Durant Middle School will hold an assembly Sept 17 to mark Constitution Day and join in the national recognition of the US Constitution. Teaching about the US Constitution in schools in September was established by a federal law five years ago.
WCPSS Social Studies administrators have provided daily announcements for the 3 levels–K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 which focus on the Constitution and its connections with North Carolina. Additionally, a movie Symbols of America: The Constitution was purchased for every school in the district to use during Constitution Week.
This special time was set aside because the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention held their final meeting on September 17, 1787. Only one item of business occupied the agenda that day, to sign the Constitution of the United States of America.
The Constitution contains the basic laws of the United States in its seven articles and 27 amendments. Completed over 200 years ago, it is the oldest national constitution in the world still in use.
To test your knowledge of the Constitution, visit this American Bar Association Foundation Constitution Day website