The Collaborative Laboratory Internships and Mentoring Blueprint (CLIMB) at the University of Missouri–St. Louis was created to try to reduce the opportunity gap by giving high-ability students from under-resourced school districts the chance to engage in scientific lab research in a university setting through a paid six-week internship program. It’s an experience they likely otherwise would not have.
https://blogs.umsl.edu/news/2023/07/17/climb-program-marks-nine-years-helping-area-high-school-students-gain-lab-experience/
A business owner owes some of his success to a high school program in the Ozarks. GOCAPS (Greater Ozarks Centers for Advanced Professional Studies) is a high school program in the area dedicated to giving students a chance to fast forward in their future by immersing them in a professional workspace. Garrett Catlett, a former SPS and GOCAPS student, said he opened his own business at 24/7 Golf and Performance in Nixa with all the training he acquired from the high school program. Catlett just graduated from Kickapoo High School, and at only 18 years of age, he’s working in his full-time career.
https://www.ky3.com/2023/07/13/former-gocaps-student-shares-success-years-later-business-owner/?fbclid=IwAR0OcLpNC-jcMoXQqG_ZTUgkZmN5Vngpfw3q8pI3nwrpyNpxDhtvy1mqH5k_aem_AS-IzM9s-rvfwhwshoUmlzgJdKxOIp99i7XnEkjCoa9Q40ReSmFYbkglufgBUxXEoz8
Over 50 high school students from across the state of Missouri are coming together with one goal. Making music! For over 50 years, the Missouri Ambassadors of Music tours have offered talented student musicians the chance to explore Europe with once-in-a-lifetime cultural experiences and performances along the way.
https://www.ksdk.com/article/entertainment/television/show-me-st-louis/high-school-musicians-from-across-the-state-of-missouri-set-out-on-european-tour/63-07ee8f26-7efa-4fe0-89c6-0ea644a67f0f
Two teams and one individual representing St. Joseph area schools attained top 10 honors at a national gathering of more than 6,000 competing students in technical fields. Students are considered elite among the world’s young techies just for being at the Technology Student Association National Conference.
https://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/education/st-joseph-tech-competitors-excel-at-nationals/article_195cf654-1cfb-11ee-a098-f789cd7a1b91.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwAR2t6sJqkQFA-m3byTFBY9_HdpjhCZT0hLMJKw6eIZQXPQJk9QfzpT8p_RQ_aem_Ae_49GDyw2aQ1WaHTxl_7U167986HG51n1vxZLeGNmF7n4xtcLNWrzNNFAbMbtIa4uc
Waking up bright and early to go to summer school doesn’t sound like much fun, but on Monday, Jefferson students were very excited to wake up early. Thanks to a partnership with the Missouri Department of Conservation, the school, and local former MDC official Ed Higdon, around 40 students took part in a fishing clinic just east of Maryville.
http://www.maryvilleforum.com/life/mdc-introduces-youngsters-to-fishing-during-summer-school/article_f6e81e58-16a3-11ee-bf44-bf07eabbac67.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR1yF9XdNpet2DUJcd0jf_trKO6viLA77UTGilNYrsrFYYspfX5FKcZEIac_aem_ASx2N9zV2DApm7pfNdgABE4uGcoqLNCWo_jS6agEgrOIgxp3oldKkNTQdmIM69pyOTo
Ava school administrators are working to help students feel safe and secure. The district has partnered with Missouri Ozarks Community Health to provide an on-campus therapist for behavioral health counseling for students. Superintendent Aaron Dalton says if students feel safe, they’re more apt to be successful in their studies.
https://www.ky3.com/2023/06/27/ava-school-administrators-see-success-with-on-campus-therapy-program/?fbclid=IwAR2Jr3LRlcntZYnDRNCO4o_ZvaYAEpeQyz07tuoqzU1MId3-z_GnWXMQpZI_aem_AZz7WB8QKqe9_U2ZNQ77ARzK5piAA9V6XJ3vzyGEB_bOIAp9nDDEE8m5HpyV2X_S9aw
A 2023 Rock Bridge High School graduate, Theodora (Dora) Grafakos, placed first in the SkillsUSA Baking and Pastry Arts national competition for high school students Friday in Atlanta, Georgia. Grafakos trained through the Columbia Area Career Center’s (CACC) Culinary Arts Program for three years and competed at the National SkillsUSA contest last year, where she came in second, according to a news release from the center. Grafakos is the second student from CACC to win the competition.
https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/rock-bridge-graduate-places-first-in-national-baking-and-pastry-arts-competition/article_10ba4b32-1459-11ee-9d3f-33a1df22e75a.html
Missouri students took home multiple awards and a bronze medal at the 2023 National History Day contest in College Park, MD. During the 2022-23 school year, over a half million students globally completed projects around the theme, Frontiers in History: People, Ideas and Events. Over 2,600 students, including 59 Missouri students, competed at the National Contest.
https://shsmo.org/news/2023/missouri-students-honored-national-history-day-contest-maryland?fbclid=IwAR2nEeBlJz9ZxikG6u1aaMAcPOAXQHlcOuVjAEh_Xfey4gElQWbUVWHwEx4
In August 2021, a Lee's Summit parent launched “Unofficial Lee’s Summit R7 Adopt-A-Teacher.” Teachers in the district can drop their Amazon wish list, and anyone willing can buy supplies. Within hours, the mission took off. Now, two years later, there are more than 2,500 active members.
