Girls Soccer All-Academic Team, and other school notes

Park Hill School District

Scholastic, sports honors: Three Park Hill High School graduates were named to the Girls Soccer All-Academic Team this spring.

They were Regina Bolin, Karra Kennedy and Lyndi Plattner. They were three of 22 chosen statewide.

Athletes are selected based on grade-point average, involvement in the sport and a recommendation from their coach.

Grade-school artists: Designers of district greeting cards were recognized recently by the board of education.

Easton Waller of Hawthorn Elementary School created the art for the birthday card the superintendent sends to employees.

Madison Phillips of Prairie Point Elementary School created the design for the district’s electronic holiday message to the community.

North Kansas City School District

High school scholars: Sophomores were selected for the Missouri Scholars Academy, a three-week residential academic program in June on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Selected to participate were Gordon Burris and Rebecca Robbins from Staley High School; Christopher Fusco, Abrielle Green and Brady O’Donnell from Oak Park High School; Payton Galloway and Tristan Lindeman from North Kansas City High School; and Collin Monsees and Dominic Rizzo from Winnetonka High School.

The academy is designed to give academically gifted students an opportunity to pursue studies that differ from traditional educational programs. Students select a primary area of interest in math, science, social studies or humanities.

Participants attend guest lectures, forums and also spend time in a field different from their major area of interest.

Liberty High School

Chemists compete: Students placed in the annual Chemathon competition at Missouri Western State University.

Competing against students from 15 area high schools, three students placed first: Varun Lahoti in college chemistry, Bryce Lindaman in chemistry I and Paul Spring in advanced chemistry placement.

Earning second-place honors were Chase Chapman in advanced placement physics, Kayla Ford in advanced placement chemistry, Christian Hannah in college chemistry and Troy Spring in chemistry I.

Third-place winners were Ben Anderson in college chemistry, Bret Beebe in advanced chemistry placement and Jacob Goodman in chemistry I.

Liberty High School teams also won two first place honors, a second place and a third place in the competition.

This story was originally published July 22, 2014 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Girls Soccer All-Academic Team, and other school notes."