Washington Youth Tour
Calling all rising seniors within the Laurens Electric service area: It’s time to begin preparing for the annual Washington Youth Tour. Every year, about 1,500 delegates from 39 states are sponsored by local electric cooperatives to attend a weeklong expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C.
Laurens Electric Cooperative will sponsor two high school juniors to attend the youth tour, explore the D.C. area, meet other participants, or delegates, from across the country, and learn more about and promote electric cooperatives.
To qualify, contestants must submit an application, complete with personal references. Finalists will be selected to appear for interviews by a committee of judges, and two winners will be announced following the interview process.
Aside from touring and promoting cooperatives, the winners, whom we call delegates, attend dances and river cruises, dine at culturally unique restaurants and make new friends with whom many past delegates report they still keep in touch.
Washington Youth Tour takes place each June. Click here to download the application or complete the online application below. For more information about Youth Tour, contact your school’s guidance counselor, or Laurie Riser at Laurens Electric Cooperative, at 1-800-942-3141.
Smart Links for Smart Kids
We’re always surfing the Net looking for cool places for kids to learn about electricity. Below are some links to great Kids websites. Also, have fun coloring Lectric Man or read “8 Keys to better me” a book sponsored by LEC.
PBS: Edison’s Miracle of Light
enLIGHTenSC
enlightenscWe’ve helped power up a Web site full of educational tools for teachers and fun learning experiences for students. Cooperatives want to help teachers and students learn about producing electricity with renewable sources that are environmentally responsible and economically reasonable. enLIGHTenSC includes activities, lesson plans, and materials about electricity and energy that correspond with the S.C. Department of Education standards for science.
Eight Keys To A Better Me
Laurens Electric Cooperative proudly sponsors the book, Eight Keys To A Better Me; Character Development For Young People, written by William J. Briggs, Ed.D., and illustrated by Lynne Marie Davis. The book lists and illustrates eight key traits, which could influence children in their character development that will lead to a better self-image, to better relationships with others, and to a better life. LEC’s sponsorship provides free copies of this book to local elementary schools. For more information, contact your child’s school.
Coloring Pages
Page 1
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Page 2
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