American History Through Popular Culture

The Joseph Baldwin Academy offers highly talented students a head start on their future university careers by allowing them to live like college freshmen for three weeks: they move into a residence hall, adapt to living with a roommate, eat residence hall food, make new friends, attend classes, and work with Truman State’s faculty. We believe that many middle school and junior high students are not being challenged enough in their regular classrooms. The primary goal of the Academy is for our students to leave with an increased appreciation for the pleasures of education, intellectual engagement, and the college experience. Along the way we expect that they will grow both academically and socially as they interact with other high-ability students from across the country.