TMA’s Library was recently
decorated in red, white, and blue when it served as the community polling place
for the school’s mock presidential election. Students from Kindergarten through
Junior High were able to experience the voting process first hand. As students
entered the Library, they checked in at the registration table, signed their
names on their class list, and received ballots. With ballots in hand, students
moved on to voting booths to mark their ballots. Their final stop was to
deposit their ballots in our official ballot box, the same one used in past TMA
mock elections.
This year TMA even had
absentee voting! Since Lower Elementary students
were scheduled to spend Election Day at the Ludwick Farm, all of those students
voted on Monday, November 5. After the
rest of the school voted on Tuesday, final results showed that Barak Obama and
Joe Biden received 68 votes and Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan received 45 votes. Most
students enjoyed the whole process. We hope voting in this mock election will
inspire many of our TMA students to become life-long voters!
Submitted by: Lin Brooks
