FARMINGTON – The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 28 of Farmington is looking for Mt. Blue High School Junior girls that are interested in attending Dirigo Girls State at Husson University the week of June 21-26.
Girls State is sponsored by The American Legion Auxiliary. The week at Husson is free to the girls that are selected to attend, thanks to the Auxiliary and to several area contributors.
Girls State delegates are a diverse group of young women who share a common desire to learn about how state, county and local government works. Delegates come from high schools from all over the state of Maine. During this week-long experience Girls State delegates will form a town within their dormitory and hold elections for county and state government positions. A state house of representatives and senate will be set up. By the end of the week the state of Dirigo will have elected a governor.
Two girls from Girls State will be selected to attend Girls Nation in Washington, D.C. in July with girls that have been selected from all over the United States.
As a graduate from the girls state program you are entitled to apply for several grants and scholarships for college.
Mt. Blue High School girls that are eligible to participate in Girls State must:
• Have completed their junior year in high school
• Have an interested in and/ or learning about the government
• Are of good character
• Are in the top half of there class
A sign up sheet is in the front office of Mt. Blue High School. Deadline to sign up is April 30. For more information please call Katie Hallman at 778-4720
Makes me sad that they now have to request high school students to sign up for Girls’ State…….. My recollection (which might be wrong!) was that the schools made the selections; we could go or not and ‘the honor’ would be passed along to another.
Went there (Colby College campus) a LONG time ago; but it was such an wonderful honor to be selected. (Yeah, some of it was a tad boring, but the people you met more than made up for any boredom!!) It is a GOOD thing to learn about how your government works! What a marvelous experience to spend a week with other girls who were bright, friendly, devoted to their schools/homes, families/country. Yep, color me OLD, but color me grateful for the experience.
In case anyone of MY vintage has forgotten, Shirley Williams (Wilton) was one of the most wonderful people God ever put on God’s Green Earth and was so devoted to the American Legion, etc.!! She made Girls’ State a very Big Deal for many, many years!! (Never mind that she played the piano at my beloved Mary Vanderhoff’s School of Dance; Shirley was an Angel!!)