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    May 31, 2002

    News Release May 2002: Blessed Sacrament to compete in civics competition

    For Immediate Release
      CONTACT: Christi Powers
    State Bar of Wisconsin
    (608) 250-6025
    (608) 692-2206 (mobile)
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    Blessed Sacrament to compete in civics competition

    MADISON, May 31, 2002 - Students from Blessed Sacrament School in Milwaukee will compete in the "We the People...Project Citizen" statewide competition this weekend. Two teams of students spent a semester studying a public policy issue and developed an implementation plan under the direction of their teacher Mark Trenier. The students will be judged on their creative efforts to encourage people to obey stop signs.

    Both teams focused on frequently disregarded stop signs at intersections in residential areas and near their school. Possible solutions included installing stoplights, adding additional stop signs, increasing police surveillance of the areas and distributing flyers listing the possible consequences.

    Project Citizen is a civic education program for middle school students to promote competent and responsible participation in state and local government. The students' final product is a large portfolio displaying their work.

    "The caliber of this year's entries clearly demonstrates that the students successfully worked together to find innovative solutions to societal problems," said retired teacher Jack Jarmes, state coordinator for Project Citizen." "I can't think of a better way to teach kids about the inner workings of state and local government."

    The competition, to be held at State Bar Center in Madison on June 1, is sponsored by the Wisconsin Law Foundation, the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Center for Civic Education, the National Conference of State Legislatures and the U.S. Department of Education. A panel of 16 judges - including attorneys, legislative staff, government leaders and retired teachers - will score the entries based on completeness, clarity, and graphics. The winner of the state competition will compete in the national tournament in Denver in July.

    For more information on other State Bar law-related education efforts, visit www.legalexplorer.com/education, or contact Dee Runaas at (800) 444-9404, ext. 6191.

    The State Bar of Wisconsin is the mandatory professional association, created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, for attorneys who hold a law license in Wisconsin. With more than 20,000 members, the State Bar aids the courts in improving the administration of justice, provides continuing legal education for its members, and assists Wisconsin lawyers in carrying out initiatives to educate the public about the legal system.



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