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Trumbull ‘We the People’ Honored
The simulated congressional hearing team once again had a stellar year.
From the Connecticut House Republicans: From the On the floor of the House of Representatives, State Reps. David Rutigliano (R-123), Laura Devlin (R-134) and Ben McGorty (R-122) recognized the ‘We the People’ team from Trumbull High School for winning the State Championship on December 17th, 2018. This was Trumbull’s 8th consecutive win and 24th overall since the program started in 1987.
On April 26th – April 30th, the ‘We the People’ team won the Northeast Regional Award at Nationals and placed 12th in the country at the national competition in the National Conference Center in Leesburg Virginia.
The Trumbull Delegation presented each team member with an official state citation saying,
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“Your outstanding academic talents as well as your impeccable character, your hard work, commitment and perseverance. You are indeed an inspiration and role model for your peers.”
We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution is a nationwide program in which students participate in simulated congressional hearings. Students testify as constitutional experts before panels of judges acting as congressional committees scoring the groups through a performance-based assessment. Each class is divided into six groups based on the six units of the We the People: The Citizen & the Constitution high school textbook. Each hearing begins with a four-minute opening statement by students and is followed by a six minute period of follow-up questioning during which judges probe students' depth of knowledge, understanding, and their ability to apply constitutional principles.
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Team members (all seniors at Trumbull High School and students in the AP US Government & Constitutional Studies Class):
Hannah Auten, Kyle Beck, Delaina Bellows, Michael Cerulli, Ryan Cranston, James Dubreuil, Camryn Fetzer, James Gallo, Soumya Ganti, Owen Hopwood, Maxwell Hutchins, George James, Erin Knapp, Trinhan Le, Josephine Magnotti, Manan Manchanda, Gregory Manz, Liam McEniry, Katelyn Megale, Ivan Rosales, Audrey Soltis, Eric Sorge, Arnav Srivastava, Adith Velavan, and Seth Zweig.
Teacher: Ms. Katie Boland
