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Mr. George McKendree

Greetings, I am proud to be entering my 23rd year as a teacher.  I am also proud to have been here when we opened our Dawson doors.  I currently teach AP US history and AP Capstone Research.  If I can be of any service, simply ask. 

  • Schedule

    1st       APUSH

    2nd      AP Research

    3rd      Conference

    4th      AP Research

    5th       AP Research

    6th       APUSH

    7th       APUSH

     

     

     

     

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    What is Texas Boys State?

    American Legion Boys State is among the most respected and selective educational programs of government instruction for high school students. It is a participatory program where each student becomes a part of the operation of his local, county, and state government.

    Boys State has been a program of The American Legion since 1935, when it organized to counter the fascist-inspired Young Pioneer Camps. The program was the idea of two Illinois Legionnaires, Hayes Kennedy and Harold Card, who organized the first Boys State at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.

    The American Legion Auxiliary sponsors a similar program for young women called Girls State.

    At American Legion Boys State, participants are exposed to the rights and privileges, the duties and the responsibilities, of a franchised citizen. The training is objective and practical, with city, county, and state governments operated by the students elected to the various offices.

     

     

    What is Girls State?

    Texas Bluebonnet Girls State is a mythical 51st state where, for one week, participants, or “citizens”, organize their own city, county, and state governments. They elect their own officials, learn the duties of the various city, county and state offices. Citizens introduce and debate their own bills in a mock legislature. The program concludes with a visit to the State Capitol building in Austin where the citizens are given an opportunity to sight-see and meet state officials.

     

     

    Interested?  Click and complete the application to the left.