The Glory of Missouri is awarded to fourteen students who exhibit a variety of valuable characteristics. Staff members decide what virtues certain students display throughout their high school careers. Each virtue is represented by a student who embodies it, either through behaviors, grades or extracurricular activities.

The Glory of Missouri has been a long upheld tradition within the show-me state and its schools. Lafayette High School’s class of 2017 will have: Zach Janicki as Fraternity, Christie Leslie as Law, Jack Mazza as Progress, Anishika (Ni-Ni) Montgomery as Enterprise, Keilah Moore as Equality, Luke Morgan as Honor, Shruthi Ramalingam as Charity, Drew Reusch as Liberty, Arya Royal as Education, Griffin Sauter, Nikita Sridhar as Justice, Amber Spriggs as Temperance, Nikita Sridhar as Justice, Lisa Wu as Knowledge and Mary Joy Uebelein as Virtue.