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"We the People" Civics Team
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David Alcox has been teaching Social Studies & History at Milford High School for 23 years. He makes regular appearances on NHPR. Each year he takes his students to the the Statewide "We the People" Civics Competition in Concord which they have won for 16 out of the last 20 years. His students have regularly advanced the National Competition in Washington, DC. See competition details at end of this posting.
"We the People" Team from Milford High School
The team fielded questions from the audience on a number of topics, immigration, gun laws, states rights, gerrymandering, even Al Gore was mentioned.
Each member was an expert on a specific detail of the Constitution
"On Friday, December 8, students
from Hollis Brookline High School, John
Stark Regional High School and Milford
High School converged on the Legislative
Office Building in Concord to testify
before panels of judges, demonstrating
their knowledge and understanding of the
institutions of American constitutional
democracy. Following the “Mock” Congressional
Hearings, students, teachers,
parents and supportive visitors joined an
awards ceremony honoring each student
individually with a 2017 We the People
medallion. Group achievement in each of
the 6 Units of study was also recognized
with Unit awards. Students from Hollis
Brookline High School received Awards of
Excellence in Unit 1, Unit 2 and Unit 6.
John Stark Regional High School students
received an Award of Excellence for Unit
3, while Milford High School students received
Awards of Excellence in Unit 4 and
Unit 5. Volunteer members of the NH Bar
Association were “wowed” by the letizenvel
of constitutional knowledge of the participating
students from each school.
Each of the three teams taking part on
December 8th, will return to Concord for
the We the People State Finals to be held
on Friday, January 7, 2018, as students vie
for the opportunity to represent NH at the
National Finals in Washington, D.C. in the
spring.
We the People: The Citizen and the
Constitution has been taught in NH schools
in grades 4 - 12 for 31 years and is a premier
Law Related Education program of the NH
Bar Association. For more information on
Law Related Education programs and how
you can get involved, please contact Robin
E. Knippers, Law Related Education Coordinator,
at reknippers@nhbar.org or
visit Law-Related Education on the NHBA
webpages."
On April 16th, 1944 over three hundred bombers and fighters of the 5th Air Army took off on a mission to bomb and strafe the Japanese airfields located at Hollandia , Dutch New Guinea. The mission was successful and no aircraft was lost to enemy action, however their safe return was blocked by a massive weather front. 37 aircraft were destroyed or went missing because of the bad weather.This event known as Black Sunday and marked the biggest operational loss due to weather in WWII. My uncle piloted a B-25 on this mission. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea Ed Poltrack's Squadron The experience of crews who did find an airfield was no better. Alfred B. Colwell,Jr., was the Navigator/Bombardier on a B-25 in the 38th Bomb Group based at Nadzab, New Guinea April 16 Mission #48 – Hollandia. … The whole area was full of planes-B-24s, B-25s, A-20s and P-38s. We got down to 50 feet above the coast and followed it towards Sa...
UPDATE (June 21, 2016) - I found the words! I have found a book called Treasured Polish Songs which contains the word to "Our Company" the song that most of us know as Hupaj Siupaj. The book is available at Amazon . Nine years ago after a fruitless search I posted a request on my blog. Some of the comments pointed me in the right direction. I'm including the words but STRONGLY suggest you buy the book, it has all the Christmas Songs and so much more. Page 104 - Treasured Polish Songs Page 105
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