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CMS student makes school history at KYA By Calen McKinney Campbellsville Middle School eighth-grader Bailey Thompson has made school history. Thompson was elected last week to serve as president of the Senate at next year's Kentucky Youth Assembly. She becomes the second CMS student to serve in that capacity - and this is the second year in a row that next year's president of the Senate has come from the CMS delegation. Reagan Knight, a freshman at Campbellsville High School, was elected to the position at last year's KYA convention and served her duties at this year's conference, which was Dec. 6-8. Thompson will do the same next year. But Thompson being elected isn't the only honor CMS students received at KYA this year. The CMS group received a Delegation of Excellence award. First-time KYA attendee Rylee Petett, a CMS sixth-grader, received outstanding delegate and outstanding speaker awards. Several CMS students served in leadership roles at KYA. Eighth-grader Lauryn Agathen served on the leadership committee and presided over debate. After ranking high after the first day, Agathen was invited to serve in the same capacity on the second day. Sydney Wilson and Aleah Knifley, eighth-graders, and seventh-grader Zaquan Cowan participated in the parliamentarian program and served as clerks and door keepers. Sixth-graders Rylee Petett, Jack Sabo, Peyton Dabney and Tayler Thompson, as first-time KYA attenders, participated in the Premiere Program. They also sponsored a bill about helmet safety. Eighth-graders Gavin Johnson and Cole Kidwell and seventh-grader Jackson Antle were also bill sponsors and wrote about installing smoke detectors in homes. Their bill was passed in the Senate, but was defeated in the House. CMS seventh-grader Clark Kidwell served on the media corp. and took photos at KYA. KYA is a three-day conference in which sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students participate in a simulation of Kentucky's democratic process. Students act as senators and representatives and write bills, debate and then vote on legislation. Students also serve as candidates, lobbyists, members of the media, advocates, justices and more. About 500 students attended this year's KYA conference. CMS teacher Robbilyn Speer is the school's Y-Club sponsor. The club is affiliated with the Kentucky YMCA, and members, which consist of sixth- through eighth-grade students, attend KYA and the Kentucky United Nations Assembly each year. Jessica Lile and Paige Cook are co-sponsors of the Y-Club. At each KYA and KUNA convention, Speer said, students are given the opportunity to run for elected positions. On Sunday, CMS students arrived at KYA, which was at Crown Plaza in Louisville, and those serving in leadership roles and as officers had meetings. Monday was full of debate, Speer said. And, at the end of the day, Thompson knew she had would serve in a KYA leadership position next year. With five candidates this year, Speer said, the Top 3 were named on Monday night. The Top 3 students all serve in leadership roles, whether it be speaker of the House, president of the Senate or governor. On Tuesday, debate continued, and then Thompson learned she would serve as president of the Senate next year. Her first choice was governor, but second was president of the Senate. Thompson said she decided to run for office after seeing Knight run a campaign. It was also a chance to step out of her comfort zone and meet new people. As a candidate, Thompson said, she spoke with many delegates. She wanted to show she cares about their interests, and wasn't only interested in their vote. Coming from a small school, Thompson said, she ran against students from much larger schools. This meant she was automatically behind in votes. "I had to put in a lot of work just to catch up," she said. Thompson also had to deliver two speeches, which she stayed up late to edit and practice. She said it didn't really hit her until the day after KYA that she had been elected. "I woke up and I was like, 'I'm president of the Senate.'" And now, Thompson said, she looks forward to representing her school next year. "I have to make the conference fun," she said. Thompson's campaign slogan was "Changing the World Daily, Vote for Bailey." Speer said the campaign was geared around Thompson's experiences on a mission trip to Alabama, at which she met a young boy who inspired her. Speer said she is very proud of those who attended KYA. "It's been neat to see us establish a name for ourselves," she said. "When we walk in, they know who Campbellsville is." And for Petett to receive two awards during her first time attending KYA is outstanding, Speer said. "The cool thing about that is that means numerous advisors nominated her," she said. "To go up there and get both is pretty remarkable. I was very impressed." Attending KYA with a student who was serving as an officer, Speer said, was a great experience. "It was neat to see that side of it," she said. CMS students attending KYA include sixth-graders Sarah Adkins, Peyton Dabney, Rylee Petett, Jack Sabo and Tayler Thompson; seventh-graders Jackson Antle, Zaquan Cowan, Emily Hayden, Destiny Hicks and Clark Kidwell; eighth-graders Lauryn Agathen, Savanna Brockman, Zaria Cowan, Gavin Johnson, Samantha Johnson, Cole Kidwell, Aleah Knifley, Isabella Osborne, Bailey Smith, Bailey Thompson and Sydney Wilson; and CHS freshman Reagan Knight. - Calen McKinney, the writer, is Public Information Officer/Grant Writer, for Campbellsville Independent Schools This story was posted on 2015-12-13 11:55:00
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