Lexington High School honored students with outstanding academic performance during the sixth annual Academic Week held Monday, February 26th - Friday, March 2nd. Students were eligible for this honor who maintained a 3.66 GPA over the course of at least three semesters. The theme this year was Same Pieces, Different Puzzle.
Monday kicked off the week's celebrations with an ice cream social. An awards ceremony was held that evening where welcomes were given by Mr. Hon, high school principal, and myself. Shari Thomas was the guest speaker. Other events during the week included:
Tuesday - Breakfast, Movie
Wednesday - University of Missouri college visit
Thursday - Truman Library visit
Friday - Community Service (painting storm drains)
The following students earned Academic Week honors and participated in the week of celebration:
Seniors (16): Armani Sawyer*, Beatrice Poeta*, Three-Year Recipients - Aalycia Eaton, Avalon Stotts, Bella Morgan, Eva Smith, Maddy McDowell, McKenzie McBee, Miranda Hager, Olivia Roush, Rachael Doyle, Rylie Smith, Sonya Rodekohr, Taylon Morgan, Zach Miller, and Zoe Engelbrecht (*one-year recipients)
Juniors (17): Adisyn Lautenschlager, Allissa Bell, Aniya Brooks, Bethany Brackee, Carlee Barron, Cassidy Ellison, Claire Riker, Elisabeth Staus, Ella Daly, Ellyse Grom, Karalena Steinhauser, Kaylynn Summers, Kevin Wrisinger, Lillian Harris, Lorelei Fox, Maddox Holmes, and Taylor Aversman
Sophomores (19): Aleena Kidd, Amanda Rodekohr, Amy Schroeder, Ava Wallace, Blake Kaullen, Camryn Bennett, Chael Lichte, Conner Soendker, Ellie Taylor, Emily Pointer, Izzy Hager, Joey Bales, Katy Carter, Keaton Patten, Marly Rogers, Mina Miller, Nevaeh Rodriguez, Nick Walts, and Zenden Myers
Freshmen who met the GPA requirement in their first semester of high school were eligible to participate in Tuesday's movie event. Eighteen freshmen qualified: Adalynn Sawyer, Addison Smith, Annabella Crosetti, Elizabeth Menard, Emerson Worthington, Fabie Arana-Vazquez, Greta Beach, Krissa Bertz, Kristy Rangel, Lainie Schumacher, Larissa Adkins, Lilly King, Madeline King, Mireya Gonzalez, Mizsa White, Olivia Dye, Taylor Schorgl, and Wyatt Sparks.
Special thanks to the LHS Academic Week Committee, Opaa for hosting the ice cream social, LLRTC Culinary Arts for providing cookies at the awards ceremony and catering the breakfast, and LLRTC Welding for manufacturing the puzzle piece for the awards ceremony. Congratulations to our honorees on their excellence in academics!