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Okoboji High School Senior Selected For U.S. Senate Youth Program

December 02, 2021 Steve Schwaller

(Milford)– An Okoboji High School student has been selected as a delegate to the 60th annual United States Senate Youth Program coming up March 5th-12th in Washington, D.C. Lexy Duffy, a senior at Okoboji High School, will be among the 104-member delegation.

Delegates also receive a $10,000 undergraduate college scholarship to the college or university of their choice.

Delegates and alternates chosen for the merit-based, highly competitive program were selected by a committee at the Iowa Department of Education.

The program is a national, nonpartisan initiative for students with outstanding leadership abilities. Two student leader delegates are selected from each state to participate in the program each year.