AFCSLS Young Talents

The Young Talents Program

With the Center for Talented Minds (CTM), our extended arm in Prague, we give gymnasia students the unique opportunity to study with the best in the world, oportunity unprecedented anywhere in Central Europe.

Our students love the challenge. It boosts their motivation, confidence and performance. It makes them comfortable using English as the school language. With our scholarships, about 1,200 students from 60 schools have already benefited. It's a great way to prepare for university studies at home or abroad.

Building on our long-term association with the Center for Talented Youth (CTY), we have added three other prestigious online learning institutions to provide affordable and flexible ways to learn:

Guided in English by experienced instructors, students choose from over 100 online courses in natural sciences, mathematics, informatics, humanities, English composition and world languages. They advance gradually toward the most demanding Advanced Placement (AP) courses, which cover topics typical for college freshmen. Studying becomes a hobby for most. They invest 6 - 10 hours a week in addition to their standard school duties.

Some schools have integrated our online courses into their school curricula as electives and use them also for individual study plans. Our online courses are well suited for talented home-schooled children. A few schools use CTM School Program, a combined at home and in class instruction.

Our students are well prepared for AP exams given by the American College Board. They earn on average a 4.06 on a 5-point scale compared to the global AP average of 2.89. Many received scholarships to the universities of their dreams, including Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, Johns Hopkins, NYU and many others. There is no better way to independently verify the quality of our program..

With CTM, we offer a number of other complementary activities.

CTM Course Catalog

CTM Online Program

We provide rigorous, engaging, high-quality courses for talented, motivated and hard working students 11 – 18 years of age. Our Online Program is a unique opportunity to advance quickly, be successful and well prepared for university studies at home or abroad. Students find it highly effective. They say: "It helped me not just to remember but to truly understand".

Our instructors motivate, advise, mentor and monitor progress of each student individually. Students choose from a broad range of courses in mathematics, science, informatics, English composition and many other subjects. They advance by mastering increasingly demanding subjects starting with shorter courses lasting 3 - 6 months. In the last 2 - 4 years before graduation students tend to take the most demanding Advanced Placement (AP) courses lasting 7 – 12 months. These are an excellent way to prepare for AP exams, graduation exams (maturita), university entrance exams and academic success.

Please consider carefully your decision to take part. Consult your teachers, parents, your friends, and alumnae. Visit our Facebook page. Turn to us for advice. We all would be happy to share our experiences and provide advice. We all would be happy to share our experiences and provide advice. Join more than 1,200 students and over 60 schools who already benefited from CTM Online.

Our experience over the last six years confirms the importance of school involvement for the program. Some schools have experienced the considerable benefits and keep expaning it for their students. For example PORG schools have 40 students taking online courses in a school year. A few other schools are not far behind. A much smaller C.S. Lewis School in Bratislava had 18 students. We hope other schools will join.

Our students take AP exams with great results earning on average a 4.06 on a 5-point scale compared to the global average of 2.89. With solid results in AP exams students obtain college credits while still at home in the Czech or Slovak Republics. Some students may want to get an AP International Diploma. For most of them it is the only opportunity to compare their achievements in global competition. The other opportunity - International Baccalaureate (IB) - is available only to students at elite private schools. Still, compared to IB, the AP program is more flexible and therefore more suitable for our students. No other comparable program exists.

The Center for Talented Minds

Czech Schools

Slovak Schools

Partners

We are building a network of like minded individuals and organizations to help gifted students in Central Europe develop their talent to potential and thus boosting their chances of admission to top universities at home or abroad.

Participating Czech Schools

School directors are responsible for nominated students for the CTM Online Program. They all have done a terrific job. About 1,000 students have taken online courses over the six four years. Less than 5% failed to finish, a terrific record. Moreover, students do superbly in the most rigorous AP courses and AP exams. They earn on average a 4.06 on a 5-point scale for AP exams compared to the average score globally of 2.89, a terrific record. Thank you!!!

We would like other Czech gymnasia to participate. Also, we are looking for ways to help individual students take advantage of the CTM Online Program. Please let us know if you are interested.

Three Czech gymnasia: PORG, Jan Kepler Gymnasium, and Gymnasium Nad Aleji, all in Prague, started the program in 2011. They find it most beneficial for their top students. For example, PORG started with five students in 2011 and peaked with 40 taking online courses mostly AP level.

Biskupské gymnázium, Ždár nad Sázavou
CM SPgŠ a Gymnázium, Brno
Gymnázium, 5. kvetna 620, Kadan
Gymnázium, Boticská, Praha
Gymnázium, Budejovická, Praha
Gymnázium, E. Beneše 1573, Kladno
Gymnázium, Hradební 218, Broumov
Gymnázium, Komenského 402, Príbram 7
Gymnázium, Masarykovo námestí 9/116, Trebíc
Gymnázium, Na Sadech 308, Trebon
Gymnázium, Nad Kavalírkou, Praha 5
Gymnázium, Sady pionýru 600, Lovosice
Gymnázium, Tomkova 45, Olomouc - Hejcín
Gymnázium, Vítezná 616, Ceský Brod
Gymnázium, Ceská 64, Ceské Budejovice
Gymnázium, Ceská 64, Ceské Budejovice
Gymnázium, Cs. armády 1530, Most
Gymnázium Arabská, Praha 6
Gymnázium J. Palacha, s.r.o., Praha 1
Gymnázium J. S. Machara, Brandýs nad Labem
Gymnázium J.V.Jirsíka, Ceské Budejovice
Gymnázium Jakuba Škody, Prerov
Gymnázium Jana Keplera, Praha 6
Gymnázium Jana Nerudy, Praha 1
Gymnázium Jaroslava Seiferta, Praha
Gymnázium Jírovcova, Ceské Budejovice
Gymnázium Kpt. Jaroše, Brno
Gymnázium M.Lercha, Brno
Gymnázium Nad Alejí, Praha 6
Gymnázium Opatov, Praha 4
Gymnázium Vincence Makovského, Nové Mesto na Morave
Gymnázium Zlín - Lesní ctvrt, Zlín
Gymnázium Ceskolipská, Praha 9
Gymnázium, Cheb, Nerudova 7, Cheb
Mensa gymnázium, o.p.s., Praha 6 - Repy
PORG, Praha 8
Novy PORG, Praha 4
Nemecká škola v Praze, s.r.o., Praha
Sion Highschool, Hradec Králové
Cesko-anglické Gymnázium, Ceské Budejovice