The Texas Citizen Bee is a statewide civic education program and competition which offers teachers and high school students (9th-12th grades) an exciting way to reach and study America’s heritage. The students will use the on-line “Study Guide” program created by the Bill of Rights Institute. The guide covers the U.S. Constitution, important documents, people, issues, civic values and skills and a Bill of Rights Institute article/current events category.
The “Study Guide” can be found at www.citizenbee.org
Competitions begin with all contestants taking a timed, multiple choice written examination, which counts 65 percent of the final score. Then students compete in an oral round, in which each student answers one question from each of the categories. This round counts 35 percent of the final score.
Prizes for winners at regional competitions vary and are determined by the regional coordinators. The winning student at the regional competition will be eligible to compete in the state competition which will be TBA at the Texas Law Center in Austin. Expenses for the winning students, their teachers, and parents will be provided by the grant from the Hatton W. Sumners Foundation.
Texas Citizen Bees will be held March through April, 2010 in every Regional Education Service Center area.
Texas Citizen Bee Regional Competition Dates
ESC # |
Contact |
Number |
Email |
Contest Date/Location |
1 |
Zeke Martinez |
956 984-6172 (office)
|
esemartinez@esc1.net |
April 17, 2010
Region 1
Education Service Center |
2 |
Cissy Smith |
361 854-6564 |
cissysmith@stx.rr.com |
TBA
|
3 |
Jamie Purcell
Social Studies |
361 573-0731 ext. 250 |
jpurcell@esc3.net |
March 31
Children’s Health Complex
Victoria, Texas |
4 |
George Villamanga
__________
Al Vera
|
281-231-1727
____________
713 956-9310
|
grvilla@sbcglobal.net
_______________________
None
|
North Contest
March 6, 2010
Cyprus Wood High School
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South Contest
March 6, 2010
Episcopal High School |
5 |
Mavis Triebel |
409 984-6332 |
Mavis.Triebel@lamarpa.edu
|
March 4, 2010
Lamar State College
Port Arthur Theater |
6 |
Katherine Bryant
(Conroe HS) |
936 709-7213
832 482-6213 |
kbryant@conroeisd.net
|
April 8, 2010
Conroe High School |
7 |
Cheri Hood |
903-988-6753 |
chood@exch.esc7.net
|
April 8, 2010
Region VII Education Service Center |
8 |
Ken Sims |
903 572-8551 Ext. 2713 |
ksims@reg8.net |
March 31, 2010
Region VIII Education Service Center |
9 |
Sean McBeath |
940 322-6928 |
sean.mcbeath@esc9.net
|
April 20, 2010
Graham High School
Graham, Texas |
10 |
John David
Barbara Dorff
Bobette Mauck |
972-968-6180
972-348-1482
|
davidj@cfbisd.edu
barbara.dorff@region10.org
bobbett.mauck@region10.org |
April 10, 2010
Region X Education Service Center
|
11 |
John David
Barbara Dorff
|
Same as Region 10
|
davidj@cfbisd.edu
|
April 10, 2010
Region X Education Service Center |
12 |
Debby Green
Helen Pickle |
254-297-1119
254-215-2425 |
dgreen@esc12.net
Helen.Pickle@bisd.net |
April 23, 2010
Belton High School |
13 |
Janie Maldonado
Lisa Richardson
|
512 238-9206 |
jamaldonado@austinisd.org
lisa@foxlawtexas.com |
April 10, 2010
Texas Law Center
1414 Colorado
Austin |
14 |
Karen Turner
Mel Hailey
Jeanne Wray |
325-675-8645
325-674-2095
325-668-1697
|
kturner@esc14.net
hailey@pols.acu.edu
jwray@clearwire.net
|
April 22, 2010
ACU |
15 |
Jerry Perry
|
325-340-8082
|
Jerry.perry@angelo.edu
|
April 10, 2010 |
16 |
Yvonne Greenwood
Dana Beck
|
214-534-3238
806-677-5184 |
ygreenwood@texasbar.com
Danna.beck@esc16.net |
April 14, 2010 |
17 |
Jan Miller |
800/204-2222, ext. 1820 |
jmiller@texasbar.com
|
TBA |
18 |
Cheree Smith
|
432-567-3288 |
csmith@esc18.net |
April 24, 2010
Region XVIII Education Service Center, Midland |
19 |
Lisa Soto
Rene Acosta
|
915 747-8581 |
lsotohernandez@utep.edu
dracosta@utep.edu
|
March 27, 2010
University of Texas at El Paso
Quinn Hall (located on the UTEP campus)
Room 212
El Paso, Texas |
20 |
Sue Arredondo
|
210-379-6737
210-945-5240 |
earredondo@judson.org |
April 17, 2010
Judson Education Resource Center |
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