[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E106-E107]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONGRATULATING WEST VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE 
        WE THE PEOPLE: THE CITIZEN AND THE CONSTITUTION PROGRAM

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 3, 2016

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate a 
group of outstanding students from West Valley High School in 
Fairbanks, Alaska who participated in the We the People: The Citizen 
and the Constitution program.
  The We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution program, 
administered by the Center for Civic Education, complements regular 
school curricula by providing upper elementary, middle, and high school 
students

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with an innovative course of instruction on the history and principles 
of U.S. constitutional democracy.
  The We the People program's culminating activity is a simulated 
Congressional hearing in which students evaluate and defend positions 
on relevant historical and contemporary issues. These young 
constitutional experts from West Valley High School won the state 
competition in Alaska on December 2, 2015 and qualified for the We the 
People national finals competition held in Washington, D.C.
  The students from West Valley High School who qualified to compete at 
the national competition are:
  Alicia Alabran, Dylan Brabham, Jennifer Campbell, Mitch Wilson, Robin 
O'Donoghue, Ileana Casiano, Skylar Watt, Emma Wiegand, Samuel 
Hiltenbrand, Daniel Hornbuckle, Teddy Edquid, Colton Scribner, Teresa 
Wrobel, Jacqueline Lundberg, Natilly Hovda, Carl Birchard, Caleb 
Moretz, Jonathan Gates, Jewel Hediger, Siani Post, Amber Szmyd, Jenna 
Zusi-Cobb, Nicholas Kowalski, Tara Vaughn, Brinley Jarvis, Hunter 
Meltvedt, and Celia Richards.
  I would like to recognize their teacher Amy Gallaway for her 
dedication and contributions as one of the top civics teachers in the 
country. I would also like to recognize Alaska's We the People state 
coordinator, Maida Buckley, who has done such an outstanding job 
throughout the years organizing and directing the program for our 
state.

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