FeaturesJune 19, 2009
Top of the Class: Gabriel Eggers
Meet Gabriel Eggers, an honor student with plans to attend an Ivy League school.
Gabriel Eggers
School: Jackson High School
Hometown: Jackson
Parents: Richard and Marica Eggers
Post-graduation plans: Princeton University to study mathematics and astrophysics
High school activities: DeMolay, Student Council, speech and debate, Future Business Leaders of America, academic team, National Honor Society, peer tutors, church youth groups
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Honors: Degree of Chevalier, National Merit Finalist, Missouri Top 100 Scholars, Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award, Missouri Award for Outstanding Achievement in Citizenship
GPA: 12.32 out of 11.0
Favorite high school memory: Any time spent with good friends in the spirit of fellowship.
Summer plans: DeMolay International Supreme Congress, FBLA National Leadership Conference, DeMolay Leadership Training Conference, church mission trip, hanging out with friends as much as possible.
What will you miss about high school? My teachers but not their homework assignments.
Explain your prop: The book symbolizes my desire for knowledge and its acquisition. Though a book may only be bound pages of written words, it contains an entire realm of ideas, ranging from philosophy to mathematics to religion to physics.
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