TEEN SCHOLARS NAMED

CAPE GIRARDEAU -- Several area teenagers have been selected to attend the 1991 Missouri Scholars Academy, a three-week program held in June at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

More than 300 high-school sophomores from across the state were selected to attend the academy. They represent the top one-half of 1 percent academically of all Missouri sophomores.

Selected were: Takara L. Stanley and Jennifer L. Worth, Cape Central High School; Amy M. Eftink, Notre Dame High School; Christopher Shane McBride and Edgar L. Upchurch Jr., Jackson High School; Susan R. Eckerle, Woodland High School; Sabrina L. Tyler, Oran High School; Scott C. Weinhold, Perryville High School; and Tyler D. Meyr, Scott County R-2 High School.

The Scholars Academy will be held from June 9-29 on the MU campus. The academy is directed by the State Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Its goal is to provide gifted students with an intensive, challenging learning experience that cannot be matched in a regular high school.

Participants in the academy were chosen on the basis of their grades and test scores, evidence of leadership, initiative, creativity and a submitted essay on why they want to attend.