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Created by the Center for Civic Education
Then Funded by the U.S. Department of Education
By Act of Congress
Established in 1987 under the Commission on the Bicentennial
Of the United States Constitution
Now sponsored by the State Bar of Nevada
SOUTHERN NEVADA CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT COMPETITION December 15, 2018
Sierra Vista High School
8100 W Robindale Road
Las Vegas, NV 89113
SOUTHERN NEVADA
2018 DISTRICT COMPETITION
Elected Representatives Supporting We the People Program
The Honorable Catherine Cortez Masto U.S. Senator The Honorable Dean Heller, U.S. Senator
The Honorable Jacky Rosen, U.S. Representative for District Three
The Honorable Mark Amodei, U.S. Representative for District Two
The Honorable Dina Titus, U.S. Representative for District One
The Honorable Ruben Kihuen, U.S. Representative for District Four
The Honorable Brian Sandoval, Governor of Nevada
Nevada’s State Coordinators
Kathleen Dickinson, Law Related Education State Coordinator, State Bar of Nevada
Vanessa Dalton, Vicki Hetherington, Law Related Education Assistants State Bar of Nevada
Congressional District 1
Debbie Berger
Congressional District 2
Marc Picker, Jenna Garcia, Will R. Hull, Zelalem Bogale
Congressional District 3
Trey Delap
Congressional District 4
Michael Vannozzi
Clark County School District
Clark County Election Department
Field Office Director/DHS-USCIS
Tabulation leader is Trent Harper
PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOLS
District 1 Chaparral High School, Clark High School, College of Southern Nevada West High School, Eldorado High School,
Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, Rancho High School, Spring Valley High School,
District 3 American Preparatory Academy, College of Southern Nevada South High School, Faith Lutheran High School,
Foothill High School, Silverado College Preparatory & Career/Technical High School,
Southwest Career and Technical Academy, West Career Technical Academy
District 4 Arbor View High School, Canyon Springs High School, Cheyenne High School Cimarron-Memorial High School,
College of Southern Nevada East, Sunrise Mountain, Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy,
West Preparatory Academy
District One
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
District Three
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
District Four
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
JUDGES, DISTRICT COMPETITION
COMPETITION SCHEDULE
8:00 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. Judges Orientation — Cafeteria
Volunteers and Tabulation — Cafeteria
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Students report to assigned rooms
Congressional District One: Chaparral High School, Clark High School, College of Southern Nevada West High School,
Eldorado High School, Las Vegas Academy, Rancho High School,
Spring Valley High School
Congressional District Three: American Preparatory Academy, College of Southern Nevada High School, Faith Lutheran
Middle School and High School, Foothill High School, Silverado College Preparatory and
Career/Technical High School, Southwest Career and Technical Academy,
West Career and Technical Academy
Congressional District Four: Arbor View High School, Canyon Springs High School, Cheyenne High School,
Cimarron-Memorial High School, College of Southern Nevada East High School,
Sunrise Mountain High School, Veterans Tribute Career Technical Academy
8:45 a.m. – 9:25 a.m. Opening Ceremony — Gymnasium
(All Judges, Students, and Guests)
Welcome and introductions: Kathleen Dickinson, Law Related Education Coordinator,
State Bar of Nevada
Sierra Vista High School Color Guard:
Robert S. Brown , Command Sergeant Major, USA (Retired)
Color Guard : Cadet Leong; Cadet Asmerom; Cadet Smith
Cadet Peronto; Cadet Harvey
Cadet Grujic; Cadet Hay
Cadet Miller; Cadet Avilla
Pledge of Allegiance and Singing of the National Anthem performed by:
Introduction of Judges and Competition Orientation and Rules: Judge Elissa Cadish
9:25 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. All students report to assigned rooms
9:30 a.m. - 12:35p.m. Competition Rounds
12:25 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. General Assembly for Awards Ceremony — Gymnasium
Masters of Ceremonies: Debbie Berger, Trey Delap, Trent Harper and Michael Vannozzi
Demonstration of Voting Machines
1:00 p.m.—1:30 p.m. Immigration and Naturalization Ceremony
Moderated by:
THE HONORABLE Elissa Cadish
District Court Judge
8th Judicial District, Clark County Nevada
THANK YOU
The We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution District Competition wishes
to thank the following sponsors and volunteers whose generous efforts have
made this program possible:
Center for Civic Education, State Bar of Nevada, Nevada Humanities, Judge Philip Pro,
Timothy Kelley, Clark County School District, Sierra Vista High School,
Principal John Anzalone; Sierra Vista High School’s Color Guard;
Our Congressional staffs and all of the judges, teachers, parents and students here today.
