LANSING – State Representative Mark Meadows (D-East Lansing) today announced that Carrie Burgess, Matthew Sowle, Nathan Moore and Alexis Omer are the winners of the 69th District Citizenship Award for January. The monthly award is given to high school students who attend Haslett, East Lansing, Okemos and Williamston high schools and who exhibit strong leadership within their schools and in their communities.
In addition to recognizing the students' achievements, the award provides a $100 donation to the district's Education Foundation in the name of the honoree.
"In order to attract the good-paying jobs of the future to Michigan, we must be able to offer companies what they want – a top-notch, well-trained workforce," Meadows said. "And it all begins in the classroom. These students have shown that they are well on their way to being the leaders of tomorrow."
Burgess, a student at Okemos High School, volunteers for Okemos Kids in Action and various church and National Honor Society activities, and is also active in choir and drama. Sowle, a successful student at Williamston High School helps other students in the Success/Homework Lab with their homework. Moore, a student at Haslett High School, is a student representative on the school board, volunteers in the community and is an award-winning journalist for the student newspaper. Omer, a student at East Lansing, is president of the student congress and is active in athletics.