Our school is like a small family, explains Dr. Keith Kinder, principal. Most students know each other and are always willing to help. After offering courses in 1998 to help students prepare for the ACT, Eureka High School posted the highest average ACT score among schools in the Rockwood School District. This prompted additional test-preparation courses for the PSAT and SAT to be made available for students. With these courses, Eureka High School teachers guide students through practice math questions, vocabulary, analogies, clues for completing sentences and tips for drawing conclusions from written passages.
Students pay a small fee to take the challenging after-school courses.
Aspire to Inspire From championship athletic teams to a dynamic show choir to a strong community service program, Eureka is a school where students excel at all levels. Eureka is the only Rockwood high school to be recognized nationally as a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. One of the school's most celebrated programs is the Eurekana , the high school yearbook. In 1999, the Eurekana was one of only 18 yearbooks in the nation to receive the prestigious National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Award, the Pulitzer Prize of high school yearbooks. Eureka was the only Missouri school to receive the Pacemaker Award.