CCSD Students Selected for Regional Leadership Program

Three Cherokee County School District students have been selected for a regional leadership program!

Cherokee High School junior Madeline Flournoy, Etowah High School sophomore Chloe Okoth, and River Ridge High School junior Leigha Samuel are among the outstanding high school students selected to participate in this school year’s Model Atlanta Regional Commission (MARC) youth leadership program.  Congratulations to our students and their teachers and thank you to our School Board for its laser focus on ensuring our students learn more, grow more, and achieve more in our classrooms than they could anywhere else!

Madeline, far left, and Leigha, far right, participate in a Model ARC session.

The six-month program offers select high school students the opportunity to learn about issues affecting their region, including housing affordability, water usage and transportation challenges.  The students speak with local leaders, tour metro Atlanta government and community sites, and offer their own ideas on how to improve life in metro Atlanta for its residents.  

Chloe, at left holding the poster, participates in a Model ARC session.

The program every spring accepts applications from rising sophomore and juniors for next school year’s class.  The program meets on Saturdays once a month for six months beginning in August.  There is no cost to participate.  Learn more at http://www.atlantaregional.org/marc.

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