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a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, March 28.
Come and enjoy the following
AdministratoroftheYearattheAnnual activities: Food Court, games, hair
Fall Conference. Seegren was honored braiding, face painting, raffle, silent
by the many members of the auction, bake sale, drama and music
Association who came from every cor- Poerformances, and art & poetry dis-
ner of the state of Arizona. plays.
Tempe Prep is located at 1251 E.
Team from Corona Southern Ave.
heads to national finals
Corona del Sol High School’s Husein wins state
Competition Government Team won essay contest
the Arizona “We the People” state tour- Tempe Preparatory Academy stu-
nament on Jan. 9. The team will repre- dent Sebastian Husein won the state
sent Arizona in the national finals in final in the “Voice of Democracy” essay
Washington, D.C., April 25-27. contest,whichincludedarecorded3to
Under the guidance of teacher Tim 5 minute speech. The contest is spon-
Smith, Corona clinched it’s 10th state
Corona del Sol High School’s Competition Government Team celebrates its Jan. 9 “We
sored by Veterans of Foreign Wars.
title. “As coach I was pleased with how
the People” state tournament win. The team, coached by Tim Smith, heads to the nation-
al finals in Washington, D.C., next month (submitted photo).
ThelocalVFWCommandervisited
the team came together and supported the campus for a ceremony to recog-
eachotherthroughoutthecompetition.
the nation’s elementary and secondary gressional hearing as the culminating
nize Husein’s achievement and present
Thisyear’steamnotonlyhadthedesire
students. What makes the program so activity for the “We the People” pro-
the award. Husein will travel to
to win, but also the will and determi-
successful is the design of its instruc- gram. The entire class, working in
Washington,D.C.,foroneweek,repre-
nation to be successful,” Smith said.
tional program, including its innova- cooperative teams, prepares and pre-
senting Arizona for the national com-
Thecontestgoalistopromotecivic
tive culminating activity. sentsstatementsbeforeapanelofcom-
petition with 53 contestants: the win-
competence and responsibility among
Participants hold a simulated con- munity representatives who act as con-
nersofeachstateaswellasthreeofthe
gressional committee members.
U.S. territories. The first prize is a
Students then answer questions posed
$30,000 scholarship.
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provides students an opportunity to
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