Riverside Military Academy will host this year's Georgia's Boys State program starting Sunday and continuing through June 24. This marks the fourth consecutive year the program’s summer session has been hosted by Riverside.
Boys State, founded by the American Legion in 1935, is a week-long leadership action course in state and local government for qualified rising high school seniors. The program is designed to cultivate a working knowledge of the structure of government and to impress upon the citizen that our government is what we make it, according to an RMA press release.
Participants are instructed on political history, the law and court system, and parliamentary procedure. Delegates learn the political process by organizing a mythical 51st state in which peer-elected representatives manage the city, county, and state government. Sixteen cities, four counties, and two political parties comprise the political structure.
The Georgia Boys State session includes a visitation day with college representatives.
RMA rising seniors participating in the 2017 Georgia Boys State program are Anthony Corcoran, Garrett Dalley, Armand Johnson, Timothy Leurart, Ayaz Mustafa, and Richard Vanscoter. They will join around 400 other students from Georgia for this year’s program.
Cadets David Brizzi and Parker Harllee will attend the 2017 Boys State program in Florida.
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