Gilman High School to send two delegates to 2025 Badger Girls State

American Legion Auxiliary Badger Girls State (ALABGS), a government and leadership conference sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary, is an annual program for young women who will have completed their junior year of high school. The University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus will again host the ALABGS conference June 15 – 20, 2025. The students are being sponsored by American Legion Auxiliary Unit #547 of Lublin.

Laylla Bradley, daughter of Brandon and Dana Bradley, and Kyra Rabuck, daughter of David and Stephanie Rabuck, will represent Gilman High School at this year’s ALABGS. They will join over 550 girls from throughout the state of Wisconsin to learn about city, county, and state government by forming the mythical fifty-first state, Badger, modeled after the state of Wisconsin.

The delegates will reside in dorms and experience a week of college life. Each dorm floor will be a “city.” The delegates will elect officials and create laws within their city. Two cities will join to form a county, and a similar process of electing officials and adopting laws will occur. Delegates will be randomly assigned to one of two political parties and have an active role in writing and debating party platforms for which the state constitutional officers stand. Each day will focus on various aspects of state government such as lobbying and attending bill hearings. The delegates will also witness a flag disposal ceremony and learn about veterans, military, and military families.