On January 28, the Mason City Schools Board of Education recognized 21 Mason High School students who earned a perfect score of 36 on the ACT, a standardized test used for college admission.
Priya Bandaru, Ryan Caplinger, Leon Chang, Pranav Cherukuri, Siddarth Dasari, Naomie Gao, Lily Geiser, Claire Hu, Justin Huang, Keshav Iyengar, Lisa Li, Tanushri Madichetti, Mullika Pandit, Kevin Ren, Ayanav Roy, Vedarsh Shah, Michael Sivertson, Lucas Volpenhein, Jessica Wang, Alexander Ye, and Christopher Zhang 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 demonstrate the very best of #CometCulture,” said Jonathan Cooper, Superintendent.
During the meeting, students shared their favorite “Mason Moment!”
“Winning the State Championship for tennis with my team.”
“When we played Sycamore this year in football. It was really close for the entire game, and we scored late. Then, we had to stop them from scoring and I was a part of the defensive stand that we had at the very end of the game. After that, we celebrated the win as a team and it was just a great moment for me.”
“Struggling to solve a physics problem and finding new ways to interpret the problem in order to reach a solution.”
“Orchestra trip to Washington D.C.”
“Filming the lip dub with the whole school.”
“Lip dub this year.”
“Raising money for after prom with my dance studio.”
“Competing with my mock trial team.”
“When we filmed the MHS lip dub.”
“My favorite #MasonMoment would be the CincyHacks 2020 Hackathon.”
“Making the Pride Night dance a reality with Gender Sexuality Alliance.”
“Organizing the 2019 Mason High School Lip Dub.”
“I think coming together to honor students at homecoming football games really embodies what a Mason Moment should be.”
“Testing our trebuchet for an AP Mechanics project to see if we could shoot a beanbag into a cornhole board.”
“When Mr. Cooper gave us three snow days in a row.”
“My favorite #MasonMoment was the 2019 MHS Lip Dub. I loved to see the whole school come together to raise awareness and money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.”
“When I got to meet a lot of our great music teachers and participate as part of our great music program. I was in the pit for the musical "Chicago" last year and had a blast doing it. It was great to see all of the talent we have around the school, whether it be our teachers or our students; it was a truly enlightening experience that I think we all should have at some point in our lives.”
“Every home lacrosse game under the lights.”
“My favorite #MasonMoment was going to the State Tournament with the Speech and Debate team.”
“Eating snow cones with Mr. Cooper one time.”