Two seniors will be proudly representing Watkins Mill High School after being chosen to be pages at the Maryland General Assembly. This is a rare opportunity, as only 14 students in Montgomery County were selected.

Seniors Sandra Bazubwabo and Kathryn Bratt-Pfotenhauer will be working as pages at the Assembly. “It’s an honor to represent our Watkins Mill community and be able to represent our state at the same time,” Bazubwabo said.

Working at the assembly will create college opportunities for Bratt-Pfotenhauer and Bazubwabo as this is a huge resume booster. “I want to major in political science in college so it’s going to be kind of cool to see if that’s really the route that I want to take,” Bratt-Pfotenhauer said.

Bratt-Pfotenhauer and Bazubwabo had to fill out applications in order to be chosen as pages. They want students who are mature, hardworking, and are interested in the political process. They will have to “keep focused on the task at hand, making sure everything is where it should be, and everything is in it’s place,” Bratt-Pfotenhauer said.

Many of the girls’ teachers are proud that they were granted this honorable opportunity to represent their school. Guidance counselor Sabrina Murray, who has worked with Bratt-Pfotenhauer and Bazubwabo since middle school, feels the students were excellent candidates. “[Bazubwabo] is very outspoken and shows a lot of leadership skills,” Murray said. “As well as [Bratt-Pfotenhauer]. It will bring out more of [Bratt-Pfotenhauer’s] personality as well.”

College and Career Center coordinator Deborah Prochnow is also very proud that out of 14 students, two of them came from Watkins Mill. She added, “I think they are going to represent Watkins Mill very well.” This will be a great opportunity for the students to see what everyday life is like for both the members of the Maryland Senate and the House of Delegates.

“It is a great networking opportunity,” Prochnow said. “We have had students in the past do this and they maintained relationships with the legislators, resulting in internships, letters of recommendations, and opportunities that they wouldn’t have gotten had they not served in the general assembly.”