 clinton county republican party to sponsor student statesmanship attendees for 2014 for a second year the clinton county republican party ccrp will be sponsoring several clinton county high school students to attend the student statesmanship institutes this summer in lansing the student statesmanship institute ssi was established by the foundation for traditional values ftv in the mid1990s after receiving requests from parents teachers and pastors who attended the greatest story never told seminars ssi has grown to include three separate weeklong summer experiences featuring eight leadership tracks and serving more than 300 students each year a traveling twoday onsite program for christian public and homeschool students and an effective oneyear practicum for ssi alumni called the ambassador league the ssi summer program can be a lifetransforming week featuring authentic leadership simulations in the legislative media judicial campaign and business fields under the direction of christian professionals from each field during this realworld experience young people learn valuable life skills such as teamwork critical thinking strategic planning and effective communications while being engaged in highlevel leadership roles they are also inspired to apply biblical and moral principles in their own life and the world around them the ccrp believes ssi affords a perfect opportunity for our young people to immerse themselves in a biblicalbased environment while integrating the various career tracks and their corresponding principles offered as part of the program students entering their first year of high school through those entering their first year of college are accepted to the program alumni up to age 19 are accepted as long as they are eligible to participate in one of the advanced tracks we believe the lessons and skills acquired during the student statesmanship institute will be invaluable to the attendees throughout their lives the ccrp has allocated 150000 this year to sponsor the attendees we feel it is important that the attendees be invested in the process by paying for a portion of the total cost for attendance the cost for a oneweek session is 37900 if paid by march 14 2014 after that the cost will be 39900 each ccrpsponsored attendee will be asked to pay the 5000 minimum deposit upon registration the ccrp will make up the additional 32900 if registration is not completed before the early deadline of march 14 2014 the attendee will have to cover the additional cost of 2000 the ccrp student statesmanship committee will select eligible participants residing in clinton county for the 32900 sponsorship selected participants will be notified by march 1 2014 so that they can complete the registration process and submit the 5000 registration fee to ssi prior to the early deadline of march 14 2014 registration with ssi is available online for an additional 500 online registration fee the sixpage registration form can also be mailed to ssi after printing a copy from the website at ssionlineorg or requesting a copy by calling ssi at 5173216233 student statesmanship institutes are available during the weeks of june 813 june 2227 and july 611 2014 students are housed at great lakes christian college lansing michigan and transported to relevant venues such as the house chambers in the capitol building all expenses are included for detailed information including an impressive list of former speakers visit the student statesmanship institute at http ssionlineorg   if you are a high school student residing in clinton county and you have an interest in being a sponsored attendee or if you know of any high school student residing in clinton county who would be interested in attending ssi with a clinton county republican party sponsorship please contact janet dennings chair of the selection committee at 9898625852 or jdennings denningsaicom   2014studentstatesman  clinton county 2013g  