May 21: Early release day-last day of school

Aug. 15: First day of school for 2012-13 school year

•R-7 was among 29 Missouri school districts receiving the "What Parents Want" national award in spring 2011, offered by SchoolMatch.
•The school district is a winner of Missouri’s Distinction in Performance Award, the state’s highest recognition for academic achievement. During fall 2011, the R-7 School District was recognized for being among a handful of districts in the state to earn a perfect score on criteria for the Distinction In Performance Award each year for the last eleven years.
•The R-7 Class of 2011 donated more than 40,000 hours of community service as part of graduation requirements and through individual and group volunteer activities.
•The R-7 Nutrition Services Department was named District of the Year in School Nutrition in July 2009 by the School Nutrition Association. The award included $25,000 to further improve the nutrition program.
•R-7 officials reported that approximately 81 percent of the 2010 graduates have stated they are attending college, based on 2009-10 seniors' response to a fall 2010 survey.
•The class of 2011 was offered close to $27 million in college scholarship potential during spring 2011.
•The R-7 School District won the national Magna Award for its Senior Citizens' School Tours in spring 2010.
•Money magazine named Lee's Summit R-7 schools as 27th best in the nation in its 2010 annual "Best Places to Live" issue focusing on the nation's top 100 small cities.
•Ten R-7 School District seniors were named National Merit Scholarship Corporation finalists in spring 2012.
•All three R-7 School District high schools offer the International Baccalaureate program, a rigorous curriculum offering students the opportunity to compete with high-achieving students worldwide. Only nine high schools in Missouri offer this program.
•The A+ program is offered at all three high schools. Qualifying students enrolled in this state-funded program are eligible for reimbursements at Missouri community colleges, vocational/technical institutions, and some four-year colleges.
•Lee’s Summit R-7 students consistently score above state and national norms on all tests, including the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) Tests and ACT college-entrance test. On the ACT 2011 college entrance test, for example, the R-7 School District high schools’ composite score was 23.5, compared to 21.6 for the Missouri average and 21.1 for the national average.