AREA STUDENT SELECTED FOR SCHOLARS ACADEMY

Five Cape Girardeau County sophomores have been selected by state education officials to attend the Missouri Scholars Academy, June 13-July 3, at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Jeremy R. Freeman and Jeffrey M. Riley, both of Cape Central High School; Rebecca Neumann and Ericka Trickey, both of Jackson R-II High School; and Craig L. Seabaugh of Oak Ridge R-IV High School are the Cape Girardeau County representatives to the academy.

The academy, now in its ninth year, is to provide gifted students with an intensive, challenging learning experience that cannot be matched in a regular high school. Participants in Scholars Academy are chosen on the basis of test scores, evidence of leadership and creativity, grades and personal essays.

Each public and private high school in the state is eligible to nominate at least one student for the academy.