{"id":112920,"date":"2019-02-05T08:53:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T13:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=112920"},"modified":"2019-02-05T08:54:28","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T13:54:28","slug":"vwhs-2nd-in-we-the-people-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/02\/05\/vwhs-2nd-in-we-the-people-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"VWHS 2nd in ‘We the People’ competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS — Van Wert High School competed in the state \u201cWe the People\u201d competition at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus this past Friday and was named state runners-up.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are six units in the program, each one focusing on a different aspect of the United States Constitution.  As a rule, each school can only win one \u201cunit\u201d award, and then an overall champion is selected based upon points accumulated throughout the competition. Van Wert\u2019s Outstanding Unit Award for Unit 6 focused on the \u201cChallenges the American Constitutional Democracy may face in the 21st Century\u201d and specifically dealt with the U.S. and the Ohio Constitution.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of Van Wert\u2019s Unit 6 team include Lawson Blackmore, Nathan Bidlack, and Hayden Maples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VWHS participants in the state \u201cWe the People\u201d competition include (front row, from the left) Emma Rutkowski, Michaella Johnson, Alexis Metz; (second row) Noah Carter, Maples Haden, Nathan Bidlack, Lawson Blackmore, Reagan Priest, Noelle Heffner, Drew Bagley, Margueritte Bauer, and Tabitha Saam. Not pictured: Nate Place.\u00a0<\/strong>photo\u00a0provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was so very impressed with our students today,\u201d said VWHS teacher Jeff Kallas. \u201cThe weather created a number of issues for our students, and I am proud to have seen their perseverance.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese students can sit down with some of the best law professors and attorneys in the state of Ohio and develop a position on a topic, support it, and then inform these professionals why their position is the right one,\u201d Kallas added. \u201cIt\u2019s fascinating and so very rewarding.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two rounds to the completion. In each round, a unit team is asked a question, along with bullet points, and one of the remaining two questions in the second round. Students have four minutes to give a prepared response to the questions asked of them, and then judges have six minutes to ask additional questions. The questions range from asking for historical and contemporary examples, solutions to problems, and explanations as to how things have been changed and\/or why they existed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Findlay High School was named the state champion at this year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFindlay has a great reputation and Mark Dickman (Findlay teacher and Middle Point mayor) has been so helpful; but they are a school of 2,000 students and we have 600,\u201d Kallas went on to say. \u201cI am excited for our kids. Most of these students are involved in other academic and athletic programs, and perform at the highest level in all their classes.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

This year, Ohio has been selected as one of the 50 states to receive a \u201cwild card\u201d entry for its runner-up, which means Van Wert has been invited to the national competition being held in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, the national event occurs the same weekend as VWHS\u2019s prom and many spring activities, so Kallas said he and the students will have to have some serious conversations this week in class to determine whether they will accept the offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Competition questions for this year include the following: http:\/\/www.civiced.org\/images\/stories\/WeThePeople\/The_Program\/Hearings\/Hearing_Questions\/StateHearingQuestions2018-19.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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