15 students from the Christian County Public School System were recognized Wednesday after a successful Kentucky Youth Assembly earlier in the week.
Livi Ray, now a freshman at University Heights Academy, served as KYA Governor. Livi was elected to the post in 2019 while an 8th-grade student at Hopkinsville Middle School.
Hopkinsville Middle School 8th grader Ashton Grace was elected KYA Lt. Governor from among eight other delegates from across the state and will reign as Lt. Governor at KYA 2021. This marks the 11th straight year a delegate from HMS has been elected to a KYA leadership position.
Hopkinsville Middle School 8th grader Hannah Wolfe was named KYA Outstanding Delegate, while Kaylee Wright and Rebecca Wood, also HMS 8th graders, were selected KYA Outstanding Speakers.
HMS 8th graders Eliza Renshaw and Allison Delahunt chaired the Bluegrass Senate.
HMS 8th graders Rebecca Wood, Alyssa Meyer, Kaylee Wright, and Callie White sponsored bills that passed in both the house and senate and were signed by the KYA Governor.
Millbrooke Elementary 6th grader Katherine Smith sponsored a bill that passed the Bluegrass House and Senate and was signed by the KYA Lt. Governor.
HMS 7th graders Foster Jackson, Andrew Mayes, and Christian County Middle School 7th grader Sophie Wilson sponsored two bills but were defeated in the Commonwealth House.
HMS was recognized as an Outstanding Delegation.
The KYA is a mock state legislature in which the students participate in an ultimate government simulation, elected officers, debate bills, and question laws.
