Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Program

The Fort Payne Rotary Club annually funds and administers applications for students at Fort Payne High School to attend RYLA at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, NASA, Huntsville, AL.

11 Feb 20: Club President David Allgood hosted Fort Payne High School student Arturo Rodriguez-Lopez, who had just completed the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy. A junior at FPHS interested in majoring in physics, engineering, or math, Arturo relayed that the course, conducted over 2 days at Huntsville’s Space and Rocket Center, was extremely beneficial and provided him unique insight into careers in these disciplines.