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GREEN RIVER One Green River middle school student will not only have the chance to develop his leadership skills, but take in the sights while attending a program in Washington D.C.
Sawyer Kreis of Green River will join other middle-school students from across the nation to take part in an academic and career oriented development program called Junior National Young Leaders Conference.
“I’m excited because there are going to be people from all over the county,” Kreis said. “I want to meet everyone.”
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Kreis was nominated by his fourth-grade teacher at Monroe Elementary School, Maria Anderson. Due to the restrictions of COVID-19, the camp for 2020 was rescheduled for the summer 2021. Like other students selected for the program, Kreis had to wait.
National Youth Leadership Forum: Pathways to Stem program, she was beyond excited.
Fellbaum was so surprised because she didn’t even know that her principal Tina Searle at Eastside Elementary School had nominated her.
“I feel really happy that my principal picked me because I knew I was doing something right,” Fellbaum said.
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Fellbaum was a sixth-grade student at Eastside Elementary in the 2019-2020 school year and received the nomination then, however due to the COVID-19 pandemic the event was delayed until this summer. Fellbaum, who just finished her seventh-grade year at the Rock Springs Junior High School, doesn’t care if the program was delayed and is just happy to be able to attend.