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/local-parent-creates-adopt-a-teacher-group-to-clear-teachers-amazon-wishlists?fbclid=IwAR2F8Sz5zNelt729XLSUCzgbKgh0zdxHbLnFZv70OR4ZNbL-lpb1nWGbAOA_aem_th_Afb-3Ky3ksonaJG9v7iDybhW18UMUttFja9g24H7Jf8gRzm_ocgoFMP3Hkd_DxG82ls
The Palmyra FFA Chapter recently partnered with Agriculture Education on the Move (AEOTM) to help build agricultural literacy for third-grade students at Palmyra Elementary School. AEOTM, a program of Missouri Farmers Care Foundation (MFCF), is a proactive, educational program that brings agricultural-based knowledge and activities to elementary classrooms statewide.
https://www.hannibal.net/news/local-elementary-students-learn-about-agriculture/article_38bc20f0-0c85-11ee-85ea-7333153ffb00.html
Recently, U.S. Representative Jason Smith held a reception to recognize students from Missouri’s 8th Congressional District who placed in the top 15 of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition. Smith congratulated Clarissa Hulse, a senior from Houston, for taking first place with her piece, “Old Man.”
https://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/education/winner-finalists-of-congressional-art-contest-announced/article_d82dd616-ffb9-11ed-a27f-ab499d6f2473.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_dailyjournalmo&fbclid=IwAR0-rERaNcjCzOaDhYQyyj6VRdZM1iVDYwhTtud3xG2zuT9_T7EjSLkwZGo
Darkroom Records is a recording studio offered at three Columbia high schools – Hickman, Battle, and Rock Bridge. Although there are studios at only three schools in the district, all Columbia Public Schools students have access to them. The mission of Darkroom is to provide free recording software and instruments to students in bands, or any student who just wants to try making music.
https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/school-of-rock-a-look-inside-hickman-highs-darkroom-records/article_449ad96e-9123-5cd8-95ce-c471e9941e9e.html
Kansas City Chiefs safety and Super Bowl champion Justin Reid is kicking off a three-week coding camp for high school kids this summer called "Tackling Tech."
https://www.kshb.com/sports/super-bowl-champion-hosting-3-week-coding-camp-for-kansas-city-area-high-school-kids?fbclid=IwAR32V_rDc7yzt58IHlYNz4BcdSvdeR_Uyvv3TqwC-rgXd4rYMxZzvr5OOxE
A high school student from Columbia was named one of the winners of a top science fair prize for his project that analyzes mpox, formerly known as monkeypox. Saathvik Kannan, 17, won one of two Regeneron Young Scientist Awards at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Dallas on May 19.
https://nextshark.com/high-school-student-saathvik-kannan-science-prize-mpox
Congratulations to Chantal Ogbeifun from Republic High School. Chantal, the Region 10 winner & the statewide winner of the 2022-23 John T. Belcher Memorial Scholarship from the MSBA FutureBuilders Foundation, has been awarded nearly $93K in college scholarships. Four of the 12 scholarships, worth a combined $82,000, are renewable.
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/education/2023/05/31/republic-high-school-senior-awarded-90k-in-scholarships/70244089007/
Only seven members strong, the varsity Scholar Bowl team at Fair Grove High School has turned in one dominant performance after another. They ended the season with a 121-6 record, winning the Class 4 state championship — their second state title in three years — plus the 2023 Small School National Championship Tournament.
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/education/2023/05/28/quiz-bowl-team-from-fair-grove-wins-national-championship/70224846007/
Students at a North Kansas City high school received the surprise of a lifetime Friday morning. Grammy Award-winning musician Alicia Keys shocked students at Staley High School with free tickets to her concert in St. Louis. The “Empire State of Mind” singer is also covering the cost of transportation to the July 21 show.
https://www.kxan.com/news/national-news/alicia-keys-surprises-kansas-city-students-with-trip-to-missouri-concert/
Students were buzzing with excitement today at South Callaway High School as they were getting a great big send-off. The Bulldog Pride marching band is headed to Washington D.C. to take part in this year's National Memorial Day Parade.
https://krcgtv.com/news/local/south-callaway-high-school-marching-band-makes-their-way-to-washington-dc
Regeneron and Society for Science recently announced the top winners in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair, the world's largest international high school science competition. One of the winners of the fair is no other than Hickman High School's Saathvik Kannan, 17, who won $50,000 from the Regeneron Young Scientist Award. The competition featured over 1,600 young scientists representing 49 states and over 60 countries.
https://www.komu.com/news/midmissourinews/columbia-teen-wins-50k-in-worlds-largest-pre-college-science-competition/article_3392a420-f8bf-11ed-b161-9335b2ccab78.html?utm_source=SocialNewsDesk&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=SND_facebook&fbclid=IwAR3ijqaMtsZ6Pm_X9a_6D1gHxxCBC3H2b3EZOF5dQsU1Oazm1_pIMXNtwF0
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