Leadership Texarkana will host a reception for the 2017 graduating class of its summer program, Today's Youth, Tomorrow's Leaders, at 5:30 p.m today at the Sullivan Performing Arts Center, 3941 Summerhill Road.
The occasion marks the work the program's 38 participants have done to learn about being a community leader. The program educates high-school students in leadership roles and opportunities to work together for community excellence, pride and progress.
The majority of the participants will be entering either their junior or senior year in high school. During the summer, they worked with the mayors of the two Texarkanas as well as superintendents from the participating high schools.
The students also learned from nonprofit leaders and public staff as well as community leaders, whose business is community pride and beautification. This was to help them be more aware of the possibilities of community leadership and the roles they might play.