California Civic Learning Award Winners for 2013

The Civic Learning Award for California public high schools, co-sponsored by California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye and California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, spotlights successful efforts to engage students in civic learning and identify models that can be replicated in other schools.

News Release: 2013 Civic Learning Award Winners Announced

Follow the links below for details about high school civics programming. School pages include photo galleries from award ceremonies held around the state.

AWARD	HIGH SCHOOL	SCHOOL DISTRICT	RECOGNIZED FOR
Excellence	Alliance Judy Ivie Burton Tech Academy	Alliance College-Ready Public Schools	U.S. Government; Civic Action Project (CAP); The Bureau
Excellence	Golden Valley High School	Kern Union High School District	We The People; Project Citizen; Interact Club
Excellence	San Marino High School	San Marino Unified School District	Civic Learning - Interdisciplinary Extra Curriculum; Civic Learning - Extra Curriculum; Civic Learning - Within the Curriculum
Distinction	Albany High School	Albany Unified School District	Renewal Debates; Extra-Curricular Programs; Shared Governance
Distinction	Brawley Union High School	Brawley Union High School	Bilingual Civics Club; Bilingual Civics Course; Bilingual United States History
Distinction	Irvington High School	Fremont Unified School District	Benchmark Projects
Distinction	Natomas Pacific Pathways Prep High School	Natomas Unified	Law-Themed Curriculum; Senior Project; Peer Sentencing Court
Distinction	Poway High School	Poway Unified School District	Senior Project Requirement; Government, Politics and Civics Courses; Associated Student Body (Student Govt.)
Merit	Beaumont High School	Beaumont Unified School District	Mock Trial; Mock Election; Peer Mediation
Merit	Bell Gardens	Montebello Unified School District	Civic Action Project (CAP)/Senior Community Project; Mock-Election Arsalyn Program (Ludwick Family Found.); Deliberating in a Democracy
Merit	Buhach Colony High School	Merced Union High School District	Role of Women in Society and U.S. History Class
Merit	Carmel High School	Carmel Unified School District	AP U.S. Government and Politics; Mock Trial Club and Team; Student Leadership
Merit	Centennial High School	Kern High School District	We The People Program; Government College Prep; Centennial Mock Trial Program
Merit	Cesar Chavez Continuation High School	Compton Unified School District	Mock Presidential Election 2012-2013; Union Rescue Mission: Service Learning; ASB/Student Leadership Class
Merit	DaVinci Charter Academy	Davis Joint Unified School District	Rise of Democratic Ideas (Island Project); Senior Project - Hail to the Chief
Merit	Frontier	Oxnard Union High School District	Mock Trial
Merit	GW Carver School of Arts and Sciences	Sac-City Unified School District	Student Government Enrichment Club; Re-Thinking Technology Enrichment Club; Economics and Poverty Project
Merit	Ivy Academia Entrepreneurial Charter School	Ivy Academia	AP U.S. History; Government; ASB
Merit	John Burroughs High School	Burbank Unified School District	Junior State of America
Merit	Los Altos High School	Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District	Students for Haiti Solidarity; US History - Muckraking Project; History Week - The Pursuit of Rights
Merit	Royal High School	Simi Valley Unified School District	Citizen Scholar Institute and Diploma Seal; Authentic Civic Experiences; Simulations of Democratic Processes
Merit	Valley High School	Elk Grove Unified School District	Valley Leadership; Valley Health TECH Academy; Social Sciences Department