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