The Following Volunteers & CCSD Educators: Shannon La Neve
Director of Humanities Curriculum and Professional Development Division
Clark County School District; Laura Fischer, Project Facilitator for Social Studies and
World Language; David Roddy, Public Information Specialist
Communications Office; Loren Webb,
Sierra Vista High School organizations and students: Student Council, DECA,
Key Club, National Honor Society,
Food Trucks: Buldogis Gourmet Hot Dogs, Kona Ice Trilogy LLC,
Señor Blue and The Lunch Crew Catering
State Bar of Nevada
3100 W. Charleston Boulevard, Ste. 100
Las Vegas, NV 89102
(702) 382.2200
www.nvbar.org/content/law-related-education
WE THE PEOPLE DISTRICT COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT ONE
Chaparral High School
Las Vegas, NV
David Snyder, M.A., Teacher
Lolo James, Principal
Students: Letaria Benne, Christine Aurea Bernal, Dylan Briones, Christopher Chavarria, Victoria Dominguez, Jacob Gelabert, Diana Gonzalez,
Erika Lopez Valdez, Malaysia McDaniel, Kimberly Pacheco, Deonica Perry, Melany Rico, Hugo Salgado, Jr., Rosa Sanchez,
Jennifer Vences-Estrada
Clark High School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Lance Stockley, Teacher
Jillyn Pendleton, Principal
Students: Devika Bararia, Taylor Bronson, Evan Crosby, Maximilian Foels, Maximiliano Garcia-Inguanzo, Jennifer Glezen, Shreya Kamojjala,
Tristen McGee-James, Violet Nikolova, Katrina Pineda, Chanel Pulido, Megan Ruder, Aisha Sanwal, Shivam Saran, Zachary Walusek,
Jeffry Yoon
College of Southern Nevada West High School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Melissa Jock, Teacher
George Leavens, Principal
Students: Areli Alarcon, Gregorio Alberto, Omar Arcila, Mason Coffman, Shyanti Franco, Tina Fung, Kimberly Guo, Jacob Howard, Willaine
Kahano, Yarlin Mayor Garcia, Perri McGillivray, Kaitlyn Newman-Montgomery, Conan Ng, Taylor Omoto, Amaris Puppel, Itzel Sinoto,
Carl Tiglao, Vanessa Tsuji
Eldorado High School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Timothy Stolte, Teacher
David Wilson, Principal
Students: Jordan Argellas, Angela Barajas, Rowena Beeson, Anabelle Boeckner, Manuel Buenrostro, Enrique Carrillo, Jack Escobedo,
Breanna-Katelyn Gabb, Jonathan Gallardo, Lleni Garcia-Gonzalez, Sandra Hermosillo, Kale Hernandez, Bryan Hernandez-Araiza, Alan Martinez,
Jose Mejia, Kelly Navarro, Emily Post, Andre Rodriguez, Daniel Sabido-Mendoza, Ramon Sillas-Quintero, Ryan Sternberg, Jonathan Thomas,
Nick Torres
Las Vegas Academy
Las Vegas, Nevada
Shea Dokken, Teacher
Scott Walker, Principal
Students: Tanya Gabrielle Abarico, Eve Barron, Evelyn Blomquist, Ciya Clyde, Truth Colon, Dejan Djukic, Isabel Ferguson, Alexandra Hager,
Miranda Johnson, Paulina Kerrigan, Sarah Kompare, Rachel Langgin, Mikella Larese, Illissa McBrayer, Sarah McIntosh, Megli Micek,
Summer Mower, Joshua O’Brien, Sarah Pisarsky, Megan Pridmore, Kylee Quist, Eduardo Ramirez, Lizette Ramirez, Michelle Ray, Wish Read,
Tiana Richards, Rachel Rush, Kaylee Schuele, Chloe St. George, Tessa Grace Tan-Torres, Tristan Thomson, Sirena Vergara, Leonard Versola,
Ian Walton
Rancho High School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Ryan Ruttan, Teacher
