Three juniors and two sophomores have been selected to participate in a couple more of Arkansas’ most well-known summer programs for high school students this year.
Juniors Kennedy Jordan, Blakeley Potts and Sam Smith have been chosen to attend the 81st session of ALA Arkansas Girls State based on their leadership, character and honesty, scholarship and participation in service. This year’s session will be held May 26-31 at Harding University in Searcy. Since 1942, the Arkansas Girls State program has worked to teach future generations of Arkansas citizens to be actively involved in their communities and government at every level.
Additionally, sophomores Amelia Byers and Carson Vogelpohl were selected to participate in the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) Seminar, taking place at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia June 7-9. As America’s foremost youth leadership organization, HOBY has a long history of successfully inspiring young people to develop into outstanding leaders that make a difference and become catalysts for positive change in their communities. The two students were selected based on the outstanding leadership potential they have demonstrated in school and community activities.
As announced earlier this spring, the following six rising seniors will be attending this year’s Arkansas Governor’s School program from July 5 to August 1 on the Arkansas Tech University campus in Russellville: Caroline Cash, Ella Crowder, Elizabeth Gipson, Ann Marie Nguyen, Madeline Reyes and Arianne Ricaurte.
