Sophia Flower (center) her mother, her father, her grandmother and her great-grandmother have all been winners of the Golden Horseshoe test. Flower’s grandmother, Connie Moore (from left); her great-grandmother, Lucy Snyder; Sophia Flower; her mother, Dr. Lisa Flower; and her father, Brandon Flower.
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The secret to doing well on the Golden Horseshoe test is to start early. Just ask Sophia Flower, 13, an eighth-grade student at Barrackville Middle School.
Sophia Flower was one of the top-scoring students in Marion County on the 2015-16 Golden Horseshoe test. Sophia Flower’s mom, Dr. Lisa Flower, her dad, Marion County assistant prosecuting attorney Brandon Flower, her grandmother, Connie Moore, and her great-grandmother, Lucy Snyder, were also top scorers on the test.
Since 1931 approximately 15,000 West Virginia students have been named Knights or Ladies of the Golden Horseshoe. Winners receive a golden pin in the shape of horseshoe to honor their achievement on the test that measures students’ knowledge of the history, geography, economy and government of West Virginia.
Winners of the Golden Horseshoe test go to the West Virginia Culture Center in Charleston for an awards ceremony every year.
Sophia Flower had the choice to take the Golden Horseshoe test and she decided it was something she wanted to try…