Blue Valley Northwest has won 6 of the past 7 years at 'We The People'
By Justin Wingerter - Topeka Capital-Journal
A team of students from Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park will head to Baltimore for a national civics championship after winning a statewide competition Monday. The students defeated teams from three other Kansas high schools in the annual “We the People” state civics championship. Teams had 10 minutes to present their testimony at mock congressional hearings as they fielded questions from judges on the history, structure and application of the U.S. Constitution. Blue Valley Northwest is a dynasty in the competition, winning six of the past seven years, according to teacher and team adviser Ken Thomas. “They challenge each other and really push each other,” Thomas said of his team.