On April 7th, the RCF Youth Development Fund awarded a grant to the Milton High School civics class. The grant assisted with the cost of transporting high school students to the WI State Capitol where they were able to learn more about their Capitol and state government; as well as, hear directly from state legislators explain the importance of civic engagement.
In the grant approval letter, the RCF board included the following:
“The objective of the RCF Youth Development Fund is to encourage and help facilitate Rock County students to actively engage in American citizenship by focusing on local civics. We achieve this objective by working and collaborating with student councils and/or Social Studies/Government education classes in K-12 schools across Rock County; along with local business leaders and local elected officials.
We believe the trip to the State Capitol is a great way to introduce our local youth to our form of representative government, and therefore we are providing our enthusiastic support of this field trip. We look forward to working with you in the future to bring in local elected officials to speak with students and introduce them to opportunities to get involved in local governance.”
The RCF Development Fund would like to recognize Jeremy Bilhorn, Principal, Milton High School, and his staff, for their leadership in educating local youth on the importance of civic engagement.
Please go HERE to learn more about the RCF Youth Development Fund and its mission.
