Eight Lee’s Summit R-7 seniors were recently named National Merit Scholarship Corporation finalists. Two STA seniors were recognized out of the eight R-7 group of eight. Cooper Leabo and John Reuss were named National Merit Scholarship Corporation semifinalists last fall.
Cooper Leabo is the son of Denise Leabo and Todd Leabo. At Lee’s Summit West High School, Cooper participates in robotics, Cyber Patriot Team at Summit Technology Academy, Skills USA and is a Missouri Innovation Campus intern at Cerner Corporation. John Reuss is the son of Janet Reuss and John Reuss. At Lee’s Summit West High School, John participates in robotics, National Honor Society, track, cross country, Summit Technology Academy engineering design and development courses and attended Missouri Scholars Academy.Recognized students have the opportunity to continue in the competition for approximately 8,200 National Merit Scholarship Awards, worth close to $33 million, to be offered this spring. There are approximately 15,000 finalists throughout the United States. Nearly 1.5 million students throughout the United States entered the 2015 Merit Program as juniors by taking the preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which serves as an initial screen of program entrants. To read more about the honored students, visit our website.