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CREC Accepting Leadership Academy Applications

The Capitol Region Interdistrict Leadership Academy will send 30 students on a seven-day Outward Bound experience in Colorado in June.

 

Are you a high school sophomore and junior with the ability to lead and a strong academic standing? Can you work successfully with others and do you have an interest in and a commitment to community service? 

Then you could be among the 30 students who are chosen to participate in the 2012-13 Capitol Region Interdistrict Leadership Academy (CRILA), a program sponsored by the Capitol Region Education Council (CREC).

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CREC is now accepting applications from sophomores and juniors from Rocky Hill for the leadership academy, which is in its eighth year and has provided learning opportunities for more than 240 students in the greater Hartford area. Applications must be postmarked by March 23, 2012.

The students accepted into the program will travel to Colorado from June 23 to June 30 and develop and participate in a community service project to benefit the Hartford area. The participants will earn an honors high school credit, meet with leaders in business, education, politics, health and the military, and be challenged with rigorous discussion and coursework on becoming a great leader.

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The current CRILA class includes 30 students from 27 towns and 28 schools. These students were selected from a competitive pool of over 100 applicants. This year, CRILA hopes to increase the number of applications by at least 25%.

More information is available on the CRILA website at www.creccrila.com or by calling program manager Julia Case at (860) 509-3666. The applications can be downloaded online at www.creccrila.com/application.html.

Students from Rocky Hill and these other Hartford-area towns are eligible to apply: Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bristol, Canton, Cromwell, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hartland, Manchester, New Britain, New Hartford, Newington, Plainville, Portland, Region 10 (Burlington and Harwinton), Simsbury, Somers, Southington, South Windsor, Suffield, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor and Windsor Locks.


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