Youth Court Students at the National Constitution Center |
Thanks
to the generosity of the Philadelphia Union Foundation, Chester High School
Youth Court students were treated to a trip to the National Constitution Center
on Wednesday, September 30th, 2015. The event was in the planning
since the middle of the summer when Leah Moore, Community Affairs and
Philadelphia Union Foundation Manager, reached out to Chester Upland School District’s Parent and School
Involvement Specialist Kolin Corbin to offer Youth Court the trip because of
recent positive publicity from the press. Certainly this blog has put out a lot
of great post on Youth Court because it is a great program and the students do
very well in the program. Students were also featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer
and Philly.com in May. The Youth Court teacher, Ms. Brown, was also
recognized by Widener University Law School with a Martin Luther King, Jr.
service award earlier this year.
Left to right: 4 yrs. Youth Court student participants Jessica Vega, LaKenya Johnson, Nasheed McCaskill, Jelissa Abreo, and Shamour Young. Now seniors. |
Youth Court students
who have participated in the past and new students were able to go on the trip.
There are students who have participated in Youth Court since the ninth grade
and some since middle school. Students deserved the trip because of all their
good work in the program but they were also honored to have been selected for
the trip by the Philadelphia Union which also provided lunch to students.
Youth Court students were specially greeted by Jeffrey Rosen, President &
CEO of the National Constitution Center, who shared some important facts about
the framers of the Constitution.
Great trip! Great Day!
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