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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