Jan. 31, 2008 - Homeschoolers quiz the Utah Senate

    Well, that was a blast!  Our Key of Liberty class (part of the Commonwealth school) went to the State Capitol today to do a presentation on the Declaration of Independence, let the Senate quiz them, and in the end, the Senate got a couple of questions too (of course the kids stumped them on all the questions). 
    The sponsors (McDonalds-had a really yummy salad buffet, parfaits, cookies, bottled water or milk, and good crusty rolls) even offered the kids the caucus lunch afterwards.  It was thrilling.  These kids worked so hard not only on facts but on the real issues that lead to the Declaration.  They answered questions with their personal answers plus sections of the Declaration (They have all been memorizing the whole thing) 
    We received wonderful compliments afterwards about how educated these kids were and the Senate leader said that they knew more now than any Senator in the room would ever know about the Founding documents. 

    On a funny note...We were just prepping the kids to be serious, behave well, don't smirk if they say things that you don't agree with, etc...when one of the kids saw Ronald McDonald coming down the lane outside.  So much for that talk, LOL.

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Feb. 25, 2008 - hello

Posted by littleskipper

hi! i didn't realize there were any other lds folks on homeschool blogger! Nice to read your blog - I too use TJED & my oldest goes to the Commonwealth in Pocatello. :) Nice to meet you!

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