The high schoolers voted unofficially on Monday, Nov. 5.
While some Needham High School students were eligible to vote in Tuesday's state election, many were not—but that didn't stop local teens from making their voices heard. On Monday, Nov. 5, the school's social studies department coordinated a mock election that included many of the races and issues addressed in the real election. A total of 651 NHS students voted in the mock election. School staff shared the results of that election on Wednesday morning: President U.S. Senate Representative in Congress Question 1: Right to Repair Question 2: Assisted Suicide Question 3: Medical Marijuana Package Store Licenses in Needham Needham High School students also had a presence at polls around town on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Senior Jennifer Spink voted for…
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St. Joseph Elementary School students learned about the election process by helping to pick Massachusetts' state dish.
Second graders at St. Joseph Elementary School got a taste of the voting process on Monday, Nov. 5, as they cast their ballots in a race they could really sink their teeth into: Baked Beans vs. Clam Chowder. As their classmates waved campaign signs and shouted words of support for their respective candidates, the students headed down the hallway to the polls Monday morning to write down their choice for which food should become the Massachusetts State Dish. In the end, the winner by a slim margin was New England Clam Chowder. “As part of the social studies curriculum, we’ve been learning about what it means to be an American citizen. The children have been learning about elections and voting and national and state symbols,” said Kaitlin …
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Trish Cruickshank
4:33 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Great that the kids had an opportunity to research the issues and then vote on them. Thanks also to the students who helped out at the polls. With so many voters, the lines were long and those students helped to find everyone on the list. I do have an issue however with your choice of wording on question 2. Whether you support the issue or not, assisted suicide is inflammatory wording, I believe … more ›