Saint James middle school students participated in the YMCA Junior Youth Legislature Conference on January 26, 2024. The conference was held at the Alabama Statehouse. Saint James had twenty-one seventh and eighth grade students participate in this year’s conference. Students attended Bill Writing workshops, sessions on Parliamentary Procedure, and had officer elections. Eighth grader Eva Light was elected as Chaplain, and fellow eighth grader Aidan Schreiber was voted Outstanding Statesman.