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California We the People and Project Citizen is committed to delivering quality civic education professional development for teachers and curriculum to the students of California. It is aligned with the California History Social Science Framework. CAWTP operates with the Center for Civic education a national nonprofit that has developed innovative based curriculum and teacher support since 1987.

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The We the People program promotes civic competence and responsibility among the state’s upper elementary and secondary students. We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution focuses on the United States Constitution and its application. Students not only have to know the Constitution but be able to discuss its relevance, citing court cases and historical facts to support their assertions. It uses authentic assessment in the form of a simulated Congressional hearing and promoting civic discourse. Classes may choose to compete in a state wide competition, the winner of which competes at the National level in Washington D.C.
 


 
Project Citizen is an interdisciplinary curricular program for middle, secondary, and post-secondary students, youth organizations, and adult groups that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. The program helps participants learn how to monitor and influence public policy. In the process, they develop support for democratic values and principles, tolerance, and feelings of political efficacy. Students may choose to participate in a National Showcase.
 

 
We the People and Project Citizen help satisfy the criterion for the California State Seal of Civic engagement.
 

Upcoming professional development opportunities

June 18- June 23, 2023 • Hawai’i


We the People: Civics That Empowers All Students

Become part of the We the People network—a nationwide K-12 civic education professional development and implementation network, impacting more than 100,000 teachers and 30 million students since inception!
 

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CAWTP is a 501c3 nonprofit and depends on donations and grants to provide services.




We the People National Finals TOP TEN! In ascending order:

10. Arizona
9. California Wild Amador Valley
8. Connecticut
7. Washington
6. Oregon Wild
5. Wisconsin
4. Colorado
3. California Foothill
2. Oregon
1. Virginia

Congratulations!

to all the teams. It is such a huge amount of work. It warms my heart to see you all up there.A big shout out to Amador Valley (9th) Stacey Sklar, and Foothill (3rd) Graham McBride and Jeremy Detamore, our Pleasanton CA teams!

California We the People State Finals

February 3-4 • Sacramento, CA

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CAWTP Champions

Foothill High School
Coaches Graham McBride
& Jeremy Detamore

Foothill High School
Coaches Graham McBride
& Jeremy Detamore

Foothill High School
Coaches Graham McBride
& Jeremy Detamore

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CAWTP Wild Card

Amador Valley High School
Coach Stacey Sklar

Amador Valley High School
Coach Stacey Sklar

Amador Valley High School
Coach Stacey Sklar

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CAWTP Third Place

Centennial High School
Coach Joseph Biron

Centennial High School
Coach Joseph Biron

Centennial High School
Coach Joseph Biron

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Unit Awards

Unit 3
Coach Stacey Sklar

Unit 3
Coach Stacey Sklar

Unit 3
Coach Stacey Sklar

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Unit Awards

Unit 1
Coach Megan Leahy

Unit 1
Coach Megan Leahy

Unit 1
Coach Megan Leahy

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Unit Awards

Unit 5
Coach Nick Hernandez

Unit 5
Coach Nick Hernandez

Unit 5
Coach Nick Hernandez

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Unit Awards

Unit 3
Coach Joseph Biron

Unit 3
Coach Joseph Biron

Unit 3
Coach Joseph Biron

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Unit Awards

Unit 2
Coaches Graham McBride
& Jeremy Detamore

Unit 2
Coaches Graham McBride
& Jeremy Detamore

Unit 2
Coaches Graham McBride
& Jeremy Detamore

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Unit Awards

Unit 6
Coach John Hansen

Unit 6
Coach John Hansen

Unit 6
Coach John Hansen

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Unit Awards

Unit 2
Coach Angela Ward

Unit 2
Coach Angela Ward

Unit 2
Coach Angela Ward

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Shaw Family Service Award Winners

Juliana Jordon, Pacifica Christian
Laura Zhang, Arvin
Jimena Garcia, Arcadia
Bhargavi Gulia, Centennial
Annabelle Kim, Foothill
Vivian Tamayo, Golden Valley
Adam Frerich, Amador Valley

Juliana Jordon, Pacifica Christian
Laura Zhang, Arvin
Jimena Garcia, Arcadia
Bhargavi Gulia, Centennial
Annabelle Kim, Foothill
Vivian Tamayo, Golden Valley
Adam Frerich, Amador Valley

Juliana Jordon, Pacifica Christian
Laura Zhang, Arvin
Jimena Garcia, Arcadia
Bhargavi Gulia, Centennial
Annabelle Kim, Foothill
Vivian Tamayo, Golden Valley
Adam Frerich, Amador Valley

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California - We the People
California - We the People1 month ago
Center for Civic Education
15m ·
📣 New civics resource available! 📣 "The Right to Vote: The Role of States and the US Constitution" is a high school program on the role of the states in determining and protecting voting rights from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
The collection includes lesson plans, the Teaching Civics through History professional development program, and more, including resources from the Center for Civic Education.
⭐ Visit https://www.gilderlehrman.org/right-to-vote. ⭐
Gilder Lehrman is also hosting a Voting Rights Forum on September 15 at Stuyvesant High School in New York, which will be livestreamed on Zoom.
☑️ More information can be found at https://www.gilderlehrman.org/right.../voting-rights-forum. ☑️
California - We the People
California - We the People1 month ago
Center for Civic Education
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👉Tonight! Join the first session of our free We the People Competition Bootcamp! 🥇🥇🥇 Join us at 7 pm ET for the first session of the 3-part series taught by master teachers. More info & free registration ➡️ https://civiced.org/we-the-people/competition-bootcamp ⬅️
California - We the People
California - We the People1 month ago
NOTE: Kelly has put together a FB page so anyone who donates can see what the money is being spent on! Kelly Gallego, thanks for being an example of civic virtue!

What can you do for those affected by the fires On Maui. Here is an email from one of our CEAS Cohort 1 Teachers. I always prefer to donate to someone I know or someone local. This is an opportunity to help teachers and their students and families.
Kelly Gallego
4:56 AM (4 hours ago)

Aloha Cheryl,
First off huge Mahalo to Carol for picking up communication and helping me out on her first day of school with the kiddos!!! I feel extremely blessed to have met and have this kind of support from both of you!
This is the first time I’ve had to look at my emails in the last 72hrs and of course it’s in the early am.
This afternoon we got photo and communication that Lahaina Intermediate School and Lahainaluna high school was saved! As well as a small section of the neighborhood below. This is fantastic news!
Lahaina is still ground zero, no power, no internet, barely any communications coming out. At this point most of our staff has been accounted for and are with family, coworkers, or hunkering down together somewhere on the westside of Maui. One of my social studies teachers is set to arrive at my one bedroom home tomorrow, indefinitely. But there are staff we are still looking for.
There has been a massive out pouring of support and in true Hawaii style, everyone is pitching in. But it is still complete chaos here.
About half our staff lost everything as well as many of our families. I can’t begin to imagine the needs our students and staff will have in the next year.
So far our school in closed at least until the 21st.
In terms of needs it is hard to say, I am looking forward to the future, when the nation has forgotten about us, or FEMA money doesn’t come through.
I opened a bank account and attached it to my Venmo account. I plan to use the money to directly benefit my staff, department, and students. If people would like to donate that would be amazing. In full transparency, I plan to create a Facebook group with all the donors and post what is happening with the money, were its going, etc.
It is totally fine to share my Venmo!
California - We the People
California - We the People1 month ago
Great resource for WTP teachers, especially new ones or even veterans who want a different perspective!