RKYHS students joined thousands of students and teachers around the country to take the Preamble Challenge for Constitution Day, which celebrates the signing of the Constitution.

The theme of the 10th grade English class is power: the pursuit of power and the unchecked exercise of authoritarian control, as reflected in the literature in the curriculum. The class initially studied the preamble as a counterweight to and protection from the evil of totalitarian regimes. In groups, students discussed the aspirational clauses, contrasting their relevance and importance in 1789 and 2018. The students then condensed their conclusions into a few sentences written on posters. On Constitution Day, students recited the preamble, interjecting their commentaries.

The Preamble Challenge is organized by the Civics Renewal Network through the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.