Vol. 41, No. 23
March 22 , 2007
CONTACT: JIM MORRIS |
15 High School Students to
Receive Citizenship Award
Fifteen public high school students will be honored by the State Board of Education Friday (March 23) as recipients of the 2007 Outstanding Achievement in Citizenship Award. The students will be recognized at a noon awards luncheon Friday in the Governor’s Mansion.
Guest speaker will be Michael Wolff, Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court.
The Missouri Legislature established the citizenship award in 1990. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education conducts the awards competition with assistance and financial support from The Missouri Bar.
The citizenship award recipients are:
- Kathryn Ayers, Parkway West High School
- Trent Buatte, Lee’s Summit North High School
- Jessica Catron, Warrenton High School
- Stephanie Fleming, St. James High School
- Clare Gillette, St. Charles High School
- Sarah Ginsburg, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia
- Jeff Goodman, Francis Howell North High School
- Christopher Kopczynski, Webster Groves High School
- Kyle Malinowski, Parkway South High School
- Alexandra Pratt, Blue Springs South High School
- Sarah Reeves, Eureka High School, Rockwood School District
- Daniel Schuenemeyer, Scott City High School
- Brandt Shields, Central High School, St. Joseph
- Brittany Watz, Sullivan High School
- Alison Wolfe, Camdenton High School
More than 30 students were nominated for the award. Educators and members of the Missouri Bar’s Advisory Committee on Citizenship Education reviewed the nominations and selected the winners.
Every public high school is eligible to nominate one senior for the award. Students are selected for the award on the basis of their academic achievement in civics and government courses, performance in civics and government-related extracurricular activities, and exemplary community service. Students also must submit an essay about the importance of citizenship.
The awards will be presented by Russell Thompson, member of the State Board of Education; D. Kent King, Commissioner of Education; and Ron Baird, president of The Missouri Bar. Each student will receive a plaque and a $50 U.S. Savings Bond.
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For more information, contact: Bill Gerling, social studies consultant for the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (573-751-0398), or Millie Aulbur, director of law-related education for The Missouri Bar (573-635-4128).