"The objective of the organization is to strengthen the youth community and encourage the youth to work in order to better the society through personal growth and achievements in diligence, responsibility, and leadership." - NTYHS

Sponsored by the Sun Ray Chinese School, the Youth Organization and the North Texas Youth Honors Society are at the forefront of student leadership. The objective of these organizations are to organize various community service projects, coordinate student activities and competitions at Sun Ray Chinese School, and to serve as the student council among Sun Ray. Within this organization, we also strive to increase awareness of the Chinese culture while increasing the awareness of our own culture. Members participating in the YO Leadership Program gain increased responsibilities by collaborating with community partners. In addition, we hope to allow development of skills and talents of the youth members involved in this organization.

Members of the Youth Organization are given the opportunity to take their leadership skills into action. Serving as project leaders and event committee chairs, their experience reflects their talents to college admission boards. Having demonstrated their extracurricular leadership abilities, students from the Youth Organization have been accepted to various schools including: Harvard, Yale, John Hopkins, Stanford, Emory, Southern Methodist University, Indiana University, University of Texas, and Baylor University.

In addition, preparing our students with real world work experiences offers them an an insight to the inner operations of businesses and goverenment institutinos. The ever growing competitive market neccessities a broad background experience. The Sun Ray Youth Organization offers a head start for aspiring students with its summer internship programs. These experiences help students stand out in the college admissions process as well as prospective internships once in college. Members who have demonstrated stellar academic and leadership abilities have been placed at various offices including: Former Congressional Majority Leader Dick Armey, Congressman Pete Sessions, Congresswomen Eddie Bernice Johnson, District Judge Lisa Fox, Crafton Company, and Purple Signal Radio Station.

Chinese Youth Retreat for Chinese Leadership Excellence

Youth Leadership Winter Ski Camp

North Texas English Speech Tournament

North Texas Youth Music Competition

Project leadership in coordinating community events

Letters of recommendations

Sun Ray Seniors Scholarship

Summer high school internships

President		Grace Liu
Vice President		Daniel Liu
Secretary		Winfred Ko
CYRCLE Program Director		Steven Tsai
CYRCLE Head Counselor		Diana Liu
Spelling Bee Chair		Brian Young
Speech Tournament Chair		Cynthia Liu
Fundraising Chair		Jesse Kao
Activities Chair		Alvin Cheung Anthony Cheung
Banquet Chair		Daniel Liu
Vice Banquet Chair		Sara Shih

Youth Organization (Arlington) Officers 2003-2004

President		Daphne Hong
Vice President		Kevin Chiu
Secretary		Elsa Lee
Treasurer		Vini Sayasana
Historian		Willie Chen