East Cobb Rotary Club has selected two local students, Kaya Groff (Walton High School) and Jordan Milligan (Mt. Bethel Christian Academy) to represent East Cobb internationally in the 2018-19 school year. Each year more than 8,000 students around the world participate in Rotary Youth Exchange and it’s the second year that East Cobb Rotary is participating.
Jordan Milligan gives a thumbs up to going to Denmark.
There was much anticipation and perhaps a bit of nervousness this month as both students waited to learn where they would be going next year. And where are they going? Kaya will spend the next school year in Bolivia, where she looks forward to honing her Spanish skills, while Jordan is off to Denmark for a year of bicycles and Legos. According to Rotary Club member Randy Nixon, “Rotary Youth Exchange is a fantastic program that works toward the goal of peace and conflict resolution. Our local students abroad get a different world view, while international students come to East Cobb and learn that there’s more to America than what they hear on their news at home.” What’s next for Kaya and Jordan? Six months of in-depth studying of not only Spanish and Danish, but also brushing up on U.S. facts so they can accurately portray the U.S. in their destination country.
For more information about the East Cobb Rotary Club, visit www.eastcobbrotary.com or come to one of their weekly club meetings held every Wednesday at 7am at the Indian Hills Country Club, 4001 Clubland Drive in Marietta/East Cobb.
This article originally appeared in the January issue of the EAST COBBER magazine on page 23. Click HERE to access the digital edition.
