PERRYVILLE – Three groups of students were recognized at the September meeting of the Perry County School District No. 32 Board of Education.
Assistant Superintendent Craig Hayden, Ashli Berkheimer and Josephine Robinson, and Board Vice President Dominic Blythe
Ashli Berkheimer and Josephine Robinson were recognized for their participation in the Missouri Scholars Academy. Founded in 1985, the Missouri Scholars Academy is a three-week residential program for 330 of Missouri’s academically gifted students who are ready to begin their junior year of high school. Held each June at the University of Missouri, the program is based on the premise that gifted youth must be provided with special opportunities for learning and personal development in order for them to realize their full potential.
Assistant Superintendent Craig Hayden, Grady Warren, Wyatt Schremp, Grant Hotop, and Board Vice President Dominic Blythe. Not pictured: Jeffrey Redecker
Four students were recognized for their participation in Missouri Boys State: Grant Hotop, Jeffrey Redecker, Wyatt Schremp, and Grady Warren. The American Legion has hosted Missouri Boys State for one week each June since 1938 to bring together the brightest high school juniors to encourage individual success and leadership. Using our democratic system as a basis, the citizens of MBS construct their own state, utilizing the core values that hold true in our everyday lives. Boys State teaches the need for competition, the value of public office, and the strength of the individual voice and vote. By reinforcing these basic American ideals, The American Legion strives to help them all to shape the future.
Assistant Superintendent Craig Hayden, Katie Broeking, Lydia Barrows, Gwen Newbrough, Taylor Ebersohl, and Board Vice President Dominic Blythe.
Four students were recognized for their participation in Missouri Girls State: Lydia Barrows, Katie Broeking, Taylor Ebersohl, and Gwynivere Newbrough. The American Legion Auxiliary first hosted Missouri Girls State in 1940 with 213 citizens in attendance.
Since 2022, the event has been held each June at Lindenwood College in St. Charles, with nearly 700 of Missouri’s brightest young women attending this year. Like Boys State, Missouri Girls State promotes pride in America as citizens create a mythical state that they will govern at the city, county, and state level. Girls State empowers girls to learn more about American politics and government in a non-partisan fashion.