Contact:Jenny Caviness
Phone:336-373-2733

Youth Leadership Greensboro Honors Students

GREENSBORO, NC -- (April 26, 2010) -- Youth Leadership Greensboro (YLG) recently honored high school students who completed its year-long leadership program. Sessions included Politics and the Media, Diversity and Tolerance, Law and Justice, Economy and the Environment, and Serving Society. Participants are required to attend the all-day sessions, complete 20 hours of volunteer service, and conduct a group field study project on a current local problem.

The following students completed the program:
American Hebrew Academy: Gena Medoff
Early College at Guilford: Hilary Chan
Greensboro College Middle College: Tanner Hunt
Greensboro Day School: Jonathan Campbell, Chris Clark, Carson DuBose, Allie Knowles, Jennings Kuzmier, Colleen Paterson, Haley Peck
Grimsley High School: Michael Perlmutter, Jonathan Reeve
Northern High School: McKensey Anderson
Page High School: Jake Barry, Clayton Betts, Kathryn Black, Kate Chamblee, Chris Dalldorf, Matthew Lovejoy, Kaity McCance, Matthew Mills
Penn-Griffin School for the Arts: Lleana Le, Ryan Le
Southwest High School: Ryan Bristow
Weaver Academy: Kate Flowers
Wesleyan Christian Academy: Lashley Kirkman
Western Guilford High School: Tommy Allen, Jasmine Blount, Billy Humphrey, Casey Jones.

Special recognition was given to two students. Kate Flowers, Weaver Academy, received the Leadership Award for leading by example and having a positive influence on others in all aspects of the program. Tanner Hunt, Greensboro College Middle College, received the Spirit Award for exhibiting enthusiasm and having a strong, creative influence on the program.

Youth Leadership Greensboro is co-sponsored by the Greensboro Youth Council of the Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department, Greensboro Radiology, Greensboro Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Programs, Senior Leadership Greensboro, Crescent Rotary, Greensboro Tile and Stone, Bank of North Carolina, Renaissance, and Carroll Companies.

Each year, Youth Leadership Greensboro accepts 36 high school students (sophomores, juniors or seniors) and home-school students. Applications are now available for the next session at high school guidance offices, by mail, or online at www.greensboro-nc.gov/leisure/gyc. For more information, call the Greensboro Youth Council at 336-373-2733.

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