HGS 2009 - Stars & Stripes Forever

StephF — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:57:00 GMT

So I am officially finished with HGS 2009! It was an outrageous week....full of lots of long nights...lots of walking....lots of voting and speeches...and even more fun! I am crazy tired and I almost fell asleep on my way home yesterday...but now I am home, and in the air conditioning...and im not surrounded by 646 senior girls. haha. Here's a recap on the rest of my week.....

Wednesday was the two-party rally, where the girls get the chance to get all pepped up and excited about their party's canidates for office. Here are the Democracy County counselors....and don't worry....everyone dresses up crazy!

Thursday- This was the day of the general election....which was amazing! The primaries were sort of difficult since it was the first time around for the girls (they basically run it all, I just oversee things), and there were more ballots to count and all. But the general election went so quickly and smoothly, it was wonderful!!! :) Then we found out who was elected to all of the offices, and there were 3 inaugeration ceremonies: city, county, and state. It was a busy day, getting everything ready for inaugerations and such...and the girls stayed pretty busy in their free time by decorating our city and getting ready for Friday...the best day of them all!

Friday- This was the day where everyone who was elected to an office got to do what their real life counterpart does, or meet them. Senators, representatives, and state officials went to the state house in Indy to meet the real state officials and pass bills and resolutions, and the city and county officials went to city hall or the courthouse in Terre Haute. Everyone also basically got to do "whatever they wanted". Now we didn't let them just have free reign on ISU, they were supervised...but they staged assasinations, they arrested people, they got married...basically they had the time of their lives. When I asked them what their favorite part of the week was, everyone always said Friday....because it is the best day after all. Friday night there was a talent show.....which was so much better this year than I had ever remembered! Now here is a photo of our city on Friday night before our city closing ceremony.

Yesterday was Honor Day....and I was so proud of my girls!!! They got the Governor's Award, which means that the did the best job on Friday as they were carrying out their jobs. And one of my girls was Democracy County Outstanding Girl and she is an alternate for Girls Nation! How exciting is that?? I was blessed with a pretty talented and amazing city! Overall, the week was stressful and tiring....but it was still an opportunity that I am so glad that I had the chance to take part in, and I can't wait to go back next year! If I could do it every week of the summer....I totally would! I love politics and government...and being able to teach the girls about that was such a blessing. Check back on here for a video all about HGS soon!

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HGS 2009 - Stars & Stripes Forever