By Logan Cook Cascade High School has selected juniors John Rumney and Matt Weakland to attend this year's American Legion Boy's State Leadership Conference at Western Montana College in Dillon. The participants will attend several different workshops based on state and federal government from June 3rd-8th. All students selected are in their junior year of high school and have expressed intent to attend. Then the faculty works with the local Legion Post to select the students.
Selection is based on leadership, scholarship and character.
The purpose of the conference is to allow students to apply theories they have learned in the classroom by participating in governmental procedures. As each student arrives they will be assigned to a mock city. Once assigned a city they will have to run for positions within the city and then proceed to run the city as part of the government. Along with workshops students will be able to participate in intramural sports to pass the time.