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Stevenson celebrates 228 years of the U.S. Constitution
Students throughout school mark Constitution Day
U.S. history took center stage at Stevenson High School this week.
Students marked the 228th birthday of the U.S. Constitution with activities ranging from a statistical analysis of numbers related to the document to the founding father’s literary style.
“As a social studies teacher, I am astounded by the creative ideas my colleagues in other subjects come up with each year to celebrate and teach the Constitution in their non-social studies classes,” said teacher Carolyn Frischman. “Everybody gets involved!”
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The Constitution was signed in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787 - making it the oldest written Constitution.
In 2004, U.S. Lawmakers recognized its signing date as a federal day of observance.
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The observance allows students to take a fresh look at the historic document.
“In Mr. Leidecker’s English 12 class, we literally had a discussion for 15 minutes about why the maximum number of years a President can serve is 10 and not 8, like we thought,” said senior Laura Semaan. “Everyone was really in to it and had a lot of fun with the discussion.”
Examples of Stevenson High School activties today included:
- Students in science classes read and discussed the article “Science in the Constitution.”
- Students in multiple classes took online quizzes about the Constitution.
- Math classes used numbers related to the constitution to do statistical analysis and calculate mean, median, and mode.
- Students in Mrs. Kelli McCloud’s speech classes made the Constitution the focus of morning announcements all week.
- Students in art, journalism, and health occupations classes discussed Supreme Court decisions stemming from constitutional questions about censorship, The Americans with Disabilities Act, and the legality of quarantines.
- Mrs. Danielle McVay’s class discussed literary devices found in the Constitution.
- Students in Mrs. Carolyn Frischman’s AP Economics class used an online discussion board to post their favorite quotes about the Constitution and debate their meaning and relevance today.
- Students in foreign language classes compared the German, Spanish, and French Constitutions to our Constitution
