Edmond Life and Leisure - May 22, 2025

Youth Leadership Edmond sees its class graduate

Class XXIII of Youth Leadership Edmond (YLE) graduated on April 29, at the Edmond Public Schools Board of Education.

The class voted on speakers for the evening. Cameron Cahalan, North High School conducted the invocation and Asher Morris, Memorial High School led the Flag Salute. Kolby Watkins, Santa Fe High School recognized the sponsors and Ishani Patel, North High School recognized the volunteers. Sophia Bell, Memorial High School; Josh Depona, Santa Fe High School and Londyn Knight, North High School served as class speakers.

Youth Leadership Edmond is put on by the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce and is designed to enable high school juniors the opportunity to enhance their leadership skills, gain a broader perspective of the issues in their city, introduce them to career paths in the Edmond community and take an active role in improving their community by introducing them to volunteer opportunities. The program meets once a month from November to April. Class XXIII is hosted by the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce and presented by Francis Tuttle Technology Center.

YLE class members are area High School Juniors who reside in the Edmond city limits and/or the Edmond Public School District and attend Edmond Public Schools, private schools, or who are home schooled. All atten-

dees had to have a 3.0 GPA or better in order to be considered for the program. Each student has been selected for demonstrating leadership or leadership potential in family, community, and/or school activities and their desire to develop additional leadership skills. Selected students also expressed an interest in furthering their knowledge of the Edmond community. Students filled out a written application and were interviewed in-person.

Class XXII graduates includes the following students from Edmond Memorial: Dawson Beaulieu, Sophia Bell, Bodie Bickle, Kayson Chen, Walker Gregory, Adalyn Houk, Ryan Kent, Asher Morris, Bodie Osburn, Aiden Reasnor and Aila Treska.

Edmond North High School Students: Cameron Cahalan, Beckett Douglass, Owen Gragg, Nay Griffith, Samantha Harwell, Audrey Hawkins, Prestyn Hodges, Londyn Knight, Kate Koehn, Piper Levy, Paisley Little, Ishani Patel, Katie Patton, Sawyer Saenz, Clark Shorow, Jiho Yoon and Kate Schwidder.

Students from Edmond Santa Fe High School: Jonathan Alakara, Manna George, Kira Griffin, Joseph Guo, Tanner Jackson, Camryn Paul, Ilakiya Raghavendiran, Shaanav Sahgal, Emme Shum, Kolby Watkins, Josh Depona, Alisha Nalugo and Courtney Le.

YLE session sponsors: MIDCON, Oklahoma Christian University and Donatos Pizza.