–photo courtesy of Maryland State Government-
Baltimore County Public Schools announced that four local high school students – Mya Abt of Perry Hall High ; Eyimofe Asooto of Eastern Tech; Jacob Mwangi of Kenwood; and Daniel Turner, Chesapeake High School –were among 10 students countywide selected to serve in the Maryland General Assembly as students pages for this upcoming session.
Foresight Ogungbe of Eastern Technical High School was selected as an alternate.
According to BCPS, 105 pages and 36 alternates are selected from across the state to represent their schools and counties in Annapolis.
The program was create to build student leadership, educate students about the legislative process, and promote youth interest in government.
Student pages are engaged in activities such as distributing materials and messages to legislators, maintaining bill books, and assisting visitors.
Each page will serve for one week during the first seven weeks and return for a second week of service during the last six weeks of the session.
Each page is provided a meal allowance of $50 per day and housing as students will stay in page housing near the State House..
The full list of BCPS students include:
• Mya Abt, Perry Hall High School
• Eyimofe Asooto, Eastern Technical High School
• Maeve Cirillo-Brinkley, Dulaney High School
• Jaylin Jesiah Hall, Lansdowne High School
• Sumaya Laguda, Randallstown High School
• Susan Metcalf, Western School of Technology
• Jacob Mwangi, Kenwood High School
• Daniel Turner, Chesapeake High School
• Tamia Turner, Owings Mills High School
• Sophie Vijayan, Towson High School
Two other BCPS students – Bianca Analy Morales-Vargas of Franklin High School and Foresight Ogungbe of Eastern Technical High School – will serve as alternates.
The student page program, created in 1970 by House Speaker Thomas Hunter Lowe and approved by the Maryland State Board of Education.
