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Bar News - January 4, 2002 Four High Schools to Compete In 'We the People' State Final NH title to be decided Jan. 18 TEAMS FROM GORHAM Middle High School and Plymouth Regional, Milford and Nashua high schools emerged as finalists in the "We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution" competition held Monday, Dec. 10 at the Legislative Office Building in Concord. We the People, sponsored by the New Hampshire Bar Association, is in its 15th year in New Hampshire. The Law-Related Education program of the Bar organizes the competition. The state championship will be held at the LOB on Friday, Jan. 18, starting at 10 a.m. The winner is eligible to compete at the national championship in Washington, D.C., this spring. Students, working as a team, make presentations that explore, explain and apply principles of the U.S. Constitution to modern-day situations. A panel of scoring judges drawn from the judiciary, legal profession, government, education and the news media evaluates their efforts. After their presentations, students must then answer challenging follow-up questions posed by the judges. This year, the aftermath of Sept. 11 in terms of the dilemma of preserving constitutional principles and the need for security were recurring themes in the questioning. The curriculum and competition center on the history, underlying philosophy and everyday application of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It requires participation by all team members. Eight teams competed in the preliminary round this year. Two schools, Laconia and Merrimack, fielded two teams each. Nationwide, more than 26 million students have participated in "We the People." The federally funded program, administered by the Center for Civic Education, of Calabasas, Calif., is the most extensive program of its kind in the country. We the People in New Hampshire is supported with grants from CCE and the New Hampshire Bar Foundation.
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