Local student selected to attend Congressional Student Conference

Sparta - Taylor Falvo, a student at Pope John XXIII has been selected to attend the 2006 Congressional Student Leadership Conference, sponsored by LeadAmerica, at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. The conference is a college-accredited invitational leadership program for academically talented and promising young leaders from across the United States and internationally. Exceptional high school students with a record of academic achievement and extracurricular or community involvement, are invited to participate. Leadership University, an in-depth, intensive leadership development conference for young leaders who want to challenge themselves to excel and realize their full potential. Through briefings and discussions with national and international leaders in the fields of study and realistic, hands-on simulations, Taylor will experience leadership in action and learn first-hand about the complexities of decision-making in a chosen field or profession.