Congratulations to East Northport Middle School sixth graders Christian Budesa, Sarina Kraehling, Luke Sackichand and Iliana Swist, who are students in the district’s Gifted and Talented program (Investigate). They completed a legislative advocacy project that won first place in the New York State middle school-level competition of Project Citizen, a national civics initiative.

In New York, the state-level competition is run by the Justice Resource Center in New York City. The judges at the Justice Resource Center selected the ENMS students’ project as the best middle school submission for New York State and have advanced the project called “Common Cents” to the national-level competition.

Later this summer, a panel of judges in California will evaluate all the state winners’ projects. The students’ legislative advocacy project proposes a national plan to advance teaching and learning in financial literacy.

The students worked with Investigate teacher Brianne Furstein, Law Program coordinator David Scott and instructional technology resource teacher Brendan Colfer. Congratulations to our Investigate students on this great success, and best of luck as their project advances to the Project Citizen National Showcase this summer.

Date Added: 6/27/2024