East Senior is Keynote Speaker at Junior National Leaders Conference

Senior Philomena Bubaris, known more cmmonly as Philly, was the Keynote Speaker at the Junior National Leaders Conference in Washington, DC on October 28th 2008. She addressed approximately 300 future leaders of America by speaking to high achieving middle school students representing almost every one of the 50 states. Philly was nominated by the faculty advisors after attending the National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, DC this past summer and was selected after submitting an outline of a speech that would motivate future leaders of America. Phase II of the competition involved a conference call interview with the organizers of this program. She was then chosen to address the middle school student leaders in Washington.