After winning the 2016 Indiana State Championship for “We the People,” the Fishers High School team headed to Washington DC for the national competition in late April.

The team finished 5th among the 54 teams on hand for the national competition.

I talked to the Coach Liz Paternoster and team member Ned Ansari in a Podcast recorded February 19th, well before the trip to DC.  You can hear that Podcast at this link.

“Many of the teams that make it into the the top 10 have been there the last 15-20 years in a row,” Paternoster said in an e-mail to LarrryInFishers.  “The We the People program at FHS is only 8 years old and we have made it to the National finals twice in the last 3 years and been in the top 10 both times.  I am incredibly proud of what these students were able to accomplish this year.  Earning a 6th place finish at Nationals is incredible but even beyond that they have inspired others to get involved throughout their community.”

“We the People” is a competition testing high school students’ knowledge and understanding of the United States Constitution.  The students must present a prepared statement on a constitutional issue, then answer questions from a panel of judges.