Please join Melissa ISD in recognizing Hayley Hasik and Cole Ranallo as Texas A&M University at Commerce Honors College scholarship recipients. Upon graduation from Melissa High School in June 2010, and as incoming members of the Honors College, Hayley and Cole will join other high-performing students from around the nation in a unique educational environment built around honors coursework and a capstone thesis requirement. Students accepted into the Honors College must have an ACT score of 27 or higher or an SAT score of 1200 or higher, must graduate in the top 10% of their high school class, participate in a pre-acceptance interview, and commit to the academic rigors of a four year Honors College program.  In otherwords, this type of honor is not frivolously bestowed upon a student by a university, but rather is purposefully utilized to encourage and reward a select few students for their consistently outstanding educational work that spans 13 years of study prior to university application. Congratulations Hayley and Cole. Go Cards!

As a result of the high levels of student performance, Melissa Middle School will partner with other high performing schools across the nation to identify patterns of core practices that continually lead to successful student learning and performance. The NCEA is working toward developing a Core Practice Framework that schools across the nation will use to improve student performance.