The Youth Advisory Council, comprised of 9th to 12th graders from the McLean public and private schools, has been training this winter for their presentations at Longfellow and Cooper Middle Schools on the transition to high school life. Longfellow will host the event on February 24 and Cooper will receive the YAC students on March 22. This is an important 8th grade program in that it relieves stress associated with entering high school and gives 8th grade students the opportunity to ask questions of upperclass students and receive information about the realities of high school life.
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