IHS sends four to Girls State

The 73rd Annual American Legion Auxiliary South Dakota Girls State is planned May 27 through June 1, 2019 at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.

IHS students Tessa Kilber, Jayna Sanborn, Lexi Stafford and Avery Sylte will attend. They are sponsored by the Ipswich American Legion and Auxiliary and the Ipswich Commercial Club.

The American Legion Auxiliary's (ALA) Girls State program was first presented in 1937. ALA South Dakota Girls State was founded at Mitchell in 1947. From an enrollment of 117 girls in 1947, ALA Girls State has grown to its present enrollment of over 400 girls.

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