Memorial Students Rock the Vote...and Demonstrate Respect & Responsibility

Pre schoolers await their turn to vote for Cartoon
Character of the Year at our Mock Election on Nov 2nd.
 Candidates were Dora the Explorer and Spongebob Squarepants.

Parent volunteer Maria Schmidt hands out ballots to student voters.

Last Friday, November 2nd, Memorial Students in grades Pre K through Grade 5 came out to vote!  Pre schoolers voted for Cartoon Character of the Year.   The two primary candidates, SpongeBob Squarepants and Dora the Explorer had been nominated by Pre K students.  SpongeBob came out ahead with 11 votes vs. Dora's 5 votes.

Emerson Kahle completes a ballot
at the Mock Presidential Election.

The Presidential Election was voted on by Kindergartners through Grade 5 students \
and the ballot was limited to the two primary candidates - Democrat Barack











Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. Students spent time discussing the presidential election in the school library in the weeks leading up to the election -  as well as the congressional and Senate runs in some classrooms.  Students were engaged in the process and many watched the televised debates and discussed the pros and cons of the candidates with their family members.

Trip Graves votes in an official voting booth
borrowed from Town Hall.

Students also spent time in the school library in recent weeks learning about former Presidents of the United States.  A definite favorite has been William Taft, famous for getting stuck in the White House bathtub because he has been our country's largest president!



Awareness of the imporance of voting and a lesson on respecting differing opinions was the goal and Memorial students seemed to have definitely gotten the message!  In the end, Obama received 278 Memorial votes to Romney's 185 votes....