Students Learn About Government Through Competition

Local students competed in the 'We the People' competition with Centennial High School coming out on top. “During this experience we learned how to be good citizens and that we should participate in our government such as voting," said Carlos Chavez who participated in the competition. Teams from 11th and 12th grade government classes gave presentations on six topics and then underwent questioning by government teachers and constitutional experts. Each school was divided into six teams, one team for eac