Youth Leadership Sandy Springs Inducts 36 New Students

Staff Report

Youth Leadership Sandy Springs kicked off its fourth year, inducting 36 new members in a ceremony at Holy Innocents’ Fine Arts auditorium.

The class of 2014-15 comes from eight schools and will begin their year of community exploration with an all-day Saturday retreat to Outward Bound’s ropes course followed by a cell phone scavenger hunt in September.

After spending the year studying their community, the high school sophomores and juniors will pick a group service project. Youth Leadership Sandy Springs is the junior program of Leadership Sandy Springs, a unique opportunity for high school sophomore and juniors who are interested in developing leadership skills, investigating the issues facing Sandy Springs and discovering opportunities for service.

Youth Leadership Sandy Springs members are:Thomas Beesom, Hill Belfi, Alexandria Cannon, Linsey Cohen, Liam Collins, Matthew Cooper, Ryan Durham, Madeline Fleischmann, Hope Garrison, Jordan Gold, Chandler Grove, Olivia Gunthert, Mia Hodges, Megan Holley, Emma Jones, Walker King, Derek Liu, Chase Luther, Luke Muehning, Rebecca Neisch, Eliza Paprin, Natalie Peek, Alexa Rakusin, David Reid, Aurora Santana-Cortes, Abigail Schwartz, Hannah Sherrill, Bari Steel, Gabby Sutton, Abigail Szabo, Andrew Vickery, Collins Vise, Kyle Weil, Glenna Williams, Anna Xayraveng and Bailee Yoels.

(Photo: from left to right: Linsey Cohen, Hope Garrison and Mia Hodges of Riverwood International Charter School. Credit: Youth Leadership Sandy Springs)