| 1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 4 | 4 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the Fishers |
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| 6 | 6 | | Junior High School's "We the People" team. |
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| 7 | 7 | | WALKER K |
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| 8 | 8 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 9 | 9 | | 2025 RC 1503/DI JR Introduced |
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| 10 | 10 | | First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 11 | 11 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 12 | 12 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION congratulating the |
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| 14 | 14 | | 2 Fishers Junior High School's "We the People" team. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 3 Whereas, On December 10, 2024, the Fishers Junior High |
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| 16 | 16 | | 4 School's "We the People" team took first place in the state |
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| 17 | 17 | | 5 competition as the top middle school across the state of |
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| 18 | 18 | | 6 Indiana; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 7 Whereas, The team will have the opportunity to compete in |
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| 20 | 20 | | 8 the "We the People" National Invitational which will take place |
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| 21 | 21 | | 9 April 25-26, 2025; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 10 Whereas, During the competition, teams of students |
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| 23 | 23 | | 11 answered questions from panels of judges about the |
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| 24 | 24 | | 12 Constitution and its application to contemporary issues; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 13 Whereas, Involvement with the "We the People" |
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| 26 | 26 | | 14 competition allows students to develop a greater understanding |
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| 27 | 27 | | 15 of democratic principles of our constitutional republic and |
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| 28 | 28 | | 16 prepares Indiana youth for a future that will encourage their |
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| 29 | 29 | | 17 knowledge of and participation in our democratic system of |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18 government; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 Whereas, The "We the People" program was developed by |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 the Center for Civic Education and is funded by the State of |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 Indiana and the Indiana Bar Foundation, who administers the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 state "We the People" program to promote civic responsibility |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 and competence in students: Therefore; |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2025 RC 1503/DI JR 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 1 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2 concurring: |
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| 40 | 40 | | 3 SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate congratulates the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 4 Fishers Junior High School "We the People" team on winning |
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| 42 | 42 | | 5 the 2024 "We the People" middle school title. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 6 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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| 44 | 44 | | 7 to transmit copies of this Resolution to each coach, Tony |
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| 45 | 45 | | 8 Stugeon & Heather Butz, and each team member including |
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| 46 | 46 | | 9 Milen Bajwa, Lily Cain, Raphael Co, Thu-Huong Doan, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 10 Crawford Green, Evie Holladay, Aarna Ibrahimpatnam, Felipe |
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| 48 | 48 | | 11 Lapitz Coduri, Griffin Murphy, Matei Nica, Matthew Perez, |
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| 49 | 49 | | 12 Manasvi Pothuri, Audrina Rager, Stella Reynolds, Kendall |
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| 50 | 50 | | 13 Robertson, Eli Rose, Raahil Shah, Beckett Snider, Summer |
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| 51 | 51 | | 14 Seorts, Lucas Street, Ella Updike, and Kyle Wheeler. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2025 RC 1503/DI JR |
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