ANDREA SERNA
ALIVIA EISEL
A senior-to-be from Pike-Delta-York High School and one senior-to-be from Evergreen High School will be among the nearly 900 girls participating in the 75th annual session of Buckeye Girls State at University of Mount Union.
The session begins Sunday, June 13, 2021 and concludes on Saturday, June 19, 2021.
It is a fast-paced program of mock government at the state, county and city levels. The main objective of the Girls State program is to train young women, who have completed their junior year in Senior High School, in the duties, rights and privileges of citizenship by providing the attendee the opportunity to actively participate in a democratic form of government.
Local delegates to Girls State are: Andrea Serna, mother Katie Serna , from Pike-Delta-York High School; and Alivia Eisel, parents Lance and Katie Eisel, from Evergreen High School. Delta American Legion Auxiliary #373 is sponsoring one girl and Metamora St. Mary’s Catholic War Vets is sponsoring one.
As the girls arrive at Girls State they are assigned to one of two political parties. The residence hall in which they live during the program is their designated county and the floor on which they live is their city.
The students will file petitions for candidacy for a variety of offices from governor to city council and participate in the election process. After elections and inaugurations, they will put government in action.