Two Raytown High Seniors get Missouri Scholars award

Raytown High School Seniors Alexandra Accurso and Anthony Gonnello have been selected as Honorable Mention 2012 Missouri Scholars 100. Missouri Scholars 100 is a statewide program that honors 100 of Missouri’s top academic students in the graduating class of 2012.

The Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP) sponsors the program. Schools across Missouri are invited to nominate candidates for this statewide recognition. The selection is based primarily on a formula using the student’s grade point average and ACT or SAT score. Each student nominated has to first meet the criteria of an “Academic Decathlon,” which included ten “events” designed to assure the academic strength of the student. To meet the decathlon requirements, the students must have a minimum Grade Point Average of 3.750, a minimum ACT score of 29 or a minimum SAT score of 1900, be ranked in the upper ten percent of the class, and have taken upper level courses in mathematics, science, English, and foreign language. The student must also have excellent attendance, be an exemplary school citizen, and be involved in the school activity program.

Jim L. King, Executive Director of the MASSP said, “Students who are selected to this program have taken a rigorous course of study and have maintained the highest academic standards. The MASSP wants to celebrate the achievement and success of these students and their schools.”