Whiz Kids: Area Graduates Honored by Phi Beta Kappa

Each week, Birmingham Patch spotlights young people in the community who are successful, talented and just plain awesome. Today, we introduce our latest group of Whiz Kids:

2011 graduates honored by Phi Beta Kappa

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• Achievement: More than 200 students from all three high schools received a certificate of recognition from the Detroit Association of Phi Beta Kappa, a national scholastic honor society. Students had to maintain a 3.75 grade-point average in their academic career to receive the honor.
• Key to awesomeness: More than 3,600 graduating seniors from 109 public, private and parochial high schools in southeastern Michigan received recognition from Phi Beta Kappa this year. "These students have earned recognition as future leaders and scholars by doing what it takes to rank at the head of their classes, and they deserve all the praise and recognition we can give them,” said Seymour J. Wolfson, president of the organization.

For a full list of those honored by Phi Beta Kappa, check out the lists from:

Do you know a special kid in the community who deserves applause because he volunteers after school? Or, maybe your daughter's science club challenges how we think about the environment? Or, perhaps your son's team won its first game in three years. Everyone deserves a little attention, and we want to tell these stories.

Email nominations to Editor Laura Houser at laura.houser@patch.com, provide the information given above and include a photo with names and ages. Come back every Tuesday for our Whiz Kid spotlight.