{"id":31708,"date":"2017-05-01T16:48:03","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T20:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=31708"},"modified":"2017-05-04T22:56:59","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T02:56:59","slug":"httpwww-thevalleyledger-comp1904-581","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=31708","title":{"rendered":"St. Isidore School to hold mock trial  with Judge Michael J. Koury Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE: 5-5-17 Thank you to Jacque Flynn<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> St. Isidore School Quakertown for providing the following photos from Judge Michael J. Koury&#8217;s visit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"su_carousel_69f50ffc7060c\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-yes su-carousel-responsive-yes su-lightbox-gallery\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"2\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSCN8439.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSCN8439-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8439\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSCN8441.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSCN8441-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8441\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSCN8457.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSCN8457-182x200.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN8457\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>QUAKERTOWN, PA [May 1, 2017] <\/strong>\u2013 \u00a0On Thursday, May 4, 2017, the seventh and eighth grade students at St. Isidore School will hold a mock trial with Judge Michael J. Koury, Jr.\u00a0 The Rendell Center literature-based mock trial is an enrichment program through the Rendell Center for Civics and Engagement designed to deepen the understanding of a literature piece while learning about the judicial system.<\/p>\n<p>The mock trial is based on a piece of literature that the students have read. The students choose a character to &#8220;try&#8221; for a crime. \u00a0St. Isidore School is using <em>The Outsiders<\/em> and the case is for murder, called &#8220;The State vs. Johnny Cade.&#8221; The eighth grade will present the case with the seventh grade acting as the jury.<\/p>\n<p>Michael J. Koury, Jr. is Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County. He presides over civil and criminal trials and is assigned as an Associate Judge of Domestic Relations.\u00a0 Judge Michael Koury, Jr. will be at St. Isidore School, 603 W. Broad St., Quakertown, PA 18951 on Thursday, May 4 at 10:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About St. Isidore Catholic School <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rooted in Faith. Grounded in Family. Growing in Love.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1921, St. Isidore School offers students a Catholic education from Preschool through Grade 8. \u00a0Accredited by Middle States Associations of Colleges and Schools, St. Isidore has cultivated a tradition that combines faith and teaching with academic excellence.\u00a0 Attending students are from Quakertown, Pennsburg, and Perkasie.\u00a0 The St. Isidore Catholic School mission is to instill academic excellence in a Christ-centered atmosphere that is rooted in faith. They empower their students to work to their fullest potential and to become lifelong learners committed to living out Catholic values.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stisidoreschool.com\/\">www.stisidoreschool.com<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Rendell Center promotes civic education and engagement. To accomplish this, we offer opportunities for educators and students to develop the knowledge, practices and dispositions of engaged citizenship\u2026\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/rendellcenter.org\/the-rendell-center-for-citizenship-and-civics\/\">http:\/\/rendellcenter.org\/the-rendell-center-for-citizenship-and-civics\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Judge Michael J. Koury, Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichael J. Koury, Jr. was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County on November 3, 2009, and was sworn into office on January 4, 2010. He presides over civil and criminal trials and is assigned as an Associate Judge of Domestic Relations\u2026\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nccpa.org\/judges\/koury\">http:\/\/www.nccpa.org\/judges\/koury<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided by:<br \/>\nJacque Flynn<br \/>\nSt. Isidore School Quakertown<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stisidoreschool.com\/\">http:\/\/www.stisidoreschool.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/St-Isidore-School.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}