GPS 7th graders celebrating Constitution Day
GPS classes studying American history, in the Middle and Upper Schools, take time out every fall to celebrate Constitution Day. The day commemorates the formation and signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787, recognizing all who are born in the U.S. or by naturalization, have become citizens.
GPS students celebrate by decorating posters to reflect a constitutional right, with many celebrating freedom of speech, religion, and the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. The poster-bearers exercised their right to assemble as they walked from GPS to the middle of the Walnut Street pedestrian bridge before returning to campus.
Other classes convened in the Frierson Theatre for a Constitutional Literacy test, “Could you survive a zombie apocalypse and re-create our government?” Twenty-five questions were easier to answer for seniors than sixth graders. In a multiple-choice format, the girls were asked about the first words of the Constitution, the age at which a person can serve in the House of Representatives, the constitution-prescribed duty of the Vice President, and what President was in office when the Constitution was ratified.
A GPS student with her 15th Amendment poster for Constitution Day