Abby Dubois – Sycamore City Proposals from the department heads came through today. The Medical Department has a program for the future doctors of America. Students pay for an internship and get high school or college credits. The Parks and
Fan Mail for Girls State!
Arshiya Alwadi – Manzanita City Hello from Manzanita! What an amazing and unforgettable week this has been. Through education sessions, city planning, county meetings, exciting elections, and icebreaker games, I’ve had the best time taking part in the 2021 Arizona
It’s Friday Already?

Emma White – Ocotillo City Most weekends can’t come fast enough but I can assure you this one was a surprise on all of us. Our new governor is doing a fantastic job making this the best last few days
Electrifying Elections at AZ Girl State!
Desiree Nguyen – Palo Verde City In record time, the AZ Girls State zoom meeting was filled with over 100 excited delegates as today was the day we all long awaited for: the Gubernatorial State elections for Governor and Secretary
Election results and a better future
Abby Dubois – Sycmore City Sycamore resident Annie Truaguatt won the position of Secretary of State in today’s state election. This is not just a win for Annie, but also for the residents of Sycamore. Now, we can spread the
Whistle Stops and Copper Clocks
Arshiya Alwadi – Manzanita City Hello from Manzanita! What an exciting, ecstatic, election-filled day it has been. Today, we jumped from our counties to the state meeting and then split in all different directions! In the Cocopah County meeting we
General Elections
Isabella Aloisi – Saguaro City Wow, today was an emotional rollercoaster. I’m sure everyone was just as anxious as I was as we cast our last votes for the general election. Now, we’re completely ready to finish our county books,
Let’s Get Down to Business
Emma White – Ocotillo City We are almost to the end of the week already and I have been having a blast here at Girls State. We elected our Governor, Jaydyn Ocampo, and our Secretary of State, Annie Traugut. In
Cholla rises to the occasion and succeeds
Rachel Lemons – Cholla City Yesterday was full of preliminary votings and heavy work on our Cholla city book. We also began working together with our sister city and our county as a whole. This allowed for time to bond
County Elections and Discussions
Isabella Aloisi – Saguaro City Today we got an inside look of everyone’s intentions and viewpoints on running for different county positions. It seems as though it wasn’t just Saguaro City that emphasized climate friendly infrastructure while enforcing public law.
