Kids Voting of Central Ohio created the Kids Voting Citizenship Scholarship in honor of Suzanne Helmick, the founding director of KVCO. This $1,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a high school senior who demonstrates leadership and a commitment to citizenship through community and school activities. For 2012 the scholarship winner is Zak Davidson of [...]
This year’s winners for the 6th – 8th grade category are Madison Dowdy, Hunter Harvey, Elizabeth Hoepner, and Alisa Reneau from Lithia, Florida. Kristy Verdi is the project sponsor and social studies teacher at Randall Middle School. This project not only showed collaboration by involving the entire middle school, but also impacted the community. These students created [...]
This year’s winners for the 9th – 12th grade range are Tiara Brooks, Jessica Ireland, Tori Wilson, Michael Himes and Stephanie Walker from Armwood High School in Seffner, Florida. The sponsoring teacher is Tony Pirotta. These students presented an idea for a law, which requested the proper rights be granted to a seemingly invisible population of young [...]
KVUSA is pleased to announce that Kay Slone is the January Educator of the Month. Ms. Slone is a social studies teach at Eastmoor Academy, which is part of Kids Voting Central Ohio. As an AP government teacher in an urban Columbus City School, Kay has committed herself to teaching students how to find their [...]
Dave Fields had his first experience working at the polls as a Youth at the Booth student from Hilliard Davidson High School in 2007. He is now a graduate of The Ohio State University, and an Intern Teacher at Independence High School in Columbus. As a teacher, he feels that one of the best ways [...]
Here's a link to an article about 'No Citizen Left Behind' from Boston Public Radio http://t.co/D4ZImY6K May's curriculum theme is "working together." Visit our website to find lessons that teach this theme. http://t.co/QvqVrGBk© Copyright Kids Voting USA 2005-2012
