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Students bound for Washington, D.C., in summer
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| Trip winners: Pictured from left, Julia Prieto, Tyson Estelle, Forrest Swift, Kylee Brubaker, Heidy Kartchner and Rachael Larson. (SSVEC/Photo.) |
Six high school juniors will be touring the nation's capital for one week this summer as winners of Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative's (SSVEC's) 30th annual Washington Youth Tour competition. The students were recognized on Nov. 17, following a dinner honoring them and their parents at the Cochise College Benson Center.
The students who earned all-expense-paid trips next June to Washington, D.C. are Kylee Brubaker, Heidy Kartchner and Rachael Larson from St. David High School, Tyson Estelle from Valley Union High School, Julia Prieto from Buena High School, and Forrest Swift from Benson High School.
Eleventh-graders in SSVEC's service territory are eligible for the competition.
"In all, more than 700 students took the preliminary test. Those who scored highest on this test at each high school moved to the next level of competition-an essay. This year's essay topic asked students to develop a marketing campaign on renewable energy and "Going Green," said Washington Youth Tour Program Coordinator Marcus Harston. The 12 students whose essays scored highest were invited to the final stage of competition. The students took a second test covering more complex materials about SSVEC, cooperatives, and energy, and they were interviewed by a panel of four judges."
The students who earned all-expense-paid trips next June to Washington, D.C. are Kylee Brubaker, Heidy Kartchner and Rachael Larson from St. David High School, Tyson Estelle from Valley Union High School, Julia Prieto from Buena High School, and Forrest Swift from Benson High School.
Eleventh-graders in SSVEC's service territory are eligible for the competition.
"In all, more than 700 students took the preliminary test. Those who scored highest on this test at each high school moved to the next level of competition-an essay. This year's essay topic asked students to develop a marketing campaign on renewable energy and "Going Green," said Washington Youth Tour Program Coordinator Marcus Harston. The 12 students whose essays scored highest were invited to the final stage of competition. The students took a second test covering more complex materials about SSVEC, cooperatives, and energy, and they were interviewed by a panel of four judges."
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