Each year students in the local area compete in a contest sponsored by New York State Senator Kemp Hannon entitled, “There ought to be a Law.”  Students in the sixth grade work with their social studies teachers to brainstorm issues that could be resolved by creating laws.  The entries are submitted and winners of the contest are honored in the spring.

 

This year State Senator Hannon decided to film a documentary about the process of a bill becoming a law and asked if he could teach this lesson to a classroom of middle school students.  On Friday, February 5, 2010, State Senator Kemp Hannon visited Mr. Jeffrey Esposito’s sixth grade social studies class and engaged the students in a discussion about the legislative process and how a local issue could become a law.  During the presentation, students were encouraged to ask questions to Senator Hannon and several pupils were asked to give their opinions about the process.  Senator Hannon’s presentation was filmed by Cablevision and the documentary will air on television in early March.  The presentation was coordinated by Ms. Danielle Mazzo, MMS social studies chairperson and Mr. Jeffrey Esposito, sixth grade social studies teacher.

 

Featured in the photographs are State Senator Kemp Hannon, Mr. Esposito, and students from his sixth grade social studies class.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Roger Bloom