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Explaining to students how the Constitution defines the balance of powers

Every year the week of September 17-23 is important to the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) as we celebrate Constitution Week. Constitution Celebration Week is a commemoration of America’s most important document – the Constitution. The document was signed on September 17, 1787. In 1955, the DAR initiated the Constitution Celebration Week and Congress signed it into law in 1956. Each year all NSDAR Chapters conduct events to promote this week and our chapter has traditionally supported it by building awareness in the community. Some events involve getting local city/town Mayoral Proclamations, local church bell ringing and the placement of Constitution Week posters in prominent locations. Last year, Constitution Committee Chair Pam Petersen created overviews to be presented by Lake Minnetonka DAR Chapter members to second and third graders in several local elementary schools. This year we continued the effort and are excited to share our experiences.

Pictured here are the winners of our Constitution Week pencil pouches, Thora Binsfeld and Zeke Schwehr

Educating students on DAR and Constitution Week

with Pam Petersen and Kari Winning who presented the Constitution Week Overview to four Delano Elementary School Third Grade Classes with committee members Kari Winning and Pam Petersen presenting to the classes. The presentations were given to the classrooms from Marissa Ekness, Jackson Lindquist, Leah Petersen and Charlene Warne. The winners were selected by the teachers as the students who were most attentive and actively participated in

Third Grader Zeke Schwehr with his prize

the presentation. We would like to thank the Delano Elementary School and these outstanding teachers for allowing the Lake Minnetonka DAR Chapter to come in and educate the students on the United States Constitution. The beginning of school is always so hectic and we truly appreciate them taking time out of their busy schedules to support us.

Educating Delano third graders on the Constitution during Constitution Week.

The Lake Minnetonka Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, NSDAR would like to congratulate this year’s winner of the Academic Scholarship.

Erika Bussmann has very strong leadership skills as well as volunteers in many activities.  She is the founder and president of Women in STEM at Minnetonka High School, founder of the SMART (Students Modeling a Research Topic) program, Leader of Modeling a Protein Story, Co-Leader of the Field Biology Club.  She volunteers at a Memory Care unit and at church.  She is a National AP Scholar.  She is considering taking classes of applied math, biology, systems engineering and perhaps even some anthropology as a basis for an engaging interdisciplinary career.  She will be attending Brown University in the fall of 2018.

Congratulations Erika Bussmann!