Congratulations to Mahtomedi High School Class of 2025 students Max Newcome and Xavier Knauss on being selected by the American Legion Boys State of Minnesota to participate in the leadership and citizenship program at St. John's University!
Max and Xavier were part of a delegation of 200 students who participated in a week-long, intensive experience learning about Minnesota government at the local, county, and state levels.
"Newcome and Knauss’ government interests partially come from their respective family histories. Newcome’s grandfather, Tom, was an army officer in World War II. Tom and his wife, Esther, were also heavily involved in state and local politics and community volunteer organizations around White Bear Lake. Knauss’s great-grandfather, Harris, was a World War II veteran serving in the Army Corps of Engineers in Okinawa."
Click here to read more about the experience from the White Bear Press.