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Public notice is hereby given that the Board of Education of Reorganized School District No. 7 of Jackson County, Missouri will hold a work session at the Stansberry Leadership Center, 301 NE Tudor Road, Lee’s Summit, Missouri on Thursday, March 20, 2025…

Public notice is hereby given that a meeting of the FINANCE COMMITTEE of the Board of Education of Reorganized School District No. 7 of Jackson County, Missouri will be held Monday, March 17, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. to consider and act upon…

The following local students have been named to the Dean’s and President’s Lists at Drake University: Sarah Chastain, Arts & Sciences, Dean’s List; Brooklyn Lowry, Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Dean’s List; Fiona Martin, Arts & Sciences, President’s List; Julianna Richardson, Zimpleman College…

More than 11,500 Iowa State University students have been recognized for outstanding academic achievement by being named to the fall semester 2024 Dean’s List. Students named to the Dean’s List must earn a grade point average of at least 3.50 on a…

Five distinguished alumni will be inducted into the Lee’s Summit High School Hall of Fame on April 19 at Lee’s Summit High School. Alumni being honored for the 2024-2025 school year are Mark Dunning, Class of 1989; Chad Hertzog, Class of 1998; Amy…

University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) graduated nearly 5,900 students worldwide in the fall 2024 term. The following students in the area earned degrees: Calvin I. Smith of Kansas City, Associate of Arts; Cassandra Tranchilla of Lee’s Summit, Bachelor of Science Cum…

To be eligible for the Dean’s List, degree-seeking students must have earned a GPA of at least 3.5 for a minimum of nine semester hours of academic credit taken at Georgia State during the fall or spring term with no incompletes for…

Ava Anderson, of Lee’s Summit, was named to the Mississippi State University fall 2024 President’s List. Anderson is among 4,569 students who have attained this honor. Students on the President’s List achieved a 3.80 or better grade-point average, based on a 4.0…

More than 8,700 students at the University of Iowa were named to the dean’s list for the 2024 fall semester. Lee’s Summit students on that list include: Zachary Gaylord, Olivia O’Dell, Lalysse Smiley and Sebastian Smith.Degree seeking undergraduate students in the Carver…

Summit Christian Academy (SCA) is pleased to announce that the National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) recently awarded their highest honor, Charter Status, to the school. NSDA’s Charter Status is based on team participation as they analyze team points earned via competition…