Two Houston High School students were selected to the all-star team of the Constitution Project and will compete at the statewide finals.
Senior Olivia Woosley was named to the trial advocacy team and junior Sammy Garrett is part of the journalism team. They were two of 15 students from three disciplines selected from the regional competition whose schools did not advance to the team finals.
Houston High School’s team narrowly missed making the finals as Logan-Rogersville advanced by two points in Region 1. They will be joined by Region 2 winner Cardinal Ritter Preparatory High School and School of the Osage from Region 3.
The finals are Wednesday in Jefferson City. Logan-Rogersville is the defending state champion.
At the statewide finals, both team and individual winners will be selected in the disciplines of journalism, crime scene investigation and trial advocacy. Individual award winners will receive $1,000 scholarships from sponsoring organizations. In addition, one outstanding student from each field from each school competing this year will be declared a Constitution Fellow.
Constitution Fellows in journalism will spend a day at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Journalism; fellows in crime scene investigation will spend a day at the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s crime lab in Jefferson City; and fellows in trial advocacy will spend a day at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.
Now in its second year statewide, the Constitution Project is an intensive, hands-on competition that engages students in investigating a mock crime scene, reporting about the crime and processing the resulting case as it progresses through the system, culminating in a mock trial – all under the mentorship of local professionals in the fields of crime scene investigation, journalism and trial advocacy.