserve Medical School, Emory University, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Stanford University, Georgetown University Law School, Harvard School of Education, Duke Divinity School, and University of Notre Dame
A PEG student, Jennifer Snyder '96, was named a Harry S. Truman Scholar, an honor that includes an award of $30,000 for graduate study for a career in public service. Jennifer was one of only 70 students selected nationally and, at the age of 16, was the youngest student ever named a Truman Scholar.

In 2000, PEG junior Giannina Garces was selected one of the first Gates Millennium Scholars, another high-profile national competition. She won full tuition, room and board. Four years later, just before heading to a graduate program at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Giannina earned another prestigious, nationally competitive award — this time from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. The scholarship is helping her earn a combined doctor of medicine and master of public health degree.
The Jessie Ball duPont Foundation recognized the worth of PEG with one of the largest grants it has given: $1.5 million.