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Do you want to see democ­ra­cy in action? Join us for our 2021 Wash­ing­ton Youth Tour and Coop­er­a­tive Youth Sum­mit!

Apply now for our 2021 Wash­ing­ton Youth Tour! Expe­ri­ence Wash­ing­ton, D.C. with 1,500 high school juniors from across South Car­oli­na and the coun­try, meet­ing law­mak­ers and tour­ing all the sights. Your elec­tric co-op will cov­er your round-trip plane tick­et, tours and meals. In oth­er words—it’s all free!

Three Youth Tour Students with The Washington Monument in the background
[/me­dia-cred­it] Stu­dents spon­sored by York Elec­tric stand on the bal­cony of the Speak­er of the House­’s office dur­ing a vis­it to the Unit­ed States Capi­tol.

Expe­ri­ence South Car­oli­na’s cap­i­tal like nev­er before at our 2021 Coop­er­a­tive Youth Sum­mit! Tour the State­house, meet law­mak­ers and see how co-ops are prepar­ing for our state’s ener­gy future.

Plus, there’s plen­ty of fun with vis­its to pop­u­lar Colum­bia attrac­tions like River­banks Zoo & Gar­den. Your elec­tric co-op will cov­er all your expens­es.

Apply for the 2021 Wash­ing­ton Youth Tour and Coop­er­a­tive Youth Sum­mit online at yorkelectric.net/my-community. Appli­ca­tion dead­line is Mon­day, March 1, 2021.

While we expect the Wash­ing­ton Youth Tour and Coop­er­a­tive Youth Sum­mit to hap­pen in 2021, cir­cum­stances relat­ed to COVID-19 may pre­vent one or both from safe­ly tak­ing place. In the event of can­cel­la­tion, select­ed stu­dents will be offered the oppor­tu­ni­ty to attend Vir­tu­al Youth Expe­ri­ence in June—a five-day vir­tu­al lead­er­ship pro­gram that will con­nect stu­dents with state and fed­er­al lead­ers.

Group of students at the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial
[/me­dia-cred­it] Although many of the Wash­ing­ton Youth Tour stu­dents were not alive when ter­ror­ists attacked our nation, the solemn feel­ing and remem­brance of lives lost sur­rounds every­one as stu­dents vis­it the Pen­ta­gon 9/11 Memo­r­i­al.

 

YEC, Operation Round Up Trust celebrate teachers

The sec­ond annu­al Bright Ideas Grant Pro­gram win­ners were announced vir­tu­al­ly in Octo­ber as part of the co-op month cel­e­bra­tion.

Bright IdeasTeach­ers from Clover, Fort Mill, Rock Hill and York won up to $1,000 to imple­ment cre­ative learn­ing projects in their class­rooms. Teach­ers, we salute you and thank you for invest­ing in the futures of our youth! Vis­it yorkelectric.net to learn more about their projects!

Winners include

Clover School Dis­trict

Brit­tany Ter­ry, Grig­gs Road Ele­men­tary

Rock Hill School Dis­trict

First Place: Emi­ly Ander­son, Cher­ry Park Ele­men­tary

Run­ner Up: Dar­ryl Tay­lor, Dutch­man Creek Mid­dle School

Fort Mill School Dis­trict

First Place: Kath­leen Mills, Tega Cay Ele­men­tary School

Run­ner Up: Eliz­a­beth Par­ra, Banks Trail Mid­dle School

York School Dis­trict

First Place: Michael Prothero, York Mid­dle School

Run­ner Up: Kel­ly Tib­li­er, York Com­pre­hen­sive High School

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