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Rams Media Guide Contest Winner
The St. Louis Rams organization awarded a $5,000 scholarship to a McCluer North High School Senior for his cover design for the 2000 Media Guide Cover Contest. Reporters across the country consult the 200-page Media Guide to find detailed information of team members. When sports reporters reach for the guide to check game or player statistics, their first impression will be the student's artwork.

Selected from more than 800 entries, the artwork elaborates contest rules for a design that depicts the Super Bowl Championship with the Lombardi Trophy. The challenge was to artistically convey the spirit of the Rams and the championship. The Arch and fireworks provided the backdrop in the winning design to represent the Rams' homecoming following their win at Super Bowl XXXIV against the Tennessee Titans. Worked entirely in colored pencil, the finished design took two months to complete.

Best Practices Award
The Community Learning Program at McCluer North High School has been selected as a winner of the Best Practices Award from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. It is one of only 10 programs statewide selected to receive the Best Practices Award. Two teachers coordinate the program where students have an opportunity to earn credit for hands-on career exploration. During their CLP semester, students select a career area and work in a local business where they gain valuable on-the-job experience. CLP has been offered at McCluer North for 28 years. The Best Practices sponsors are the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Missouri Council of School Administrators.

Sam's Club Teacher of the Year
A McCluer North Teacher is the recipient of 2000 Sam's Club Teacher of the Year Award for excellence in teaching. The teacher was selected for the honor by a panel of community leaders. In recognition of his accomplishment, McCluer North High School received a $500 grant from the Wal-Mart Foundation.

1999-00 Blue Ribbon Award
McCluer North High School is the recipient of a 1999-00 Blue Ribbon Award. McCluer North is the only high school in Missouri to receive the award and is one of only two schools state-wide to receive the recognition from the U.S. Department of Education. The Blue Ribbon program recognizes schools on the following criteria: academic performance, innovative instructional programs, effective leadership and parental involvement. Receiving the Blue Ribbon Award is the result of a lengthy application process that examines and evaluates the effectiveness of every aspect of the school's operation.

Destination Imagination
The Eggsploration Team from McCluer North High School and Cross Keys Middle School swept all three scoring categories and captured a first-place divisional victory at the Destination Imagination State Tournament at the University of Missouri Columbia on April 15. The team received the DaVinci Award for outstanding creativity. The challenge was to send five eggs through a team-built obstacle course without breaking any of the eggs. The first-place standing in the state competition qualified the team for the international competition at Iowa State University in Ames, May 24-28, where they finished ninth out of 28 teams.

Winners in Architectural Drafting Contest
Two McCluer North High School students were named winners in a computer-aided drafting competition sponsored by the National Association of Women in Construction. The students designed a 3,000 square-foot house for a family of five that required space for a John Deere model tractor collection and an interior design business.

Honors Choir
Ten students from Halls Ferry and Parker Road elementary schools and McCluer North High School were selected from contenders across seven states to perform with The American Choral Directors Association Southwest Division Honor Choirs in Oklahoma City.

All-State Ensemble
Nine students from McCluer and McCluer North high schools were chosen to perform in the High School All-State Ensemble groups for Orchestra, Jazz Band or Choir at the Missouri Music Educators Association Conference.

Missouri Scholars Academy
Four McCluer North High School students were selected to attend the 16th annual Missouri Scholars Academy at the University of Missouri Columbia. The prestigious summer program offers an intensive academic program for gifted students from around the state that focuses on areas such as math, science, writing, history and the humanities.

String Teacher of the Year
A music teacher was named Missouri String Teacher of the Year by the Missouri-American String Teachers Association. The teacher received the award at the MO-ASTA Conference and also conducted the Cross Keys Middle School Orchestra that had been selected to perform at the conference.