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An Ohio high school announced Thursday that it would eliminate celebrity and salutatorian honors from next year with the goal of improving the mental well-being of students.
Officials at Mason High School, located in a suburb of Cincinnati, said they were taking the honors and will instead recognize "students who have achieved outstanding academic achievement through a multitude of pathways," said Director Bobby Dodd in a statement, according to FOX 19 NOW. .
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Dodd said the move would help curb competitive culture at school and allow students to focus on other things. The school would continue to recognize people with high average. Students who have achieved a GPA of 4.0 or higher will deserve congratulations. Students with a grade point average of 3.75 to 3.99 will receive magna cum laude honors. Those with a 3.51 to 3.74 will earn cum laude. Originally, the school recognized a Valedictorian and a Salvatorian based on the GPA ranking of students.
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"The paradoxical nature of class standing in the MHS culture does not reduce student competition," said Dodd.
The school announced that it would start half an hour later starting next year and work to give less work to the students during the summer. The district said the changes took place after a year of study and group meetings attended by staff, families and students.
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Former student Samantha Segerman told WCPO that she remembered having had "some headaches" for fear of losing her rankings.
"I know there were kids over the age of 4.0 who were just in the top 10," Segerman told WCPO.
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