"the People's Paths!" Cherokee News Path - Sequoyah Student Invited to Conferences

***"Mallory Sequichie"***

TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma – Mallory Sequichie, a junior at Sequoyah Schools and citizen of the Cherokee Nation, has always gone above and beyond the necessary requirements for school. Now, she is getting national recognition for all of her hard work.

Sequichie has received two separate invitations to be a delegate at both the National Student Leadership Conference and the Congressional Student Leadership Conference. Both conferences will be held over the summer and offer students the opportunity to take hands-on classes and participate in career simulations while earning college credit.

“Mallory is a brilliant student and has earned this honor,” said Gina Stanley, Sequoyah Schools’ superintendent. “We are very proud that she will be representing Sequoyah at such a prestigious conference.”

Sequichie has chosen to attend the Congressional Student Leadership Conference in San Francisco, California, to study health and medicine. During her two-week course she will earn two hours of college credit, which will help her get a jump on medical school.

“I always dreamed of being a doctor when I was little,” Sequichie said.

After two weeks of practice in the medical field, she hopes that she can narrow down the area that she would like to specialize in.

“There are three areas that I am considering,” Sequichie said. “They are all pretty equal right now.”

Mallory Sequichie was also recently inducted into The National Society of High School Scholars, an honor that only one other Sequoyah Schools’ student has received. Members are inducted based on scholastic performance and membership is by invitation only.

“Mallory has always been a very hard worker,” said Laura Henson, Sequichie’s mother. “She is the light of my life and I’m glad that she is getting a chance to experience something that she has always dreamed of.”

Sequichie, 17, of Tahlequah, is the daughter of Henson and Dennis Sequichie. She is a member of the Sequoyah School’s gifted and talented program and Upward Bound. She plans to attend an Ivy League college after graduation and is currently ranked in the top 10% of her class.

Sequoyah Schools, a boarding school for Native American students, originated in 1871 as an orphan asylum to care for children who were orphaned by the Civil War. Now known as Sequoyah Schools, it is named for Sequoyah, the scholar who developed the Cherokee syllabary. The school is regionally and state accredited for grades 7-12 and has become the school of choice for more than 400 Native American high school students every year. Sequoyah Schools is located five miles southwest of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. For more information call (918) 453-5400.