YOUTH ON THE GO
Toni Anne Sinagra of Kingston, a student at John A. Coleman Catholic High School, was selected to participate in the Duke University Summer Session for High School Students.
Participants in the program will be immersed in a college environment, engaging in a rigorous academic environment and living on the campus of Duke University in Durham, N.C. Their time in the classroom will be supplemented by a wide range of extracurricular academic and cultural activities.
She is the daughter of Tony and Wendy Sinagra.
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Jessica Alonso of Kingston, a senior at Kingston High School, was awarded a $4,000 Academic Distinction Scholarship to attend Alfred State.
The scholarship is awarded to first-time freshmen students who possess an 87 or better cumulative high school average through the end of their junior year. At least an 1140 combined reading/writing and math SAT or 23 composite ACT score is required.
Alonso has been accepted into the college’s business administration program.
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John A. Coleman Catholic High School students Anthony Miressi and Colin Leahy were chosen to attend the New York East Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar at the State University of New York at Oneonta from May 31 through June 2. They will be among more than 220 high school sophomores from across Eastern New York to attend the event.
Each spring, select area sophomores from public, private and home schools convene at one of the 70 State Leadership Seminars across the country to recognize their leadership talents and apply them to becoming effective and ethical leaders. Student participants, known as ambassadors, take part in handson activities, meet leaders in their state and explore their own personal leadership skills while learning how to lead others and make a positive impact in their community.
This year’s program will include such speakers as Nico Meyering from the CCHS Foundation and Addrain Conyers from Marist College. A service learning project is planned with the Center for Donation and Transport that will support efforts to honor organ do--
nors and their families.
At the end of the seminar, the youth ambassadors will be challenged to give back by serving at least 100 volunteer hours in their communities. Students who complete the Leadership for Service (L4S) Challenge within 12 months of their seminar are eligible for the HOBY L4S Challenge Award and the President’s Volunteer Service Award. Alumni who log 4,000 hours of service within their lifetime receive the President’s Call to Service Award from Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership.
The youth leadership organization is named after actor Hugh O’Brian, who was motivated to established after meeting with Dr. Albert Schweitzer in 1958.