Rogers Honors Academy is excited to announce that we will be inviting qualified sophomores in the Rogers Public Schools to apply for membership to the RHA in early February 2019. Sophomores who have a 3.70 grade point average or better combined with two pre-Advanced Placement or AP classes will be given an opportunity to join the Academy. This year, in order to streamline the procedure and to be environmentally sensitive, we will be using an online application process.
Once you receive the mailed letter of invitation, interested qualified candidates should go online to http://www.honors.rogersschools.net to submit the following:
- Read, agree to and sign the Requirements and Expectations document for scholars (signed by student and parent)
- Fill Out the required contact information for oneself and one's parents
- Report the name and email for a teacher from whom they would like to procure a reference
- Fill out the RHA Questionnaire
- Write the required essay
Deadline for the application submission: Friday, February 22, 2019
Scholars who are accepted into the Rogers Honors Academy will be notified via email after March 8, 2019.
New Colleges Added to Top Schools List
The Rogers Honors Academy will be expanding the list of ‘top’ schools. We will continue to use our original source, US News & World Report Best Colleges rankings with a focus on the top 100 national universities and the top 50 liberal arts colleges: https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges.
In addition, we will learn about the 40 Colleges That Change Lives: https://ctcl.org/
and The Princeton Review’s The Best 384 Colleges: https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/best-colleges. We are excited to consider some of these other fine schools as students determine their best college fit.
Hendrix College in Conway, AR is a college that changes lives and is considered by US News & World Report to be one of the “most innovative” liberal arts colleges in the country. We will be visiting it for their special visitation day for juniors on April 1st. Sign up requires: