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Pattonville High School announced and recognized the school’s Top 10 seniors based on grade point averages after seven semesters of high school during a live streamed ceremony during homeroom today. Renaissance sponsor Beth Moritz presented the Top 10 seniors with T-shirts from the universities they will attend after graduation. These students have grade point averages (GPAs) that fall between a 4.5 and a 4.75 on a weighted scale.
The Top 10 seniors in the Pattonville Class of 2021, their declared majors and the universities they will attend are:
1. Bell Tucci, political science, Rhodes College
2. Lily Holland, math education, Truman State University
3. Mya Harris, biomedical engineering and minor in Spanish, Duke University
4. Tajh Martin, computer science, Columbia University in the City of New York
5. Grace Ohlsen, computer science, University of Colorado Boulder
6. Jordyn Lodes, mechanical engineering, Mizzou
7. Maya Blumenthal, English, neuroscience and piano performance, Wellesley College 9. Eliana Johnson, Bachelor of Arts degree, Southeast Missouri State University
10. Abby Hachmeister, math education, University of Minnesota, Morris
The Child Development playschool program held a 50th year party this morning at Pattonville High School and current and former teachers in the family and consumer sciences department were there to celebrate with current high schoolers and preschoolers. 
The 14th Annual Area-Wide Middle School Book Battle was held this morning. Teams from Holman, Pattonville Heights and Remington Traditional competed with 21 other schools. The event also featured three different author visits. 
Sixth grade science students at Pattonville Heights worked on a lab yesterday to investigate the results of variation and competition on a population. They studied a population of birds with different beak traits that were trying to eat beans that had variations in size and color. The students acted as the population of birds using different eating utensils as the beaks. 
