Opportunities for Juniors
Youth Leadership Oklahoma
In 2026, Chandler High School student Madelyn Bridge was selected for Youth Leadership Oklahoma.
YLOK is dedicated to shaping the next generation of leaders by immersing high school students in a transformative, week-long journey across Oklahoma! Open to high school JUNIORS only.
Class 27 will be from June 6-June 11, 2027
Youth Leadership Oklahoma Application – deadline December 13, 2026
Oklahoma Youth Tour
In 2026, Chandler High School student Rhett Haley was selected as an Oklahoma Youth Tour delegate and scholarship winner.
Youth Tour is a two-part competition open to high school JUNIORS where students participate by developing a résumé and submitting an application. The top contestants will be invited to interview on a Zoom call in front of a panel of judges.
The overall top two winners will win a $1,000 scholarship and a one-week, all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. with other Youth Tour winners from electric cooperatives across the nation, held in June each year. Winners will meet members of Congress, and visit monuments, historical sights and Smithsonian museums.
Visit the Central Rural Electric Cooperative website to learn more.
Oklahoma Youth Tour application – deadline January 1, 2027
Watch the Youth Tour Promo video here
High School Leadership Conference
HSLC is a three-day leadership experience for high school JUNIORS designed to Equip, Empower, and Inspire students to grow as leaders and explore what leadership looks like at the next level. Since 1998, HSLC has welcomed more than 5,000 students from across the United States, each leaving with lessons that shaped their schools, peers, and futures!
Dates: February 19–21, 2027
Location: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Cost: $200 (scholarships available, full or partial)
Note: Students do not need to be interested in attending OU to apply!
Students can apply or express interest here:
HSLC 2027 Application due by January 17, 2027
Oklahoma Girls State and Oklahoma Boys State
American Legion Auxiliary Oklahoma Girls State is a unique and exciting government-in-action learning program in which the American Legion Auxiliary guides young women, who have completed their junior year, to become knowledgeable stewards of freedom, democracy and patriotism.
Oklahoma American Legion Boys State is an intense week of non-partisan leadership, government, and patriotism sponsored by the American Legion of Oklahoma. This week takes places after your junior year of high school.