Today, the Georgia Department of Education announced the students selected as Georgia’s delegates and alternates to the 2024 United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP).
Mr. Jackson Bost (Madison County High School, Madison County Charter School System) and Ms. Viveka Mehrotra (North Oconee High School, Oconee County Schools) were selected as this year’s delegates. In addition, Ms. Miranda Johnson (Harrison High School, Cobb County School District) and Mr. Luke Netto (Milton High School, Fulton County Schools) were selected as alternates.
“Congratulations to our Georgia delegates and alternates. I am extremely proud of our students selected to represent Georgia through the United States Senate Youth Program, and I am confident they will be outstanding ambassadors for our state,” State School Superintendent Richard Woods said. “Good citizenship is a responsibility of all Americans; therefore, it is essential that educators encourage students to engage in activities that expand their civic knowledge and skills.”
Each year, the USSYP brings the most outstanding high school students – two from each state, the District of Columbia, and the Department of Defense Education Activity – to Washington, D.C. for an intensive weeklong study of the federal government and the people who lead it. During the program week, the student delegates will attend meetings and briefings with senators, the president, a Supreme Court justice, and cabinet agencies’ leaders, among others.
The program’s overall mission is to help instill within each class of USSYP student delegates more profound knowledge of the American political process and a lifelong commitment to public service. Georgia’s delegates will join a 104-student delegation and receive a $10,000 college scholarship for undergraduate study.
The USSYP was created by Senate Resolution 324 in 1962, has been sponsored by the Senate, and has been fully funded by The Hearst Foundations since its…
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