The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce has accepted 18 high school Juniors in its 2018-2019 Junior Leadership Lake Norman program. The program is coordinated by the 2017-2018 graduates of the Chamber’s adult leadership program as a service project.

The high school students will learn more about their community during this intensive eight-month program which was created to inform, motivate and increase the overall awareness of selected high school students through educational seminars and interaction with various decision makers of local businesses, government agencies and civic organizations.

This year’s class, which has students from Hough High School, Hopewell High School, Lake Norman Charter, Pine Lake Preparatory and The Community School of Davidson, includez Liam Ahearn, Morgan Bell, Sydney Bryan, Reid Cline, William Godkin, Juliana Grant, Hannah Hurley, Emma Karant, Mehar Kovvuri, Mason Lennon, McAulay Maddox, Samantha Malcolm, Ayden Massey, Elijah McCaffee, Meredith McKee, Analise Ney, Kystalynn Oliver-Mays and Riley Schraeder.