The We the People: The Citizen and Constitution National Finals is a national academic competition that gives students an opportunity to display the civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to effectively participate in our constitutional democratic republic through simulated congressional hearings. Approximately one thousand students from forty-eight classes will participate in 648 half-hour zoom hearings during the National Finals on April 23 through 26, 2021.
This is the school’s 23rd appearance at Nationals. MLWGS has won the national title three times in the We the People competition’s 34-year history, the last time was 2017 and a national top-10-team for most of the others.
“Maggie Walker’s We The People tradition has stayed strong this year despite the pandemic and meeting over Zoom,” said Sam Ulmschneider-team sponsor. “The students are working on challenging questions about the history and enduring value of habeas corpus, the causes of the two-party system, the dilemmas around preserving religious freedom in the classroom, and much more. They are looking forward to this weekend’s competition as the culmination of a long year of learning how to speak extemporaneously and apply a wide variety of evidence to an even wider variety of Constitutional questions.”
Best wishes and good luck to the 2021 MLWGS team:
Team Sponsor and Teacher: Mr. Sam Ulmschneider
2021 Team Members
| Nathaniel Bampton | Chesterfield |
| Elizabeth Blue | Richmond |
| Grace Bouton | Richmond |
| Elizabeth Celentano | Henrico |
| Connor Diaz | Chesterfield |
| Samantha Fidler | Henrico |
| Vencetia Flournoy | Goochland |
| Justin Goldman | Chesterfield |
| Kapil Iyer | Henrico |
| Varun Mandgi | Henrico |
| Senthil Meyyappan | Henrico |
| Tejas Muthusamy | Henrico |
| Amanda Perez | Henrico |
| Ethan Ringer | Hanover |
| Ananya Shah | Henrico |
| Katherine Smith | Richmond |
| Margaret Smith | Richmond |
| Sonya Stacia | Henrico |
| John Staley | Hanover |
| Isabella Stevens | Powhatan |
