Opportunities at Constitution High School

While attending Constitution High School many students question themselves on whether there are opportunities that are available for them. Well those students have traveled through the dark and found the light.

A school open to a variety of opportunities is what this is. Being as though this school has proud partners like Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, the History Channel, The National Constitution Center, and The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, there are fields of learning open to the wonderful student that attend this school. For instance Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP is a law firm that helps this school very much. Not just financially, but kids attend programs like Mock Trial and some kids have had the opportunity of working there. This law firm also gives each ninth grader a day with an employee and this day is called the Shadowing Day. Another great part of information I received was that The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History provides students with the various textbooks that they read out of form day to day. As we know the National Constitution Center plays a major role in this school and students like to refer to it as their home. Thus, as you can see there are many opportunities available for the students especially at Constitution High School.

“It’s not a melting pot, but we do have a lot of minorities here and we need to get what’s out there for us to make it somewhere,” Malissa Reed 10th grade. There are many minorities in Constitution High School, mostly African Americans and Hispanics. This school has reached out to a law firm that is trying to reach a goal to have more of a minority groups present in to law firms today. Due to this there are many extra curriculum activities, jobs, and scholarships available to the students who want to major in law.

“They are here you just have to find them. Sometimes they are right in front of your face,” stated Cornelius Talley a sophomore at Constitution High School. Talley has attended Mock Trial at Ballard Spahr for one and a half years. He has learned a lot and said that being around lawyers helps him to realize what it is going to be like when he gets older. Many students are saying the same thing. Teachers recommend that kids should go to their counselor and ask for what opportunities are open for your grade level. They also recommend that kids look on the Internet to see what they have open for them on more than a local point of view.

Another student at Constitution High School named Leon Watson 10th grade stated, “It’s wonderful, now have an internship at City Hall because I looked and searched for those opportunities.” As mentioned before students are able to work at law firms and much more, student Julien Jimenez 11th grade felt that just the fact that he went to this school gave him the opportunity to work in a law firm. “Our school gets a lot of recognition which makes it easier for us the student,” he explained.
If you really think you have it for this school and you want an opportunity or opportunities then apply to Constitution High School.