One of the reasons we were so glad Rhett was in Mr. Maner's class this year is so he could participate in "We the People". For this program they are taught about the government and get speeches ready that they write themselves. They are in groups and each group takes their turn presenting their speech in front of 4 judges. They present their speech then the judges ask the panel questions about the government that the kids are supposed to answer. This year thankfully it was on a Saturday so I could go with Rhett. Mostly high schools are there - our group and 1 other group were the only middle schools there.
These pictures ended up out of order for some reason. Rhett with the award for their class.
Rhett's class. Notice the boys in the back in the boy ties. Porter made those for their friends (he usually sells them for $1 but decided for his friends he would sell them for $.50). These boys were so excited about this. Mr. Maner told them they needed to wait until after they presented to put then on.
Rhett is down at the end but this is his group. Joren, Rhett, Makenzie, Hannah, Jillie, and Porter.
I was so thankful I was able to go with him.
They had a bit of down time and they played football. It was a beautiful day at Grand Canyon University for this.
They had lunch out on the grass for the kids before they presented.
I was really glad to get to go to this. Those 6th graders know more about the government then I do! Mr. Maner is an excellent teacher and taught them really well! They were very well prepared and got great scores from the judges!
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