Teachers

 Welcome to the 32nd Annual We the People National Finals.

The staff of the Center for Civic Education appreciates your hard work and dedication to teaching about government and the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Because of your participation in the We the People Program, your students have the opportunity to study and learn about government and constitutional principles and ideas in prepartation for participating in the National Finals. Through this experience your students will acquire the civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions neccessary to effectively participate in our constitutional democratic republic.

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We the People Programs
Center for Civic Education

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When will the competition scores be available?
The first week of May, 2019

If I have any questions, who do I contact?
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , Director, We the People Programs or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., National Finals Coordinator

Hearing Rooms

Saturday and Sunday

The hearings will take place in the North Building of the National Conference Center. Every effort will be made to ensure that parents and visitors who have come to see a particular student testify will be seated in the room during that student’s unit hearing. Parents and visitors may also stand in the back of the room unless otherwise directed due to fire codes and at the discretion of the teacher, floor supervisor, or Center staff. To ensure that the hearings are not interrupted, parents and visitors will be admitted to the hearing room at appropriate break times (between units) and after the judges have left the room.

Everyone is welcome to observe the hearings. However to ensure fairness, anyone affiliated with a competing class (teachers, coaches, students, chaperons, parents, friends, relatives, etc.) may not enter the hearing room of any other competing class. Once class hearings are completed floor supervisors will help facilitate their exit from the North building in a timely fashion.

Monday

Everyone is welcome to attend any of the hearings on Capitol Hill. However, competing classes and people affiliated with those classes may only attend their hearings. In addition, classes competing during the afternoon and people affiliated with those classes may not attend any morning hearing. Because the hearing rooms on Capitol Hill are substantially larger visitors may be admitted to a hearing room after a hearing is underway at the discretion of the room supervisor. A room supervisor will be stationed outside the hearing room to monitor admittance. If you have any questions or concerns during the day, you may report to the Center's administrative office, Cannon 121.

Please Note: If the hearing rooms on Capitol Hill are not available, the final round of hearings will take place in classrooms at the National Conference Center.

Student Orientation Room

The Student Orientations will he held in the Loudoun room at the National Conference Center on the Saturday and Sunday a half hour before the hearings begin. Robert Leming, Director of the We the People Programs and Mark Molli, Director of Governmental Relations will officially welcome students, teachers, parents, and visitors and address the audience about important matters concerning the competition. Upon arrival Center and WorldStrides staff will direct students to the Student Orientation room. At the end of the briefing, WorldStrides and Center staff will direct classes to their hearing rooms. Parents and visitors are welcome to attend the student orientation and will be dismissed after students.

Awards Ceremony

The Awards Ceremony will take place Monday night, April 29, 2019 starting at 8:30 p.m. in the Ballroom of the National Conference Center. The ceremony is the culminating event of the 32nd Annual We the People National Finals - a time to celebrate the accomplishments of all of the students and teachers participating in the National Finals. Approximately 2,000 students, teachers, parents, judges, volunteers, Center for Civic Education staff, and special guests will be in attendance. Recognition awards will be given to participating teachers. In addition, twenty-one class awards will be given, including six unit awards, five regional awards, and tenth- through first-place awards.