Youth Leadership Edmond begins

The Edmond Sun

November 10, 2005 11:59 am

— The Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce kicked off its Youth Leadership Edmond program this month with a retreat for the selected students at the chamber building. A total of 42 juniors from the three Edmond public high schools, Heritage Hall and Bishop McGuinness High School were accepted into Youth Leadership Edmond Class V. All high school juniors, including both public and private school students residing in Edmond school district and/or Edmond city limits, were eligible to apply to the program.
“The Opening Retreat exposed the students to team building and problem solving activities, leadership style development, and personal leadership skills evaluation,” said Hollye Laymon, vice president of operations and Youth Leadership Edmond program director.
Youth Leadership Edmond provides an opportunity for high school juniors to meet with Edmond business and community leaders to identify and discuss community issues, develop leadership skills and explore career opportunities. The Youth Leadership Edmond program consists of six sessions running November to April, concluding with an evening graduation in April. Each day session is an excused absence from school with full credit. The six sessions are: Opening Retreat, Business & Industry, Municipal Government, Health Care, Quality of Life and State Government Day. Students will also be given the opportunity to participate in the Mayor's Youth Council Program and may elect to visit Tinker Air Force Base with the Chamber's adult Leadership Edmond Class.
The Youth Leadership Edmond program is sponsored by the University of Central Oklahoma.
Session sponsors include the Arvest Bank, Francis Tuttle Technology Center, Citizens Bank of Edmond, Edmond Medical Center, Edmond Electric, Oklahoma Christian University, YourNextSpeaker, Adfitech, CGI, MIDCON Data Services, LLC & kerr 3 design group inc.
The selection process for Youth Leadership Edmond is done by application screening and an interview process. Selection for Youth Leadership Edmond Class VI will begin in September, 2006. For more information about the program, contact Hollye Laymon at the Edmond Chamber, 341-2808, or logon to www.edmondchamber.com.
The Youth Leadership Edmond Class V class members are the following:
Michael Allen, Edmond North High School
Mikki Allen, Edmond Memorial High School
Christina Ballard, Edmond Memorial High School
Chenoa Barker, Edmond North High School
Kristen Blundell, Edmond North High School
Ryan Brasses, Bishop McGuinness
Derek Case, Edmond North High School
Emily Cole, Edmond North High School
Trey Cole                    Edmond North High School
Maggie Courtney         Edmond North High School
Addison Durrett            Edmond Santa Fe High School
Lauren Faris                Edmond Santa Fe High School
D’Andre Fisher            Edmond Santa Fe High School
Jason Garrett               Edmond Memorial High School
Kaydee Gibson            Edmond Santa Fe High School
Leah Guskin                Heritage Hall
Ashley Hesser             Edmond Memorial High School
Rebecca Hopkins         Edmond North High School
Sean Hughes               Edmond North High School
Megan Hulshizer          Edmond North High School
Brian Kibbe                 Edmond Santa Fe High School
Rachael Kunkel            Edmond Memorial High School
Carter Labarthe           Bishop McGuinness
Jonathan MacDurmon  Edmond North High School
Courtney Mills              Edmond North High School
Maggie Murdock          Edmond Memorial High School
Andrew Negley            Edmond Memorial High School
Sissi Nie                      Edmond Santa Fe High School
Katie O'Neil                  Edmond Memorial High School
Evan Ottaviani              Bishop McGuiness
Adam Saylor                Edmond North High School
Sam Scharff                Edmond Memorial High School
Tim Shoopman             Edmond Memorial High School
Ryan Smith                  Edmond Santa Fe High School
Nevine Tabbara            Edmond Santa Fe High School
Venus Tahmasebi        Edmond Santa Fe High School
Heather Taylor             Edmond Memorial High School
Lauren Tipton              Edmond North High School
Clay Vaughan              Bishop McGuiness
Eric Weinmeister         Edmond Memorial High School
Chelsea Wingfield        Edmond Memorial High School
Emily Yowell                Edmond Memorial High School

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