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July 29, 2010
WAKEFIELD — During a recent camp at Johns Hopkins University, Schuyler Mitchell, 11, learned she is a koala.
While a person characterized as a koala is often considered shy and most likely to
apologize if someone bumps into them, at a leadership camp Mitchell learned how her personality can make her an effective leader and work well with others.
The rising seventh-grader at Wakefield Middle School was accepted into the 2010
Leadership University Conference, sponsored by LeadAmerica. The program is an invitation-only college-accredited leadership conference for academically talented and promising young leaders from public schools throughout the country.
Schuyler was nominated to participate in the program July 7-12 by Ann Worley, her teacher in academically gifted classes.
For the past few months, Schuyler and her mother, Kristin Mitchell, anticipated the camp both with excitement and nerves.
“I’d never been to sleepaway camp before,” Schuyler said. “I didn’t know anyone. I was nervous because — I was hoping it not to be — but I expected everyone to be preppy and brainy.”
She and her mom purchased business attire to adhere to the dress code, worried the strictness was setting the tone for what was in store for her during the conference.
While a person characterized as a koala is often considered shy and most likely to
apologize if someone bumps into them, at a leadership camp Mitchell learned how her personality can make her an effective leader and work well with others.
The rising seventh-grader at Wakefield Middle School was accepted into the 2010
Leadership University Conference, sponsored by LeadAmerica. The program is an invitation-only college-accredited leadership conference for academically talented and promising young leaders from public schools throughout the country.
Schuyler was nominated to participate in the program July 7-12 by Ann Worley, her teacher in academically gifted classes.
For the past few months, Schuyler and her mother, Kristin Mitchell, anticipated the camp both with excitement and nerves.
“I’d never been to sleepaway camp before,” Schuyler said. “I didn’t know anyone. I was nervous because — I was hoping it not to be — but I expected everyone to be preppy and brainy.”
She and her mom purchased business attire to adhere to the dress code, worried the strictness was setting the tone for what was in store for her during the conference.
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