School Property - Proselytizing Prohibited

A remarkable observation, analysis and conclusion by a high school student in political science.
 
      "In my political science class today, we talked about the constitution and the first amendment. My teacher mentioned the case engel v. vitale, and when I researched it, I realized that mark wyland had violated the constitution, as well as US statutory law. so..... I wrote this letter to him. . . . "
Mr. Mark Wyland:
      I am a high school student at the Classical Academy High School. Recently, you spoke at my school's graduation. In your speech, you addressed religion, and more specifically, the Christian faith. A large portion of your speech was about the loss of morals in our society because of the trend toward a more secular country. You also encouraged us to follow the Christian faith in order to be successful and promote a more sacred society.
     The Supreme Court, in the case Engel v. Vitale, ruled that government-endorsed prayer or religion in federally-funded schools violated the establishment clause of the 1st amendment. My school is a publicly funded charter school. Since you explicitly endorsed Christianity at a school function, I believe you have violated constitutional and statutory law.
      In addition, many people were also offended that you equated Christianity with morality and success. The success of our society does not depend on Christianity, it depends on our freedom to practice the religion of our choice.
       In the future, I would like to request that, as a government official, at a public function, you do not use your position to endorse religion.
Thank you,
Anzy McWha

    I wrote back,  Anzi, . . .  the case you cited stands for the prohibition against an "official" imposition of a prayer or any activity recognizing, implimenting or imposing a religious doctrine by the government. In short, the government is not allowed to bring religion into a public school. The questions here are 1. Who is Mr. Wyland? Is he a government official or is he just a private person who was speaking for himself? 2. Was the school being used by Mr. Wyland, in either an official or unofficial capacity, to promote religion in any

Her answer.
1. He's a senator
2. Yes- he spoke to the graduating class and the rest of the school during the actual graduation ceremony. He stated several times that we should follow the Christian faith, promote a more sacred country, glorify God in everything we did, etc. And he was using a school function to promote Christianity, so yes.