Student chosen for immersion program
Roncalli High School sophomore Josh Amodeo was accepted to attend the Summer Seminary Immersion Program at the University of Notre Dame.
The two-week academic course is designed for high school men who are considering a vocation as a priest or brother. The program helps young men deepen their own consideration of God’s call through study of Sacred Scripture, the Catholic Tradition and the experience of what it would be like to enter a college seminary program.
County autism group hosting kids camp
The Johnson County Autism Support Group will host Camp Can Do, a camp for children with autism-spectrum disorders.
The eighth annual camp will be conducted the weeks of June 11, 18 and 25. Camp times are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at Whiteland Community High School. Cost is $150 per week.
For registration information, visit jcasg.com/camp-can-do or contact Amanda Cooper at 317-409-8372 or [email protected].
Right to Life hosting speech contest
Right to Life of Johnson County and Morgan County is having a oratory contest for high-schoolers.
High school teens will compete from 10:30 a.m. to noon April 21 at Bluff Creek Christian Church, 6286 W. State Road 144, Greenwood.
Registration forms are available by calling 317-346-4035 or requesting through email at [email protected].
Representative opens art competition
High school students are invited to submit their art for a Congressional contest.
U.S. Rep. Trey Hollingsworth invites all high school students who are residents of Indiana’s Ninth Congressional District to enter the 2018 Congressional Art Competition. The winner will have his or her artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol for the next year.
Students may submit their original, two-dimensional artwork to Hollingsworth’s district offices in Jeffersonville or Greenwood.
Local leaders and artists from across the district will judge the competition.
To be considered in the competition, students must hand-deliver or mail their entries along with typed student release forms to Hollingsworth’s offices no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday. This year’s artwork theme is “Traditions.”
Information: Hollingsworth.house.gov/art or call his Jeffersonville office at 812-288-3999.
Annual youth essay contest announced
High school and middle school students can write about the true meaning of Memorial Day and earn a cash prize.
Forest Lawn Community Outreach has opened its annual youth writing contest titled, “The True Meaning of Memorial Day.” The contest is open to all Greenwood middle- and high-school students.
Essay submissions are being received through April 30. Winning essays will be announced at the May 28 award ceremony taking place at 11 a.m. at Forest Lawn Memory Gardens and Funeral Home, 1977 S. State Road 135, Greenwood.
A total of six prizes will be awarded.
Information on how to submit can be found at forestlawncemetery-fh.com and clicking on “community outreach.”
