2009 New York State Project Citizen Showcase
 Winning Portfolio
Seventh-grade team Marine Park Junior High School, IS 278 team
of Brooklyn and teacher Kate O’Hagan took first place with
"Stop the Bullying - Turn Bullies Into Buddies.”
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The Law, Youth and Citizenship Program of the New York State
Bar Association hosted the 2009 We the People: Project Citizen Portfolio
Showcase on May 27, 2009, at the New York State Bar Association
in downtown Albany. Portfolios/projects were rated by a panel of
judges to determine which portfolio will move on to the National
Showcase this summer. The following is the NYSBA press release . . .
2009 Project Citizen Showcase
Students display projects live in Albany
By Brandon J. Vogel, NYSBA Media Writer
The Great Hall of the State Bar Center was abuzz with
contagious energy and enthusiasm on May 27. Following their tour of a
local courthouse and the State Capitol, teachers Dimitria Kamaris, Laura
Marchassella and two junior-high school teams from PS 122Q Mamie Fay
School in Astoria, Queens, entered in the Law, Youth &
Citizenship-sponsored Project Citizenship Showcase, came to the State
Bar Center for a live demonstration of their projects. Executive
Director Patricia K. Bucklin addressed this year’s participants
and congratulated them for their hard work.
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The high energy quickly shifted into an intensely focused
demonstration of current civic issues. The first group, who took second
place, presented “Bash the Trash,” where they discussed the
growing need for recycling programs in New York. The second team
examined Internet dangers in their project, “You Signed Into the
Danger Zone.”
Members of each team each articulately discussed their thoroughly
researched projects and presented their complex material with tremendous
poise and skill beyond their years. A panel of judges asked each team
questions where team members could elaborate on their research and
discuss their creative process of making their board displays.
The seventh-grade team Marine Park Junior High School, IS 278
team of Brooklyn and teacher Kate O’Hagan took first place with
"Stop the Bullying - Turn Bullies Into Buddies.” Other topics this
year included coral reef conservation and counterfeit medicine.
Project Citizen
Project Citizen teaches students about the importance of
participation in community issues. It is a curricular program for middle
grade, high school and post-secondary students that promotes competent
and responsible participation in local and state government. The program
helps young people learn how to monitor and influence public policy.
Students work for months on their projects conducting interviews,
researching public policy issues and creating a photo display board that
showcases the problem, alternative policies, their class policy, and
their action plan. 10 teams were featured in this year’s showcase
after their success in local tournaments. Attorneys and staff members
judged the individual projects on the quality of research.
Research studies have shown that students using Project Citizen
believe that they can make a difference in their communities.
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Project Citizen
Project Citizen is a curricular program for middle grade, high school
and post-secondary students that promotes competent and responsible
participation in local and state government. The program helps young
people learn how to monitor and influence public policy. Research
studies have shown that students using Project Citizen believe that they
can make a difference in their communities.
Students work for months on their projects conducting interviews,
researching public policy issues and creating a photo display board that
showcases the problem, alternative policies, their class policy, and
their action plan. Teams begin competing in local tournaments and must
advance to compete in the state showcase.
For further information, contact: lyc@nysba.org.
Teacher & Coordinator Resources:
www.civiced.org
Related Files
Letter to Teachers (Adobe PDF File)
Registration form (Adobe PDF File)
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