Dr. James Kuzma, Principal
Students: Kamryn A. Allen, Mya G. Alva Najera, Kevin J. Angeles, Naomi K. Arbide-Susarrey, Michelle Avila, Eleusis Bravo Avendano,
Gia Renemae Calip, Selena A. Campos, Alan D. Chavez, Brittany E. Corcran, Kevin Echevarria Echevarria, Kennedy A. Elliott, Jalen J. Franklin,
Hazel B. Garcia-Galindo, Evan W. Greener, Brisa Hernandez, Pathan Hiranrak, Anna R. Irwin, Autumn C. Kidd, Robert Kiffs, Ethan S. Krammer,
Katelyn Mara, Eduardo Millan, Danielle M. Montenegro, Melissa Morras, Raul Nunez, Marina Parsom, Eduardo G. Quintanilla, Raul D. Ruiz,
Michael J. Singler, Tyler P. Stillings, Allison Tang, Tyler J. Tressler, Nicholas J. Vitiello, Gavin U. Waldner, Tensae B. Woldeamlak
Spring Valley High School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Brian Backman, Teacher
Tam Larnerd, Principal
Students: Treraphat Chainarongrit, Laniyah Clark, Elyse Dang, Shelby Felix, Caitlin Gaddis, Fiona Kidane, Victor Liu, Gerardo Mendoza,
Biftu Mengistu, Mykenzie Midby, Savannah Mitchell-Sherrod, Carla Mosley, Evelyn Mozqueda, Heydy Nunez, Kiara Ortiz Guerrero,
Donna Petrov, Pablo Ponce, Ariel Marie Quidilla, Elexesninnia Villanda, Justin Wong, Tia Zghaib
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THREE
American Preparatory Academy
Las Vegas, Nevada
Frank Grealish, Teacher
Christie Olivieri, Principal
Students: Dillon Brouwer, Kamonkan Gamnerdsiri, Ameer Haque, Giada Pernice, Joshua Piones, Dai-Nien Tran
College of Southern Nevada South High School
Henderson, Nevada
Cameron Stuber, Teacher
George Leavens Principal
Students: Emily Anderson, Samantha Couvilion, Angelica Dator, Sade Franklin, Christa Gerber, Nika Jenabi, Lea Jensen, Mary Judkins,
Abraham Lugo, Grace Newmarker, Lila Ochoa, Brian Reed, Richard Ruiz, Sydney Stoddard, Janelle Vazquez, Samantha Wagner
Faith Lutheran Middle School and High School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Ryan Watts, Teacher
Scott Fogo, Principal
Students: Quran Allen, Greer DeBoni, Nathan Galla, Eugene Kim, Marie Langer, Mariah Llerenas, Noah Maciulewicz, Nora Paulos,
Luke Richardson, Kelsie Seigle, Summer Stadtlander, Parker Sylvester
Foothill High School
Henderson, Nevada
Kaela Boersma Teacher
Lisa Burkhead, Principal
Students: Joel Benavidez, Zachary Cowdell, Nicholas Cullen, Shaina Day, Abbey Flinders, Eduardo Garcia-Castaneda, Miyah Gornot,
Emma Grant, Ryan Haines, Dylan Hushaw, Kelton Lachelt, Wyatt Papka, Tyler Plateroti, Jordan Wilson, Logan Winter
Silverado College Prepatory & Career/Technical High School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Melanie J. Pavlides Teacher
Jamie Ditto, Principal
Students: Alexandra A. Amaya, Gisel E. Arriaga, Tyler A. Barfield, Jennie M. Batac, Destiny L. Byrd, Ashyra J. Castro, Shiny Chien,
Logan W. Edington, Sanaii L. Edwards, Jaeden K. Garcia, Isabela M. Herrera, Mckenzie O. Jean-Baptiste, Ethan M. Jones, Kate L. Katigbak, Jiego
G. Lim, Faith A. McCormick, Ashley N. McCoy, William G. Miller, Chaz K. Navarro, McKenzie F. Papa, Costandinos, T. Pappas,
Adrian E. Quispe, Athena Rowe, Sebastian C. Sivert, Brody N. Storbakken, Brandon J. Velasquez, Mark M. Wong, Michelle T. Angeles,
