CCHS Advance Placement Government & Politics Class Wins "We the People" State Championship for the 7th Consecutive Year

Congratulations to the West Virginia State "We the People" Champions. Clay County High School's Advance Placement Government & Politics class, taught by Mr. Philip Dobbins, competed virtually on January 14, 2021 in the “We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution” State Competition. This is a competition where students demonstrate their knowledge of the Constitution and current issues in mock congressional style hearings. Each school participating must divide their classes into six teams. These six teams prepare a four-minute verbal response to a constitutional question and then are asked follow up questions by a panel of three judges for six minutes. Teams are scored on their knowledge of the Constitution and their ability to apply the concepts to their everyday lives as Americans. This victory is Clay County High School’s seventh consecutive state championship.
This has been an extraordinarily challenging school year for students, staff and parents. Preparation for competition this year was a combination of limited in-person instruction and substantial remote instruction. The few in-person meetings held took place with only half of the class present on rotating days. The majority of instruction was held via Zoom or Office 365 Teams. Students dedicated countless hours honing their Constitutional skills with practice and research. Every year Clay County High School students are dedicated to this event, but this year took an extra level of dedication given the stress of the pandemic and the logistical circumstances it created.
Classes can have individual team winners and overall class winners. Clay County High School won five out of six individual team championships and won the overall class state championship defeating the winners from congressional districts one and three. This victory earned the team a spot in the National Finals in Washington D.C. in April. Members of the class are Ava Taylor, Jaydin Cogar, Kelsey Prather, James “Monny” Holcomb, Aiden Taylor, McKenna Brown, Stephanie Naylor, Serena Neal, Cheston Haynes, Ivy Taylor and Matt Shelton. The team would also like to recognize and thank former CCHS teacher and principal Mike Mullins for his hard work, dedication and help preparing the team for competition. Throughout the years, he has selflessly volunteered his time and knowledge and he is an invaluable part of the annual success of this program.
PANTHER HAPPENINGS
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January 21-22
Group B - Semester Exams
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January 25-26
Group A - Semester Exams
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January 26th
End of Semester
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January 28th
Begin 2nd Semester
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Feburary 25th
PICTURE DAY - SENIOR DRAPES / 9 - 12 Grade
STUDENT OF THE MONTH
IN-PERSON

VIRTUAL

Ivy Taylor
The Clay County High School in-person student of the month for December is Ivy Taylor. Ivy is 16 years old and a junior at Clay High. Her favorite subjects in school are English and biology. She likes English because she feels it is her comfort subject; it comes easy to her. She also likes writing because it allows her to be creative. Biology is also a favorite subject of Ivy’s. She feels it can be challenging and interesting and fun to learn. In her free time, Ivy likes to paint, watch Netflix, and play with her cat. She plans to earn a degree in biology and then attend dental school at WVU. She plans to eventually open her own dental practice!
Kennah Hinkle
The Clay County High School virtual student of the month for December is Kennah Hinkle. Kennah is 14 years old and is currently a freshman at Clay High. Kennah’s favorite subjects in school are English and music because she enjoys reading and also enjoys listening to all kinds of music. In her free time, Kennah likes to spend time with her family and play with her puppy. After high school, she plans to be awesome! She wants to take a real estate class at Bridge Valley while also taking classes in the evenings to become an interior designer.

Above: Clay County High School met together on Bradley Field to honor Roane County High School Senior Alex Miller who lost his life during a football game on Friday, September 13, 2019. Panther students, faculty, and staff, stood in the shape of Miller’s number 80 adorning their maroon, black, and silver. Heartache has no boundaries of county lines. He will never be forgotten.