Christina Students Participate in Election Events

On Friday, October 31 a student delegation from the Christina School District attended the Delaware Mock Election Convention in Dover.  The delegation members included: 

• Kirk Middle School - Portia Tyson (teacher), Patrick Hudson (student teacher) and Matthias Ojo (student)
• Christiana High School - Mark Mangual (teacher) and Kellan Turner (student)

Shue-Medill Middle School social studies teacher Bart Dryden was the District Coordinator for the Mock Election program, which involved students statewide.  According to Dryden, close to 5,000 Christina students (grades 4-12) voted in the program.  Also on October 31, Christiana High School social studies teacher Ruth Mayer took 24 Christiana students to the Joe Biden Homecoming Rally at Memorial Hall on the Green at the University of Delaware.

At Brader Elementary School, 20 fourth and fifth grade enrichment students worked for several weeks studying every aspect of the election and entered the Delaware Project from the University of Delaware "Predict the Electoral Votes Contest."  The individual students assessed several current polls and the election history of every state for the last three elections, and predicted how they believed each state's electoral votes would be cast in this election.  "They can hold a conversation with anyone about the issues of this election and the election process in our country," said enrichment teacher Diane D'Angelo.

November 2008