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Whiz Kids: Bright Flight Scholars

Wentzville School District has 42 seniors who qualified for Bright Flight Scholarships.

  • Whiz Kid: Bright Flight scholars
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  • Accomplishment: The Wentzville School District has 42 seniors that have qualified for Missouri “Bright Flight” scholarships this year, with 21 recipients from and 21 from . 
  • Key To Awesomeness: The number of WSD students recognized as Bright Flight Scholars has more than doubled in just the past two years. 

Bright Flight is the Missouri Department of Higher Education (MDHE) academic scholarship program that awards scholarships to the top 5 percent of the state’s high school seniors as determined by their ACT or SAT composite scores.

“We are very proud of our students, and the fact that so many more are awarded Bright Flight every year is a positive trend,” said Superinendent Dr. Terry Adams. “We have helped our students by increasing academic rigor and adding more Advanced Placement classes, and it’s clear our students are benefiting with higher test scores.”

This year, a score of 30 or above on the ACT or an SAT score of 770 or above on critical reading and math qualifies a student for Bright Flight.

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The scholarships can only be used at approved Missouri institutions, and are intended to encourage top-ranked high school seniors to attend college in Missouri. 

Holt Scholars

  • Nolan Fisher
  • Patrick Miller
  • Chandler Est
  • Blake Brinkley
  • Lydia Harvengt
  • Courtney Henrichsen
  • Summer Sheets
  • Julia Zagaja
  • Peter Billing
  • Brittany Brockman
  • Michael Cross
  • Kaylyn Hruska
  • Lindsey Ralls
  • Amy Schmidt
  • Caleb Smith
  • Ryan Biggs
  • Michael Boll
  • Gianfranco Burzio-Roca
  • Tia Harper
  • Elizabeth Berviller

Timberland Scholars

  • Adam Bainbridge
  • Kurt Bognar
  • Madeline Burnette
  • Zachary Carmichael
  • Kasandra Dalgetty
  • Megan Donovan
  • Eric Fallon
  • Robert Fletcher
  • Alexandria Hart
  • Madison Hennessy
  • John Killingsworth
  • Jordan Kilz
  • Sicong Li
  • Leslie Miller
  • Zachary Nelson
  • Lauren Parr
  • James Ramage
  • Mark Reininger
  • Melissa Siegrist
  • Carolynn Williston

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