On March 11, a team of four LWV-GCV (League of Women Voters – Greater Chippewa Valley) members spent lunch time at Menomonie High School with students who were eighteen years old or older and wished to become registered voters.

They officially registered 23 new voters! In addition, 51 students began the registration process. Since some students didn’t have their driver’s licenses with them, they took paper copies of the form home to complete and return to the County Clerk.

This was an excellent number of new and interested voters!

League members were impressed by the students’ enthusiasm, the sincere desire to fulfill their responsibility as citizens of the United States, and the respect they had for the process.

Credit goes to the fact that at MHS Civics is a required class for all juniors.

Civics teacher Angela Smith noted, “Menomonie High School Civics courses, required for all students, prepare them to have an understanding of our local, state, and federal government and encourage students to have an active role in our democracy. We are grateful that MHS students had the opportunity to register to become voters right at school and that the community continues to invest time into our upcoming graduates.”

The League hopes to make this an annual tradition at MHS and surrounding area high schools.

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Judy Foust is retired middle school teacher, a member of LWV-GCV and regularly assists in voter registration.