Teaching Constitutional law again this year at Rachel Carson Middle School reinforces my belief in the critical importance of civic participation. If you don’t vote, you cannot complain. If you are not an active citizen in our democratic process, then others will decide the direction of our communities, our states and our countries. Free…
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Our local public school, Rachel Carson Middle School (RCMS), has once again made it to the National Invitational Competition for the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution program. RCMS has made it to the finals the last three years, winning first place in the country the past two. Parents and volunteers from the…
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At last week’s 30th Annual We the People National Finals, Richmond’s Maggie Walker Governor’s School won the top prize, while Melissa Landau’s alma mater, Douglas S. Freeman High School, finished 6th and picked up several awards. The Commonwealth was allowed two teams in the National Finals as the rules permit of several “wild card” entrants.…
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Lawyer Doug Landau is already in his fourth year of volunteering at Rachel Carson Middle School (RCMS). Around twice a week, Landau will visit the school—which is just up the street from the Landau Law Shop in Herndon, Virginia—to help students prepare to compete in the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution Program.…
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Proving that least year was no fluke, the Rachel Carson Middle School won the National Championship last night. Last year’s returning champions in the “We the People” Constitutional Law & Civics program managed to surpass the top teams from Maine, Ohio, Florida, Oregon, Indiana, Arizona and Colorado. Gaining the nation’s top prize was a team effort,…
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