Presidential Scholars of Hickman High School The United States Presidential Scholars Program was established in 1964 to recognize and honor some of the nation’s top graduating high school seniors. Each year, as many as 141 students are named Presidential Scholars, one of the nation’s highest honors for high school students. Every student named a Presidential Scholar has the opportunity to meet the current president. Hickman has had 18 students who have earned the prestigious honor, and that is more than any other public or private school in the state and places the school in the top 1 percent of schools in the country for this honor. 1st Presidential Scholar for HHS - 1964 - David Wheeler 18th Presidential Scholar for HHS - 2011 - Eric Young HHS Presidential Scholars Recognition Ceremony - May 20, 2007 Wall at HHS a a August 26, 2013, David Wheeler, our 1st Presidential Scholar of 1964, stopped by the WWII Memorial to see old friend and classmate, Wilson Beckett, '64 Kewpie, while Central Missouri Honor Flight #24 was in DC. Also pictured Mary Paulsell, '73 Kewpie, CMHF David has a recent book, Drone Strike! Check it out at amazon.com! z                                                                                                                                                                      from the Columbia Daily Tribune May 20, 2011, Eric Young is the 18th Hickman High School student to earn the prestigious Presidential Scholar honor. Back to kewpie.net Please make a donation to the Central Missouri Honor Flight and/or the 'kewpie.net Scholarship'. To get a copy of the program from the ceremony held, May 20,2007, 5:30 pm in The Commons, please contact, charley@kewpie.net Back to kewpie.net Please make a donation to the Central Missouri Honor Flight and/or the 'kewpie.net Scholarship'.