Weston Twardowski Selected by the Louisiana Department of Education to Attend the United States Senate youth Program in Washington, D.C.
Weston Twardowski performing at the National Shakespeare Competition in April, 2007.
James “Weston” Twardowski, of Mandeville, Louisiana, was recently selected as only one of two delegates by the Louisiana Department of Education to attend the United States Senate Youth Program in Washington, DC. Weston will spend an intensive week experiencing government in action, hearing major policy addresses by Senators, cabinet members, officials from the Departments of State and Defense and directors of other federal agencies, as well as participate in a meeting with a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The expense-paid trip is funded by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation which also awards each delegate a $5,000 college scholarship for undergraduate studies. This is the 46th year for the program. More information is available online.
Weston attends Fontainebleau High School, the largest public high school in Louisiana, where he is the vice commander of the JROTC, a Student Council representative, Mock Trial Team President, and Speech Team President. Last summer, he competed at the National Forensic League’s national competition in Wichita, Kansas. He advanced to semi-finals in Student Congress and received a Mundt medal.
Last spring, he was one of only 60 students in the country selected to attend the National Shakespeare Competition in New York City. He performed a monologue from Macbeth at the Lincoln Center. He was appointed to the community theater Playmakers Board of Directors his freshmen year of high school and is the youngest person to ever serve on the 53-year-old board. Currently, Weston is performing the lead at North Star Theatre’s holiday production of Charles Dickens’ “The Chimes.” This is the first performance of the theatre since August 2005 when it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
Congratulations to Weston on his achievements, and we wish him well in Washington.