‘We the People’ Regional competition on December 14th. Good luck Dragons!

We wish good luck to Mr. Sam Ulmschneider, faculty sponsor, and the students of ‘We the People’ at their regional competition on Wednesday, December 14th at Randolph Macon College. You’ve worked hard Dragons in preparation for this day!

We the People competition seeks to teach high school students the basic tenets of the U.S. Constitution and how they apply to the country’s democracy and the lives of its citizens.

The MLWGS team has been consistently successful in competitions having won the national title four times in the 30+year history of the competition. 

Senior team members are:

Anshul Chiranth (Henrico)

Alexia Creeden (Henrico)

Ella Forlin (Henrico)

Summer Fraughnaugh (Charles City)

Kaspars Golos (Richmond)

Ellie Griffin (Chesterfield)

Ethan Helms (Henrico)

Sophia Isaacs (Richmond)

Amelia Johnson (Henrico)

John Knorr (Chesterfield)

Jordyn Krajewski (Chesterfield)

Ryan Marks (Chesterfield)

Abigail Montgomery (Chesterfield)

Mattias Parandeh (Chesterfield)

Audrey Paulson (Richmond)

Mallory Phillips (Chesterfield)

Nived Sanjay (Chesterfield)

Greta Shope (Henrico)

Abigayle Simmons (New Kent)

Annabel Tang (Henrico)

Cameron Unice (Richmond)

Daniela Wheeler (Richmond)

Edward Williams (Goochland)

Bruce Yanovitch (Chesterfield)

 

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