2015 Constitutional Academy

0:08 this week the Bill of Rights Institute has had the pleasure of experiencing constitutional Academy we had about 50 students join us from all around the country my name is Wyatt prell and Wyatt where are you from I’m from witto Kansas ANUK Kushner and I’m from Albuquerque New Mexico my name is Rie Lane i h from the Outer Banks North Carolina I really wanted to travel to DC

0:30 to really cement the knowledge that I learned in my Civics course I was blessed to get accepted and then also get a scholarship we went to Capitol Hill uh which was definitely a cool experience it’s like the heart of government we went to the District of Columbia courts and actually got to work with a federal judge in like a mock trial type

0:51 situation and uh we went to the museum to learn about uh freedom of the press it’s imperative that you have an understanding of where why you’re an American what does it mean to be an American constitutional Academy gives you those key tenants incentivizes you into discussion about these key ideals that we learn and talk about but

1:12 constitutional Academy puts those into action constitutional Academy is a great opportunity for some of America’s most outstanding high school students to learn about the founding principles what we do here in Washington DC is teach uh these students not that all of the solutions are found in the nation’s capital in fact uh to the opposite to

1:34 the contrary we are emphasizing to them that they are going to be the engine of Reform thank you Bill of Rights Institute thank you Bill of Rights Institute thank you Bill of Rights [Music] Institute