Ten Locust Valley High School students visited the White House Experience in the Roosevelt School at Long Island University to take on some of the world’s most difficult challenges on Oct. 27 as part of National Civics Day.
Students from eight Long Island high schools acted as their own presidential cabinets in small groups to deliberate on three different crisis situations and then presented their decisions to and faced questions from students in a room perfectly resembling the White House press room.
Students explored the Roosevelt School’s Museum of Democracy, which contains artifacts from past presidents, candidates, first ladies and campaigns and a replica Oval Office.
Tweed Roosevelt, the great grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, also invited students to celebrate the 26th president’s 165th birthday with a cake and cupcakes.