The other part of the Skills project was a push to raise awareness about illiteracy and reading deficiencies in school-aged children. Her team went to local elementary schools and libraries and helped kids learn that reading could be fun. She and her teammates submitted their binder to Skills USA officials last month then waited for weeks while judges reviewed about 80 student projects from around the state.
Following her team's win at the state level — Mackenzie's second gold medal — the sophomore said the team goal was to beef up the Skills book even more. They've likely done more than enough reading advocacy events, so she wants to concentrate on expanding the letter writing campaign for soldiers overseas and do at least one more open house promoting technical schools, she said. It's definitely going to be hard. She said the national competition in Kansas City at the end of June is a more formal — and more challenging — affair.
Her efforts would be put to the test against projects from about 14, students from around the country. Mackenzie said for the next several weeks she'd be dividing her time between beefing up the Skills project and lacrosse, which she calls her "big thing right now. Mackenzie's leadership role is being developed partially through her work at BCA, but also through a program at the called Teen Leaders.
Its members participate in service projects, team building activities, volunteer opportunities, retreats, trips and teen-centered activities throughout the year. Here's what to know. Big names from across the football community gathered in Wyckoff on Saturday to honor the late football coach, an icon in New Jersey sports.
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Rights groups say sexual violence is widespread in Morocco but that women are reluctant to report it for fear of reprisals or harm to their family reputation. Mehdi Jlassi, the syndicate head, said the apparent ban had been in force since President Kais Saied seized most powers in July in moves that his foes have branded a coup.
He said it was the first time such a ban had been in place since the revolution that ended the autocratic rule of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and introduced democracy. In July, Saied dismissed the government and suspended parliament, saying these were necessary steps to stop the state collapsing after years of political party feuding and policymaking paralysis.
Only state media representatives were invited by the presidency to a press conference with the Algerian president last month. Saied, who became prominent as a law professor appearing on media shows to talk about the constitution after , says he respects all freedoms and rights and will not become a dictator.
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