Bill Text: IN HCR0010 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring Brown County Junior High School We the People team.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-07 - Returned to the House [HCR0010 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-HCR0010-Introduced.html
RESOLUTION No. ________
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Brown County Junior High School We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution team.
_______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on
RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Brown
County Junior High School We the People: The Citizen and the
Constitution team.
Whereas, The We the People: The Citizen and the
Constitution program was developed by the Center for Civic
Education and is funded by the U.S. Department of
Education, under an act of Congress, with a goal of
promoting civic responsibility and competence in students;
Whereas, 50 state coordinators and a coordinator in each
of the 435 congressional districts, the District of Columbia,
American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
administer the program;
Whereas, Students in grades 4 through 12 participate in the
program;
Whereas, On December 17, 2012, Brown County Junior
High School's We the People: The Citizen and the
Constitution team, led by teacher Michael Potts, defeated 11
other schools from around the state to secure the title of We
the People Middle School State Champion for the third
consecutive year;
Whereas, In preparation for the competition, the students
studied before and after school and worked many eight-hour
days on Saturdays;
Whereas, After careful study of American history,
constitutional philosophy, current events, and numerous
court cases, the semester ends at the We the People: The
Citizen and the Constitution state finals, where the students
testify in mock congressional hearings before panels of
volunteer judges from the legal community while competing
against other schools throughout Indiana;
Whereas, Previously, a state title was the highest
achievement at the middle school level; however, this year
marks the inaugural We the People Middle School National
Finals, to be held May 3-7 at George Mason University in
Washington, D.C.;
Whereas, Brown County Junior High School's state
championship has earned the school a chance to represent
the community and the state of Indiana and an opportunity to
compete at a national level; and
Whereas, Involvement with the We the People: The Citizen
and the Constitution competition allows students to develop
a greater understanding of democratic principles and
prepares Indiana youth for a future that will encourage their
knowledge of and participation in our democratic system of
government: Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly congratulates
coach Michael Potts and the Brown County Junior High School team
on their victory in the We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution
competition and urges each member of the team to continue to express
a commitment to democratic principles.
SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
Representatives transmit copies of this resolution to team members
Victoria Nicole Akles, Will Remington Austin, Sarah E. Barrick,
Andrew Kenneth Burker, Joshua Matthew Cochran, Cameron
Alexander Flesher, Michael David Hess, Elisabeth Meta Huls,
Elizabeth Mae Jenson, Victoria Jane Kelp, Sean Nicholas Lopes,
Baylee Jacob Mosier, Cash William Myers, Monica Shea Percifield,
Wylie Izora Poling, Bailee C. Robison, James Noah Seidle, Abigail
Rose Shaffer, William Cole Smith, Ryanne Danielle Smith, Molly Jo
Snyder, August Spiegel, Eleanor Elly Grace Wertz, Eli Thomas Wilson,
and coach Michael Potts.
