Shadle Junior Going To World Leadership Conference
Just call him Chris Applepin.
Chris Cael, 17, will be going to Boston, shaking hands and meeting people as part of the World Leadership Congress sponsored by the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation. The trip is free, part of being selected as the male youth leader from Eastern Washington.
The only thing Cael needs to do is pass out pins showing that he’s from Washington. He’s hoping to find some apple pins to spread the state’s seed.
Cael, who’ll be a junior at Shadle Park High School, is looking forward to the trip.
About 230 students from all over the United States and up to 40 other countries will also be at the conference, at Tufts University from July 21-29.
“I’ve never been anywhere,” Cael said. “I’ve been to Idaho, I’ve been to Seattle, I’ve been to Oregon, I’ve been to Canada twice.”
Cael was selected after the regional HOBY conference earlier this month at Gonzaga University, which hosted about 75 high school sophomores from Eastern Washington. Tina Hickman of Kennewick was selected as the female representative from the region.
The two students were picked by HOBY judges after attending panels, asking questions and writing essays. They talked to business leaders and learned about free enterprise.
Cael apparently asked the right questions.
“He’s an outstanding young leader,” said Joann Wheeler, who serves as a liaison for eight western states between volunteers and paid staff for HOBY International. “In our estimation, they’re all winners. But he really stood out.”
The program is targeted at sophomore leaders so they’ll learn leadership skills and return to their communities to use them, Wheeler said.
Cael said he learned a lot.
“I don’t think anybody’s really a natural-born leader,” he said. “You have to want to be a leader. It comes with experience and the qualities you possess.”
Cael’s experience at high school includes playing varsity tennis for the past two years, football and debating. He’s also the president of his class at Shadle Park. He’s earned all As, except for Bs in geometry and trigonometry.
Cael’s not sure what he wants to do for a living. He just knows he’ll be a leader.
“I kind of want to be a writer, I guess,” Cael said. “Maybe I’ll be president.”
Fashion plan lands on top
Farrah Klobucher took her love of fashion marketing to a top 10 placing in a national competition.
The 18-year-old, who just graduated from Mead High School, developed a Christmas promotional plan for The Bon Marche. The plan, done for the Distributive Educational Clubs of America, or DECA, won in regional and state competitions.
At the national DECA competition for fashion promotional plans in St. Louis, Klobucher’s plan ranked in the top 10.
“She ranks right up there with the best students I’ve ever had,” said Brock Taylor, who teaches international marketing at Mead and advises DECA.
Klobucher, who’s also in the Running Start program, plans to finish her second year at Spokane Falls Community College and study marketing. She’ll also keep her job at The Bon.
Alternative school moves
The alternative school in Deer Park is opting for an alternate site away from Deer Park High School.
The new school will be located at the corner of Weber and D streets, with a parking lot next door. Food service will deliver lunch to students at the alternative school.
The move means that the high school will have more space for needed classes, Principal Jeanie Chandler said.
This fall a print shop will be set up in the alternative school’s old wing. Eight students will initially be trained on the multigraphics machine and earn credits demonstrating workplace station effectiveness, efficiency and an on-time work ethic.
The alternative school has grown to 50 students from 20 students in 1990. Fifty-one students have graduated from the alternative school.
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