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Read the Full Article Students take trip to visit China
Special to The Daily News
Published: August 24, 2010
Jake Heileman didn’t know what to expect when he packed his bags for
Beijing this summer, but when he returned to St. Thomas he knew he
hadn’t been disappointed.
The Ss. Peter and Paul High School 2010 graduate was one of three Virgin
Islands students who joined a group of 16 U.S. youths for three weeks
in China as part of the Junior Statesmen of America program. Although JSA typically focuses on government, law and politics, Heileman
said, the China trip “was more of a cultural immersion.” The students
took lessons in Chinese culture and history, as well as a crash course
in language. Read the Full Article
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Junior Statesmen Foundation Executive Director, Jeff Harris, is quoted in an article in the My College Guide Blog. Read the My College Guide artilce
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Read Full Article in St. Thomas Source  Young Debaters Hone Power of Language
BY DARRIN MORTENSON — APRIL 24, 2010
While the loudmouths and troublemakers often steal the attention, one group of local teens is working hard to have a say in their world and put their generation in a positive light.
Articulate and bubbling with confidence, the 20 students from Charlotte Amalie High School, Ss. Peter and Paul, and Antilles School gathered in the CAHS library Saturday to learn and to practice how to participate in civic debate and discussion as part of a mini-conference of the nationwide Junior State of America. Read
Full Article in St. Thomas Source
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Read the full artilce in the Dallas Morning News
Lade Obamehinti of Euless: Rise up, study up, get politically savvy
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Lade Obamehinti is a junior at Trinity High School in Euless and a Student Voices volunteer columnist. To respond to this column, send an e-mail to
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Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to experience something unthinkable and unforgettable. I had the opportunity to see conservatives and liberals agree on something: education.
Pent-up passions and opinions of multiple leaders poured out in heated debates, all in a legitimate political atmosphere, earlier this month at the Junior Statesmen Foundation Texas Summer Institute on Politics and Presidential Leadership in Austin. Approximately 63 students from different areas of Texas attended. Read
the full artilce in the Dallas Morning News
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Read Full Article on SJ-R.com
By FARAH TAMIZUDDIN/VOICE CORRESPONDENT
THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER
Posted May 17, 2010 @ 11:00 PM
"Yes!”
That was my first thought when I jumped in the car after school Monday, flipped on the radio and heard, “Britain has a new prime minister” — but probably not for the reason you think.
Actually, my first response to Britain’s governmental woes was dismay: My sister told me a few days earlier that current British prime minister Gordon Brown had won re-election.
I wasn’t disappointed because I diligently follow British politics. Nor do I really condemn his recent “gaffe” (calling a supporter bigoted) or his part in the Iraq War.
No, I was bemoaning news of Gordon’s success because at my weekly Junior State of America meetings, we predicted candidate David Cameron would win and I didn’t want to lose my self-proclaimed prognostication powers. Read Full Article
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