High school seniors can apply to participate in Maryland General Assembly Student Page Program

Charles County Public Faculties (CCPS) is accepting purposes from highschool seniors fascinated with taking part within the Maryland Common Meeting Scholar Web page Program. Every year, CCPS selects three highschool seniors and one alternate to symbolize the varsity system in this system.

Scholar Pages spend two nonconsecutive weeks working with the Common Meeting throughout their legislative session in Annapolis. The session runs yearly from January to April. Pages serve one week through the first eight weeks of the session, and the second week over the last 5 weeks.

This system is being performed in-person this 12 months. Duties embody maintaining invoice books updated, distributing supplies on the ground to members, aiding guests and delivering messages to members.

• college students should meet the next {qualifications}:
• Reside in Maryland and attend a Maryland public or personal highschool.
• Be registered as a highschool senior and be a minimum of 16 years outdated.
• Have or acquire a social safety quantity.
• Have an curiosity in authorities and historical past.
• Have a mean or above common scholastic file, and a file of excellent conduct.
• Be dependable and courteous.
• Have parental or guardian permission and signature to take part.

College students should apply by finishing an official software, and an essay explaining their curiosity and {qualifications} for this system. These types may be obtained from the county coordinator by electronic mail at llove@ccboe.com or by telephone at 301-934-7389.

The appliance and essay template are additionally accessible at www.ccboe.com. To entry the applying and essay template, click on right here. Each accomplished paperwork should be submitted by electronic mail to llove@ccboe.com on or earlier than 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28.

A panel of CCPS workers will evaluation purposes and essays, and maintain interviews for this system Thursday, Nov. 3, by way of Zoom. Candidates will obtain additional details about their interviews in any case purposes and essays have been acquired by the deadline.

College students who’re chosen to take part will probably be notified starting Dec. 5, by the president and speaker of the Maryland Common Meeting.

About CCPS

Charles County Public Faculties gives 27,000 college students in grades prekindergarten via 12 with an academically difficult training. Situated in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Faculties has 37 faculties that supply a technologically superior, progressive and prime quality training that builds character, equips for management and prepares college students for all times, careers and better training.

The Charles County public faculty system doesn’t discriminate on the idea of race, shade, faith, nationwide origin, intercourse, sexual orientation, gender id, age or incapacity in its applications, actions or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Part 504 Coordinator (college students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Part 504 Coordinator (staff/ adults), at Charles County Public Faculties, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Constructing, P.O. Field 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For particular lodging name 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks previous to the occasion.

CCPS gives nondiscriminatory equal entry to high school amenities in accordance with its Use of Amenities guidelines to designated youth teams (together with, however not restricted to, the Boy Scouts).