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Congratulations to Park Hill High School senior quarterback Kendrick Bell who recently won the 39th annual Simone Award, the top award for the best all-around high school football player in the Kansas City area.

More than a dozen Park Hill High School band and orchestra students competed against student musicians from across the state in Columbia, Mo., recently to earn positions in the All-State Band and All-State Orchestra.

Congratulations to the 10 Park Hill High School AVID seniors who received full tuition scholarships (plus fees and textbooks) to Avila University through KC Scholars.

Dozens of Park Hill School District band and orchestra students competed against students from schools throughout the Kansas City region to earn positions in the All-District orchestras and bands.

Park Hill High School senior Shaye Koski won the 2022 Evelyn Gates Award. Shaye was one of four finalists from around the metro and won the award during an assembly at the school.

Dozens of Park Hill School District choir students competed against students from schools throughout the Kansas City region to earn positions in the All-District choirs. All-District orchestra and band auditions will take place in November.

Congratulations to Park Hill High School senior Ari Staggs and Park Hill South seniors, Sophia Nguyen, Ryan Kempton and Tessa Mitchell for being selected as Semifinalists in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. 

Congratulations to Park Hill High School 2021-2022 girls volleyball team for earning the Team Academic Award from the United States Marine Corps and the American Volleyball Coaches Association for the seventh year in a row

Students from Park Hill High School earned honors from the Kansas City Cappies for their work in the school play and musical. Phoebe Monsees, Jalen Mack and Alessandra Rossi won awards for “The Addams Family” costumes; Urielle Gabriel won a female dancer award for “The Addams Family”; Sarah Gabriel won a female critic award; and Dillon Potts won a male critic award.

Fifteen Park Hill High School and Park Hill South High School DECA students earned recognition at the State Career Development Conference. Milkey Sarbessa from Park Hill High School was elected to serve as the Missouri State DECA president for the 2022-2023 school year, and Faith Moise was elected to serve as a Missouri representative leader.

Twenty-seven Park Hill School District students earned awards from the KC Scholars program this year. This program, started by the Kauffman Foundation, awarded scholarships of up to $10,000 a year to students across the region, including students from across the Park Hill School District.

Students from Park Hill High School and Park Hill South High School received nominations and awards for Starlight Theatre’s Blue Star Awards.

Thirteen students from across the Park Hill School District earned honors in the state and national SkillsUSA competition through the Northland Career Center.