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Call Sandy, Chris & Stephen at Team009 at 925.449.1275 or register at www.lospositascollege.edu/communityed All loans subject to approval. Certain restrictions may apply. © 2007 First Horizon National Corporation. Page 2 • April 27, 2007 • Pleasanton Weekly Around High End Pleasanton Service… by Jeb Bing Amador’s civics Real team: Poised to lead f anyone’s concerned about process of law is the most important People the leadership skills of the and influential term in America. I next generation now mak- Describe how the protections of the ing its way through high school, Bill of Rights have been developed they should see and listen to the and expanded. What rights does the Attitude… skills, professionalism and talents Bill of Rights protect? The prin- being demonstrated right now by ciple that the sphere of religion and California’s championship compe- government are to be kept separate tition civics team from Amador is a proposition as easy to state Valley High School. This group of as it has proved difficult to apply. 30 top students is in Washington, What’s your opinion? D.C. today preparing for the “We • What are the roles of the citi- the People...” national competition zen in American democracy? And that starts tomorrow. Competing which aspects of our constitutional against 49 other state champions democracy have been the most and a civics team from the District influential in other countries? of Columbia, Amador will field • What are the philosophical tough questions from panels of and historical foundations of the 925.413.9306 judges and other national experts American political system? on the country’s Constitution and • What values and basic features of Bill of Rights. This will be the constitutionalism were found in the 925.621.4062 culmination of a year-long effort governments of the colonies? [email protected] to become engrossed and conver- This group of 30 seniors spent sational about what the Founding more than 15,000 combined hours Fathers decreed at America’s birth of study and preparation leading up and how they might apply the 218- to tomorrow’s competition. Taught year-old Constitution and its values by veteran teacher Brian Ladd, PLEASANTON | 900 Main Street 925.251.1111 to today’s arguments and issues. the Competition Civics class is After a series of presentations only taught in the fall semester at before the judging panels, Amador, Amador, although it’s a year-long along with the other teams, will course at many other high schools. learn Sunday night if they made That meant that study and practices the final cut. If so, it’s on to the since January have been on their crucial presentations once again own at home, in after-school meet- on Monday, with the new national ings with Ladd and on weekends. champion to be announced at a This year’s “We the People...” dinner Monday night. Thanks to team won the state championship For Over 30 Years, Amador senior Darylen Terry, one in Sacramento Feb. 9, becoming of the 30 students on the Dons’ the eighth team in the school’s competition civics team, we’ll keep history to qualify for the national up with the group’s progress as competition. In fact, Amador is Quality Assured in Every Step she files regular reports from her becoming one of the better-known laptop. We’ll post these on our high schools in the prestigious online newspaper, www.pleasan- annual academic competition on the tonweekly.com. U.S. Constitution. As California’s Several hundred of us—parents, champions, Amador teams com- teachers, school board members peted in the finals in Washington in and students—joined Terry and 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000 and 2004. her classmates last Monday at In 1995, Amador won the national Pleasanton Presbyterian Church for championship and last year, under the group’s final dress rehearsal. Ladd, a social studies teacher for Applause and cheers followed each the last 17 years and last year’s of the three formal four-minute Teacher of the Year, Amador fin- presentations, followed by a six- ished second. minute questions and answer ses- With camera in hand, I was at sion by each of the five-member Amador at 6 a.m. Wednesday with HARDWOOD teams. Here are just a few of the many others for a cheerful and issues they dealt with: hopeful sendoff as they seek the LAMINATE • A leading scholar claims that due championship this year. ■ CARPET About the Cover Family Owned City Program Naturalist Eric Nicholas leads a group of campers up a deer VINYL path at Augustin-Bernal Park last Saturday for an outdoor preparedness Lifetime Installation Warranty class. The most anticipated camp he will lead this summer is the Ridge Runners Day Camp, which is back this year after a brief hiatus. The city TILE will offer a number of outdoor activities this summer taught by Nicholas. Free Estimates Photo by Janet Pelletier. Cover by Ben Ho. Vol. VIII, Number 14 Hours: M-F 10:30am-5:30pm, The Pleasanton Weekly is published weekly by Embarcadero Publishing Co., 5506 Sunol Blvd., Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA 94566; (925) 600-0840. USPS 020407. The Pleasanton Weekly is mailed free upon request to homes and apartments in Sat 10:30am-4pm Pleasanton. 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