Seven Students From Seven MCPS Schools Attend Leadership Academy at U.S. Department of Education

Courtesy MCPS

MCPS recently shared that seven of its students from seven different schools attended the High School Girls Policy Leadership Academy, hosted in partnership with Discovery Education, Voice4Equity, the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Initiative for Black Americans.

The students were: Laila Bityeki from Clarksburg; Folashade Epibenu from Seneca Valley; Tracy Espinoza from Watkins Mill; Anusha Krishnan from Poolesville; Abby Mizan from Montgomery Blair; Zaria Naqvi from Winston Churchill, and Angelina Xu from Richard Montgomery.

MCPS students wrote about permissions for students across the nation to carry Narcan as a life-saving tool. They met and worked with student leaders from throughout Maryland and along the East Coast.

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