Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Friday, August 26, 2011

Leadership Lexington Youth is a year-long educational program that enables high school juniors to engage with community leaders and talk about issues, careers, business opportunities and post-secondary options.

Participants are chosen after a competitive application process in the spring. This year’s class has 45 students, including 34 from Fayette County Public Schools.

• Bryan Station High: Mary Kathryn Ball, Rebecca Edwins, Meredith Rawlings, Adrian Scaife, Taylor Smith and Sam Stucky.
• Henry Clay High: Kelsey Brown, Macy Early, Logan Gardner, Julia McCorvey, Roshnee Raithatha, Victoria Salsman, Rob Schrader, James Toohey and Makayla Uebelhor.
• Lafayette High: Lewis Aldridge, Cassady Gorrell, Weitong Liu, Devin Morton, Virginia Newsome, Harsh Tiwari and William Troske.
• Paul Laurence Dunbar High: Joshua Koshy, Rohin Lohe, Miles Marquette, Kierra Muhammad, Najm Shaikh and Trina Thomas.
• Tates Creek High: Joshua Archer, Natalie Betts, Tatiyana Dean, Alexander Gray, Lyric Grimes and Nia Johnson.

LLY exposes teenagers to various segments of the community and shows them how they can make a difference in people’s lives. The interactive exercises and hands-on experiences – which take students out of school one day a month – cover such topics as Arts & Media, Growth & Preservation, Health & Human Services, Higher Education & Career Development, and Public Safety & Government.

For more information, visit the Commerce Lexington website or contact Amy Carrington at (859) 226-1610. Applications for the 2012-2013 program will be available March 1 through the high school guidance offices.