[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S5867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WEST ANCHORAGE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

 Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I would like to recognize an 
outstanding group of students from West Anchorage High School in 
Anchorage, AK. Twenty-three young people, from my home State, were 
recently in Washington, DC to compete in the We the People . . . the 
Citizen and the Constitution national finals. They successfully 
competed against 49 other classes from around the Nation and 
demonstrated a thorough understanding of the fundamental ideals and 
values of American constitutional democracy.
  The program, administered by the Center for Civic Education is the 
most comprehensive of its kind, reaching more than 22 million students 
at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in its 9 year 
history. The national finals, in which these students competed, 
simulated a congressional hearing whereby students testified as 
constitutional experts before a panel of judges.
  I commend the following students and their teacher, Roberta 
McCutcheon, for their determination and dedication to such a worthwhile 
competition: Susan Angst, Jessica Burton, Nathan Carr, Amber 
Christensen, Allen Clendaniel, Claire Dennerlein, Theodore Dickson, 
Whitney Faulkner, Clifford Haywood, Todd Holway, Anne Kelly, Lori 
LeMaster, Brooke Maury, Amber Popken, Joanna Resari, Thomas Sardy, 
Kivlina Shepherd, Lisa Stokes, Ian Street, Zareena Tran, Kate Weber, 
Justin Weeks, and Kiao-Le Zhao.

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