Troy Student Chosen For Summer STEM Program At Loyola

From Troy Community Consolidated School District 30-C:

JOLIET, IL — Troy Heritage Trail Elementary School fourth-grader Everett Mancke, who will attend William B. Orenic Intermediate School next year, has been awarded a position at the National Youth Leadership Forum: Pathways to STEM, that will be held at Loyola University in Chicago this summer.

During the week-long forum, Everett will join other high-achieving students in grades three through five to explore various careers in the STEM fields. The idea of the summer camp, according to NYLF officials, is to challenge students who have already proven themselves academically to work on real-world, student-created projects that will bring their studies to life.

In addition to career exploration, students will participate in team-building and problem-solving activities and will learn presentation skills and goal-setting directives.

“Everett is a very talented math and science student,” his Heritage Trail teacher, Kristen Eunson said. “He will benefit from being around other peers.”

Everett said he is looking forward to attending the forum. He plans on eventually pursuing a career as a paleontologist.

“I just always found it interesting that hundreds of millions of years ago, there were all these creatures that roamed the earth before humans,” he said. “Not many people think about that.”

Everett’s participation in the NYLF forum is being sponsored by Troy Community School District 30-C and by Mi-Jack Products. Everett has also raised money to attend the forum by selling candy and water at his brother’s soccer games.

Troy Heritage Trail Elementary School student Everett Mancke will be a participant in the 2017 National Youth Leadership Forum that will be held this summer at Loyola University in Chicago. Pictured with him are Principal Brooke Allen, left, and Everett’s teacher Kristen Eunson, who nominated him for the forum | image via Troy Community Consolidated School District 30-C