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SSA Students
attend
GPA Camp
SSA
Tri-Hi-Y Club
Several students of St. Scholastica Academy
attended the Governor’s Program on Abstinence
(GPA) Summer Leadership Camp at Tall
Timbers in Woodworth, LA. The officers of
Hearts of Purity, SSA’s GPA club, who attended
the camp were president Emily Rodriguez,
membership director Madeline Rice, public
relations director Ariel Tusa, fundraising
director Ashley Vorenkamp, and project director
Marybelle Bates. SSA senior Aly Neel also
attended the camp as a counselor. The moderator
of Hearts of Purity is SSA religion teacher and
campus minister Barbara Link.
(L-R): Ashley Vorenkamp, Marybelle Bates, Emily
Rodriguez, Madeline Rice, Ariel Tusa,
and moderator Barbara Link.
SSA Students attend
Teen Focus
on Safe Driving
(L to R) Back: Emily Andrews, President - Cace Billeaud, Vice-President - Alissa Fontana.
Middle: Collette Pellissier, Sarah Landry, Kelsey Stritzinger, Kathleen Harmon, Meredith
Algero. Front: Megan Robert, Annie Terral, Lauren Schell, Molly Severson.
The St. Scholastica Academy Tri-Hi-Y club is SSA’s Louisiana Youth and
Government program, which is organized and sponsored by the YMCA for
high school students. The group participates in Model United Nations and
Youth Legislature, which both include formal debates, committee meetings,
reports on the fate of bills and proposals and election of new officers. The
goal of Tri-Hi-Y is to introduce students to the inner workings of the State’s
system of government.
SSA Students
Receive Awards at
YMCA Model United Nations
(L-R): SSA students
Emily Andrews,
Melissa Landry,
Ashley Osbourn,
and Megan Robert.
SSA junior Ashley Osbourn answers a question posed by
Melody Bonnette of Channel 13 as part of the teen
spotlight discussion panel.
Eight members of St. Scholastica Academy’s
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
club attended the Teen Focus on Safe Driving
Conference on September 27. The purpose of the
conference was to teach leaders among high school
students about the effects of unsafe driving and
techniques to prevent risky driving among peers.
SSA SADD members Margaux Dastugue and Molly
Cox presented SSA’s action plan to the rest of the
schools.
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Several St. Scholastica Academy students attended the YMCA Model
United Nations November 30 – December 2 in Baton Rouge. The
YMCA Model Nations Program is designed to introduce students to the
operation and structure of the United Nations while providing them
with an opportunity to actively participate in conflict resolution, public
speaking, and coalition building, in addition to making new friends and
being exposed to new ideas. Melissa Landry was selected Outstanding
Delegate. Megan Robert was chosen to attend the Council on National
Affairs (CONA), a national version of Model United Nations. Ashley
Osbourn was elected President of the Economic and Social Council.
Emily Andrews was elected United Nations President. As President,
Andrews will preside over the entire Louisiana Model United Nations
for the state and is the youngest member ever elected to this position.