PHOTO: Last year’s winners
Kit Sawers KRS@bickelbrewer.com, executive director of the Bickel & Brewer Foundation, has announced the 16 teams that are advancing to the next level of the competition.
The top four teams will fly to New York City and engage in the semifinals and finals, competing for large cash awards at a very festive event.
Kit writes:
Thanks so much to all of you for submitting essays to the 2006-07
Bickel & Brewer/NYU National Public Policy Forum (NPPF). Exactly 100 schools registered for the competition, and 38 new schools participated this year. Our judges were impressed with the quality and creativity of your submissions--congratulations to all of you!
We are pleased to announce that the following schools have advanced to the NPPF's Sweet 16:
Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of Arts--West Palm Beach, FL
Bellaire High School--Bellaire, TX (Best Case: Southwest Region)
Clear Lake High School--Houston, TX
Deer Park High School--Deer Park, TX
Glenbrook North High School--Northbrook, IL
The Harker School--San Jose, CA (Best Case: Pacific Region)
Henry Clay High School--Lexington, KY
Kameahameha High School--Honolulu, HI
Lakewood High School--Lakewood, CO
Leland High School--San Jose, CA
Lindale High School--Lindale, TX
Maize High School--Maize, KS (Best Case: Mountains and Plains Region)
Parkway North High School--St. Louis, MO (Best Case: Midwest Region)
Plano Senior High School--Plano, TX
Plano West Senior High School--Plano, TX
The Westminster Schools--Atlanta, GA (Best Case: Atlantic Region)
Trinity High School--Washington, PA (Best Case: Northeast Region)
NPPF certificates of achievement will be mailed soon, along with
comments from our judges. Best of luck to the Sweet 16 competitors, and thanks again to ALL of our participants!!
Kit Sawers
Executive Director
Bickel & Brewer Foundation
4800 Bank One Center
1717 Main Street
Dallas, TX 75201
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