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We the People: Students Gear for State Finals in Vegas |
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza | February 1, 2012
Competitors will be challenged to provide in-depth responses to questions about the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the fundamental principles of American government.
Canyon Springs High School and Clark High School (District 1); Incline High School and Reno High School (District 2); and Basic High School and Bishop Gorman High School (District 3) will be competing in the state finals.
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Best of Project Citizen Entries Presented at St. Lucie County's Showcase |
Examiner.com | January 31, 2012
Seventh-grade civics students presented their Project Citizen portfolios during  St. Lucie County School district's 2nd Annual Project Citizen Showcase in Ft. Pierce, Florida.
Dan McCarty Middle School placed first in the competition. The top six entries will be displayed at the state capitol in Tallahassee. Selected projects will qualify for the state showcase in Orlando.
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Van Wert High School Finishes Second in State Competition |
Times Bulletin | January 28, 2012
In the school's first year of competition, Van Wert High School finished an impressive second place in the Ohio state We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution finals. 
Teacher Bob Priest said, "We had a very good day. I was very pleased with our kids. I thought we did just a great job."
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Report Suggests Civics Education to Increase Participation Among Youth |
The Daily Free Press | January 23, 2012
Diane Palmer, Massachusetts We the People Programs state coordinator, said that We the People can improve citizenship: "[We the People] asks students to think, reason, come up with answers based on evidence, [and] express their opinions or answers using evidence,” Palmer said. “It teaches that there is often not just one right answer, and yet requires solid evidence to support an opinion. It also encourages civil discourse."
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Gerstell Students Place Second in Competition |
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Project Citizen Entries Judged at Palm Pointe |
LucieLink | January 20, 2012
Seventh-grade students at Palm Pointe Educational Research School  presented their Project Citizen portfolios to judges recently in Port St. Lucie, Florida.
The top three projects were “No Homework, No Stress, No Problem” by Team Apollo, “Boot the Recruit of Gangs” by Team Columbia and “Tossing Salad into Schools” by Team Columbia. These teams proceeded to the district-level competition.
Project Citizen is a curricular program for middle, secondary, and post-secondary students, youth organizations, and adult groups that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. The program helps participants learn how to monitor and influence public policy. In the process, they develop support for democratic values and principles, tolerance, and feelings of political efficacy.
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Howell Finishes Second in 'We the People' Competition |
LivingstonDaily.com | January 19, 2012
 Achieving its highest overall total score in eleven years, students from Howell High School placed second at the Michigan state We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution state finals in Lansing on January 6. East Grand Rapids High School placed first, qualifying to participate in the 25th Anniversary We the People National Finals, April 27-May 1. Student Audra Hudson said that We the People, “was a good experience to prepare us for the future. It allowed us to participate as citizens and learn how it is to be involved in our government...Also, we had fun while doing it, which is an added bonus.”
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Scholars Academy Brings Home State Title |
WMBF News | January 17, 2012
Scholars Academy placed first in South Carolina's We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution state finals on January 6. With their first-place finish, the Scholars Academy students qualify to compete in the 25th Anniversary We the People National Finals, April 27-May 1 in Washington, D.C., and at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Wilson High School placed second; Carolina Forest High School finished third, and Wando High School was fourth. Click here to view a video profile of the Scholars Academy students from WMBF News (contains commercial advertisement).
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Southeast Portland's Franklin High Achieves a First with District Constitution Team Win |
OregonLive.com | January 16, 2012
 Portland's Franklin High School won the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution title for Oregon's third congressional district. They now proceed to the state competition at the Hatfield Federal Courthouse in Portland this weekend. High school classes from Franklin, Lincoln, Junction City, Lake Oswego and Grant will be competing. Portia Hall, the Franklin High School coach, said, "The kids get so much out of it [We the People]. It brings everything to life: politics, government and their own involvement as citizens. They know how to write papers, do research and work as a team. They develop such self-confidence." The winner of Oregon's state finals qualifies to compete in the 25th Anniversary We the People National Finals, to be held in Washington, D.C., and at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. |
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Students from Maryland's Gerstell Academy in Finksburg placed second in during the 
