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Five sophomore girls at Mount Desert Island High School have been chosen as the school’s first participants in the Olympia Snowe Women’s Leadership Institute, which the former Maine senator started three years ago.
The institute is for girls in grades 10-12 for whom “exposure to the range of opportunities available to them is intended to build their confidence, raise their aspirations and enable them to become more successful in their lives and careers.” Sophomore girls who are selected to participate remain in the program for three years.
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