Our own internship program is a great way to have a lifechanging experience while earning high honors credit-- and you can begin your work for the Fall the summer before! Email Mr. Meyer for more information about where you might intern and how to get things started!

Founded in 1985, the Missouri Scholars Academy is a three-week residential program for 330 of Missouri’s academically gifted students who are ready to begin their junior year of high school. The Academy is held each June on the campus of the University of Missouri and administered by the University of Missouri Honors College.

The Academy reflects Missouri’s desire to strive for excellence in education at all levels. The program is based on the premise that Missouri’s gifted youth must be provided with special opportunities for learning and personal development in order for them to realize their full potential.

With a carefully selected faculty and staff, a specially-designed curriculum with interdisciplinary courses, and a variety of stimulating extracurricular activities, the Academy enables students to be part of a unique learning community. The Academy provides a model that all schools can use in building or expanding their own programs for gifted students. Educators who have served as faculty members have used this experience to benefit students in their local schools.

Any interested student should take the PSAT in the Fall of their Sophomore year. Potential nominees will be notified by Mr. Meyer in January of the MSA year-- there's no need to contact him to be considered. 

Summer after 10th grade year

The purpose of Missouri Girls State is to promote pride in America and to create a mythical state that the citizens will govern at the city, county and state level. We will have speakers who serve as leaders in our Missouri government as well as hold important offices in our communities.

You should anticipate a fast-paced, high-energy educational program designed to test your leadership, citizenship and scholastic abilities. You should expect to compete with the best and brightest high school students in the state of Missouri. You should be prepared to push yourself like never before. You should be ready to commit yourself to the program for the entire week and not allow yourself to be distracted by outside influences. And finally, you should expect to leave the program a better person than you were before you came.

It's held every June at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.

Girls (summer after 11th grade) --April Deadline

The American Legion Boys State of Missouri is an eight-day hands on experience in the operation and fundamentals of government. Missouri Boys State draws together the best and brightest high school juniors to help lead them down the path of individual success and leadership through "doing," not just learning.

One idea paramount above any other at Missouri Boys State: That the individual is the one with the power to change the world. Whether athlete or politician, journalist or scientist, each and every one of us has the power to make a difference in the world.

Using our democratic system as a basis, we equip the participants, or citizens, each year to construct their own state, utilizing the core values that hold true in our everyday lives. We teach the need for competition, the value of public service, the strength of the individual voice and vote. By reinforcing these basic American ideals, we help to shape the future of our society. This is what the American Legion Boys State of Missouri program is all about.

Boys (summer after 11th grade)-- April Deadline

The Missouri Fine Arts Academy (MFAA) is a two-week summer residential program for highly motivated sophomore, junior and senior high school student artists in the disciplines of visual arts/mixed media, theatre, dance, creative writing, and music (instrumental and vocal).  It is held every June on the campus of Missouri State University in Springfield.

Summer after 9th-12th Grade Year.

The Joseph Baldwin Academy is a three-week residential program which runs both June and July sessions on the Truman State University campus in Kirksville. It offers an academically challenging curriculum for students finishing grades 7-9.

If you are interested in attending, ask Mr. Meyer to nominate you! Nominations are due by the end of October before the summer you wish to attend!