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Court
News Ohio
High
School Students to Participate in State
Civics Competition
January 11, 2013
In
two weeks, seven Ohio high schools will try
to unseat Findlay as the winning class in the annual We the
People: the
Citizen and the Constitution competition. Findlay has
represented the
Buckeye State at the We the People National Finals
for 11 consecutive
years.
Nearly
150 students are preparing to
participate in the January 25 event at the Thomas J. Moyer Ohio
Judicial Center,
home to the Ohio Supreme Court, in Columbus. The competing schools are:
Archbold High School (Fulton County), Bishop Hartley High School
(Franklin
County), Findlay High School (Hancock County), Fostoria High School
(Seneca
County), Northmont High School (Montgomery County), St. Henry High
School
(Mercer County), Van Wert High School (Van Wert County), and West
Carrollton
High School (Montgomery County).
Judges,
attorneys, state legislators, college
professors, and other community leaders from across Ohio will judge the
competition. Using their expertise and background, the judges will
evaluate the
students’ knowledge and understanding of the U.S. Constitution and the
Bill of
Rights and their importance, impact, and underpinnings.
“The
participating students have studied the
Constitution throughout the semester,” said Lisa Eschleman, executive
director
of the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education, which administers the
program.
“At the competition, students will explain and debate the fine points
of the document
with some of the best legal and academic scholars in Ohio. It will be
quite an
impressive showcase of knowledge, poise, and comprehension.”
We
the People is a nationally acclaimed
civic education program, helping students understand the history,
philosophies,
and evolution of our constitutional government. Upon completion of the
classroom study, the students participate in a competition taking the
form of
simulated Congressional hearings.
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