Area Students Score High on ACT

Andrea Smith, Connor McPartland

• Grade: 12

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• Accomplishment: Andrea scored a 33 on the October ACT exam, and Connor scored a 31 on the December ACT.
• Key to Awesomeness: Andrea and Connor kept their cool and calm to attain the scores they desired on the ACT. Each took the test more than once to attain a better score. Connor took advantage of the after-school ACT workshops offered by the . Andrea plans to attend the University of Missouri-St. Louis and take advantage of the Bright Flight scholarship program along with other scholarships to pay for college. Connor has weighed several schools including, the University of Iowa, the University of Minnesota, the University of California at Berkeley and Brown University.