Well, Election Day is here and it's not clear as I write this, who our country's new president will be but our students here at Memorial had their say last week. We help a Mock Election on Thursday, October 30th and the votes were counted and winner announced...it will be interesting to see if our students were consistent with the rest of the country. McCain received 131 votes and Obama received 295. Students participated in passionate debates over the pros and cons of each candidates for days leading up the Mock Election. The 6th graders held a formal debate and you can hear some of it by clicking on our Podcasts By The Sea section of the school website:
http://www.memorialel.mersd.org/Pages/meme_tech/podcasts
The first graders have done some really interesting research on presidents fro the past . You can check out Miss Fenton's class project's by clicking on:
http://www.memorialel.mersd.org/Pages/meme_tech/podcasts
Our students have been so engaged in the electoral process, its been a joy to watch and a learning experience for me too!
Happy Reading!
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