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State Representative Gene Pelowski Jr.
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-8637
For more information contact: Ted Modrich 651-296-5809
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MODEL LEGISLATURE TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 17-18 AT WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY
WINONA, MN – One hundred thirty students from several area schools in grades 6 – 12 will participate in the annual Model Legislature, now in its 49th year, at the Tau Center on Winona State University's West Campus. High school students will serve as members of the House of Representatives, State Senate, and Governor’s Office and middle school students will serve as pages. Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie will swear-in the student legislators and deliver the opening address at this year's event at 9:00 a.m. on November 17. The event will be held at WSU's Tau Center on the West Campus on Thursday, November 17 and Friday, November 18 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm both days.
“The model legislature provides students the opportunity to step into the shoes of lawmakers and experience how laws are actually made," said Pelowski, who has taught the "Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary" course for WSU for the past 22 years and has been the advisor to the Model Legislature for 36 years.
In preparation for becoming Social Studies teachers, Winona State University students in Pelowski’s ‘Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary’ will serve as committee administrators, clerks and assist the Governor’s office. Pelowski’s AP ‘American Government’ students have already researched and drafted 135 bills, essays, and committee agendas that will be used during the model legislature.
Students researched actual bills that will be heard during the upcoming legislative session during the formation of their bills, which are now posted on the WSU Model Legislature website. They can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/7l7nh3z.
The 2011 Model Legislature is free and parents and members of the public are invited to attend. Participating schools include Winona Senior High School, Winona Middle School, Winona Alternative Learning Center, Lewiston High School, Houston Middle School and Houston High School. If you have any more questions, please contact Rep. Pelowski at (651) 296-8637 or by e-mail at rep.gene.pelowski@house.mn.
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