Ulises H. Arteaga Rangel, Ethan J. Bacolod, Caroline T. Bautista, Vanessa M. Booth, Brandon Allen B. Catacutan, James Ho, Allison A. Honold,
Laura R. Leon-Farag, Troy D. Murray, Antonio J. Padua, Kori R. Shalmy
Southwest Career & Technical Academy
Las Vegas, Nevada
Joseph Juliano, Teacher
Donna Levy, Principal
Students: Brittny Mikhaiel, Brooke Sorensen, Hannah Podolske, Abigail Weeks, Christiana Guerra, Andrea Barber, Gabriela Hernandez Lugo,
Grace Laudencia, Gabrielle Desear, Jared Hansen, Kesler Cervantes, Ally Chan, Yoana Ontiveros, Min Kang, William Tchen, Rim Ghebremeskel,
Zoe Crisostomo, Lindsay Lopez, Justine Verastigue, Michelle Castro, Lauryn Kern
West Career & Technical Academy
Las Vegas, Nevada
Adriane Casolari, Teacher
Amy Dockter-Rozar, Principal
Students: Lauren Antin, Madeline Carter, Alexandra Dominguez, Adam Esrig, Grey Garcia, Margaret Harris, Frederick Heil, Jaclyn Hickey,
David Islas, Michael Jati, Xin Yi Ke, Tyler Kim, Jude Kocka, Pedro Martinez Calleja, Saha Salahi, Parker Samuelson, Kalina Tatareva,
Ariana Zandi
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOUR
Arbor View High School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Diane M. Jackson, Teacher
Kevin McPartlin, Principal
Students: Aaron Oliva, Alexia Bogden, Anastazija, Jackson, Ariana Rosado, Ashley Kristich, Braden Zane, Breanna Rosengren, Britney Hill,
Destini Coward, Elisa De La Torre, Evan Shelton, Hunter Satterfield, Madison Mailloux, Samantha Opsuth, Sebastian Vega, Skylar Lee,
Zachary Rhodes, Zoey McLemore, Zuri Cong
Canyon Springs High School
North Las Vegas, Nevada
Dr. Lou Grillo, Teacher
Greg Hunter, Principal
Students: Sarah Mae Agbilay, Caleb Andes, Ryen Ball, Erika Barrales, Joseph D’Quan Collier, Matthew Dodds, Leora Mae Dumanlang,
Nyah Finnie, Courtney Fulmer, Rachel Gardner, Lyric Gibson, Zoe Leonore Glepa, Kaiim Goff, Marisol Jara-Amparan, Gianni Lopez,
Karla Magana, Michael Marquez, Justin Paul, Michelle Penaloza, Paola Piedra, Bryana Rave, Gavin Rhynes, Wyko Salvador,
Leonardo Sanchez-Zamora, Mileidy Soriano, Jay Tumanan, Tony Washington, Sarah Wu
Cheyenne High School
Las Vegas, Nevada Tyrone Armstrong, Teacher
Dr. Zachary Robbins, Principal
Students: Melanie Aleman, Jayla Alexis, Jocelyn Alvarez, Dayanna Arjon, Artwillis Bryant, Ryan Buchanan, Heaven Burgin, Miya Burns,
Shawn Coleman, Vanessa Cuchillo, Leslie Galarza Luna, Joshua Garbutt, Donnell Heckard, Brianna Hernandez, Kayley Huffman,
A’kaylee Jarmon, Justice John, Rafael Joseph Llamzon, David Mason, Jordan Martin, Oscar Mena, Joe Moreno, Shaniya Mouton,
Peony Pena Diaz, Mateya Perez, Jasmine Serrano, Alana Stewart, Christopher Rose, Kody Stolworthy, Emely Torres, Jakeline Valerio,
Ricardo Zuniga-Alaniz, Vanessa Desales, Alexander Hernandez, Eliyana Landers
Cimarron-Memorial High School
Las Vegas, Nevada Ryan T. Brooks, Teacher
Lori Lawson-Sarabyn, Principal
Students: Annasha Benavidez, Lori Cespedes-Zavaleta, Justin Cummins, Louis Estrada, Grace Fuentes, Marrissa Galvez, Irely Garcia,
Arely Godinez Valencia, Brylee Hanson, Cedric Hooks, Amber Johnson, Kevin Love, Chassidy Lynn, Aukay Maytorena, Destiny Middleton,
Benjamin Molina, Catherine Mondaca, Tatum Napoli, Philip Obradovic, Joshua Ross, Skylar Smith, Alyson Stone, Melissa Tinajero-Gonzalez,
