Virginia HR 94: Commending the Douglas S. Freeman High School “We the People” team.

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HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 94 

Commending the Douglas S. Freeman High School "We the 
People" team. 

Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 24, 2020 

WHEREAS, the Douglas S. Freeman High School �We the People� 
team won the Virginia �We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution� 
competition on January 24, 2020, at the University of Virginia�s Darden School 
of Business; and

WHEREAS, presented by the Center for Civic Education, the �We 
the People: The Citizen and the Constitution� program promotes students� 
knowledge and understanding of the United States Constitution through a period 
of intensive study culminating in competitions among participating schools; and

WHEREAS, the �We the People� competitions occur at the 
district, state, and national levels, simulating congressional hearings as 
students respond to questions on American history, government, politics, and 
constitutional law; and

WHEREAS, the Douglas S. Freeman High School �We the People� 
team won the state competition by defeating the perennial champions from Maggie 
L. Walker Governor�s School for Government and International Studies; and

WHEREAS, advancing to the national competition, the Douglas S. 
Freeman High School �We the People� team earned the opportunity to compete at 
the 33rd Annual We the People National Finals in Washington, D.C., in April 
2020; and

WHEREAS, the members of the Douglas S. Freeman High School �We 
the People� team, dubbed �Team Rehnquist� in honor of the late United States 
Supreme Court justice, are all seniors in their school�s Center for Leadership, 
Government, and Global Economics; and

WHEREAS, the members of the Douglas S. Freeman High School �We 
the People� team include Kate Becker-Mowery, Charlotte Browder, Davis Buckbee, 
Josh DuPuis, Piper Finkelson, Karson Girvin, Addison Gorenflo, Balazs Kaszala, 
Salaar Khan, Christian Massengill, Megan McDonald, Brian Morton, Gretchen 
Neary, Rylan Pearsall, Marcus Rand, Sadie Rogerson, Maggie Sheerin, Maddie 
Sherman, Ashwin Suresh, Abby Taylor, Caroline Tyler, and Abby Zorn; and

WHEREAS, the success of the Douglas S. Freeman High School �We 
the People� team is the result of the hard work and dedication of the students, 
the leadership and guidance of their teachers, and the unwavering support of 
the entire Douglas S. Freeman High School community; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That the Douglas S. 
Freeman High School �We the People� team hereby be commended for winning the 
2020 Virginia �We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution� competition; 
and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates 
prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Robert Peck, teacher 
advisor of the Douglas S. Freeman High School �We the People� team, as an 
expression of the House of Dele