Put these on your calendar now and plan to attend. Close-Up is a national program that promotes citizenship and participation in the governmental process. Students travel to Washington D.C. to visit with political officials and representatives. Students examine current political issues in-depth with officials and their peers from around the country. It allows students to gain hands on experience in the state political process.
Members learn bill writing and debate skills, along with voting and parliamentary procedures.
During the school year, students draft and debate their own bills in preparation for the three-day spring conference at which students from around the state join together in a student congress. Participants help build houses for people in need during Spring Break. Many students from each grade compete against each other in their 6 week-long schedule. Mr. Kitching organized the IM league this season and has Varsity basketball players referee the games which are played on Saturday mornings. IM gives some students their only chance to participate in a winter sport.