How far is it to the nearest Starbucks? For most of the eleven-other people in my group, it was only a few minutes’ drive or walk from their house, but for me, it’s an hour away over a mountain pass! Being the only kid from a small town in a group of twelve, this blew their minds. I recently went to an Ambassador Leader’s Summit at Harvard, in Cambridge Massachusetts. This was an amazing experience, where I learned and experienced many things. The summit started on June 17,

So many of our North Park students have opportunities to experience the world beyond Jackson County. Emma Daly and Samantha Westfahl are our latest students to have a new opportunity. Emma and Samantha are 8th graders here in North Park. These young ladies were nominated by Afton Sheil, middle school science teacher, along with other middle school teachers to attend the Ambassador Leaders conferences this summer. Emma will be attending the program at UCLA, in Los Angeles,