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October 26, 2006
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Mills Lawns students picked for leadership forum
When sixth grade student Keturah Fulton goes to Washington, D.C., for spring break this year, she can’t wait to make new friends from all over the world. Classmate Paloma Crist Wiggins is interested in finding out how the lives of students in Africa are different from hers, and Murphy Davidson is keen to see the area’s historic sites. Lela Dewey feels special that she is among the four students from Mills Lawn School who get to spend their spring break as ambassadors with the People to People World Leadership Forum that supports youth leadership development for peace and understanding. In April, these four students will join students from other parts of the world to study leadership and explore the sites and monuments to critical decision-making moments in America’s history. They will visit Capitol Hill and Colonial Williamsburg, stopping at the Smithsonian and the National Air and Space Museum and other places of national significance. They will also engage in discussions and exercises that illustrate how successful leaders build consensus and bring about change. Puting their leadership and visionary skills to work before they go, the four students have come up with creative ways to raise money for their trip. They held a bake sale at the fall Yellow Springs Street Fair, and also got several sponsors to agree to help them raise $2,000 by Nov. 7 to see Village Manager Eric Swansen and Mills Lawn Principal Christine Hatton kiss a pig at the Mills Lawn PTO election night spaghetti dinner. The students will collect sponsorships from local businesses for the event, and Dewey’s father, Greg Dewey, has agreed to perform with his band mates at the Little Art Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 18, to benefit the group. Fulton has also started an aluminum can recycling project and hopes to get other students to bring in their cans which the group can exchange for refunds. “That can bring in quite a bit of money,” she said. People to People was established 50 years ago by President Eisenhower to increase peace through understanding. According to the organization’s Web site, the leadership forum continues that tradition by preparing exceptional students for success in college and beyond and enabling students to have fun and make friends with students from around the globe. Teachers at Mills Lawn nominated a group of students for the program based on their academic achievement, civic involvement and leadership potential. These four students accepted their nominations. Those interested in making a contribution can bring a donation to Mills Lawn to the attention of Becky O’Brien or give to one of the donation jars distributed to businesses around the village.
Contact: lheaton@ysnews.com
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