For Immediate Release | September 1, 2026
Judges visit students and civic groups for Constitution Day
Forty-eight judicial officers from across the state will meet with over 4,300 students and civic group members to celebrate Constitution Day in September 2026. 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. Peter-Immanuel Lutheran School, Three Oaks Christian School, Zion Lutheran School, St. Joseph Catholic School, and Wyneken Memorial Lutheran School
- Judge Chad Kukelhan at Adams Central, Bellmont Elementary, and South Adams Elementary
- Allen County
- Senior Judge Wendy Davis at East Allen County Schools
- Clark County
- Judge Lisa Garcia Reger at Franklin Square Elementary School
- Judge Brad Jacobs at Jeffersonville High School
- Dearborn County
- Judge Jon Cleary at Lawrenceburg High School
- Judge Aaron Negangard at Greendale Middle School and Lawrenceburg High School
- Elkhart County
- Judge Elizabeth Bellin at Wakarusa Elementary
- Judge Andrew Hicks at St. Thomas the Apostle
- Judge Christopher Spataro at Elkhart High School
- Grant County
- Court of Appeals Judge Dana Kenworthy (Hendricks County) at Indiana Wesleyan University
- Hamilton County
- Commissioner Christopher Barrows at Westfield Washington Middle School
- Tax Court Judge Justin McAdam (Marion County) at Westfield High School
- Hendricks County
- Judge Kathryn Kuehn at Plainfield High School
- Jennings County
- Judge Ellie Bright at Brush Creek Elementary and North Vernon Elementary
- Johnson County
- Judge Andrew Roesener at Break-O-Day Elementary
- Lake County
- Judge Rehana Adat-Lopez at Kolling Elementary
- Judge Aleksandra Dimitrijevic at Elliot, Eads, and Frank Hammond elementary schools
- Judge John Sedia at Scott Middle School
- Lawrence County
- Magistrate Anah Gouty at Mitchell Junior High School and St. Vincent de Paul
- Judge Nathan Nikirk at Bedford Middle School
- Marion County
- Magistrate Polly Beeson at Allisonville Elementary School and Burge Terrace Christian School
- Judge Rich Blaiklock at Arsenal Tech High School
- Judge Amber Collins-Gebrehiwet at Pike High School
- Magistrate Stefanie Crawford at Brookview Elementary
- Judge Kurt Eisgruber at Bishop Chatard
- Judge Clayton Graham at Pike High School and Holy Angels Catholic School
- Judge John Kitley at Nativity Catholic School
- Magistrate Elizabeth Klees at Eastwood Middle School
- Judge Helen Marchal at Ivy Tech
- Judge Marc Rothenberg at Hasten Hebrew Academy
- Judge Jonathan Sturgill at Arsenal Tech High School
- Marshall County
- Judge Tami Napier at Triton High School and Culver High School
- Miami County
- Judge Jacob Winkler at Maconaquah Middle School
- Monroe County
- Judge Emily Salzmann at Summit Elementary School
- Newton County
- Judge Jeryl Leach at Lake Village, Lincoln, and Morocco elementary schools and North Newton Jr. and Sr. high schools
- Judge Patrick Ryan at South Newton
- Orange County
- Judge Steven Owen at Throop Elementary
- Porter County
- Judge Rebecca Buitendorp at Thomas Jefferson Middle School
- Court of Appeals Judge Mary DeBoer at Immanuel Lutheran School
- Magistrate Kristen Mulligan at Cooks Corners Elementary School
- Magistrate Ana Patricia Osan at Jackson Elementary School
- Joseph County
- Magistrate Elizabeth Hardtke at Penn Harris Madison
- Tippecanoe County
- Judge Michael Morrissey at Purdue University
- Judge Sean Persin at McCutcheon High School
- Chief Justice Loretta Rush at Battle Ground Middle School
- Vigo County
- Judge Christopher Newton at Sugar Grove Elementary
- Wayne County
- Commissioner Austin Shadle at Centerville Junior High 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
Sarah Kidwell
sarah.kidwell@courts.in.gov
317-234-3055
