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Dear students, parents, guardians, and community members: As the 2020-21 school year comes to a close, we are grateful for the patience, flexibility and perseverance that students, parents, and staff exhibited during these unprecedented times.
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Stephen Baker, a local attorney who has been managing the Nevada County Bar Association’s Law Day High School Essay Contest for 14 years, said the best part of running the contest is seeing each year “what the kids are thinking.”
The contest, open to Nevada County high schoolers, asked that they write an essay of no more than 500 words based on the year’s prompt. The essays were then judged by a group of attorneys, who chose first, second, and third prize winners awarded $2,000, $1,000, and $500, respectively and two honorable mentions.
The 2020 prompt directed students to argue for a change they would like to make to the U.S. Constitution that they believe would strengthen democracy in the nation. The winning students were announced last month.