{"id":5200,"date":"2024-10-28T14:08:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T14:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/middleschool\/?p=5200"},"modified":"2024-10-28T14:08:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T14:08:22","slug":"law-day-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesummitprep.org\/middleschool\/2024\/10\/28\/law-day-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Day 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We started our week with a celebration of this year&#8217;s SMBA Law Day Essay Contest winners. Congratulations to these three students for writing excellent essays responding to this year&#8217;s theme: Voices of Democracy. Students were challenged to respond to the following prompting questions:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In 2024, the United States will hold its 60th presidential election and Americans will go to the polls to express their political views and wishes for our country. 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