On February 23, the Mason City Schools Board of Education recognized 22 Mason High School students who earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT, a standardized test used for college admission.
Kunal Arora, Humza Asgher, Vishnu Avanthsa, Ravi Bandaru, Caroline Bishop, Ryan Caplinger, Jiahao Guo, Neev Gupta, Justin Huang, Yuandi Huang, Amogh Iyanna, Keshav Iyengar, Jessie Kong, Ruchi Kudalkar, William Lee, Sankhya Rajan, Kevin Ren, Vedarsh Shah, Nishita Tonangi, Nikith Vangala, Ann Vettikkal, and Emily Yang all scored a perfect 36. The ACT consists of tests in English, mathematics, reading and science - each scored on a scale of 1–36. A student's composite score is the average of the four test scores.
“While these scores are impressive, we know that these students are much more than a test score. Each of these Comets has a story that matters - and demonstrates leadership in our high school in a number of ways. Their Mason Moments exemplify the very best of #CometCulture,” said Jonathan Cooper, Superintendent.
During the meeting, students shared their favorite “Mason Moment!”
“When my sister (Class of 2020) graduated during the pandemic, driving around with my family at the Mason graduation parade while standing through the sunroof was a lot of fun!”
“My favorite moment was finally being able to come back to in person school.”
“Traveling to Boston and staying there over the weekend with my Science Olympiad team to compete at an MIT invitational.”
- Caroline Bishop, MHS Junior
“My favorite #MasonMoment is the first time it snows while we're at school. Everyone gets so excited when someone notices, and the whole class looks out the window. Snow is just so pretty, and I love seeing my classmates' happiness when it snows for the first time of the year.”
- Ryan Caplinger, MHS Senior
“Senior night for football.”
“My first day at Mason during Junior Year.”
“A Science Olympiad trip to UPenn.”
“When we filmed the MHS lip dub.”
“Performing skits as a group project in my AP Composition class.”
“Heart and brain dissections in Anatomy.”
- Keshav Iyengar, MHS Senior
“Attending the 2020 CincyHacks Hackakathon.”
“Performing a flute duet with one of my best friends at BOA Grand Nationals, our final marching band competition (...and the trip to Toronto).”
- Ruchie Kudalkar, MHS Senior
“Winning Districts with my high school swim team.”
“Our team qualifying for Science Olympiad Nationals in 2019.”
- Sankhya Rajan, MHS Senior
“Hosting a quiz bowl tournament with the Mason Academic Team!”
“Testing our trebuchet for an AP Mechanics project to see if we could shoot a beanbag into a cornhole board.”
“The 2019 MHS Lip Dub. It was great to see the entire school come together to create a fun video raising awareness and money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.”
- Nishita Tonangi, MHS Junior
“My favorite #MasonMoment was going to MIT last year for a SciOly competition and getting a medal for one of my events! SciOly has honestly been the best part of high school so far and it's given me so many special moments.”
- Nikith Vangala, MHS Junior
“Working as a part of the Hope Squad to get author Kate Fagan to come present at the high school regarding mental health and the stigmas behind it. This presentation was able to help spark the conversation surrounding mental health in our community.”
- Ann Vettikkal, MHS Senior
“Delivering The Chronicle [MHS Student newspaper] each month at MHS.”
“Organizing CincyHacks!”
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