Student accepted into People to People Academic Program

Brooke Turcotte, a fifth-grade student at Harmony Hill School, has been accepted into the People to People World Leadership Forum. Turcotte will join a select group of students in Washington, D.C., from April 7-13, 2008, to earn high school credit, while studying leadership and exploring some of the United States' most prominent monuments and institutions.

Turcotte was nominated by Ms. Walters, her fourth-grade teacher at Harmony Hill School. She was accepted based on outstanding school merit, civic involvement and leadership potential.

While in Washington, D.C., Turcotte will examine the characteristics of American leadership during times of national challenge and prosperity, and visit places such as Capitol Hill, the Smithsonian, Colonial Williamsburg and the National Museum of American History. Forum delegates will also participate in small-group discussions and exercises to experience first-hand how successful leaders develop strategies, make decisions, build consensus and foster change.

The program is coordinated by People to People Student Leader Programs to fulfill the vision President Dwight D. Eisenhower had for fostering world citizenship when he founded People to People during his presidency in 1956.