Partnership teaches 8th graders at LHJH

The Hot Springs Metro Partnership President and CEO Gary Troutman and Economic Development Manager Michelle Ratcliff, along with Hot Springs National Park Rotary Club volunteers, recently taught the CHOICES program in Terri Crain’s 8th-grade classes at Lake Hamilton Junior High School. 
The program was sponsored locally by Regions Bank and emphasizes the importance of staying in school and how the ramifications of decisions that young people make affect them for years to come, both good and bad.
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The mission of the CHOICES program is to “empower young people with the skills, knowledge, and participatory habits to be engaged citizens who are capable of addressing international and public policy issues through thoughtful public discourse and informed decision making.”