CMSD NEWS BUREAU

6/16/2022

Students from more than a dozen high schools gathered recently at Windows on the River to talk about how they made a difference this school year.

They were part of Civics 2.0, a new program in which students not only learned about civics and the importance of having a voice when it comes to politics and other civic matters, they also took action.

 During this learning demonstration, the students shared projects they had completed, including the following.

• Registering nearly 100 voters through voter registration drives at their schools
• 61 students worked at the polls on Election Day
• Collinwood High School students held a Cleveland mayoral candidate forum days before the November election.
• Students spoke at the Board of Education meeting to address concerns in their schools.
• YMCA Youth and Government three-day Conference in Columbus, where they learned to write bills.
• Students at Glenville wrote and produced a song that was runner-up in the Maltz Museum’s Stop the Hate Youth Sing Out contest.
• The Unsilenced Voices Podcast.
• They participated in a Media Day
• Students met influential people including Russ Feingold, a former U.S. senator from Wisconsin.

Gayle Gadison, the District's Curriculum and Instruction Manager for Social Studies, says this year was a success and plans to offer Civics 2.0 to eighth graders next school year.