[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8062]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        AMADOR VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL'S INVOLVEMENT IN WE THE PEOPLE

 Ms. BOXER. Mr. President, I would like to recognize a 
remarkable group of young people who will be traveling to Washington, 
DC next week, May 1-3, to participate in the national finals of ``We 
the People: The Citizen and the Constitution.'' This program consists 
of competitions in which students field questions that test their 
knowledge of the U.S. Constitution.
  I am pleased to announce that students from Amador Valley High School 
in Pleasanton, CA will be representing the State of California in this 
competition. With the help of their civics teacher, Matthew Campbell, 
these students have studied for months to prepare for their role as 
experts testifying on constitutional issues in a simulated 
congressional hearing.
  These students have all worked very hard through first the 
congressional, then state, and now national competitions. The members 
of this year's civics team are Nichole Barlow, Anna Currin, Tony 
D'Albora, Logan Daniels, Shelley DeFord, Michael Gondkoff, Gabe Ivey, 
Nate Koppikar, Kristin MacDonnell, Sonia Markovic, Jennifer Martin, 
Lacie McFarland, Shawna McGrath, Nicole Melton, Barry Ripley, Elisabeth 
Schulze, Sunaina Selam, Kent Stander, and Jae Yoo. I congratulate each 
of them for coming this far and send them my best wishes for next 
week's competition.
  It is very encouraging to see young people take such a profound 
interest in studying those ideas and principles which are at the heart 
of our democracy and of our country. I am certain that this type of 
involvement will only lead to a deeper interest and that it will build 
strong citizens and strong leaders for our country's future.

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