Local high school students in Seymour are needed to join the Mayor’s Youth Council for 2022-23.

Applications are available to incoming ninth- through 12th-graders at Seymour High School, Trinity Lutheran High School and Sandy Creek Christian Academy. Homeschooled students also are eligible to apply.

Interested students can request an application by emailing [email protected] or follow the link at forms.gle/yT38r8CVfpmGnXEM6 to fill out a Google form. The deadline to apply is May 31.

The council operates as an advisory board to Mayor Matt Nicholson on issues affecting youth in the community.

Applicants need to be able to commit to attending most, if not all, youth council meetings from September through April.

Council members will take part in city meetings, tour city facilities, hear from guest speakers and participate in other leadership activities.

Students will establish connections and learn how networking can help accomplish tasks and goals.

“Our city’s future leaders are made by experiences and opportunities like this that encourage growth and development,” Nicholson said. “The youth council promotes civic commitment and community volunteerism and gives our youth a voice and an opportunity to get involved in city government.”

Three students who served on the youth council in 2021-22, Paul Bontrager, Cory Robinson and Brandon Rodriguez, all students at SHS, recently were selected to serve as summer interns at Seymour City Hall.

For information, contact Jane Hays at [email protected] or 812-523-5880 or January Rutherford at [email protected] or 812-216-5644.