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Kids Voting Recognizes Students at Luncheon
| Friday, May 4th, 2012 |
With the North Carolina primary set for Tuesday, May 8, students in Guilford County Schools (GCS) have been learning about the democratic process throughout the school year and even participated in a hands-on voting experience in November thanks to Kids Voting-Guilford County.
Kids Voting-Guilford County, which provides activities to students in all grades to prepare them to be engaged public citizens, presented “A Salute to Democracy” luncheon this week. The special event recognized local and state elected officials, candidates and other “champions of democracy,” and allowed students to interact with elected officials and candidates running for office this spring.
Three schools received voter turnout awards in recognition for the highest percentage of student votes for the 2011 Election Day. Frazier Elementary and Vandalia Elementary were recognized at the elementary level with a 100 percent voting turnout, Brown Summit Middle was recognized in the middle school category with a 98.37 percent turnout and Page High won the high school category with a 67.8 percent student voter turnout.
Students heard a keynote address by Henry E. Frye, former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court. In 1983, Justice Frye became the first African-American to serve on the Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Northwest High’s jazz band and Pearce Elementary’s choir provided entertainment at the luncheon.
“This event is a fun, patriotic way to bring the community together and raise awareness for the need to teach children about civic responsibility,” said Diane Lowe, executive director of Kids Voting-Guilford County.
Civic education is one of the three fundaments of the district’s character development initiative along with character education and service-learning. |
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