Bright Flight Scholars
June 13, 2010
Wentzville School District
The Wentzville School District has announced that 35 seniors from Holt and Timberland high schools have qualified as “Bright Flight” scholars this year, a substantial increase over 2009.
Bright Flight is the Missouri Department of Higher Education (MDHE) academic scholarship program that awards scholarships to the top 3% of the state’s high school seniors as determined by their ACT and SAT composite scores. This year, a score of 31 or above on the ACT or an SAT equivalent score of 790 or above on critical reading and 780 or above on math qualifies a student for Bright Flight.
“We are very proud of our students, and this is a positive trend,” said Dr. Terry Adams, Superintendent. “We have increased our rigor at the high school level, adding more Advanced Placement classes in each of the past three years, and students are benefiting with higher test scores.”
The scholarships can only be used at approved Missouri institutions, and are intended to encourage top-ranked high school seniors to attend college in Missouri, according to the MDHE website.
HOLT STUDENTS:
Lauren Bigelow
Jacob England
Christopher Furtado
Austin Gerlt
Josh Goldstein
Amy Hacker
Emily Hagen
Lynn Jones
Rachel Klopstein
Lydia Michel
Edward Nickel
Timothy Preall
Jason Rogge
Dylan Sacco
Samantha Simms
Andrew Sperry
Kaystin Weisenberger
Dan Zagaja
TIMBERLAND STUDENTS:
Timothy Arrington
Colleen Glaeser
Ilija (Mark) Grgic
Adam Hockman
Brian Ivie
Michael Lockett
Kevin Manley
Aaron McCutcheon
Elyse Moen
Micaela Oliver
Calvin Pentland
Jakeb Rock
Shahob Salem
Jennifer Stoll
Disha Upadhyay
Emily Wall
Jonathan Walsh
From the Wentzville School District
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