Rusk student will participate in summer leadership academy
Youth's selection was based on academic skills

Justin Hunt, son of Mike Coulter and Joanna Hunt and a fifth grade student at Rusk Intermediate School, will participate in the Education in Action's Lone Star Leadership Academy.

The event will be held in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, June 23-27.

Justin's selection for the academy was based on his academic success and demonstrated leadership ability and his involvement in school and community activities.

He was recommended by his teacher, Shanna Bowman. Education in Action, dedicated to fostering educated and involved Texans, hosts the Lone Star Leadership Academy to "instill the Spirit of Texas in tomorrow's leaders."

Joining a delegation of students from across Texas, Justin will develop leadership skills while learning about Texas and its leaders.

He will learn about future career and internship opportunities and visit significant Texas sites including the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the Science Place at Fair Park, the Dallas World Aquarium, the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District, the Amon Carter Museum, the Texas Civil War Museum, the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Louis Tussaud's Palace of Wax and the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza.

The Lone Star Leadership Academy provides opportunities for outstanding fiftheighth graders to learn about the Spirit of Texas and what it means to be from the Lone Star State.

Participants in the Lone Star Leadership Academy - Dallas/Fort Worth program must be in the fifth or sixth grade, maintain an 85 or higher average, demonstrate academic and leadership ability, receive an educator recommendation and be involved in community or school activities.

Education in Action also offers a Lone Star Leadership Academy - Austin program for outstanding sixth and seventh graders and Houston/Galveston program for outstanding seventh and eight graders.

Students involved in student government and service organizations are especially good candidates for Lone Star Leadership Academy programs.