Dustan Wile
College of Southern Nevada East High School
Henderson, Nevada Cameron Fox, Teacher
George Leavens Principal
Room Aides: Angie Gobran, Zaneta Morales, Amy Rice, Ramy Goergi, and Treanna Bowman,
Students: Alianna Carrison, Deisy Anahi Dominguez Gonzalez, Naithan Hellyer, Serenity I. Logan, Alexandra R. Luckett,
Hunter Alexander Murphy, Svetlana M. Nathan, Claire Petersen, Wendy Placido, Layla Artemisa Roper, Kylee Grace Traylor, Coree Walker
Sunrise Mountain High School
Las Vegas, Nevada Steven F. Moshides, Teacher
Julia Llapur, Principal
Students: Anthony J. Aguilar, Magaly Ayala Felix, Sylar Baily, Jorge Esparza, Karina Garcia Lopez, Ambar N. Gonzalez Sanchez,
Nicolle A. Guzman, Ruben S. Guzman, Skarleth Hernandez Diaz, Luis A. Luna, Shaun M. Maloney, Ashley Miller, Brisa Moreno Gonzalez,
Ahnayiah I. Morris, Queen M. Redick, Jose R. Tinoco Valdovinos, Andre M. Torrez, Roberto Venegas, Lupita Verdin Godinez, Tee Williams
Veterans Tribute Career Technical Academy
Las Vegas, Nevada
Kevin Barney, Teacher
Tammy Cullum Boffelli, Principal
Students: Lizeth Carrera, Viviana Catalan, Antonella Choi, Adamaris Cruz, Janelle Cubillo, Kathryn Fontano, Renzo Gazzolo, Cassidy Griffith,
Luciano Herrera, Alexiz Jenkins, Ashlie Kemer, Sarah Lax, Isaiah Ogata, Callan Renninger, Jennifer Seeley, Kyra Segoviano, Emily Stevens,
Kimi Whitehead
West Preparatory High School
Las Vegas, Nevada
Averill Kelley, Teacher
Danny Eichelberger, Principal
Students: Fahmo Abdullahi, Ariel Anderson, Bianca Bittner, Alan Carreon, Osbaldo Carrillo, Carlos Coreas, Juan Flores Bello, Hector Garcia,
Adan Garcia, Jackelin Gaspar, Oscar Gavino Hernandez, Abril Giron, Melissa Gomez, Victor Heredia, Carlos Hernandez-Canizalez,
Emma Hortan-Torijano, Mei-Hua Lee, Josue Marquez, Daniela Martinez, Jimmy Martinez Miguel, Charles Palomar Duran, Elijah J. Pama,
Daniela Parra, Angel Pascual, Frank Perez, Melissa Placido, Erick Quezada Huerta, Joanna Resendiz Reyes, Carlos Rodriguez-Ruiz,
Gloria Ruiz Armas, Elizabeth Santiago, Leah Sanz, Pedro Sigala, Luis Soto
COMPETITION ROUNDS
Unit numbers represent the units each school will compete on at the allotted times:
District One Competing Classes (7)
Congressional
District One Chaparral
High
School
209
Clark
High
School
211
CSN West
High
School
216
El Dorado
High
School
208
Las Vegas
Academy
of the Arts
210
Rancho
High
School
200
Spring Valley
High School
219
8:45 - 9:25 am Opening Ceremony
9:30 - 9:47 am Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE
9:50 - 10:07 am BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V Unit VI
10:10 -10:27 am Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V
10:30 -10:47 am Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV
11:00 - 11:17 am BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK
11:20 - 11:37 am Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III
11:40 - 11:57 am Unit III Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II
12:00 - 12:17 pm Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I
12:20 - 12:55 pm BREAK – observe Voting Machines
1:00 - 1:30 pm Immigration Naturalization Ceremony
12:50 - 2:30 pm Closing Ceremony
