BOYS STATE
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2018 Boys State Request To Attend Deadline is 21 April 2018.
Expect interviews to occur the following week in the evening and final selection to occur by 5 May 2018.
Please submit your completed (the portions you can complete) Request To Attend and a paragraph stating why you should be chosen to attend Boys State. (Paragraph should be less than 200 words.)
Submit the information listed above to 
with "BOYS STATE REQUEST TO ATTEND" in the subject line.
There is a lot of very important information on the Department of Georgia Boys State website; be sure you read through all the material on the Department of Georgia Boys State website before sending the Request To Attend.
The Department of Georgia Boys State Website is here: http://dogboysstate.org/
American Legion Boys State is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction for high school students. It is a participatory program where each participant becomes a part of the operation of his local, county and state government.
Boys State has been a program of The American Legion since 1935 when it organized to counter the Fascist inspired Young Pioneer Camps. The program was the idea of two Illinois Legionnaires, Hayes Kennedy and Harold Card, who organized the first Boys State at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.
At American Legion Boys State, participants are exposed to the rights and privileges, the duties and the responsibilities of a franchised citizen. The training is objective and practical with city, county and state governments operated by the students elected to the various offices. Activities include legislative sessions, court proceedings, law enforcement presentations, assemblies, bands, chorus and recreational programs.
High school juniors are selected by local American Legion Posts to attend the program. In most cases, expenses associated with attending this program are paid by a sponsoring American Legion Post, a local business or another community-based organization.
American Legion Boys State is currently conducted in 49 Departments of The American Legion. Hawaii does not conduct a program. As separate corporations, Boys States vary in content and method of procedure, but each and every Boys State adheres to the basic concept of the program - that of teaching government from the township to the state level.
The American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a similar program for young ladies called Girls State. For online details visit http://www.boysandgirlsstate.org/girls.html
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