Timberland's Wise Receives State Academic Honor

Timberland High School senior Jacob Wise has been selected for the 2013 Missouri Scholars 100, a statewide program that honors 100 of Missouri’s top academic students in the graduating class of 2013. Timberland senior Clarissa Mate received an Honorable Mention.  

Missouri Scholars 100 is a program sponsored by the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals. Schools across Missouri are invited to nominate candidates for this state-wide recognition. The selection is based primarily on a formula using the student's grade point average and ACT or SAT score. Each student nominated had to first meet the criteria of an "Academic Decathlon", which included ten events, designed to test the academic strength of the student.

To meet the decathlon requirements, the student must have had a minimum GPA of 3.750, a minimum ACT score of 29 or a minimum SAT score of 1,900, be ranked in the upper ten percent of the class, and have taken upper level courses in mathematics, science, English, and a foreign language. The student must also have excellent attendance, be an exemplary school citizen, and be involved in school activities.

Wise has a 4.34 GPA and scored a 34 on the ACT. He has also scored a perfect 5 on multiple AP tests in calculus, physics and statistics. Wise was named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist this year and has been taking classes at the Missouri Academy, which is housed on the campus of Northwest Missouri State University, for the past two years. 

He will graduate in May with both his high school degree from Timberland and an Associate of Science Degree from Northwest. While at Timberland, Wise was inducted into the National Honor Society, tutored in connection with Missouri’s A+ Program, and was a member of both the Math Team and the Scholar Bowl Team. Wise will be honored at a luncheon at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia, MO on April 28, 2013.

From the Wentzville School District.