On Tuesday, October 4th, two days before the 2011 Ontario Provincial Elections, the students from Room 208 cast their own ballots in a simulated vote. This was part of Student Vote 2011, a national program designed to teach students about this important civic duty.Using resources provided by Student Vote (e.g., authentic ballot boxes, voting screens and ballots), our classroom was transformed into a polling station. Some students volunteered for various roles including Polling Clerks, Deputy Returning Officers and even Scrutineers representing the various political parties. All the students went through the process of voting and depositing their ballot into the box.
To cap off this wonderful learning experience, our students had the opportunity to observe the real voting in our school gymnasium on Election Day. One of the election officials was gracious enough to answer questions from the students.
