HELENA, Mont. — Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Secretary of State’s U.S. Constitution Contest. Students from across Montana participated in this year’s contest, which was titled “What Promises of the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution Mean the Most to Me and Why?”. Ennis High School senior Seeley…
HELENA, Mont. — Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen joined constituents and fellow elected officials in celebrating Constitution Day in the rotunda of the State Capitol on Monday. The event, which was hosted by the Oro Fino Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), celebrated the 236th anniversary of the signing of the United States…
HELENA, Mont. — Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen announced the 2023 U.S. Constitution Contest on Monday during a Constitution Day celebration in the rotunda of the State Capitol. Constitution Day is celebrated each September 17 in honor of the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787. This year marked the 236th anniversary…
HELENA, Mont. — Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen visited with staff and students in Twin Bridges and Willow Creek this week, delivering United States and Montana Constitutions and discussing the important rights provided by both documents. “I continue to be encouraged by the engaged students across Montana,” said Secretary Jacobsen. “Students and staff at…
HELENA, Mont. – The Way Christian School middle school student Molly Gilbert’s voice echoed throughout the halls of the Montana State Capitol this week after the 2021 US Constitution Contest winner performed her song, What the Constitution Means to Me, during a Constitution Day celebration in the rotunda. Gilbert, who last year submitted the winning…
BELT, Mont. — Sarah Dollenger appreciates that poetry is open to interpretation. “My freshman year I took a creative writing class and kind of found a love for poetry,” said Dollenger, a senior at Belt High School, “and it’s just kind of carried throughout the years. That love for poetry led to Dollenger submitting an…
TOWNSEND, Mont. — Townsend Middle School staff and students were recently recognized for their participation in the “What does the US Constitution mean to me” contest constructed by the Montana YouthVote Program. The contest, which was open to all Montana students K – 12, was announced on Friday, September 17, 2021, in honor of Constitution…
HELENA, Mont. – Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen and Superintendent of Public Schools Elsie Arntzen are excited to announce a new website for Montana students geared toward civic education and voting. The YouthVote Program websitewas officially launched during a Constitution Day celebration in the Capitol rotunda on Friday. Under the guidance of the Youth Voting…