Our Granddaughter, Chassy Barrett was selected as one of ten high school students from across the nation to travel, with their adult mentors, to Washington DC for a shadow day at the Department of Transportation. The ten students 
and their mentors are all involved in Project Ignition in their respective schools from across the country. The students will explore job opportunities, be honored by the Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood at a small luncheon, meet with the National Highway Traffic Safety Association, and talk with Washington officials about how Project Ignition youth are demonstrating leadership in their communities through their efforts to improve driving behavior.
Project Ignition is sponsored in the schools by State Farm Insurance Company. The groups of students at Idabel High School has formed CAPS (Community Action Planning students), their group to operate within to promote good driving habits. One of the staged events CAPS did was "I Died Who's Next?" This blog post details that event.
Twenty-five schools were selected to recieve a $2000 grant to implement a safe driving program at their schools. Ten schools were selected from those 25, to receive an additional $5000 to support their participation in the national conference. From those ten, one school will be selected as The National Leader School and will receive an additional $2500.
We are very proud of Chassy and her volunteer community work in this organization. It is a great honor that she was chosen as one of the ten students from across the nation to attned the Shadow Day in DC. We are extremely proud of Idabel High School and their pro-active stance on this issue.
Chassy and Mrs. Creda Impson, the CAPS mentor left Idabel this morning for Texarkana to take an American Eagle plane to Dallas and from Dallas to DC. Chassy has never flown before and was pretty excited. She has figured out that TECHNICALLY when she gets home, she can say that she has flown 4 times.. ;)
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