OISD student selected for Lone Star Leadership Academy

Laney Kimbro, a student at Olney ISD, has been selected to travel to Dallas/Fort Worth to participate in a summer 2023 Lone Star Leadership Academy camp.

Laney’s selection was based on her outstanding academic success, demonstrated leadership ability, involvement in school and community activities, and a nomination from her fifth grade homeroom and math teacher, Brooke McElroy.

Laney will join a delegation of outstanding students from across the state to develop leadership skills while learning about the great state of Texas and its leaders.

She will visit significant sites in the DFW area, including the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District, the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Louis Tussaud’s Palace of Wax, the American Airlines CR Smith Museum, and the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. She will also participate in team building activities at Group Dynamix and tour Dallas Cowboys Stadium and Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Additionally, Laney will learn about future career and internship opportunities through career speaker presentations at sites visited.

Texas educators facilitate Lone Star Leadership Academy camps including leadership groups, where Laney and the other participants will examine qualities of effective leaders, practice leadership skills and discuss what they learn at sites visited. In addition, Laney will have fun meeting other outstanding students and making new friends while adding to her resume of academic achievements, developing leadership skills, and bringing home a wealth of information to supplement what she is learning at school.

Education in Action, a nonprofit organization, hosts Lone Star Leadership Academy camps to empower young people to be informed and active leaders in their communities.

Outstanding Texas students are invited to participate in camps in the DFW area as well as Austin/San Antonio and Houston/Galveston.

Participants must be in fourth through eighth grade, maintain an 85 or higher average, demonstrate leadership ability, be involved in community or school activities, and receive an educator recommendation.

Laney is the daughter of BJ and Mindi Kimbro of Olney. She will enter sixth grade at Olney Junior High this fall.