Legislation Document

WHEREAS, during the week of June 10, 2018, young men from across the State of Delaware, students at the State’s public and private high schools, have come to Legislative Hall in Dover to participate in the 2018 session of Delaware Boys State; and

WHEREAS, during their stay here, these young men receive valuable hands-on training and experience in the legislative process and in the ways of State government, which will serve them in good stead in their later lives; and

WHEREAS, the experience they receive during Boys State will prove especially useful to those among their number who go on to assume leadership roles in government or to seek elective office in the future; and

WHEREAS, the participants in Delaware Boys State, during their session, elected from among their ranks a Governor, a Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, a State Treasurer, a State Auditor, a State Insurance Commissioner, cabinet members, and leadership of both Houses of the General Assembly; and

WHEREAS, the young men participating in the 2018 session of Boys State include:

Jonathan Aguilar of Conrad Schools of Science

Quinn Annable of Delaware Military Academy

Michael Annan of Sanford School

Anthony Baker of Smyrna High School

Seth Bale of Archmere Academy

Brendan Balthis of The Tatnall School

Harrison Barnes of Woodbridge High School

Michael Bell of Laurel High School

Matthew Bieker of Dover High School

Adam Bobak of Sussex Central High School

Kaden Boots of Lake Forest High School

Anthony Brandt of Delaware Academy of Public Safety and Security

Andrew Brown of St. Georges Technical High School

Anthony Buscemi of Smyrna High School

Luke Campbell of Wilmington Christian School

Jeremy Carpenter of Sussex Technical High School

Lucas Carr of Laurel High School

Justin Chan of Middletown High School

Dalton Chudnofsky of Thomas McKean High School

JD Clatworthy of Charter School of Wilmington

Sam Collins of Caesar Rodney High School

James Desch of Charter School of Wilmington

Dylan Deslongchamp of Smyrna High School

William Despagne of Seaford High School

Caden Dickerson of Seaford High School

Luc Dubois of Middletown High School

Chase Dunlap of St. Elizabeth High School

Luke Foster of Appoquinimink High School

Ryan Frost of Milford High School

Andrew Furman of Charter School of Wilmington

Dylan Garvin of Mount Pleasant High School

Garrett Geidel of Caesar Rodney High School

Thomas Gill of Dover High School

Eric Glass of Dover High School

Seth Glickman of Sussex Technical High School

Gary Glocker of Seaford High School

Joey Gonzalez of Cab Calloway School of the Arts

Jamie Gottschalk of Newark Charter School

Collin Green of Delaware Military Academy

Noah Hale of Delmar High School

Kyle Hall of Charter School of Wilmington

Michael Hayes of Salesianum School

Sean Holly of St. Elizabeth High School

Andrew Honeycutt of Dover High School

Andrew Hudson of Delaware Military Academy

Vincent Iannello of Archmere Academy

Seth Immediato of Delaware Military Academy

Enoch Jacobson-Haga of Cape Henlopen High School

Michael Johnson of Mount Pleasant High School

Matthew Jones of Newark High School

Aayush Jonnagadla of Charter School of Wilmington

Dylan Kelsall of Lake Forest High School

Brian Kennedy of Conrad Schools of Science

Evan Koss of Concord High School

Samuel Kowalchick of Caesar Rodney High School

Cade Krueger of Middletown High School

Ethan Lang of Milford High School

Dillon Lavelle of Delaware Military Academy

Jonathan Lee of Sussex Technical High School

Gavin Lewis of Delaware Military Academy

Noah Lewis of Caesar Rodney High School

Lewis MacMillan of Archmere Academy

Thomas Maddams of St. Elizabeth High School

George Mantakounis of Archmere Academy

Blently Marrero-Santini of Thomas McKean High School

Christopher Marshall of Sussex Academy

Jack Martin of Indian River High School

Tyler Martin of First State Military Academy

Wyatt Martin of Delaware Military Academy

Davi Martins of Cape Henlopen High School

Elvis Mazariego of Seaford High School

Zac Mazuchowski of Saint Thomas More Academy

Evan McCleary of Caesar Rodney High School

Benjamin McDermott of Alexis I. duPont High School

Michael Mihalow of Charter School of Wilmington

Sam Miltner of Indian River High School

Kristoffer Mollung of Middletown High School

Morgan Mongare of Hodgson Vocational Technical High School

Luke Morgan of Indian River High School

Jaden Morrow of Delaware Military Academy

Harrison Munden of Conrad Schools of Science

John Murdaugh of Middletown High School

Trip Murphy of Charter School of Wilmington

Brody O'Brien of Lake Forest High School

Ronny Oropeza of Seaford High School

Aryan Patel of Delmar High School

Romy Patel of Smyrna High School

Brandon Polite of Sussex Technical High School

Dean Poplos of Caesar Rodney High School

Hossein Pourtaghi of Newark High School

Akhil Rao of Caravel Academy

Brian Saxon of Milford High School

Beckett Schlag of Hodgson Vocational Technical High School

Nate Shipper of Caesar Rodney High School

Nick Sichani of Alexis I. duPont High School

Jose Soriano of Newark High School

Jake Stant of Caesar Rodney High School

Cody Strehle of Delaware Military Academy

Joseph Sun of Charter School of Wilmington

Shelby Thompson of Delaware Academy of Public Safety and Security

Houston Tyree of Salesianum School

Tim Venable of Veritas Academy

Jack Werb of Cab Calloway School of the Arts

Philip Wetzel of Cab Calloway School of the Arts

Nick Whaley of Sussex Technical High School

Carmine Whetstone of Delaware Academy of Public Safety and Security

Tyler Yeomans of Smyrna High School

Nathan Yoder of Brandywine High School

WHEREAS, these young men have learned during their week-long session many of the details of the process whereby a bill becomes a law, and have debated and discussed many issues both timely and of great importance to the State of Delaware; and

WHEREAS, throughout the week, the Boys State delegates have been deeply involved in a study of such subjects as the conduct of elections, the operation of the legislative caucus and committee systems, majority and minority positions and many other aspects of the political process, all of which give them valuable knowledge of the manner in which the American system of representative democracy operates; and

WHEREAS, the American Legion Department of Delaware has once again sponsored this important educational program, as they have done for many years, thereby displaying a deep dedication to the American system of government and to the essential task of ensuring that our youth understand and appreciate that system;

NOW, THEREFORE:

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 149 ^th General Assembly of the State of Delaware, the Senate concurring therein, that the members do hereby commend each of the participants in the 2018 Boys State Session for his hard work and extend to each sincere congratulations on a very successful session at Legislative Hall.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate do hereby extend to each participant sincere best wishes for success in all his future endeavors, together with the hope that at least a few of these fine young Delawareans may one day find themselves again in the House or Senate chamber as duly elected representatives of their fellow citizens.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that that the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate do hereby commend and thank the American Legion Department of Delaware for their sponsorship of this outstanding program.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that that copies of this Resolution be presented to each of the delegates of the 2018 Session of the Boys State, and to the sponsor of the event, the American Legion Department of Delaware.
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