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Alpha Team

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Alpha Team Page

Purpose

- The purpose of this wiki is to develop and/or update Student Handbook Entries and Administrative Procedures to address holiday celebrations, the Pledge of Allegiance, and pre-game prayers. The community that supports this school has a signifigant Jehovah Witness congregation.

Team Leader:

Jackie Ebbert - tchtek97@yahoo.com (309)299-2310

Team Members:

Jeff Alderman - coachaldy@gmail.com (309) 678-8310

Alison Anson - amanson@muscatine.k12.ia.us (563) 263 - 3013

Connie Brackney - connie.brackney@risd41.org (309) 236-6184

Lisa Broadbent - lisabroadbent1177@gmail.com (309)558-5817

Post all items under the appropriate heading.

Post websites and documents under the topic that you have been assigned. Create 4 slides to add to a final powerpoint from the material that you have collected. Email your slides to Jackie when you finish them.

Websites for Reference:

- Holiday Celebrations - Alison Anson

http://www.federalholidays.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_holiday

http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/Federal_Holidays.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holidays_of_the_United_States

- Pledge of Allegiance - Jeff Alderman

3 suspended for not standing for Pledge of Allegiance « Wife and Mom of Two.mht

Pledge of Allegiance Handbook Policy.doc

Pledging to protest Some students don't want to hear Pledge of Allegiance during class.mht

- School Prayer in schools and at events including sporting events - Connie Brackney

Graduation ceremonies

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org//rel_liberty/publicschools/topic.aspx?topic=graduation_ceremonies&SearchString=school_prayer

Religious Liberty in Public Schools

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org//rel_liberty/publicschools/horizon.aspx?topic=pub_school_horizon&SearchString=school_prayer

Teachers liberties

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org//rel_liberty/publicschools/topic.aspx?topic=teachers_liberties&SearchString=school_prayer

Religious Clubs

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org//rel_liberty/publicschools/topic.aspx?topic=religious_clubs&SearchString=school_prayer

Pledge of Allegiance

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org//rel_liberty/publicschools/topic.aspx?topic=pledge_of_allegiance2&SearchString=school_prayer

- Jehovah's Witnesses - Lisa Broadbent

Official Site for Jehovah's Witnesses:

http://www.watchtower.org

Religious Beliefs:

http://www.religioustolerance.org/witness3.htm

http://www.religionfacts.com/jehovahs_witnesses/beliefs.htm

Jehovah's Witnesses and Holidays:

www.religionfacts.com/jehovahs_witnesses/holidays.htm

http://www.freeminds.org/doctrine/holidays.htm

Jehovah's Witnesses and The Pledge of Allegiance:

http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/cs/blcs_jw_flag1.htm

School Handbooks and Policies

-School Calendars

Ritenour Calendar.pdf

Dunlap Middle School 2008-09 Calendar.mht

RI School District Calendar.pdf

http://www.aclj.org/Media/PDF/ACLJ_2007_School_Holiday_Letter.pdf

DMS Handbook.mht

-Handbook Revisions

http://www.mdanderson.org/Prof_Education/alliedhealth/handbook/dIndex.cfm?pn=831937F8-839B-4373-BB632D7C9FCD8B29

Code and Law References

Holidays

http://www.aclj.org/Media/PDF/ACLJ_2007_School_Holiday_Letter.pdf

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode05/usc_sec_05_00006103----000-.html

http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/winter/images/uniform-monday-holiday-law.jpg

West Virginia State Board of Education vs. Barnette Supreme Court 1943 (Required participation in the pledge is unconstitutional)

Page 241(Text) Pledge of Allegiance

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/01/findlaw.analysis.hamilton.decorations/

http://www.aclj.org/Media/PDF/School%20Holiday%20Celebrations%20Information%20Letter2006.pdf

Supreme Court Cases Involving Jehovah's Witnesses

http://atheism.about.com/library/decisions/religion/bl_l_WVABarnette.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court_cases_involving_Jehovah's_Witnesses

Case Briefs

Pledge of Allegiance in School Case Brief.doc

Brackney case brief.doc

Engle_Vitale Brief_ Ebbert.doc

case brief.docx

holidays at school
Locke v. Davey
, 540 U.S. 712 (2004);
McConnell v. FEC

U.S. 384 (1993); and
, 540 U.S. 93 (2003); Lamb’s Chapel v. Center Moriches School District, 508Board of Education v. Mergens, 496 U.S. 226 (1990).

Broadbent, Case Brief.doc