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2008
Washington Youth Tour
Washington Youth
Tour Washington Youth Tour Amicalola EMC will be sending three students on an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. June 12-19, 2008! The Washington Youth Tour is a top-notch tour of our nation’s capital that includes meetings with state and national leaders and leadership training, as well as visiting all the major sights. The students meet and discuss their views with students from other states while learning about history, government and careers in public service. The students are then off to D.C. where they will meet with hundreds of students from across the country who represent their local EMCs as well. While in Washington, D.C. the students will experience cruising down the Potomac River, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery, touring the U.S. Capitol, U.S. Supreme Court, the National Cathedral, Ford’s Theater, and the National Archives. The group will visit memorials honoring FDR, Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington, the Vietnam War and the Korean War, and watch the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps and the Silent Drill Platoon perform at the Sunset Parade at the Iwo Jima Memorial. Museums to be explored include the Smithsonian Institution, the Holocaust Museum and the Newseum, an interactive museum about the media sponsored by journalists worldwide. The deadline for submitting your application is JANUARY 31, 2008 In order to enter the contest you must:
Papers are judged on the basis of content, creativity, originality, composition, neatness and grammar. After providing the above information to Amicalola EMC, select students participate in an interview to determine the winner. Deadline for the entering the contest is January 31, 2008. The winner of the 2008 Washington Youth Tour will receive a $600 scholarship to any accredited college, university or technical college in the state of Georgia.Runners-up for the 2007 Washington Youth Tour: Cherokee County: 1st runner up: Jeremy Hood
Dawson County: 2nd runner up: Jocelyn Shaw 1st runner up: Phillip Blythe
Gilmer County: 3rd runner up: Megan Vautrot 2nd runner up: Rachel Bunn 1st runner up: Kaycee Sullivan
Pickens County: 3rd runner
up: Mark Green Three students were chosen as winners of the Washington Youth Tour, receiving an all expense paid trip to Washington June 7-14, 2007. They also received a $600 scholarship from AEMC. Katherine Shelley, senior at Cherokee High School. Her parents are David and Leslie Shelley of Ball Ground. Calla French, junior at Dawson High School. Her parents are Tom and MeloDee French of Dawsonville.
Nikki Stephens, senior at Gilmer High School. Her parents are Richard and Angie Stephens of Ellijay.
Washington Youth Tour Winners Katherine Shelley, Calla French & Nikki Stephens with AEMC WYT Coordinator Stacey Fields and AEMC CEO Robert L Payne
Amicalola
EMC Scholarship Overview Amicalola EMC awarded a $1,000 scholarship to five senior students from surrounding counties in the Amicalola EMC service area and three $300 scholarships for applications chosen to be entered into the statewide Walter Harrison Scholarship competition. Scholarships were awarded based upon financial need and grade point average. The student must be a high school senior and live in an Amicalola EMC household. Student must be enrolled in or have been accepted into an accredited program, either full or part time and must be an undergraduate. Scholarship may be used toward any two-year or four-year accredited college, university or technical college.
2007 Scholarship Winners On March 27, 2007 at a Youth Awards honor banquet held by Amicalola EMC five $1000 scholarships were awarded and three $300 scholarships were awarded by Amicalola EMC. (Funds made possible through the Board of Directors of Amicalola EMC and a donation received from the Operations RoundUp program.) The 2007 Amicalola EMC $1000 Scholarship Winners are: Cherokee Katherine Shelley After these scholarships were selected, then the Walter Harrison nominees were chosen which entered them in a chance for a statewide $1000 scholarship. One of these Amicalola EMC nominees, Katherine Sherrod was chosen as a $1000 Walter Harrison Scholarship winner. All three nominees will receive a $300 scholarship from AEMC. Amicalola EMC's three nominees to the Walter Harrison Scholarship were: Kaycee Sullivan, Gilmer; Rachel Bunn, Gilmer and Katherine Sherrod, Pickens
Amicalola EMC Scholarship Winners Katherine Shelley, Leah Stowers, Margaret McCampbell, Courtney Ralston & Jesse Rockmore
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