| Indianapolis Schools Center for Inquiry | | | | education, and cultural arenas and for their |
| Teacher Gets Governor's Award for Tomorrow's | | | | commitment to Indiana. This is not the first |
| Leaders | | | | Indianapolis Schools teacher to receive this |
| | | | prestigious award. The Governor's Award for |
| An Indianapolis Schools Center for Inquiry | | | | Tomorrow's Leaders serves to decrease |
| teacher, Maysee Herr, was among twelve young | | | | Indiana's "brain drain"; identify emerging |
| leaders from throughout Indiana to be awarded | | | | community leaders for further mentoring and |
| the Governor's Award for Tomorrow's Leaders. | | | | engagement; raise the bar of expectation for |
| The honor of the Governor's Award for | | | | all Indiana citizens-counteracting the notion |
| Tomorrow's Leaders is not the only thing the | | | | that "good enough is good enough" by |
| recipient receives; they also get $1,000 to | | | | recognizing excellence and the personal |
| be used as an educational scholarship or as a | | | | achievement. The recipients are selected by |
| donation to the charity of their choice. This | | | | an independent jury consisting of leaders in |
| year's recipients have chosen to donate their | | | | business, education, and culture. |
| monetary awards to community organizations | | | | |
| and to public scholarship funds. A special | | | | Indianapolis Schools Center for Inquiry |
| luncheon was held on June 8th at which Lt. | | | | |
| Governor Becky Skillman presented recipients | | | | The Center for Inquiry is part of a |
| with their awards. | | | | non-profit organization that promotes and |
| | | | defends reason, science and inquiry. The |
| The Governor's Award for Tomorrow's Leaders | | | | Center is also interested in providing |
| was introduced in 2003 in a joint effort by | | | | rational ethical alternatives to the reigning |
| the Indiana Humanities Council and the Office | | | | paranormal and religious systems of belief, |
| of the Governor. These awards are designed to | | | | and in developing communities where |
| recognize outstanding young Indiana leaders | | | | like-minded individuals can meet and share |
| between the ages of 19 and 29 for their | | | | experiences. |
| achievements in entrepreneurial, community, | | | | |