A Chapleau student will serve as one of the Algoma District School Board's student trustees next school year.
The board says its new Indigenous Student Trustee is Amara Ruffo, who will be entering Grade 12 at Chapleau High School.
Ruffo's noted to be from Chapleau Cree First Nation and the Marten Clan, and is vice chair of the board's Northern Indigenous Youth Council, though she'll become chair for the coming school year.
She's also involved in the Mushkegowuk Youth Council, and led various initiatives in the school and broader community.
Also appointed as student trustees are Emily Hewgill of Superior Heights Collegiate and Vocational School in Sault Ste. Marie and Evan Tyler of Elliot Lake Secondary School.