The 7th Annual Huntsville Youth Leadership Conference (YLC)

The 7th Annual Huntsville Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) will be held 4-7 November 2008 at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, This YLC is one of 26 multi-day MOWW conferences nationwide to promote patriotism, good citizenship, service to country, leadership, and free enterprise and is an opportunity for high school students to interact with experienced professionals in Government and industry. We are expecting up to 80 first-time students to attemd. Sixty from North Alabama are funded through corporate and private donations for students at no cost to the school or students. The final due date is October 17th. Link to the YLC Application webpage from which applications are downloadable is at follows:

http://www.huntsville-moww.org/modules.php?name=YLC2009&file=applications

Selection is by the school and validated by MOWW. Selected students should meet the following student criteria:
Be a sophomore or junior (enables judging the benefit at your school and community at least one year)
Has not previously participated in a multi-day MOWW YLC
Has a GPA of 2.8 or higher and is active in school/community activities
Be selected and/or recommended by your staff
Be available and committed to being at the entire conference -- 11/04/09 check-in by 4:45 PM to 11/07, 1:00 PM
Be capable of light exercise
Not require special accommodations/assistance that is not fully provided by the guardian at the guardian’s expense including any accommodations/assistance for lodging in Space Camp’s Habitat.

If interested in representing Ardmore High School, see Ms. Kirk ASAP.