[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 51 (Friday, April 19, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E585]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS REPRESENTING OREGON

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                          HON. ELIZABETH FURSE

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 18, 1996

  Ms. FURSE. Mr. Speaker, on April 27-April 29, 1996, more than 13,000 
students from 50 States and the District of Columbia will be in 
Washington, DC, to compete in the national finals of the ``We the 
People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution'' Program. I am proud to 
announce that the class from Lincoln High School from Portland will 
represent Oregon and the First Congressional District. These young 
scholars have worked diligently to reach the national finals by winning 
local competitions in their home State.
  The distinguished members of the team representing Oregon are: 
Students: Vasiliki Despina Ariston, Jereme Rain Axelrod, Rebekah Rose 
Cook, Tawan Wyndelle Davis, David Eyre Easterday, Amanda Hope Emmerson, 
Tiffany Ann Grosvenor, William John Hawkins IV, Soren Anders Heitmann, 
Stacy Elizabeth Humes-Schulz, Martissa Tamar Isaak, Heather Brooke 
Johnson, Katherine Mace Kasameyer, Christopher Michael Knutson, Jeanne 
Marie Layman, Daniel Hart Lerner, Casey James McMahon, Lindsay Katrina 
Nesbit, Gerald William Palmrose, Mary Ruth Pursifull, Catherine Clare 
Rockwood, Daniel Boss Rubin, Elizabeth Leslie Rutzick, Mark Richard 
Samco, Kathryn Denelle Stevens, Simon Brendan Thomas, Miles Mark Von 
Bergen, Lauren Elizabeth Wiener, and Farleith Aiken Wolfe.
  I would also like to recognize their teacher, Mr. Hal Hart, who 
deserves much of the credit for the success of the team. The district 
coordinator, Mr. Daniel James, and the State coordinator, Ms. Marilyn 
Cover, also contributed a significant amount of time and effort to help 
the team reach the nmational finals.
  The ``We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution'' Program 
is the most extensive educational program in the country developed 
specifically to educate young people about the Constitution and the 
Bill of Rights. The 3-day national competition simulates a 
congressional hearing in which students' oral presentations are judged 
on the basis of their knowledge of constitutional principles and their 
ability to apply them to historical and contemporary issues.
  Administered by the Center for Civic Education, the ``We the People'' 
Program, now in its ninth academic year, has reached more than 70,400 
teachers, and 22,600,000 students nationwide at the upper elementary, 
middle and high school levels. Members of Congress and their staff 
enhance the program by disucssing current constitutional issues with 
students and teachers.
  The ``We the People'' Program provides an excellent opportunity for 
students to fain an informed perspective on the significance of the 
U.S. Constitution and its place in our history and our lives. I wish 
these students the best of luck in the national finals and look forward 
to their continued success in the years ahead.

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