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Globe/B.W. Shepherd -- Members of the 2008 All-Area Academic Excellence Team were honored at a banquet Thursday. Selection to the team is based on grade point average and ACT score.
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Published April 25, 2008 03:15 pm - Twenty high-achieving students were honored Thursday night during the 22nd annual Joplin Globe All-Area Academic Team Honor Banquet. In addition to receiving recognition for outstanding academic performance, the students got to thank teachers who were most influential to them.

'I learned so much': Academic Team members pay tribute to influential teachers w/slideshow
Click the link to view a slideshow of the team members and read their essays.


By Joe Hadsall

jhadsall@joplinglobe.com

Words weren’t enough for Joplin student Drew Johnson. He had to make a T-shirt.

Twenty high-achieving students were honored Thursday night during the 22nd annual Joplin Globe All-Area Academic Team Honor Banquet. In addition to receiving recognition for outstanding academic performance, the students got to thank teachers who were most influential to them.

Johnson chose Joplin chemistry teacher Charles Parker.

“I learned so much from him, whether it was about Thoreau, mountain men or chemistry,” Johnson said.

He presented Parker with a T-shirt decorated with Johnson’s face and the message, “I survived Drew Johnson.”

Making the team requires a high GPA and a high score on the ACT. The average composite score among the students was 32.8.

Students honored a number of different teachers, including music teachers and drama instructors.

College Heights senior Brittney Lewis chose a teacher who was close — her father, Daniel Lewis. Her father was her world-history teacher, principal and coach.

“Obviously, he had an impact on me,” Lewis said of her father. “No one else pushed me to work as hard as I do. He told me I could do whatever I wanted as long as I worked hard, and I believed him.”

Teachers also took the chance to honor their students by recalling memories.

“He encouraged me to read ‘1984,’” said Terry Rose of Webb City student Kyle Ogle. “He was frustrated because I didn’t read it at first, but I eventually did. There was enthusiasm shared over the book.”

Each member of the team was asked to write a brief essay about the teacher who inspired them the most.

The essays included:



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