High school students come to Haines from around the country

Ten exceptional high school students from around the country will converge on Haines for a week beginning Sunday as part of a college-credit course led by resident Natalie Dawson.

The students are participants in the Student Diplomacy Corps, a nomination-based and scholarship-funded program that aims to prepare underserved – but remarkably accomplished — high school students for the transition to college.

In previous years, the program has sent 170 “student diplomats” each summer to 20…