The Honors Academy, co-sponsored by the 威尼斯人娱乐城荣誉项目 and the 威尼斯人娱乐城 Trustees, offered non-credit classes on environmental justice, food culture, the evolution of cities and wildlife, and the culture and history of Kansas City.
15岁的杰伦·纽森（Jaylen Newson）是密苏里州堪萨斯城大学学院（University Academy）的一名大二学生，他是参加该学院的20名学生之一。 她对市场营销和房地产感兴趣，并发现在学院期间有很多关于她的社区的知识要学习。
“I didn’t know about my own town’s history,” Newson said. “This is more than a college opportunity. 这是一次真实的经历。 And I realized I don’t know a lot about my own culture.” 因此，她可能会考虑在大学里研究非裔美国人。
威尼斯人娱乐城荣誉项目学生服务部主任玛戈·加马奇（Margo Gamache）在听到家长们为他们的高中生寻找暑期项目后，要求荣誉学院的教员推出这个学院。
“The Kansas City metro area has academically gifted students who want the opportunity to exercise their brains, have a college experience, and meet other students like themselves, who are excited to learn and want to change the world,” Gamache said. “We are happy that the Honors 程序 could fill that need.”
威尼斯人娱乐城荣誉教学教授亨利埃塔·里克斯·伍德说，罗荣誉学院利用了体验式学习，这是荣誉课程课程的一个标志。 “For my course about the culture and history of Kansas City, I took students on a 威尼斯人娱乐城 tour with a visit to the Marr Sound 存档s at Miller Nichols Library. We also went to a new exhibition of the work of African American artists in Kansas City at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and to the antebellum John Wornall House by Loose Park,” Wood said. “Before we went to each site, we read and talked about these places. 当我们回到教室，我们反思我们的观察和经验。
荣誉项目助理教学教授斯蒂芬·克里斯特（Stephen Christ）在他的饮食文化课上带学生参观了几次，其中包括全食超市（Whole Foods Market），学生们在那里学习食品标签，并与商店员工讨论食品营销。 在他的环境正义课上，克里斯特帮助学生探索当地有关回收和可持续发展的政策。
“I guided my class through a few fieldwork experiences,” Christ said. “We documented waste in public spaces, compared different areas of Kansas City, and were even able to interview a few local community members.”
17岁的Harper Moothart将是堪萨斯城彭布罗克山高中的高年级学生。 她参加了罗荣誉学院，亲身体验了一所大学的课程。 穆哈特对学习法律和环境正义感兴趣，并希望参加大学荣誉课程。 她说，通过罗荣誉学院有机会参加以讨论为基础的课程很有帮助。
Victoria Chen, 17, a senior at Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, is interested in the 文学士学位/医学博士 程序 at the 威尼斯人娱乐城 School of Medicine. 她说，参加荣誉学院是参观威尼斯人娱乐城和参观校园的绝佳机会。
陈说，她最喜欢的荣誉学院的部分是参观约翰·沃纳尔故居博物馆，了解历史。 “It was a great way to meet new people and experience the city.”
