KIRN SELECTED FOR STATE ACADEMIC HONOR

Melissa Kirn, a senior at St. Vincent High School in Perryville has been selected to Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program to honor 100 of Missouri's most outstanding academic students in the graduating class of 1995.

Kirn and her parents have been invited to the honors luncheon, "A Celebration of Learning," to be held in Jefferson City, May 6.

Missouri Scholars 100 is a program sponsored by the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals. Schools across the state were invited to nominate candidates for this statewide recognition. The selection is based primarily on a formula using the student's grade point average and ACT or SAT score.

Each student nominated had to first meet criteria of an "Academic Decathlon," which included the "events" designed to assure the academic strength of the student.

To meet the decathlon requirements, the student must have a minimum GPA of 3.75, a minimum ACT score of 27 or a minimum SAT score of 1,200, be ranked in the upper 10 percent of the class, and have taken upper-level courses in mathematics, science, English and foreign language. The student must also have excellent attendance, be an exemplary school citizen and be involved in the school activity program.