Wando Students Head to Law Competition

Budding Constitutional scholars from Mount Pleasant will represent South Carolina at a regional law and history competition later this month.

Two teams of Wando High School students will join with a single team from Wilson High School for the inaugural “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution Battle of the Carolinas” competition on March 30 in Charlotte.

The competition is an in-depth study of American history with an emphasis on understanding the formation of the Constitution. In January, students competed in a mock congressional hearing and discussed critical issues regarding American government, the founding fathers and current events based on a constitutional perspective.

These teams were runners-up in the S.C. Bar Law Related Education Division’s We The People competition in January. Scholars Academy of Conway placed first and will compete in the national competition April 27-May 1 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.

Participating students from Wando High School (team 2) include Reynolds Adams, Tanner Croft, Rachael Cunninghamd, Sanders Dargan, Zachary Fogleman, Chelsea Frasier, Zachary Glusman, Isabel Harper, Justin Henline, Paige Jellison, Adam Johnston, Patricia Jokl, Jack Meagher, Emma Miller, Savannah Miller, Dalton Mills, Nike Pappas, Amie Parris, Miranda Rodriguez, Nicholas Sottile, Michael Spires, Rebecca Sydow, Ayden Tarrant-Willis, Kimberly Varadi and Layne Walker. The team is lead by instructor Misty LeClerc.

Participating students from Wando High School (team 3) include Caitlin Armstrong, Bogdan Bordieanu, Alexandra Denton, Bobby Fabrizio, Diego Farias Canepa, Ashley Grueser, Emily Gugel, Tanner Hoisington, Josh Hull, Chelsea Kozma, Emilee Kutyla, David Leggett, Mary Lewis, Tommie Middleton, Sean O'Brien, Matthew Orvin, Michael Owens, Craig Rode, Anna Rogerson, Alex Shchetkov, Korey Whitmore, Fletcher Williams- and Jackson Wood. The team is also led by LeClerc.

The S.C. Bar’s LRE Division, which was developed to improve the ability of teachers to instruct law related education, has been part of the Bar since 1976. We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution is made possible by a grant from the Center for Civic Education and an IOLTA grant from the S.C. Bar Foundation.