State Superintendent's Youth Advisory Board

The State Superintendent's Youth Advisory Board met January 14 in Jackson to prepare for their leadership roles in the next day's Destination Graduation: Teen Summit , a gathering of 600 high school students from across Mississippi. The summit gave students the opportunity to develop their own goals and plans for dropout prevention in their local schools. Members of the Youth Advisory Board are (f ront row, from left) Patrice Rodgers of Jackson, Cadedrie Spann of Bellefontaine, Brianna Evans of Hattiesburg, Chelsea Bennett of Natchez, Jazmyne Clyde of Vicksburg, Rhea-Anna Donald of Hattiesburg and (back row, from left) Neal McMillin of Madison, Jenny Ngo of Gulfport, J.T. Tomes of Pascagoula, Richard Henley of Hazlehurst, Casey Sharp of Newton, JaPerry Gilbert of Pelahatchie, Harley Rye of Amory, Jennifer Gates of Cleveland, Bonnie Dulaney of Collinsville and Dr. Hank M. Bounds, State Superintendent of Education. Not pictured: B.J. Barr of Brandon, Kristina Duran of Ackerman and Blake Garrett of Pontotoc.