More than 60 Upper School Students Represent FCDS at YAG
FCDS students take leadership and law-making seriously: more than 60 Upper School students took part in the North Carolina Youth and Government Conference in Raleigh in February. “Visiting this event for the first time, I was enamored by the program,” reported Upper School Director Steve Manna. “It compels young people to learn and become excited about government, helping them to become more informed and impactful citizens—and eventual voters and community leaders.”
More than 1,000 young people from across the state came together to form a mock government with executive, legislative, and judicial branches as well as media. FCDS’s Jacob Jung was Lieutenant Governor, Rahul Krishnaswamy and Sutton Blanchard were presiding officers in the Senate, Victoria Parker was a senior budget analyst, and Nicholas Emken served on the governor’s Cabinet.
Many FCDS student drafted bills passed by the Cabinet or in the Freshman Forum including Sydney Beason, Lindsey Ickes, and Meredith Dockery; Andrew Claybrook, Alley Pollock, and Lucy Long; Bella Wiese and Ashley Parsons; and Will Schomberg, Jacob Parker, Nick Strauch, and Jack Dew.
Yasmin Horner and Cason TeVault scored 10 (out of 10) in one of their appellate court cases, and Charles Terry and his Mock Trial team earned second place in the Mock Trial competition.
Sophomore David Craig and junior Logan Welborn were appointed to prestigious positions in next year’s Youth and Government: David will serve as a senior budget analyst and Logan will be a broadcast editor.
These are all tremendous accomplishments, and as a community, we have much for which to be proud of these students,” Mr. Manna said. He commended FCDS YAG’s student leaders – Victoria Parker, Rahul Krishnaswamy, and Jacob Jung – and Mr. Tom Howell for serving as faculty sponsor.
The FCDS members of Youth and Government are: Harrison Angell, Katherine Angell, Zachary Atala, Sydney Beason, Sutton Blanchard, Preston Breitling, Jack Brinkley, Lawson Brown, Olivia Cain, Meredith Cavenaugh, Nicholas Chen, Noah Chmil, Andrew Claybrook, David Craig, Olivia Cromie, Peter Cromie, Avery Dew, Jack Dew, Reagan Didier, Lauren Do, Meredith Dockery, Nicholas Emken, Demetri Hodges, Caleb Hollar, Yasmin Horner, As Huggins, Lindsay Ickes, Ellen Jiang, Gus Johnson, Jacob Jung, Rahul Krishnaswamy, Olivia Li, Mindy Li, Jackie Liu, Lucy Long, Bella Merrick, Ben Merrick, Taylor Myers, Michael Noll, Jacob Parker, Victoria Parker, Ashley Parsons, Banks Pickett, Ally Pollock, Trevor Poppe, Jacob Pruitt, Will Scarpa, Will Schomberg, Matthew Sides, Alexandra Sorescu, Brooke Stewart, Nick Strauch, Charles Terry, Cason TeVault, Dean Tickle, Thatch Townsend, Logan Welborn, Lily White, Bella Wiese, and John Woodard.
Forsyth Country Day School (FCDS) is a private, college preparatory, independent school for preschool through high school located in Lewisville, NC, just outside of Winston-Salem. Students benefit from a challenging academic curriculum, fine and performing arts, competitive athletics, and a wide selection of extracurricular activities.
Non-Discrimination Policy: Forsyth Country Day School is committed to administering all education and employment activities without discrimination based on one’s race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, ability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
Non-Discrimination Policy: Forsyth Country Day School is committed to administering all education and employment activities without discrimination based on one’s race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, ability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.
