Three City School District of Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ students are in the running in Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ County's "I Voted" 2025 sticker campaign. The winning design will be printed and handed out at the polls in 2025-26. The sticker at right was the 2024 winner.
The friendly competition - sponsored by the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ County Legislature, Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ County Board of Elections, League of Women Voters of Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ County, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - is an effort to inspire youth participation in, and excitement about, the democratic process. We are so proud that three of the finalists are district students!
- created his submission with Google Slides - a valuable skill he learned from Susannah Doyle-Sheehan and Meghan Bowers, his third-grade teachers at Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ School of Humanities. Edward's sticker is and incorporates the New York State and United States flag plus his rendition of a ballot box.
- designed a sticker with a very Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ theme! The soon-to-be fifth grader combined Nipper, a tulip bed and the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ's iconic skyline into one patriotic motif. Annie's sticker is
- , who will be a second-grader at Roots Academy at West Hill in September, submitted an entry (on right) that stands out for its patriotic red, white and blue color scheme plus the words "I voted" (in wonderful penmanship for such a young student) against the back-drop of an American flag. Alisa's sticker is
Voting closes this Friday, Aug. 29. Good luck to our three creative students who understand, at a young age, that voting is a fundamental right and an essential part of being an engaged citizen.