HOBY Representative Selected

St. Joseph High School sophomore Chloe Skinner has been selected to represent the school at the annual Hugh O'Brian Youth Conference (HOBY) this summer. Sophomore Marleigh Thessing was also chosen as an alternate.   HOBY was founded in 1958 by the late actor Hugh O'Brian with the mission of helping young people develop in the areas of leadership, service, and innovation. O'Brian was best-known for his continuing role as lawman Wyatt  Earp on the TV series "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" from 1955-61. His organization has reached more than 375,000 high school sophomores since its inception, and it conducts over 70 leadership seminars annually both in the U.S. and internationally. 
  At present, an in-person conference is scheduled for June 3-6 at Southern University in Magnolia, AR. This will depend on the state of the COVID pandemic at the time. A final decision will be made March 1st as to either go ahead with the conference face-to-face or to shift to a virtual one. 
  Juniors Ashleigh Mallett and Megan Garrett also plan to attend since their participation last year was short-circuited by COVID-19.