Press Release

Denver's East High School Students Reach Second in the Nation in Civics Competition

April 25, 2001

A 24 student team from East High School placed second in the nation at the 14th annual competition called "We the People...The Citizen and the Constitution." The team flew to Washington D.C., where they impressed officials with the Center for Civic Education, which puts on the contest.

The students are judged and assigned points for the answers they give to questions related to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The panel of Judges included U.S. Court Judges, journalists, government leaders, attorneys, and constitutional experts.

The East High School team has always ranked high in its scores taking home the national title in 1991.