Toner named Senate Youth Program delegate

The United States Senate Youth Program is taking the Ambassador of Herder Pride to Washington, D.C. for free and they are sending him back with a check, according to Converse County School District No. 2 officials.

Glenrock High School student Casey Toner has been selected as one of two outstanding young leaders to represent Wyoming as a delegate to the United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) March 2-9. Casey will also receive a $10,000 undergraduate college scholarship.

The USSYP was founded by Senate resolution in 1962. Each year two of the highest-achieving high-school student leaders from each state, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense Education system overseas are selected to serve as delegates to the program, through an extremely competitive merit-based selection process held at the state departments of education nationwide.