Two Scarsdale Students Win the NYCLU's Bill of Rights Contest

Two Scarsdale Students Win the NYCLU's Bill of Rights Contest

Tuesday, 16 January 2018 13:24

Last Updated: Tuesday, 16 January 2018 13:46

Published: Tuesday, 16 January 2018 13:24

Joanne Wallenstein

Ms. Valentin, (teacher, AT Constitutional Law); Lauren Jacoby, Best in School Prize winner ($100); Katie Bowen, Grand Prize winner ($200) - LHV NYCLU’s Bill of Rights Contest; and Ms. Rashida Robinson, Attorney Consultant and Guest Speaker, NYCLU.

The Lower Hudson Valley chapter of the NYCLU (NY Civil Liberties Union) sponsors an annual contest on the Bill of Rights. It includes the seven counties of Westchester, Rockland, Ulster, Orange, Sullivan, Putnam and Dutchess. This year's Grand Prize winner was SHS senior Katie Bowen and the best in school prize winner was Lauren Jacoby. Both student winners are seniors in the AT Constitutional Law class at SHS and wrote on the issue of whether a police search of phone locations (to solve a theft in a school) should require a warrant.

Ms. Valentin has been taking SHS students in Criminal Justice to the Bill of Rights Day for the past seven years - and recently added students in the AT Constitutional Law class. This year, SHS teacher, Kate Krahl, joined them with her AT Government class.

Students from AT Constitutional Law and AT American Gov’t. at the historic St. Paul’s church in Mt. Vernon for Bill of Rights Day.

The photos feature students from the AT American Government and AT Constitutional Law classes attending the Bill of Rights Day on Dec. 15, 2017. The guest speaker was Attorney Consultant Rashida Robinson of the NYCLU who answered numerous questions on police searches and mobile devices.