September is Voter Education Month: Are you registered to vote?
Did you know only an estimated 50 percent of NTPS parents are registered to vote and of those only about 1/3 actually do? As part of our ongoing annual effort to educate our community about the importance of voting, the district will once again be encouraging citizens to register and have voter registration forms and information available at schools and district buildings.
"Teaching students to be good citizens is one of our most important responsibilities," said Asst. Supt. Shawn Lewis. "Voting is one responsibility of being a good citizen - and we know that if parents vote and model informed voting practices with their students, those students are more likely to be informed voters when they grow up." Meadows and Aspire parent Melissa Tomlinson has offered several volunteer voter registration training nights already. Those materials are available on line at www.nthurston.k12.wa.us/vote.
Remember: Your Vote Counts!
To register online or for more information go to: http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/osos/en/voterinformation/Pages/RegistertoVote.aspx.
Upcoming election dates: November 3, 2009 and February 9, 2010.
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