ESM students stepped up to the educational challenge of identifying a civics related issue facing our country and communities right now, and how the United States Constitution plays a role in their chosen topic.
That was the big theme of the Eastport-South Manor Jr.-Sr. High School’s second annual Civics Fair.
In addition to showing how modern day problems relate to the Constitution, ESM students then had to provide solutions to them, create an action plan on how to resolve it, then post their plan on poster boards.
The ESM students hit the assignment out of the park and presented big issues facing folks across Long Island, including but not limited to: taxes, housing, education, climate change, and the Second Amendment.
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From left, Eastport-South Manor Jr.-Sr. High School seventh graders Theresa Talmage,
Aaliyah Parris, Aiden Griego, Peter Dunckelmann and Ava Reehil were winners of the school’s second annual Civics Fair. Courtesy of ESM School District
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The Eastport-South Manor Central School District’s Office of Curriculum and Instruction is providing students with the opportunity to acquire a Seal of Civic Readiness as an alternate pathway or as a stand-alone seal upon graduation.
Beginning as early as junior high school, students can work toward acquiring this seal by demonstrating proficiency in civic knowledge and civic participation. The Civics Fair is one of the opportunities for students to work toward acquiring a Civic Readiness Seal.