When the tragedy in Sandy Hook struck in December of 2012, the students in Ms. Champagne’s Central High School ninth grade social studies class decided to take decisive action. This bold group of young leaders-in-training learned all about the legislative process, advocated for Connecticut’s new gun safety legislation by writing letters to the editor that ran in the Connecticut Post, and visited with officials at the State Capitol. Not only did they help pass the law, they learned a valuable lesson about their own power as young community members to bring about real,
lasting change.