PATH the Program for the Academically Talented at Hope, began in 1986 as a cooperative project of Hope College and the Ottawa Area Intermediate School District. It was developed to serve academically talented seventh, eighth and ninth graders from greater Ottawa County by offering fast-paced, accelerated instruction in composition, literature, mathematics and biology. Today, we have over 25 public and private school districts participating from Allegan, Kent, Ottawa, and Muskegon Counties. We have up to one hundred and seventy-five students enrolled each year.