District Three Competing Classes (7)
Congressional
District Three American
Preparatory
Academy
312
CSN South
High
School
314
Faith
Lutheran
High
School
318
Foothill
High
School
326
Silverado
Preparatory
High School
300
Southwest
CTA
308
West
CTA
300
8:45 - 9:25 am Opening Ceremony
9:30 - 9:47 am Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE
9:50 - 10:07 am BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V Unit VI
10:10 - 10:27 am Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V
10:30 - 10:47 am Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV
11:00 - 11:17 am BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK
11:20 - 11:37 am Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III
11:40 - 11:57 am Unit III Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II
12:00 - 12:17 pm Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I
12:20 - 12:55 pm BREAK – observe Voting Machines
1:00 - 1:30 pm Immigration Naturalization Ceremony
12:50 - 2:30 pm Closing Ceremony
State Bar of Nevada
3100 W. Charleston Boulevard, Ste. 100
Las Vegas, NV 89102
702.382.2200
District Four Competing Classes (8)
Congressional
District Four Arbor
View
High
School
800
Canyon
Springs
High
School
801
Cheyenne
High
School
803
Cimarron-
Memorial
High
School
804
CSN
East
High
School
808
Sunrise
Mountain
High
School
807
Veterans
Tribute
806
West
Preparatory
Academy
805
8:45 - 9:25 am Opening Ceremony
9:30 - 9:47 am Unit I Unit II Unit III BYE Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE
9:50 - 10:07 am BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III BYE Unit IV Unit V Unit VI
10:10 - 10:27 am Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III BYE Unit IV Unit V
10:30 - 10:47 am Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III BYE Unit IV
11:00 - 11:17 am BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK BREAK
11:20 - 11:37 am Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III BYE
11:40 - 11:57 am BYE Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II Unit III
12:00 - 12:17 pm Unit III BYE Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I Unit II
12:20 - 12:37 pm Unit II Unit III BYE Unit IV Unit V Unit VI BYE Unit I
12:40 - 1 pm BREAK – observe Voting Machines
1:00 - 1:30 pm Immigration Naturalization Ceremony
1:30 - 2:30 pm Closing Ceremony
Rules for High School Competition
2018-2019
Structure of the Hearings
During simulated congressional hearings on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, high school students will appear before
"congressional committees” consisting of volunteer judges from the community. As members of a committee, judges will hear oral
presentations from groups of students on selected constitutional issues. Students are treated as experts who have been asked to testify
before the congressional committee on their particular topic. The chair of the committee will conduct the proceedings. The chair
may be one of the judges or someone in addition to the panel of judges such as a member of Congress, the district coordinator, or a
prominent community member. Judges are encouraged to play the role of a congressional committee member as much as possible.
