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<div class="rteleft"><span style="font-size: medium;">CLINTON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY TO SPONSOR STUDENT STATESMANSHIP ATTENDEES FOR 2014 SUMMER SESSIONS<br />
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For a second year,&nbsp; the Clinton County Republican Party (CCRP) will be sponsoring several Clinton County high school students to attend the Student Statesmanship Institutes this summer,&nbsp; in Lansing.<br />
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The Student Statesmanship Institute (SSI) was established by the Foundation for Traditional Values (FTV) in the mid-1990s after receiving requests from parents, teachers, and pastors who attended &ldquo;The Greatest Story Never Told&rdquo; seminars. SSI has grown to include three separate week-long summer experiences featuring eight leadership tracks and serving more than 300 students each year, a traveling two-day Onsite Program for Christian, public and home-school students, and an effective one-year practicum for SSI alumni called the Ambassador League.<br />
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The SSI Summer Program can be a life-transforming 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 real-world experience,&nbsp; young people learn valuable life skills such as teamwork, critical thinking, strategic planning, and effective communications. While being engaged in high-level leadership roles, they are also inspired to apply Biblical and moral principles in their own life and the world around them.<br />
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The CCRP believes SSI affords a perfect opportunity for our young people to immerse themselves in a Biblical-based environment,&nbsp; while integrating the various career tracks and their corresponding principles offered as part of the program.&nbsp;&nbsp; Students entering their first year of high school through those entering their first year of college are accepted to the program.&nbsp; Alumni up to age 19 are accepted, as long as they are eligible to participate in one of the advanced tracks.<br />
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We believe the lessons and skills acquired during the Student Statesmanship Institute will be invaluable to the attendees throughout their lives.<br />
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The CCRP has allocated $1,500.00 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.<br />
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The cost for a one-week session is $379.00,&nbsp; if paid by March 14, 2014.&nbsp; After that the cost will be $399.00.<br />
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Each CCRP-sponsored attendee will be asked to pay the $50.00 minimum deposit upon registration.&nbsp; The CCRP will make up the additional $329.00.&nbsp; If registration is not completed before the early deadline of March 14, 2014,&nbsp; the attendee will have to cover the additional cost of $20.00.<br />
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The CCRP Student Statesmanship Committee will select eligible participants, residing in Clinton County, for the $329.00 sponsorship.&nbsp; Selected participants will be notified by March 1, 2014, so that they can complete the registration process and submit the $50.00 registration fee to SSI,&nbsp; prior to the early deadline of March 14, 2014. <br />
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Registration with SSI is available online for an additional $5.00 online registration fee.&nbsp; The six-page registration form can also be mailed to SSI, after printing a copy from the website at SSIonline.org or requesting a copy by calling SSI at (517)321-6233.<br />
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Student Statesmanship Institutes are available during the weeks of June 8-13, June 22-27, and July 6-11, 2014.&nbsp; Students are housed at Great Lakes Christian College, Lansing, Michigan and transported to relevant venues, such as the House Chambers in the Capitol Building.&nbsp; All expenses are included.<br />
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For detailed information, including an impressive list of former speakers, visit the Student Statesmanship Institute at http://SSIonline.org/.<br />
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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 (989)862-5852 or jdennings@denningsai.com.<br />
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<a href="http://www.clinton-countygop.com/content/2014studentstatesman">http://www.clinton-countygop.com/content/2014studentstatesman</a><br />
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