The National Merit Scholarship Corporation announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Lee’s Summit R-7 School District has five National Merit Semifinalists.
Students in the Life Skills program at Lee’s Summit North High School hosted the grand opening of the Crimson Cafe and Gallery this week. Functioning as a coffee shop and gallery, the cafe is open for students and staff during the day. Students in the Life Skills program will manage and operate the cafe and gallery as a project geared toward service and collaboration with students throughout the school.
Teachers Brooke Green, Lindsay Beachner, and Jessica Stueve were awarded a grant from the Lee’s Summit Educational Foundation to open the student-run cafe and gallery.