Student Vote

The Intermediate students at Mamquam kicked off their unit on voting and municipal government with a school vote. Various teachers hit the campaign trail with varying platforms; some only made promises they knew they could keep, others made impossible promises they had no intention of keeping and there may have even been some bribery tactics using gummies. The purpose of this activity was to pique the student's interest in voting and local government while also getting them to think critically about why they voted for the candidate they voted for, what the candidate was standing for and comparing to other teacher's platforms or lack of platforms. If you get a chance, talk to your child about who they voted for and why. Discussion points could be: why did you vote for that teacher? What were they standing for? Did you compare their ideas to another teacher? This is building up for our local municipal election, please discuss at home what your thoughts are on the local candidates.