Jacqueline will join a delegation of outstanding students from across the state to develop leadership skills while learning about the great state of Texas and its leaders. She will visit significant sites in the Houston/Galveston area including NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Moody Gardens, San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site, Battleship Texas State Historic Site, the Port of Houston, Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, The Health Museum, and the Houston Museum of Natural Science. She will also take part in a boat ride on Galveston Bay with a marine biologist and stay overnight at the George Observatory. Additionally, Jacqueline will learn about future career and internship opportunities through career speaker presentations at sites visited.

  Upon completion of the Houston/Galveston program, Jacqueline will receive Education in Action’s Lone Star Leadership Academy Trailblazer designation recognizing Jacqueline’s participation in all three Lone Star Leadership Academy camps: Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin/San Antonio, and Houston/Galveston. Education in Action honors this select group of students for choosing to develop their leadership skills and learn about the great state of Texas while experiencing notable sites in three of Texas’ major metropolitan areas.

   Texas educators facilitate Lone Star Leadership Academy camps including leadership groups where Jacqueline and the other participants will examine qualities of effective leaders, practice leadership skills, and discuss what they learn at sites visited. In addition, Jacqueline will have fun meeting other outstanding students and making new friends while adding to her resume of academic achievements, developing leadership skills, and bringing home a wealth of information to supplement what she is learning in school.

  Education in Action, a non-profit organization, hosts Lone Star Leadership Academy camps to empower young people to be informed and active leaders in their communities. Participants must be in fourth through eighth grade, maintain an 85 average or higher, demonstrate leadership ability, be involved in community or school activities, and receive an educator recommendation. Educators are invited to nominate their outstanding fourth through eighth grade students for Lone Star Leadership Academy camps online at www.educationinaction.org/nominate. For more information call 817-562-4957 or visit www.educationinaction.org or www.facebook.com/educationinaction.