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Whiz Kid: Striving for Better Grades
By buckling down, these kids met the challenge of increasing their grade point averages
Whiz Kid(s) of the Week: Braxton Alexander, Darnese Birch, Ashley Cantor, Claire Conklin, Jalen Crawford-Finney, Santino Dean, Kevin Delgado, Jacob Demming, Adam Durbin, Morgan Dyckes, Alyssa Gray, Hannah Jezerski, Daryl Johnson, Blair Koch, Michael Kruchten, Austin Lackritz, Zachary Levin, Hannah Markowitz, Alla MeInychenko, Bailey Ogan, Charles Plank, Malik Sanders, Andre' Saunders, Mikenzie Schrantz, Tyler Scruggs, Tyree Seals, Kristian Skugor, Caelan Stokkermans, Marc Tsentr, Jenna Wetzel, Nikyah Winston, Jiaxuan Yang
School: Solon Middle School
Accomplishment: These students, as part of the "Strive for .5" program, increased their grade-point average by .5 points.
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Key to Awesomeness: Buckling down and working hard on their studies. An increase of .5 is a big jump! For their efforts, these students received a congratulations certificate and were treated to a "build your own sundae bar" on Feb. 18. And now they are Solon Patch's latest Whiz Kids!
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