Hometown People: Mar. 07 – 08, 2019
OHS Junior
Mahala Johnson Selected
For ‘Students Inside
Albany’ Program
ONEONTA – Mahala Johnson, an 11th grader from Oneonta High School, has been chosen to attend this year’s Students Inside Albany program, sponsored by the League of Women Voters (LWV) of the Oneonta Area.
This 19th annual Students Inside Albany program will take place from May 19-22, and will bring 60 students from across the state to Albany to get a first-hand education about their state government.
A program of the LWV of New York State Education Foundation, Inc., it is designed to increase high school students’ awareness of their responsibility in representative government and provide information about the tools necessary for meeting that responsibility.
Students will participate in a series of interactive lectures on topics such as the state budget process, the role of lobbyists in the legislative process, citizen rights to access government information, the role of media in politics, and the move to reform state government.
While in Albany, the students will have an opportunity to tour the state’s Capitol. The highlight for most students is the opportunity to shadow their Senator and their Assembly member for an afternoon, attending sessions on the Chamber floors.
YMCA Offers
‘Pawsitive Pawsibilities,’
In Partnership With
Susquehanna SPCA
TWO GRADUATE: Bonnie Johnson and David Sander, both of Oneonta, graduated from the New York Institute of Technology at the end of the Fall 2018 semester, where they both received an Advanced Certificate in School District Leadership and Technology.
MACKEY LAUDED: Teagan Mackey, West Oneonta, a member of the Colgate University Class of 2022, has earned the fall 2018 Dean’s Award with Distinction. Her major is currently undeclared.
BOTH ON LIST: Miranda Vogel, Oneonta and Thomas Odell, Maryland, were named to the College of Saint Rose Dean’s List for the Fall 2018 semester.