Each competing class will bring six groups to the hearings, one group for each of the six units in the textbook We the People…The
Citizen and the Constitution. Each-group has been given three questions on its topic to prepare-in advance. The group will not know
which of the three questions it will be required to answer until the question is asked by the judges. The students will respond to their
group's question with a four minute prepared presentation during which they may use notes. They will then respond for six minutes
to follow-up questions by the judges. Each of the six class groups will thus appear before the judges for a total of ten minutes. The
judges will listen to each group’s presentation, question the group on its topic, and score each group. The class’ total score will
consist of the combined scores received by its six groups. The class with the highest total score will be declared the winner and will
advance to the next level of hearings.
Hearing Questions
As mentioned above, the panels of three judges will select one of the three questions to ask each student group. These questions have
been provided to teachers in advance of the hearing by the Center for Civic Education. After hearing a group’s prepared
presentation, judges will ask the students follow-up questions during a six minute period. The Center for Civic Education will
provide suggested follow-up questions which coordinators will give to judges to use whenever appropriate. However, judges are
encouraged to focus much of their questioning on what students said in their four-minute presentation, keeping in mind the scoring
criteria described below.
Timing
For each hearing, there will be an official timer who should not be one of the judges. The timer should keep strictly to the framework
of ten minutes per team: four minutes for the initial oral presentation and six minutes for the follow-up questioning. Timers will
silently notify groups by holding up a card when they have one minute left in their initial oral presentation and again when there is
one minute left in the follow-up period. When time has expired, the timer will stop all participants by showing “Time” or “Stop”.
Every effort should be made to observe the time limits. However, at the discretion of the judges extra time may be allowed a group
to compensate for any situation that significantly reduces the time allowed for response to questions. For example, if a judge has
taken an excessive amount of time to phrase a question, extra time may be granted to the student group for its response.
Use of Notes or Materials
Students may use notes on paper no larger than 8.5 x 11 inches during the four minute presentation period. No other materials or
references may be used. Neither notes nor any other materials may be used during the follow up question period.
Students, Parents & Guests
Students, parents of students, and guests of the school should remain in the assigned rooms. The only individuals that are allowed to
go from room to room to watch other teams compete are judges, coordinators, and designated visitors. Every effort should be made
to refrain from entering or exiting the room once a hearing has started. The competition schedule incorporates three-minute breaks
between each team’s presentation for restroom and water breaks.
Judging Criteria
Judges will score each student group on the basis of six criteria. These criteria are: understanding, constitutional application,
reasoning, supporting evidence, responsiveness, and participation. Throughout their assessment of student performance, judges are
careful to base their scores on the six established criteria and not on whether the judges agree with positions students might take.
For each criterion listed, each judge will score the group on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best score). Judges must use a separate
form for each group. The scorekeeper will total class scores on a separate summary form. The class with the highest total score will
be the overall winner. Judges will also be asked to award up to 100 bonus points to each class group for its overall performance
above and beyond the six basic criteria. In the event of a tie, these bonus points for a class, six groups will be totaled and the tying
class with the highest number of bonus points will be declared the winner. Tie—breaker points should be awarded for overall
performance of the group using the following guidelines:
Excellent 90 to 100 points
Very Good 80 to 89 points
Average 70 to 79 points
Below Average 0 to 69 points
Feedback
Although students are not told how their hearings were scored, they are given some feedback immediately following their
presentation. Because of time constraints, the feedback is brief and includes comments on the group’s strengths and suggestions for
improvement.