REPORTERS:  Students from BUENA VISTA, CHARLOTTESVILLE, and
WAYNESBORO city schools and ALBEMARLE, FLUVANNA, GREENE, LOUISA,
MADISON, and ORANGE county schools will attend the conference. 

	For assistance in interviewing students from your area
during the conference, call U.Va. News Services at (804) 924-7116.
To interview students before or after the conference, call Fran Inge
at (804) 924-7925 to obtain contact names at local schools. 

	A conference schedule is on the reverse side. 

STATE SENATOR EMILY COURIC TO ADDRESS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 8 -- About 150 students from 12
Central Virginia high schools will explore how they can gain the
most benefit from their education during the sixth annual Student
Leadership Conference Thursday, March 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15
p.m. at the University of Virginia.
	State Senator Emily Couric will deliver the keynote address
at 10:30 a.m. in Ruffner Hall Auditorium at U.Va.'s Curry School of
Education.  Couric will discuss current education issues with the
students.
	Sponsored by the Virginia School-University Partnership, a
coalition of Central Virginia school districts and U.Va.'s Curry
School of Education, the conference will address ways in which
students can influence their own education.  They will explore a
variety of topics including citizenship, effective instructional
styles and methods of measuring student achievement.
	"Students, working with their peers, teachers and
administrators, will explore ways in which they can get the best
return for their educational investment," said Fran Inge, program
coordinator in the Virginia School-University Partnership. 
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March 7, 1996


Sixth Annual Student Leadership Conference
"Getting the Best Return on Your Educational Investment"

University of Virginia
Curry School of Education
Ruffner Hall, 405 Emmet St.

Thursday, March 14
9 a.m.		First General Session			Auditorium
			Welcome: J. Andrew Stamp, Executive
Director, 
			Virginia School-University Partnership
			Agenda setting: Andy Jones, student, Murray
High School

9:10-10:30 a.m.	Group Discussions			Assigned
Rooms
			Students will begin exploring the conference
theme

10:30-11 a.m.	Second General Session			Auditorium
			Introduction: Vincent C. Cibbarelli,
Executive
			Director, Virginia Association of School
Superintendents
			Keynote speaker:  State Senator Emily Couric

11:15-12:30 p.m.	Students Meet to Discuss Topics	Assigned
Rooms
			Topic	Room
			Student Contracts with Prospective	G004A
			Employers
			Ways to Measure Student Achievement	G004B
			Programs that Help Students Succeed	G004C
			Behavior and Consequences	173
			Scheduling Options	175
			Instructional Styles	187
			Opportunities for Input			223
			Role of the Community in Education	281
			Citizenship	283
			What do you Want to Learn in High	241
			  School?

1:15-2:15 p.m.	School Group Meeting			Assigned
Rooms
			School	Room
			Albemarle High School			G004A
			Murray High School	G004B
			Western Albemarle H. S.			G004C
			CATEC					173
			Parry McCluer H. S. 	175
			Charlottesville H. S. 	187
			Fluvanna H.S.		223
			William Monroe H.S.		241
			Louisa County H.S.		281
			Orange County H.S.		283
			Waynesboro H.S.				111
			Madison County H.S.		227

2:15-3:15 p.m.	Wrap-up Session				Auditorium
			Students will present results of group
discussion