Missouri State University in Springfield named dozens of local students to its fall semester dean’s list. To qualify for the list, students had to be enrolled in at least 12 credit hours and maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.5.

Summit Christian Academy first-grader Patrick Yokley poses in front of the dream he depicted: a world where no one is mean. In memory of Martin Luther King Jr., SCA first-graders recently shared their dreams, which ranged from a world full of people who read their Bibles to a world where everyone shared and got along.

Metropolitan Community College-Longview and the Independence School District have partnered to bring a number of free adult education courses to the Longview campus.

Krystal Brady of Lee’s Summit has been named to the fall semester dean’s list at the University of Notre Dame.

Students from Summit Technology Academy participated in an International Education Summit Jan. 9 in Jefferson City.

Area senior citizens are invited to participate in the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District’s spring communitywide Senior Citizens’ School Tour, scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 21 at Greenwood Elementary.

The Summit Christian Academy halls were quiet Jan. 11 as the entire high school student body attended a missions conference in Lenexa, Kan.

The Missouri State PTA and the Lee’s Summit R-7 PTA Council will host a Kids First Town Hall Meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Stansberry Leadership Center, 301 N.E. Tudor Road. 

Dozens of local student recently were named to the fall semester dean’s list at the University of Central Missouri.

Local student makes Columbia College list

The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District is among 10 educational organizations from across the nation that earned the 2011 Green Cleaning Award from American School and University magazine. The R-7 district was featured in the magazine’s December issue.

Stacy Collins, a communications arts teacher at Lee’s Summit North High School, has earned the highest credential available to American educators by becoming a National Board Certified Teacher through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Trish Alexander, principal at Pleasant Lea Elementary, was recently named 2011-12 Distinguished Principal by the Kansas City Suburban Elementary Principals Association.

Serviceman Corrie Shoemake visited his brother’s sixth-grade class at Summit Christian Academy before deploying to Afghanistan. Students in Jack Shoemake’s class began praying for Corrie and other soldiers and wanted to find a way to bless them.

Metropolitan Community College-Longview students and employees are carrying on a tradition by participating in MCC’s Third Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.