HOLLAND (WTHC-AM/FM) — Black River School’s We The People Team, on Jan. 10, 2020, won the Michigan “We The People” competition in Lansing.
The team’s January win means they qualified for the National Finals. Members are seniors Lily Gerow Nathan Overweg, Dylan Pennington; juniors Piper Kendall, Elijah LaBurn, Jonathan Lowry, Sierra Lynch, Ariana Newberry, Sia Rajgarhia, Parker Seymour, Aanya Usmani and several coaches comprised of Black River faculty, alumnus, and students.
Holland Mayor Nathan Bocks invited the team to City Hall to personally recognize their achievement.
“The Black River ‘We The People’ scholars team’s success brings honor and distinction to Black River Public School, the City of Holland and the State of Michigan,” he said in a statement emailed to media.
He signed a proclamation designating March 18, 2020, as a day of “honor and recognitionfor the Black River School We The People Team” and planned to read the proclamation at the CityCouncil meeting set for Wednesday, March 18, at Holland City Hall.
The meeting is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 270 South River Ave., and is open to the public.
