St. Charles Whiz Kids

Kids of the Week: Heather Adair

●      Whiz Kid's Grade: Senior

●      Whiz Kid's School: St. Charles High School

●      Whiz Kid's Accomplishment: National Merit Scholarship Finalist 

●      Whiz Kid's Key to Awesomeness: About 15,000 high school students who are the top scorers on a preliminary SAT test are recognized as finalists for the National Merit Scholarship. Adair learned she was named a finalist in February. She now is being considered for a merit scholarship award. About 8,500 students receive such an award. St. Charles High School Principal Jeff Walker told the Board of Education Feb. 10 that Adair had already been accepted to the University of Alabama, which is giving her a full scholarship, which includes tuition, room and board and additional $1,000 a year, plus money for a summer study abroad program. 

Each week, St. Charles Patch will seek suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens, and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments. We want to hear about these amazing children and teens and select one each week as the Patch Whiz Kid.  Submit your nomination in our comment box below or e-mail the information to Kalen.Ponche@patch.com. Be sure to include all of the following information: Nominator's name and e-mail, kid name or team name, age, school, accomplishment and key to awesomeness.