Edgemont Elementary Students learn about elections

Their vote may not count, but learning about the election is still important.

“We learned about our senators and our representative and why we have them,” said fifth-grader Mara Hill.

Edgemont elementary fifth-grade curriculum involves learning about the united states government.

“One of the things we do talk about the voting process in our class, we don’t always have a lot of opportunities for them to actually see it. This is one of those rare opportunities where our students get to go in, they get to see the whole process of voting, why voting is important and why we need to vote as citizens, said fifth-grade teacher Chris Kesh.

Since the start of the school year, many of these students took months to learn about different political figures

For students like Chase Hendrey, his curiosity about elections grew as he learned more about politics. “Kind of, yeah, because when I was little I always thought when people thought of an idea it came true and now I know”.

Despite what they’re learning we wondered if their parents had an influence over them.

“I don’t know that,” said Hill.

“No, I don’t think so,” said Hendrey.

After learning so much about the election we wondered if they would ever consider running for office.

“I’d like to be governor.”