As a line of adult snaked around the edge of the school this morning, middle school students in Academy 2 at the Lilla G. Frederick also eagerly cast their ballots for president. Students had prepared since yesterday morning for the Mock Election.
-
- Yesterday morning, students created posters to announce the election.
-
- Vote: You have your right.
-
- This student’s poster reminds the reader to think carefully and closely before voting.
-
- Yesterday morning, students handed out Massachusetts Voter Registration forms.
-
- Registration forms were collected from students.
-
- Student poll workers organizer tables by letter of last name. Two students worked at each table.
-
- Students went to a table to make sure that they had registered. When it was confirmed that the student was a registered voter, the student then received an election ballot.
-
- More students check their registration and receive ballots.
-
- A student shows his choice before putting his ballot in the box.
-
- Jesus, age 14, puts his ballot into the ballot box.
-
- After voting, each student received a piece of candy.
-
- Treanalise, a seventh grade student, records the election results.
-
- 118 students voted: 116 voted for Obama, and 2 voted for Romney.
“If we learn how to fill out the registration form now, we will be able to do it when we are eighteen years old. Now that I know how to register, I can help someone else,” said Nadira, a thirteen-year-old student at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School.
Literacy Changes Everything! 