For Immediate Release | September 3, 2024
Judges visit students and civic groups for Constitution Day
Fifty-five judicial officers from across the state will meet with over 4,300 students and civic group members to celebrate Constitution Day in September 2024. Indiana courts commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787, with a program that brings judges into schools and out into their communities. The following judges are visiting schools sometime around Constitution Day:
- Adams County
- Judge Sam Conrad at St. Joseph Catholic School, St. Peter-Immanuel Lutheran School, Three Oaks Christian School, Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School, and Zion Lutheran School
- Judge Chad Kukelhan at Bellmont, Adams Central, and South Adams elementary schools
- Allen County
- Judge David Avery at Woodlan Elementary School
- Magistrate Michael Douglass at North Side High School
- Clark County
- Judge Brad Jacobs at Jeffersonville High School
- Magistrate Lisa Reger at Sliver Creek High School and Jeffersonville Township Public Library
- Dearborn County
- Judge Jonathan Cleary at Lawrenceburg High School
- Judge Aaron Negangard at Greendale Middle School
- Delaware County
- Judge Judi Calhoun at Muncie Central High School
- Judge Douglas Mawhorr at Muncie Central High School
- Dubois County
- Judge Nathan Verkamp at Pine Ridge Elementary
- Elkhart County
- Judge Elizabeth Bellin at Wakarusa Elementary
- Judge Kristine Osterday at Fairfield High School
- Judge Christopher Spataro at Elkhart High School
- Floyd County
- Judge Justin Brown and Magistrate Lisa Reger (Clark County) at Greenville Elementary School
- Hancock County
- Judge Helen Marchal (Marion County) at Mt. Vernon High School
- Judge David Najjar (Hamilton County) at Geist Montessori Academy
- Judge Scott Sirk at Mount Vernon High School
- Hendricks County
- Tax Court Judge Justin McAdam at Cedar Elementary School
- Jackson County
- Judge AmyMarie Travis at Emerson Elementary School
- Jennings County
- Judge Ellie Bright at Brush Creek Elementary
- Lake County
- Judge Rehana Adat-Lopez at Kolling Elementary School and Gary Lighthouse Charter School
- Magistrate Lisa Berdine at Joan Martin Elementary School
- Judge Julie Cantrell at Taft Middle School
- Judge Aleksandra Dimitrijevic and Magistrate David Urbanski at Warren Elementary School and Wilbur Wright Middle School
- Judge Kristina Kantar at Area Career Center
- Magistrate Joann Price at Burns Hicks Elementary School
- Judge John Sedia at Scott Middle School
- Lawrence County
- Referee Anah Gouty at St. Vincent de Paul and Mitchell Junior High School
- Judge Nathan Nikirk at Bedford Middle School
- Marion County
- Magistrate Polly Beeson at Allisonville Elementary School
- Judge Richard Blaiklock at Arsenal Technical High School
- Magistrate Stefanie Crawford at Brookview Elementary School
- Judge Amber Collins-Gebrehiwet at Westlane Middle School
- Judge Kurt Eisgruber at Bishop Chatard High School
- Judge Clayton Graham at Holy Angels Elementary School and Pike High School
- Judge John Kitley at Franklin Township Schools
- Justice Derek Molter at William Penn Middle School and St. Simon the Apostle School
- Judge Marc Rothenberg at Hasten Hebrew Academy
- Chief Justice Loretta Rush at Purdue Polytechnic High School Schweitzer Center at Englewood, Indianapolis Public School
- Judge Jonathan Sturgill at Arsenal Technical High School
- Magistrate Michelle Waymire at Forest Glen Elementary School and Marion County Sheriff’s Office
- Marshall County
- Judge Matthew Sarber at Plymouth High School (Marshall County) and John Glenn High School (St. Joseph County)
- Miami County
- Judge Jacob Winkler at Maconaquah Middle School
- Porter County
- Magistrate Kristen Mulligan at Cooks Corners Elementary School
- Putnam County
- Judge Matthew Headley at South Putnam High School
- Court of Appeals Judge Leanna Weissmann at Cloverdale Middle School
- St. Joseph County
- Magistrate Elizabeth Hardtke at Penn High School
- Judge Elizabeth Hurley at Penn High School and Walkerton Elementary School
- Magistrate Matthew Raper at Discovery Middle School
- Judge Matthew Sarber (Marshall County) at Plymouth High School (Marshall County) and John Glenn High School (St. Joseph County)
- Tippecanoe County
- Judge Michael Morrissey at Purdue University
- Judge Sean Persin at McCutcheon High School
- Vanderburgh County
- Magistrate Celia Pauli at Good Shepherd Catholic School
- Warrick County
- Judge Krista Weiberg at Chandler Elementary School
Media interested in attending one of the presentations must contact the judge and the school directly to ensure proper school visitor protocols are followed. Judges and schools may post photographs to social media using #INConstitutionDay.
Contact
Kathryn Dolan, Chief Public Information Officer
317-234-4722
kathryn.dolan@courts.in.gov