Allen Co. Students Win High-Q Competition

April 24, 2007

Bowling Green, Ky. - Six Allen County-Scottsville High School students represented Western Kentucky University’s Educational Talent Search program by winning the first High-Q academic competition held in Atlanta on April 21.  The competition, sponsored by the Southeastern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (SAEOPP), included academic teams from Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina and South Carolina.
           
Team members were Blaire Shue, Craig Lonas, Daniel King, Dorian Halcomb, Hannah Shockley and Katie Yokley. The WKU Educational Talent Search team was undefeated in all four rounds of the competition. 
           
WKU’s Educational Talent Search program serves 1,000 students in nine counties.  Its mission is to engage qualified youth in grades seven through 12 in developmentally appropriate activities that will encourage persistence in high school, enrollment in postsecondary education and a lifelong pursuit of learning in order to be productive citizens of a global society.

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