[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 8963]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 MUNSTER HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVES WE THE PEOPLE CENTRAL STATES REGION AWARD

 Mr. LUGAR. Mr. President, I rise today to congratulate Munster 
High School's We the People class on being awarded the Central States 
Region Award at the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution 
national competition held April 29-May 1 in Washington, DC. I am 
pleased that the members of the Munster High School We the People class 
were among the 1,200 students from across the country that participated 
in this important event specifically designed to educate young people 
about the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.
  I join family, friends, and the entire Munster High School community 
in recognizing the hard work and dedication of the following members of 
the Munster High School We the People class: Sara Brown, Sara Farooq, 
Scott Goodwin, Lauren Hudak, Hannah Huebner, Casey Jedrzejczak, Alexis 
Jeter, Joseph Kasenga, Emily Lyness, Shobha Pai, Samantha Skrobot, and 
Matt Westerlund. I also wish to commend Michael Gordon, the teacher of 
the class, who committed his time and talent to prepare the students 
for the national competition.
  The success of the Indiana We the People program is also attributed 
to the hard work of Erin Braun and others at the Indiana Bar 
Association, as well as Stan Harris and Cathy Bomberger.
  The We the People national competition is a 3-day academic 
competition that simulates a congressional hearing in which the 
students ``testify'' before a panel of judges on constitutional topics. 
Students are able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of 
constitutional principles as they evaluate and defend positions on 
relevant historical and contemporary issues.
  The We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution program is 
administered by the Center for Civic Education and funded by the U.S. 
Department of Education through congressional appropriations. I am 
proud to note that between 2002 and 2005, Indiana had 147,497 students 
participate in the programs offered through the Center for Civic 
Education, with 7,074,896 participating nationally.

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