Smith-Cotton senior Alisa Sonnik was selected as the recipient of the Sedalia 200 district-level John T. Belcher Scholarship. Sonnik will receive 0 and moves on to the regional level of the statewide scholarship program, which is sponsored by the Missouri School Boards Association. According to the MSBA website (mosba.org), MSBA FutureBuilders “established the scholarship program in memory of John T. Belcher, who was instrumental in developing innovative financing programs for Missouri school districts. The learning environment for thousands of Missouri’s public school students improved as a result of his work.” Each year, one student in each of MSBA’s 17 regions...

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