Teams from Sudbury, Wayland and Weston are gearing up for the ninth annual League of Women Voters Civics Bee. The Civics Bee will take place Sunday, April 2, at 2 p.m. at Curtis Middle School, 22 Pratts Mill Rd., in Sudbury. The Bee is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Leagues of Women Voters in the three towns.
The special theme section of this year’s Bee is the United States Supreme Court and judicial system. The main focus of the Civics Bee remains to challenge the teams’ overall knowledge of federal, state and local government, with questions in all of those categories.
Civics Bee teams are composed of middle school students, high school students and three adults from each town. On the Wayland team are high school students Isabella Rubin, Timothy Dowling, Anthony Zou, Rosa Vitiello, Nandita Subbiah, and Alexander Briasco-Stewart; middle school students William Cossart, Samuel Goldstone, Zachary Marto (alternate), William Munroe, Ryan Murdock, Atharva Weiling, and Aiden Zhang; and adults Tom Gennis, P.R. Goldstone, and Jeff Kurtz.
The Bee Master, or moderator, will be Jo-Ann Berry of the Acton Area League. Richard Albert, assistant professor at Boston College Law School, a specialist in constitutional law, democratic theory and comparative constitutional law, will be the judge. Avery Chaplin of Weston is providing graphics and technical assistance.
The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan political organization which encourages informed and active participation in government and works to increase understanding of major public policy issues.
