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Project Citizen Annual State Showcase
On May 16, 2008 at the State House in Augusta, ME middle school students gathered to share their public policy projects. They participated in oral hearings to share their ideas and solutions with one another and adult policy-makers. During the public viewing of projects, each group of students displayed portfolios and binders they prepared highlighting their work and containing thorough documentation of their research. Students from Holbrook Middle School (MSAD 63) were recognized at the awards ceremony as this year's oral hearing winners with their project, The Warning Zones - Think Fast, Slow Down, Safe a Life!Each participating class worked for several weeks, first examining a local public policy issue by studying the impact of the problem on the community. Then, they evaluated alternative solutions to the problem, proposed an agreed-upon public policy solution, and finally, created a political action plan to enlist local or state authorities in adopting their proposed policy. We the People: Project Citizen is a federally funded civic education program for middle grade students. It is a program that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government and enables young people to monitor and influence public policy. KIDS is the state coordinator of Project Citizen in Maine.
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