We the People News

Maggie L. Walker Places Fourth Nationally at We the People Finals

The 2009 Virginia State Champions Maggie L. Walker Governor's School placed fourth at the We the People National Competition in Washington, D.C.. Maggie Walker emerged from the first day of competition on April 26th as one of the top ten teams at the tournament, earning them a spot at the final round of hearings on Capitol Hill the following day. After a third and final round of question-and-answer, Maggie Walker earned enough points to place fourth in the nation for the 2009 competition.

2009 Virginia We the People High School State Competition

Constitutional scholars from across Virginia engaged students in a question-and-answer session at the High School "We the People" State Competition on Saturday, February 7th, 2009, at the Patrick Henry Executive Office Building in Richmond, Virginia.

2009 Virginia We the People Middle School State Competition

Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell addressed the Commonwealth's next generation of voters at the second annual Middle School "We the People" State Competition on Saturday, January 10, 2009, at Frank W. Cox High School in Virginia Beach.

Kemps Landing Magnet School Students Prepare for

We the People Middle School State Competition

Dennis Borgerding's four eighth grade civics classes competed against each other on December 18, 2008 in the We the People in-school competition. Local teachers, school administrators, school board members, and politicians served as judges to select the first place team.

We the People Weekend Seminar, November - 2008

On November 21 to November 23, 2008, twenty-five Virginia teachers spent the weekend at the Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier focusing on the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution curriculum.