EKV final press release
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Cory Maloy, Snapp Conner PR 801-319-79000 [email protected] Kelsey Edwards, Bradley Lab PR 801-362-3185 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thousands of elementary school children will ‘vote’ for the next U.S. President Kids make their voices heard in the Every Kid Votes!™ mock election ‘I Voted’ stickers will be proudly worn by children in response to the nation’s largest nationwide student mock presidential election on November 1. Thousands of elementary school students around the country will cast their ‘vote’ for the next U.S. president in the Every Kid Votes! mock student election. In partnership with the Every Kid Learns Foundation and Studies Weekly, Every Kid Votes! teaches elementary students the value of voting and civic responsibility through election-themed lesson materials and participation in a nationwide mock election. This nationwide event will take place on November 1, 2016 at thousands of participating schools. Real-time results and live stream footage will also be available online at www.everykidvotes.org . “If students ‘vote’ every four years as a part of their education, they are more likely to vote as adults,” said Ed
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Transcript of EKV final press release
Cory Maloy, Snapp Conner PR 801-319-79000 [email protected]
Kelsey Edwards, Bradley Lab [email protected]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thousands of elementary school children will ‘vote’ for the next U.S. PresidentKids make their voices heard in the Every Kid Votes!™ mock election
‘I Voted’ stickers will be proudly worn by children in response to the nation’s largest nationwide student mock presidential election on November 1.
Thousands of elementary school students around the country will cast their ‘vote’ for the next U.S. president in the Every Kid Votes! mock student election.
In partnership with the Every Kid Learns Foundation and Studies Weekly, Every Kid Votes! teaches elementary students the value of voting and civic responsibility through election-themed lesson materials and participation in a nationwide mock election.
This nationwide event will take place on November 1, 2016 at thousands of participating schools. Real-time results and live stream footage will also be available online at www.everykidvotes.org.
“If students ‘vote’ every four years as a part of their education, they are more likely to vote as adults,” said Ed Rickers, CEO of Studies Weekly and a sponsor of the mock election. “This is a great opportunity for participating schools to teach and practice informed voting—the most basic and essential act of citizenry.”
About Studies WeeklyStudies Weekly is an implementation-ready, engaging social studies and science curriculum for grades K-6. More than 26,000 schools in all 50 states and in more than 4,000 districts use Studies Weekly in their classrooms. Many state departments of education in diverse places such as Texas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Florida and the U.S. Virgin have implemented statewide “textbook” adoptions of Studies Weekly.
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