Election Day in Ganon Aleph

Tuesday was Election Day, and we had our own secret ballot election in Ganon Aleph when we voted on what to have for snack.  The votes were tallied, and . . . round crackers won!  The children know, of course, that the adults voted for who would be the president of the United States, not for what to have for snack!

We then went into the cafeteria where the middle school students were running a school-wide election. The older students and staff members took turns going into the voting booths to cast their votes for president.  The results were announced before dismissal on Tuesday afternoon.  Mitt Romney won by a landslide!

Gan Aleph Votes!

The children walked into to the classroom today and noticed the Morot wearing a special pin. "What is that?" they asked. The morot  answered "It's our special pin and it says "I VOTED TODAY!" Gan Aleph learned that today is Election Day and we are voting on who will be the next president of the United States! They learned that the candidates are Romney and Obama and that there are special private voting booths that grown ups go to to vote on who they want to be the next president. We set up our own Gan Aleph secret ballot and decided to vote on which Thanksgiving foods we like the best. The first vote was between apple pie and pumpkin pie and the second vote was chicken or turkey. The children took turns going behind the curtains of our booth and casting their vote by checking off the correct box. When the whole class finished, we looked at the results and tallied how many liked each food type and which food types won with a popular vote! The entire class received "I voted today" stickers and were so proud of our own Gan Aleph election.