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GRANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PLACE FIRST IN NATIONWIDE CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS Washington, D.C. - After three days of simulated congressional hearings that tested their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, Grant High School students captured first place at the 26th Annual We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals. Classes representing 45 states and the District of Columbia came to the nation's capital to participate in the academic competition. Grant High School of Portland, Oregon, won first place. The competition results were announced at an awards ceremony Monday evening before an audience of more than 1,900 students, teachers, coordinators, judges and other program participants. NATIONAL WINNER: Grant High School, Portland, Oregon SECOND PLACE: Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton, California THIRD PLACE: Denver East High School, Denver, Colorado FOURTH PLACE: Vestavia Hills High School, Vestavia Hills, Alabama FIFTH PLACE: Cathedral High School, Indianapolis, Indiana SIXTH PLACE: Corona del Sol High School, Tempe, Arizona SEVENTH PLACE: Tahoma Senior High School, Covington, Washington EIGHTH PLACE: Trumbull High School, Trumbull, Connecticut NINTH PLACE: Maine South High School, Park Ridge, Illinois TENTH PLACE: Plainfield High School, Plainfield, Indiana WINNERS OF UNIT AWARDS (BEST NON-FINALIST TEAM FOR EXPERTISE IN EACH UNIT OF COMPETITION) UNIT 1 (The Philosophical and Historical Foundations of the American Political System): Sky View High School, Smithfield, Utah UNIT 2 (How the Framers Created the Constitution): West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro, New Jersey UNIT 3 (How Changes in the Constitution Have Furthered the Ideas in the Declaration of Independence): Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Connecticut UNIT 4 (How the Values and Principles Embodied in the Constitution Shaped American Institutions and Practices): Reno High School, Reno, Nevada UNIT 5 (The Rights That the Bill of Rights Protects): Essex High School, Essex Junction, Vermont UNIT 6 (Twenty-first Century Challenges to American Constitutional Democracy): Howell High School, Howell, Michigan WINNERS OF REGIONAL AWARDS (BEST NON-FINALIST TEAM FROM EACH REGION) Western States: Arvin High School, Arvin, California Mountain/Plains States: Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas Central States: Westminster Christian Academy, St Louis, Missouri Southeastern States: Douglas S Freeman High School, Richmond, Virginia Northeastern States: East Brunswick High School, East Brunswick, New Jersey |
